Abstract

We describe the current version of 'TAPIRA,' the Taiwan Airborne Pollen Image Recording Application, developed at the Little Grass Laboratory of Biology, National Cheng-Kung University of Taiwan. The TAPIRA is a user-friendly application designed to recording and transferring the data of airborne pollen for aeropalynological investigation. Currently the programs are available for computers running the Macintosh operating system. Detailed information about the package is described and its future developments are also discussed.

中文摘要

本文介紹最新版 TAPIRA—台灣空中花粉影像記錄應用軟體。TAPIRA發展於國立成功大學生物系小草研究室，主要用於記錄空中花粉調查的各項數據，特別是花粉影像。此外，各項數據也可轉換成各種檔型供進一步分析用。目前程式僅適用於麥金塔操作系統的電腦，其它相關資訊和將來之發展也於文中介紹和討論。 關鍵詞：空中花粉，應用軟體，花粉影像。

Keyword: Airborne pollen, Application program, Pollen image.