COST ES0603:

MicroPoem - Impact of micrometeorological factors

on birch pollen emission

The main objective of the COST Action ES0603 (EUPOL)  is to set up a multi-disciplinary forum for critical review of existing information on allergenic pollen in Europe and its representation in assessment and forecasting systems.

Within the Action one working group focuses on pollen production and release and their quantitative description. It includes analysis of observational and modeling information for revealing key characteristics of these processes. The project MicroPoem, a collaboration of MeteoSwiss and the Institute of Meteorology, Climatology and Remote Sensing (MRC Lab), University of Basel, aims at the investigation of the impact of micrometeorological factors on birch pollen emission. A second objective is the determination of pollen emission parameters, which will be implemented in pollen forecast models.