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Short communication: emerging technologies for biometeorology

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The first decade of the twenty-first century saw remarkable technological advancements for use in biometeorology. These emerging technologies have allowed for the collection of new data and have further emphasized the need for specific and/or changing systems for efficient data management, data processing, and advanced representations of new data through digital information management systems. This short communication provides an overview of new hardware and software technologies that support biometeorologists in representing and understanding the influence of atmospheric processes on living organisms.

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  1. Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Hamed Mehdipoor & Raul Zurita-Milla

  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Jennifer K. Vanos

  3. Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA

    Guofeng Cao

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Mehdipoor, H., Vanos, J.K., Zurita-Milla, R. et al. Short communication: emerging technologies for biometeorology. Int J Biometeorol 61 (Suppl 1), 81–88 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-017-1399-9

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