Fighting Allergies with Pollen Forecasting (emf2024)

Many people rely on pollen forecasts to know when their allergies are likely to cause trouble. So when the main source of them in Finland scaled back after losing funding, a replacement was needed. Hear about the process of starting at zero knowledge of pollen forecasting, discovering the available models and data, and putting it together to get 3-day forecasts for any location in Europe, as a hobbyist with some help from the Finnish Meteorological Institute. Includes learning about atmospheric science, academic data, coordinate projections, Rust and more. Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ about this event: https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2024/414-fighting-allergies-with-pollen-forecasting