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Weekly Pollen Count Data for the University of Tasmania, Hobart

The datafile 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 et al., 2010).

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2007-07-07
Date (Publication)
2014-06-30
Date (Revision)
2025-12-11
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Title
DataCite
Code
doi:10.4227/05/5344E9A41A124
Codespace
http://dx.doi.org

Publisher

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Processor

University of Queensland - Davies, Janet ()
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia

Contributor

University of Queensland - Specht, Alison (Associate Professor)
Chancellors Place, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
St Lucia
Queensland
4072
Australia

Author

Australian National University - Haberle, Simon (Professor)
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Author

Australian National University - Hopf, Feli ()
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Author

University of Tasmania - Tng, David ()
Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 7005, Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
7005
Australia

Author

University of Tasmania - Johnston, Fay ()
Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 7005, Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
7005
Australia

Author

University of Tasmania - Bowman, David (Professor)
Churchill Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania, 7005, Australia
Hobart
Tasmania
7005
Australia
Website
https://www.tern.org.au/

Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Credit
This work was funded by ACEAS, a facility of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

Australian National University - Haberle, Simon (Professor)
10 East Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
10 East Road
Acton
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

Description
In the suburb of Sandy Bay (University of Tasmania), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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Temporal extent

Time period
2007-07-07 2010-12-31
Title
Tng D., Hopf F., Haberle S., Bowman D. (2010). Seasonal pollen distribution in the atmosphere of Hobart, Tasmania: preliminary observations and congruence with flowering phenology. Australian Journal of Botany, 58: 440-452
Website
Tng D., Hopf F., Haberle S., Bowman D. (2010). Seasonal pollen distribution in the atmosphere of Hobart, Tasmania: preliminary observations and congruence with flowering phenology. Australian Journal of Botany, 58: 440-452

Related documentation

Title
Davies J. M., Beggs P. J., Medek, D. E., Newnham R. M., Erbas B., Thibaudon M., Katelaris C. H., Haberle S. G., Newbigin E. J. and Huete, A. R. (2015). Trans-disciplinary research in synthesis of grass pollen aerobiology and its importance for respiratory health in Australasia. Science of The Total Environment, 534: 85-96
Website
Davies J. M., Beggs P. J., Medek, D. E., Newnham R. M., Erbas B., Thibaudon M., Katelaris C. H., Haberle S. G., Newbigin E. J. and Huete, A. R. (2015). Trans-disciplinary research in synthesis of grass pollen aerobiology and its importance for respiratory health in Australasia. Science of The Total Environment, 534: 85-96

Related documentation

Title
Haberle S. G., Bowman D. M. J. S., Nernham R. M., Johnston F. H., Beggs P. J., Buters J., Campbell B., Erbas B., Godwin I., Green B. J., Huete A., Jaggard A. K., Medek D., Murray F., Newbigin, E., Thibaudon M., Vicendese D., Williamson G.J. and Davies J.M. (2014). The macroecology of airborne pollen in Australian and New Zealand urban areas. PLOS ONE, 9 (5): e97925
Website
Haberle S. G., Bowman D. M. J. S., Nernham R. M., Johnston F. H., Beggs P. J., Buters J., Campbell B., Erbas B., Godwin I., Green B. J., Huete A., Jaggard A. K., Medek D., Murray F., Newbigin, E., Thibaudon M., Vicendese D., Williamson G.J. and Davies J.M. (2014). The macroecology of airborne pollen in Australian and New Zealand urban areas. PLOS ONE, 9 (5): e97925

Related documentation

Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GCMD Science Keywords
  • POLLEN
ANZSRC Fields of Research
  • Environmental management
  • Environmental assessment and monitoring
  • Terrestrial ecology
  • Allergy
  • Preventative health care
TERN Instrument Vocabulary
  • Hirst-type volumetric pollen and spore trap
TERN Parameter Vocabulary
  • pollen count
  • Grain per Cubic Metre
QUDT Units of Measure
  • Grain per Cubic Metre
GCMD Horizontal Resolution Ranges
  • Point Resolution
GCMD Temporal Resolution Ranges
  • Weekly - < Monthly
Australian Plant Name Index
  • Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Chenopodiaceae Vent.
  • Cupressaceae Gray
  • Myrtaceae Juss.
  • Oleaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Betula L.
  • Coprosma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  • Pinus L.
  • Plantago L.
  • Rumex L.
  • Acacia Mill.
  • Alnus Mill.
  • Casuarina L.
  • Ulmus L.
Keywords (Discipline)
  • weekly pollen counts

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license allows others to copy, distribute, display, and create derivative works provided that they credit the original source and any other nominated parties. Details are provided at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
File name
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File description
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File type
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Linkage
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Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
Alternate title
CC-BY
Edition
4.0
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
TERN services are provided on an "as-is" and "as available" basis. Users use any TERN services at their discretion and risk. They will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use including use of any data obtained through TERN and any analysis performed using the TERN infrastructure. <br />Web links to and from external, third party websites should not be construed as implying any relationships with and/or endorsement of the external site or its content by TERN. <br /><br />Please advise any work or publications that use this data via the online form at https://www.tern.org.au/research-publications/#reporting
Other constraints
Please cite this dataset as {Author} ({PublicationYear}). {Title}. {Version, as appropriate}. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. {Identifier}.

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
Hobart_UTAS_weekly_pollen_counts_data_Sep2007-Dec2010

Distribution Information

Distribution format

Distributor

Distributor

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd, Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia, 4068
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
OnLine resource
ro-crate-metadata.json

Resource lineage

Statement
Airborne pollen counts were derived from deployment of a seven-day Hirst-type volumetric pollen and spore trap located on a rooftops at 12&nbsp;m 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.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/EPSG:4326

Reference system type
Geodetic Geographic 2D

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/41da6ecb-6a99-4b9f-92c0-00e15679fc53

Title
TERN GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Building 1019, 80 Meiers Rd
Indooroopilly
QLD
4068
Australia
+61 7 3365 9097

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/41da6ecb-6a99-4b9f-92c0-00e15679fc53

Point-of-truth metadata URL

Date info (Creation)
2023-05-10T00:00:00.000000+00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-12-11T22:31:26.157971+00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-1:2014/AMD 1:2018 Geographic information - Metadata - Fundamentals
Edition
1

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19115-3:2016
Edition
1.0

Metadata standard

Title
ISO/TS 19157-2:2016
Edition
1.0
Title
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-3:2016 and ISO 19157-2:2016
Date (published)
2021
Edition
1.0

Identifier

Code
10.5281/zenodo.5652221
Website
https://github.com/ternaustralia/TERN-ISO19115/releases/tag/v1.0

 
 

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Keywords

ANZSRC Fields of Research
Allergy Environmental assessment and monitoring Environmental management Preventative health care Terrestrial ecology
GCMD Science Keywords
POLLEN

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