The long-range transport of Pinaceae pollen : an example in Kraków (southern Poland)

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The long-range transport of Pinaceae pollen : an example in Kraków (southern Poland)

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punktacja MEiN [2017 A]: 25

title:	The long-range transport of Pinaceae pollen : an example in Kraków (southern Poland)
author:	Szczepanek Kazimierz, Myszkowska Dorota , Worobiec Elżbieta, Piotrowicz Katarzyna , Ziemianin Monika , Bielec-Bąkowska Zuzanna
journal title:	Aerobiologia
volume:	33
issue:	1
date of publication :	2017
pages:	109-125
ISSN:	0393-5965
eISSN:	1573-3025
DOI:	10.1007/s10453-016-9454-2
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 123-125
language:	English
journal language:	English
abstract in English:	High Pinaceae pollen concentrations in the air and on the surface of puddles before the main pollen season started were observed in Kraków (southern Poland) in May 2013. The paper presents the results of detailed studies of the composition and source of the "yellow rain" in 2013, and as a comparison, the Pinaceae pollen concentrations and samples collected from the ground surface in 2014 were considered. The air samples were collected using the volumetric method (Hirst-type device), while pollen grains sampled from the ground surface were processed using a modified Erdtman acetolysis method. Finally, all samples were studied using a light microscope. In 2013, the period of higher Abies, Picea and Pinus pollen concentrations was observed from the 5 to 12 of May, earlier than the main pollen season occurred. The presence of rainfall on the 12 and 13 of May 2013 caused the pollen deposition on the ground surface, where the prevalence of Pinaceae pollen was found. The synoptic situation and the analysis of the back-trajectories and air mass advection at the beginning of May 2013 indicated that Pinaceae pollen grains could have been transported from Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. In contrast, Pinaceae pollen grains deposited on the ground surface as a "yellow" film in May 2014, originated from local sources.
keywords in English:	Abies, Picea, Pinus pollen, meteorological conditions, back-trajectory analysis
number of pulisher's sheets:	1,5
departmental parameterization:	25
affiliation:	Wydział Lekarski : Zakład Alergologii Klinicznej i Środowiskowej, Wydział Geografii i Geologii : Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej, Wydział Biologii i Nauk o Ziemi : Instytut Botaniki
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper