**About the Editor**

**Silas Michaelides** Dr Silas Michaelides is an Adjunct Professor at the Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) of The Cyprus Institute. He has been the Director of the Department of Meteorology of Cyprus, a position he has reached having climbed all the scientific ranks of this governmental organization, for more than 40 years. He holds a PhD in Meteorology, an MSc in Agricultural Meteorology, a Master's degree in Public Sector Management and a BSc in Mathematics. He has published 125 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, several of which are on the remote sensing of precipitation. He has also published one book on precipitation, and he has acted as the Guest Editor of more than 30 Special Issues and Conference Proceedings. He is a Member Emeritus of the European Geosciences Union, a Member of the American Meteorological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and a Member of the Hellenic Meteorological Society. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Cyprus Remote Sensing Society.
