Evaluation and Forecasting of Atmospheric Concentrations of Allergenic Pollen in Europe

Evaluation and forecasting of atmospheric concentrations of allergenic pollen in Europe

Annual workshop

Dates: 15-16.01.2007

Place: Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560, Helsinki

Room: Sykloni (4A08c, 4th floor)

Meeting agenda

15.1.2007. Results of two years of the project

9:30 – 9:35 Opening, welcome (J.Kukkonen)

9:35 – 9:50 Overview of the 1st + 2nd-year activity (M.Sofiev)

9:50 – 11:20 WP1: configuration of the emission module (discussion started by H.Ranta)

- Association of catkin numbers with airborne pollen counts, and possibilities to estimate prospective catkin crop(H.Ranta)

- Outline of the collected phenological database and its representativiveness (P.Siljamo)

- Two-heat-sum parameterization of the flowering period (T.Linkosalo)

- Optimal identification of the heat-sum model over Europe (P.Siljamo, M.Sofiev)

11:20 – 11:40 coffee break

11:40 – 12:30 WP2 & WP3: new SILAM configuration, input data utilization(started by M.Sofiev)

- SILAM v.4.0, pollen simulations, provisions for a merge with other pollutants; means of real-time data utilization.

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 Presentations of the project partners (15-20 min each followed by 5-10 min discussion)

- Analysis of EAN observations for 2006 (S.Jaeger)

- Birch leaf unfolding as seen from satellites. (K-A.Hogda)

- Pollen prognosis for Denmark based on DMI-Enviro-HIRLAM (A.Rasmussen)

Coffee break 14:30 – 14:50

14:50 – 16:00 WP4 and beyond:application and utilization of the model (started by E.Valovirta)

-(E.Valovirta)

-Envisioned services: EAN network, ESA-PROMOTE project, GAS (GMES Atmospheric Service) (outline by M.Sofiev)

-Services and products for the specific users and activities

16:00 -> General discussion of two years of the project: main achievements and areas of improvements, connections to data providers and service users.

18:00-21:00Evening programme, to be announced

16.1.2007. Plans for the third year

9:30 – 10:30 WP1- WP3: system development in 2007.

10:30 – 10:50 coffee break

10:50 – 11:50 WP4: Utilization and application of the modelling system: historical and for spring 2007. Communication with EAN and DMI (others?), information products for PROMOTE, EAN, scientific community (boundary conditions), general public.

11:50 – 13:00 lunch

13:00 – 14:00 future proposals: ESA, EU-FP7, ???. Plans for Pollen COST Action. General discussion

List of participants

FMI: J.Kukkonen, M.Sofiev, P.Siljamo, A.Karppinen, …

UT: H.Ranta, A.Rantio-Lehtimaki, A.Oksanen

UH: T.Linkosalo

DMI: A.Rassmussen

NORUT: K-A Hogda

HNO Klinik S.Jaeger

MSU E. Severova

How to get to new FMI building.

Official address: Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, Helsinki

Location: Kumpula (one of the Helsinki regions), next to the campus of the University of Helsinki. Closest metro station: Sörnäinen, then ~5-10 minutes with tram or bus towards Kumpula.

Maps: (yellow square: FMI building; yellow circle: tram/bus stop, m.Sörnäinen is marked by an arrow at the second map):

Detailed map:

Large-scale map