PANGEA Cal/Val center for enhancing Earth Observation R&I in the Mediterranean

Deliverables

First version of the Data Management Plan

First version of the document containing the detailed management plan for all PANGEA4CalVal data.

Open access website for the dissemination of the project results and access to general information, including an intranet page (web and ftp) for internal communication, exchange and storage of documents and data. Please note that the Intranet page will be visible only to consortium (Dissemination level: Sen).

Publications

Natural Aerosols, Gaseous Precursors and Their Impacts in Greece: A Review from the Remote Sensing Perspective

Author(s): Vassilis Amiridis, Stelios Kazadzis, Antonis Gkikas, Kalliopi Artemis Voudouri, Dimitra Kouklaki, Maria-Elissavet Koukouli, Katerina Garane, Aristeidis K. Georgoulias, Stavros Solomos, George Varlas, Anna Kampouri, Dimitra Founda, Basil E. Psiloglou, Petros Katsafados, Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou, Ilias Fountoulakis, Panagiotis-Ioannis Raptis, Thanasis Georgiou, Anna Gialitaki, Emmanouil Proestakis, Alexandra Tsekeri, Eleni Drakaki, Eleni Marinou, Elina Giannakaki, Stergios Misios, John Kapsomenakis, Kostas Eleftheratos, Nikos Hatzianastassiou, Pavlos Kalabokas, Prodromos Zanis, Mihalis Vrekoussis, Alexandros Papayannis, Andreas Kazantzidis, Konstantinos Kourtidis, Dimitris Balis, Alkiviadis F. Bais, Christos Zerefos
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ATMOS15070753

Large-Scale Network-Based Observations of a Saharan Dust Event across the European Continent in Spring 2022

Author(s): Christina-Anna Papanikolaou, Alexandros Papayannis, Marilena Gidarakou, Sabur F. Abdullaev, Nicolae Ajtai, Holger Baars, Dimitris Balis, Daniele Bortoli, Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda, Martine Collaud-Coen, Benedetto de Rosa, Davide Dionisi, Kostas Eleftheratos, Ronny Engelmann, Athena A. Floutsi, Jesús Abril-Gago, Philippe Goloub, Giovanni Giuliano, Pilar Gumà-Claramunt, Julian Hofer, Qiaoyun Hu, Mika Komppula, Eleni Marinou, Giovanni Martucci, Ina Mattis, Konstantinos Michailidis, Constantino Muñoz-Porcar, Maria Mylonaki, Michail Mytilinaios, Doina Nicolae, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez, Vanda Salgueiro, Xiaoxia Shang, Iwona S. Stachlewska, Horațiu Ioan Ștefănie, Dominika M. Szczepanik, Thomas Trickl, Hannes Vogelmann, Kalliopi Artemis Voudouri
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/RS16173350

Extreme wildfires over northern Greece during summer 2023 – Part A: Effects on aerosol optical properties and solar UV radiation

Author(s): Konstantinos Michailidis, Katerina Garane, Dimitris Karagkiozidis, Georgia Peletidou, Kalliopi-Artemis Voudouri, Dimitris Balis, Alkiviadis Bais
Published in: Atmospheric Research, Issue 311, 2024, ISSN 0169-8095
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ATMOSRES.2024.107700

Assessment of the accuracy in UV index modelling using the UVIOS2 system during the UVC-III campaign

Author(s): Ilias Fountoulakis, Kyriaki Papachristopoulou, Stelios Kazadzis, Gregor Hülsen, Julian Gröbner, Ioannis-Panagiotis Raptis, Dimitra Kouklaki, Akriti Masoom, Natalia Kouremeti, Charalampos Kontoes, Christos S. Zerefos
Published in: Geoscientific Model Development, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1991-9603
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/GMD-18-7451-2025

Assessing the Impact of Aeolus Wind Profiles in WRF-Chem Model Dust Simulations in September 2021

Author(s): Eleni Drakaki; Vassilis Amiridis; Antonis Gkikas; Eleni Marinou; Emmanouil Proestakis; Georgios Papangelis; Angela Benedetti; Michael Rennie; Christian Retscher; Demetri Bouris; Petros Katsafados
Published in: 16th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics&mdash;COMECAP 2023, 2023, ISSN 2673-4931
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17711876

CALIPSO Overpasses During Three Atmospheric Pollen Events Detected by Hirst-Type Volumetric Samplers in Two Urban Cities in Greece

Author(s): Archontoula Karageorgopoulou, Elina Giannakaki, Christos Stathopoulos, Thanasis Georgiou, Eleni Marinou, Vassilis Amiridis, Ioanna Pyrri, Maria-Christina Gatou, Xiaoxia Shang, Athanasios Charalampopoulos, Despoina Vokou, Athanasios Damialis
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ATMOS16030317

