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Oteros, J. ; Pusch, G. ; Weichenmeier, I. ; Heimann, U.* ; Moller, R.S.* ; Röseler, S.* ; Traidl-Hoffmann, C. ; Schmidt-Weber, C.B. ; Buters, J.T.M.

Automatic and online pollen monitoring.

Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol. 167, 158-166 (2015)
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BACKGROUND: Pollen are monitored in Europe by a network of about 400 pollen traps, all operated manually. To date, automated pollen monitoring has only been feasible in areas with limited variability in pollen species. There is a need for rapid reporting of airborne pollen as well as for alleviating the workload of manual operation. We report our experience with a fully automated, image recognition-based pollen monitoring system, BAA500. METHODS: The BAA500 sampled ambient air intermittently with a 3-stage virtual impactor at 60 m(3)/h in Munich, Germany. Pollen is deposited on a sticky surface that was regularly moved to a microscope equipped with a CCD camera. Images of the pollen were constructed and compared with a library of known samples. A Hirst-type pollen trap was operated simultaneously. RESULTS: Over 480,000 particles sampled with the BAA500 were both manually and automatically identified, of which about 46,000 were pollen. Of the automatically reported pollen, 93.3% were correctly recognized. However, compared with manual identification, 27.8% of the captured pollen were missing in the automatic report, with most reported as unknown pollen. Salix pollen grains were not identified satisfactorily. The daily pollen concentrations reported by a Hirst-type pollen trap and the BAA500 were highly correlated (r = 0.98). CONCLUSIONS: The BAA500 is a functional automated pollen counter. Its software can be upgraded, and so we expected its performance to improve upon training. Automated pollen counting has great potential for workload reduction and rapid online pollen reporting.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Aerobiology ; Air Quality ; Automation ; Environmental Monitoring ; Pollen; Airborne Pollen; Cedar Pollinosis; Birch Pollen; Identification; Palynology; Networks; Location; Exposure; Counts; Europe
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2015
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2015
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1018-2438
e-ISSN 1423-0097
Quellenangaben Band: 167, Heft: 3, Seiten: 158-166 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Karger
Verlagsort Basel ; Freiburg [Breisgau] ; Paris ; London ; New York ; Bangalore ; Bangkok ; Singapore ; Tokyo ; Sydney
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er) Allergy
PSP-Element(e) G-505400-001
PubMed ID 26302820
Erfassungsdatum 2015-08-27