Airborne Pollen Observed by Polly^XT Raman Lidar at Finokalia, Crete

¹ Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
² Department of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, University of Athens, 15784 Athens, Greece
³ Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
⁴ IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Athens, Greece
⁵ ECPL, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece

^* Email: xiaoxia.shang@fmi.fi

Published online: 7 July 2020

Abstract

In order to document and study airborne pollen in the Mediterranean region, a pollen measurement campaign was performed during February-May 2018, at the Finokalia station in Crete. A ground-based multi-wavelength Raman polarization lidar Polly^XT performed continuous measurements, together with a Hirst-type Burkard pollen sampler. The optical properties of pollen layers with presence of airborne pollen are retrieved and presented. Dust-free condition is applied for pollen study, using the dust models.