Environmental Sciences Proceedings, Volume 26, 2023

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Magnetic particles were separated from soil and sediment samples from the Sarigiol basin. The sources of their highest values are ophiolite complexes and fly ash dispersion while magnetite is the dominant mineral. Ιron is the dominant element of...

The Etesian winds characterize the summertime circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean. Etesians are modulated by the Indian summer monsoon (ISM), but their response to other external forcings is not understood. Here, we investigate the response of E...

The current study examines an algorithmic solution for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the optimum energy demand coverage of a typical university campus via the contribution of an existing Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit o...

The main focus of this study is to optimize proposed solutions for a residential PV-based net-metering systems with the option of EV adaptation, utilizing a weighted grading system. Technical, environmental and financial parameters are assessed to de...

Climate change due to extended fossil fuel utilization strongly affects islands all over the world. Greece has a large number of islands of various sizes. As far as the electrification status and the climate surcharge of Greek islands is concerned, t...

The transition to renewable energy sources for a sustainable, low-carbon future is driven by the need for the mitigation of climate change. The integration of RES-based systems and storage units can deal with the intermittent nature of natural variab...

Episodes of NNW-erly windstorms, known in the area of Balkan Peninsula as Vardaris, were identified, with the aid of wind archive data, from the Regional Meteorological Centre of Makedonia of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service of Greece. Th...

In this work, we utilize space-based radar products from CloudSat mission and provide statistics on the properties of the clouds observed above the PANGEA (PANhellenic GEophysical observatory of Antikythera) observatory, located in the Eastern Medite...

Ianos originated from a shallow low in Libya, which formed on the tip of a warm tongue of Saharan air on 12 September 2020, a couple of days before its transformation to a Medicane. The genesis of the incipient cyclone was associated with strong warm...

In recent decades, there has been an increasing interest in making use of satellite measurements for identifying trends in atmospheric composition and climate. Instruments like GOME-2 and TROPOMI are dedicated to air-quality and global trace gas moni...

The aim of this study was to assess any seasonal and long-term trends on involuntary admissions. Seasonal pattern and long-term variation were examined statistically and analyzed using Poisson models with robust standard errors, including 1-year peri...

Wildfires stand as significant contributors to atmospheric aerosols, exerting a substantial influence on air quality and radiative forcing. In our research, we utilized the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with chemistry (WRF−Chem...

In the framework of the ESA-NASA Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign (JATAC), the ASKOS experiment was implemented during the summer and autumn of 2021 and 2022. ASKOS comprised roughly 9 weeks of measurements in the Saharan dust outflow towards...

Aiming to develop a novel optimization model for numerical weather and wave predictions, this study proposes a hybrid approach based on the combination of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Kalman Filters (KFs). The KF technique uses fixed covaria...

Coherent structures (CS), or vortices, are playing an important role in Earth’s climate system, since they are responsible for a significant part in the momentum, heat, mass, etc., transportation of any fluid, including the atmosphere and the o...

The remote sensing ground-based platform for atmospheric research hosted by the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence will be the key research infrastructure of the Cyprus Atmospheric Remote Sensing Observatory (CARO) in Limassol, Cyprus. Between the 27t...

The aim of this research is to elucidate the projected bioclimatic conditions in the Mediterranean during midday and evening periods for both the near and far future under the representative concentration pathways, RCP4.5 (intermediate) and RCP8.5 (e...

Sea surface chlorophyll concentrations are indicative of phytoplankton growth and can be impacted by extreme weather events. Hurricanes and typhoons have been widely studied for such an influence on the marine environment; chlorophyll increases and e...

Human-caused climate change is linked to changes in some types of climate extremes such as high- and low-temperature extremes. Extreme temperature poses risks to several sectors of society and, more importantly, on human health. In Europe, the popula...

In this study, we evaluate NASA CloudSat products using ground-based measurements performed in the framework of the Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS). Combined ground-based lidar–radar observations performed in t...

The European Space Agency’s AEOLUS mission provides vertical profiles of the horizontal line-of-sight (HLOS) wind component in the troposphere and lower stratosphere, as well as secondary products with retrievals of extinction and backscatter c...

This study examines how a floating wind turbine responds to irregular waves. It gives a detailed explanation of the floating body’s geometrical features as well as the outcomes in terms of the incident waves. A discussion of the system’s...

This study investigates the spatial distribution of optical and microphysical dust properties in Europe and possible differences between the Saharan and Saudi Arabian deserts’ dust particles based on the AERONET network. Data were collected wit...

An increase in the frequency of wildfire occurrence is predicted in all climate model estimates, implying significant health impacts, due to the emission of combustion products. Application of pollutant dispersion models at strategic and operational...

