ENRTF ID: 036-A

Project Title: Realtime Monitoring of Statewide Pollen in Minnesota

Category: A. Foundational Natural Resource Data and Information

Summary: This project aims to develop a low-cost phone attachment and mobile app that can be used by the public, enabling real-time monitoring of statewide pollen condition in Minnesota.

Total Project Budget: $ 319,133
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2023 (3 yrs)

Name: Jiarong Hong
Sponsoring Organization: U of MN
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Address: 2 Third Avenue SE
Minneapolis MN 55414
Telephone Number: (612) 626-4562
Email jhong@umn.edu
Web Address: http://www.me.umn.edu/people/hong.shtml

Location: Statewide

Alternate Text for Visual: Figure 1 demonstrates the proposed system to image and analyze pollen; Figure 2 shows the 4G coverage map in Minnesota and ten tentative sample sites for field data collection.