TERN Weekly Pollen Count - University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 2007-2010

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The datafile, published by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) contains the composition and abundance of airborne pollen in the suburb of Sandy Bay (University of Tasmania), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The data was collected for the period between July 2007 to December 2010 as part of a large research program looking at atmospheric particles and human health and phenology of urban planted environments (see Tng, DYP, Hopf, F, Haberle, SG, Bowman, DMJS 2010, Seasonal pollen distribution in the atmosphere of Hobart, Tasmania: preliminary observations and congruence with flowering phenology. Australian Journal of Botany 58, 440–452).

Airborne pollen counts were derived from deployment of a seven-day Hirst-type volumetric pollen and spore trap located on a rooftops at 12m 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_utas_pollen_count_weekly_by_pollen_type_2007_10
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), Coprosma (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, Week Number
Attribution Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, (2018): TERN Weekly Pollen Count - University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 2007-2010; 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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