Carbon monoxide, XCO, and methane, XCH₄, column-averaged dry-air mole fractions (DMFs), observed by the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on board Sentinel-5P (S-5P), are validated against those obtained from a Bruker ground-based low-reso...

Forecasting volcanic ash transport is crucial for aviation, but its accuracy is subject to both the prevailing wind fields and the knowledge of the source term of the eruption, i.e., variation of emission rate and column height with time. In this stu...

Under the framework of the European project “FirEUrisk”, the present work aimed to spatially assess the climate change signal of fire weather danger in the Attica region at a high resolution of 5 km. For this purpose, a methodology was ap...

Climate change is linked to a higher risk of hydrometeorological disasters, which are driven by both the increased global surface temperature, which leads to more frequent droughts, and heavy rainfall events inducing floods. The Municipality of Ermio...

Water leakages in urban water supply networks are a major cause of non-revenue water (NRW) and pose significant challenges for water management. To address this issue, the Municipal Enterprise for Water and Wastewater of Aigialeia (DEYA Aigialeias),...

The constant increase in urban population has resulted in, among others, increased food demand. Peri-urban areas are “transition zones from rural to urban land-uses located between the outer limits of urban and regional centres and the rural en...

Remote sensing of particulate matter (PM) absolute concentration levels can address the need for continuous wide-area monitoring in urban environments, which arises from the adverse effects of air pollution on human health. Raymetrics PMeye is a uniq...

Increased interest is demonstrated recently in the emergence of prosumer schemes for the residential sector on the basis of combined RES and storage configurations. Primarily, such schemes aim to increase energy autonomy for end users. Despite provid...

The most extreme manifestation of a fire–weather interaction is the formation of pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) thunderstorms, triggered by super-heated updrafts, which can eject smoke at altitudes exceeding 20 Km. In this study, we investigated cli...

Battery storage is nowadays considered a key component not only in off-grid applications but also in the context of grid-tied, residential-scale systems, facilitating the broader use of RES even in heavily congested distribution grids. Since batterie...

Public health is currently facing several difficulties. The global impact of climate change is intensifying. Consequently, several problems have developed regarding human health and water resources. Globally, natural water resources are frequently in...

Although Homer’s Odyssey is not a scientific or historical work, it reveals certain elements of Meteorology. Weather phenomena during Ulysses’ 10-year return journey reflect empirical observations from the Bronze Age up to the post-Mycena...

Occurrence of wind energy curtailments in non-interconnected island systems of considerable wind power capacity comes as a result of local grid limitations and significant load variation across seasons. Facilitating increased wind energy generation r...

The predominant climatological wind regime in summer over the Greek Seas and especially over the Aegean Sea is undoubtedly the Etesian winds system, very well known since the time of the ancient Greeks, who first identified and described its main cha...

The main aim of this study is to model the Nature-based solution of Green Roofs (GRs) in order to assess their efficiency as a mitigation strategy for UHI effects and extreme summertime temperatures over Attica in Greece. The area of study is a regio...

Climate change has increased forest fire risk across Europe, leading to negative impact on air and water quality, biodiversity, soil and landscape aesthetics. Fire events in Mediterranean areas are linked to adverse effects on watersheds’ hydro...

This pilot study aims to evaluate the impact of climate change on the critical stages of crop growth. Data from agricultural stations in Greece were analyzed to assess the effects of climate change on the country’s agriculture, focusing on area...

In the present study, the spatial and temporal variability of the Aridity Index (AI) in the Mediterranean region during the 30-year period 1971–2000 is analyzed. The analysis is performed on a decadal timescale. Subsequently, the projected chan...

The eVe lidar is a scanning system that can perform combined linear/circular polarization and Raman measurements at 355 nm and consists of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) reference aerosol lidar system. eVe was deployed in the ASKOS campaign,...

According to the recent IPCC report, the Mediterranean, and consequently the region of Sitia, is one of the European “climate hotspots”. Its complex geomorphology and multiple locations with very distinct microclimate characteristics make...

The synoptic–meso-α scale study of a convective line shows that the latter was favored by the vertical superposition of the passage of an ULFnt onto a low-level convergence line.

Forecasting and characterizing fire weather conditions over a region days in advance is of great importance for developing early warning systems and supporting effective wildfire management. Furthermore, it is important for increasing awareness and p...

The Elbasani region is characterized by its strong hydrodynamics regime, which comes from the powerful movements of underground water combined with many resources; therefore, the area has geothermal potential, and is one of the most popularly used in...

Extreme weather events are identified as a major area of interest, and further consideration is demanded. This study investigates the synoptic and dynamic aspects of a storm system, named “Athina”, that affected most of Greece in early Oc...

The complete blood count (CBC), a cost-effective blood test, offers insights into the cell composition of blood, including white and red blood cells and platelets. Novel inflammatory biomarkers derived from combinations of CBC parameters include the...