TERN Weekly Pollen Count - Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2007-2009

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The datafile, published by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) contains the composition and abundance of airborne pollen in the campus of the Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. The data was collected for the period between September 2007 to December 2009 as part of a large research program looking at atmospheric particles and human health and phenology of urban planted environments (unpublished).

Airborne pollen counts were derived from deployment of a seven-day Hirst-type volumetric pollen and spore trap located on a rooftops at 8m above the ground. The Hirst-type sampler uses a range of adhesive surface compounds including vaseline and 10% paraffin wax in toluene on MelinexTM tape (Burkard Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK), silicon-based adhesive (Lanzoni s.r.l., Bologna, Italy). The seven-day tapes are then cut into 24-hr segments and mounted on glass slides with a stain such as fuchsine stained Gelvatol. Analysis of each 24-hr period is conducted by counting four transects at 400 magnification. The data is summed to provide an average weekly pollen count.

For more information please visit the Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (ACEAS) Data Portal.

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  • AURIN has spatially enabled the original data, acquired via the ACEAS Data Portal with permission from TERN.

  • This dataset allows you to filter the data by the date of collection.

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Source https://adp.aurin.org.au/geoserver/wfs
Last Updated February 27, 2025, 09:03 (UTC)
Created February 27, 2025, 09:03 (UTC)
ADP ID datasource-TERN-UoM_AURIN_DB:tern_anu_pollen_count_weekly_by_pollen_type_2007_09
Access Level Open Access
Aggregation Level NA
Attribute List Acacia (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Alnus (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Asteraceae (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Betula (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Casuarina (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Chenopodiaceae (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Cupressaceae (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Cyperaceae (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Easting Coordinate (WGS 84), First Date of the Week, Geometry, Location Name, Myrtaceae (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Northing Coordinate (WGS 84), Number of Data Collection Days in the Week, Oleaceae (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Other (known and unknown) (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Pinus (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Plantago (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Poaceae (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Quercus (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Rumex (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Salix (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Total pollen (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Ulmus (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Unique Identifier, Urticaceae (Weekly sum: grains/m3), Week Number
Attribution Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, (2018): TERN Weekly Pollen Count - Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2007-2009; accessed from AURIN on [date of access].
Coordinate Ref. System EPSG:4283 (GDA_1994)
Copyright Notice © Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network 2018
Geometry Field wkb_geometry
Key ogc_fid
Type dataset
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