Volcanic emission estimates from the inversion of ACTRIS lidar observations and their use for quantitative dispersion modeling

Author(s): Anna Kampouri, Vassilis Amiridis, Thanasis Georgiou, Stavros Solomos, Anna Gialitaki, Maria Tsichla, Michael Rennie, Simona Scollo, Prodromos Zanis
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/ACP-25-7343-2025

Development and Validation of an Enhanced Aerosol Product for Aeolus (L2A+)

Author(s): Konstantinos Rizos; Antonis Gkikas; Emmanouil Proestakis; Thanasis Georgiou; Vassilis Amiridis; Eleni Marinou; David Donovan; Nikos Benas; Martin Stengel; Christian Retscher; Holger Baars; Athena Augusta Floutsi
Published in: 16th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics&mdash;COMECAP 2023, 2023, ISSN 2673-4931
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17711683

Validation of the Aeolus L2A products with the eVe reference lidar measurements from the ASKOS/JATAC campaign

Author(s): Peristera Paschou, Nikolaos Siomos, Eleni Marinou, Antonis Gkikas, Samira M. Idrissa, Daniel T. Quaye, Désiré D. Fiogbe Attannon, Kalliopi Artemis Voudouri, Charikleia Meleti, David P. Donovan, George Georgoussis, Tommaso Parrinello, Thorsten Fehr, Jonas von Bismarck, Vassilis Amiridis
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/AMT-18-4731-2025

Derivation and validation of a refined dust product from Aeolus (L2A+)

Author(s): Konstantinos Rizos; Emmanouil Proestakis; Thanasis Georgiou; Antonis Gkikas; Eleni Marinou; Peristera Paschou; Kalliopi Artemis Voudouri; Athanasios Tsikerdekis; David Donovan; Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff; Angela Benedetti; Holger Baars; Athena Augusta Floutsi; Nikos Benas; Martin Stengel; Christian Retscher; Edward Malina; Vassilis Amiridis
Published in: EGUsphere, 2025, ISSN 1607-7962
Publisher: Copernicus
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17711780

Dust, Convection, Winds, and Waves: The 2022 NASA CPEX-CV Campaign

Author(s): Edward P. Nowottnick, Angela K. Rowe, Amin R. Nehrir, Jonathan A. Zawislak, Aaron J. Piña, Will McCarty, Rory A. Barton-Grimley, Kristopher M. Bedka, J. Ryan Bennett, Alan Brammer, Megan E. Buzanowicz, Gao Chen, Shu-Hua Chen, Shuyi S. Chen, Peter R. Colarco, John W. Cooney, Ewan Crosbie, James Doyle, Thorsten Fehr, Richard A. Ferrare, Steven D. Harrah, Svetla M. Hristova-Veleva, Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, Quinton A. Lawton, Allan Lee, Eleni Marinou, Elinor R. Martin, Griša Močnik, Edoardo Mazza, Raquel Rodriguez Monje, Kelly M. Núñez Ocasio, Zhaoxia Pu, Manikandan Rajagopal, Jeffrey S. Reid, Claire E. Robinson, Rosimar Rios-Berrios, Benjamin D. Rodenkirch, Naoko Sakaeda, Vidal Salazar, Michael A. Shook, Leigh Sinclair, Gail M. Skofronick-Jackson, K. Lee Thornhill, Ryan D. Torn, David P. Van Gilst, Peter G. Veals, Holger Vömel, Sun Wong, Shun-Nan Wu, Luke D. Ziemba, Edward J. Zipser
Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Issue 105, 2025, ISSN 0003-0007
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17701148

Simulations of spectral polarimetric variables measured in rain at W-band

Author(s): Ioanna Tsikoudi, Alessandro Battaglia, Christine Unal, Eleni Marinou
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/AMT-18-4857-2025

ACROSS Mediterranean activities for EarthCARE validation and exploitation

Author(s): Eleni Marinou, null null
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU25-9811

Actris, Earlinet, and Cloudnet Cal/Val Contribution to Earthcare Mission

Author(s): Eleni Marinou, Holger Baars, Lucia Mona, Ewan O’Connor, Stephanie Rusli, Rob Koopman, Ann Mari Fjæraa, Doina Nicolae
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17671721

