Analysis of the willow pollen seasons in the selected Polish cities in 2014
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The aim of the study was to analyse the willow pollen seasons in 13 monitoring stations in Poland in 2014. The volumetric method of sampling was used. The estimation of the seasonal parameters was based on the descriptive statistics. All pollen seasons started in the part of March and lasted about 1,5 months. The clear difference among study sites were found in case of maximum concentration and SPI value. The lowest SPI value was achieved in Wroclaw, while the SPI in Cracow was 10 times higher. In the most of centres the fluctuation of high and low daily concentrations during the pollen seasons was observed. Only in Cracow, the clear period of higher concentrations was indicated.
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