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Airborne Alternaria and Cladosporium fungal spores in Europe: Forecasting possibilities and relationships with meteorological parameters.
Sci. Total Environ. 653, 938-946 (2019)
Airborne fungal spores are prevalent components of bioaerosols with a large impact on ecology, economy and health. Their major socioeconomic effects could be reduced by accurate and timely prediction of airborne spore concentrations. The main aim of this study was to create and evaluate models of Alternaria and Cladosporium spore concentrations based on data on a continental scale. Additional goals included assessment of the level of generalization of the models spatially and description of the main meteorological factors influencing fungal spore concentrations.Aerobiological monitoring was carried out at 18 sites in six countries across Europe over 3 to 21 years depending on site. Quantile random forest modelling was used to predict spore concentrations. Generalization of the Alternaria and Cladosporium models was tested using (i) one model for all the sites, (ii) models for groups of sites, and (iii) models for individual sites.The study revealed the possibility of reliable prediction of fungal spore levels using gridded meteorological data. The classification models also showed the capacity for providing larger scale predictions of fungal spore concentrations. Regression models were distinctly less accurate than classification models due to several factors, including measurement errors and distinct day-to-day changes of concentrations. Temperature and vapour pressure proved to be the most important variables in the regression and classification models of Alternaria and Cladosporium spore concentrations.Accurate and operational daily-scale predictive models of bioaerosol abundances contribute to the assessment and evaluation of relevant exposure and consequently more timely and efficient management of phytopathogenic and of human allergic diseases. (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Advanced Statistical Models ; Aerobiology ; Bioaerosols ; Biometeorology ; Continental Scale ; Molds; Climate-change; Atmospheric Concentrations; Pollen; Models; Abundance; Ganoderma; Pathogen; Asthma; Crop
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2019
Prepublished im Jahr
2018
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2018
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0048-9697
e-ISSN
1879-1026
Zeitschrift
Science of the Total Environment, The
Quellenangaben
Band: 653,
Seiten: 938-946
Verlag
Elsevier
Verlagsort
Po Box 211, 1000 Ae Amsterdam, Netherlands
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Environmental Medicine (IEM)
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Allergy
PSP-Element(e)
G-503400-001
WOS ID
WOS:000458626800094
Scopus ID
85056183219
PubMed ID
30759619
Erfassungsdatum
2018-11-28