The Poaceae family comprises over 12 000 wind‐pollinated species, which release large
amounts of pollen into the atmosphere. Poaceae pollen is currently regarded as the leading …

This paper reviews the terms and major criteria used to define and limit the pollen season.
Pollen data from Cordoba (Spain), Ourense (Spain) and Bologna (Italy) were used to …

We present results from the development and validation campaign of an optical pollen
monitoring method based on time-resolved scattering and fluorescence. Focus is first set on …

The trends and variability of PM 10, PM 2.5 and PM coarse concentrations at seven urban
and rural background stations in five European countries for the period between 1998 and …

Longitudinal shifts in pollen onset, duration, and intensity are public health concerns for the
growing number of individuals with pollen sensitization. National analyses of long-term …

Hirst-type volumetric spore traps are used across the globe and are the current standard
instrument for monitoring pollen. While they suffer from various issues related to sampling …

Background Birch pollen is highly allergic and has the potential for episodically long‐range
transport. Such episodes will in general occur out of the main pollen season. During this …

New parameterisations were developed to calculate the emission and resuspension flux of
pollen grains. These new parameterisations were included in the comprehensive mesoscale …

We examined the long-term trends in pollen atmospheric levels in Thessaloniki, the second
largest city of Greece. On the basis of data collected during the period 1987–2005, we …

The section about monitoring covers the development of phenological networks, remote
sensing of the season cycle of the vegetation, the emergence of the science of aerobiology …