The EAS supports several projects in the field of aerobiology, such as the European Aeroallergen Network (EAN) and the EUMETNET AutoPollen Programme.

EAN – European Aeroallergen Network

The European Aeroallergen Network (EAN) Pollen Database is used to gather information from the more than 600 pollen counting stations across Europe. These data are used by scientists (mostly aerobiologists) to better understand airborne pollen and their link with many other environmental factors, including human health.

This EAN website (www.ean-net.org) is mainly used by scientists for exchanging data, with most of the pages for registered users with a valid password only. As a downstream-service, some of the data are made available for various organisations for the use in forecast models.
All data are owned by participants and are only available under specific agreement. A list of contact people can be found on the country pages of www.polleninfo.org.

For the public, data are available as graphics on www.polleninfo.org , under “Flow Charts”. For allergy sufferers, there is an additional service: the personal pollen diary.

The EUMETNET AutoPollen Programme aims to develop and establish a European automatic pollen and fungal spore monitoring network. The AutoPollen programme seeks to take full advantage of the large potential for progress that new automatic technologies provide and to do so it brings together a consortium from across Europe with the multidisciplinary expertise needed to address the challenges along the entire information chain – from the actual observation through to the final end-user defined product.

EAS has been involved in the AutoPollen programme from the very beginning in 2018. This means that EAS members have access not only to timely information but also provides many possibilities for the sharing of expertise and collaboration opportunities.

Find more information about the AutoPollen Programme here:

To get involved in the Programme’s different working groups please contact: marie-pierre.meurville(at)meteoswiss.ch (scientific coordinator) or bernard.clot(at)meteoswiss.ch (programme manager).