HUMAN BIOMETEOROLOGY - POLLEN FLIGHT FORECASTING IN GERMANY AND IN EUROPE

Every tenth person in Central Europe is a pollinosis patient. The time of ripening and release of pollen, as well as pollen flight, all depe nd on the weather. Because each year is different from every other, me an values from pollen calendars do not provide any practical help for allergy-sufferers. For this reason, in many European countries, measur ing networks have been established during the last 10 years as a basis for forecasting the prevalence of airborne pollen for the following 2 -3 days, in connection with the weather forecast. Cooperation and comm unication also exist on a European level, and a European Pollen Databa se has been established.