Across Mediterranean Experiment for the Cal/Val of the Earthcare Mission

Author(s): Eleni Marinou, Vassilis Amiridis, Peristera Paschou, Alexandra Tsekeri, Ioanna Tsikoudi, Kaliopi-Artemis Voudouri, Anna Gialitaki, Maria Tsichla, Kyriaki Papachristopoulou, Dimitra Kouklaki, Iliana Koutsoupi, Elina Giannakaki, Stelios Kazadzis, Dimitris Balis, Kostantinos Michailidis, Geprgia Peletidou, Anca Nemuc, Doina Nicolae, Grisa Močnik, Franco Marenco, Maria Kezoudi, Silke Gross, Martin Wirth, Florian Ewald, Ewan O’Connor, Ville Vakkari, Dmitri Moisseev, Pavlos Kollias, Lucia Mona, Nikos Papagiannopoulous, Marco Rosoldi, Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri, Dragos Ene, Athina Floutsi, Holger Baars
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17670730

The Effect of Atmospheric Variability in Measured Spectral Ultraviolet Radiation in Athens, Greece, During the ASPIRE Campaign

Author(s): Kouklaki, D., Fountoulakis, I., Kazadzis, S., Raptis, I.-P., Kazantzidis, A., Kapoulas, A., Papachristopoulou, K., Papadimitriou, N., Amiridis, V., Zerefos, C. S., & Eleftheratos, K
Published in: 2025
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17670187

ASKOS Campaign 2021/2022: Overview of measurements and applications

Author(s): Eleni Marinou, Vassilis Amiridis, Peristera Paschou, Ioanna Tsikoudi, Alexandra Tsekeri, Vassiliki Daskalopoulou, Holger Baars, Athina Floutsi, Dimitra Kouklaki, Razvan Pirloaga, Franco Marenco, Maria Kazoudi, Ewan O Connor, Lukas Pfitzenmaier, Cordula Zenk, Claire Ryder, Jonas Von Bismarck, Thorsten Fehr, null null
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17707907

Introducing random mixtures of irregular hexahedrals and spheroids to reproduce polarimetric lidar observations of desert dust

Author(s): Anna Gialitaki, Alexandra Tsekeri, Matthew O’Callaghan, Dimitra Kouklaki, Kyriaki Papachristopoulou, Maria Kezoudi, Alkistis Papetta, Franco Marenco, Konrad Kandler, Sudharaj Aryasree, Melanie Eknayan, Vassilis Amiridis
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU25-11446

Sensitivity Study Using ATLID Lidar Simulator and Upcoming Plans for the EarthCare Validation

Author(s): P. Paschou, E. Marinou, J. de Kloe, D.P. Donovan, G.J. Van Zadelhoff, K. A. Voudouri, V. Amiridis
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17670553

Validation of the Aeolus L2A products with the eVe lidar during ASKOS/JATAC campaign

Author(s): Peristera Paschou, Nikolaos Siomos, Eleni Marinou, Antonis Gkikas, Samira Moussa Idrissa, Daniel Tetteh Quaye, Désiré Dêgbé Fiogbe Attannon, Charoula Meleti, Jonas von Bismarck, Thorsten Fehr, Vassilis Amiridis
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17700881

First insights into deep convection by the Doppler velocity measurements of the EarthCARE's Cloud Profiling Radar

Author(s): Aida Galfione, Alessandro Battaglia, Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras, Pavlos Kollias
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17670321

Dust Aerosol and Water Vapor Radiative Effects: A Multi-Campaign Analysis of ASKOS and ORCESTRA/PERCUSION Over the Atlantic

Author(s): Dimitra Kouklaki, Alexandra Tsekeri, Anna Gialitaki, Kyriakoula Papachristopoulou, Panagiotis-Ioannis Raptis, Bernhard Mayer, Claudia Emde, Silke Groß, Eleni Marinou, Vassilis Amiridis, Stelios Kazadzis
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU25-1057

Reconstructing Saharan Dust–Cloud Scenes with WRF-L: Initial Evaluation of Aerosol-Aware Ice Nucleation Schemes

Author(s): Eleni Drakaki, Eleni Marinou, Amin R. Nehrir, Petros Katsafados, Vassilis Amiridis
Published in: COMECAP 2025, 2025
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/EESP2025035021

A sensitivity study using the ATLID lidar simulator and upcoming plans for the validation of EarthCARE mission

Author(s): Peristera Paschou, Eleni Marinou, Jos de Kloe, Dave Donovan, Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff, Kalliopi-Artemis Voudouri, Vassilis Amiridis
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17670061

The desert dust impact on the Boundary Layer in the Atlantic

Author(s): Ioanna Tsikoudi, Eleni Marinou, Maria Tombrou, Eleni Giannakaki, Emmanouil Proestakis, Konstantinos Rizos, Vassilis Amiridis
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17669920

Analysis of Cloud Types and their Geometrical Properties over the Mediterranean using CloudSat Observations

Author(s): Iliana Koutsoupi, Eleni Marinou, Kalliopi Artemis Voudouri, Ioanna Tsikoudi, Peristera Paschou, Vassilis Amiridis, Alessandro Battaglia, Pavlos Kollias, Eleni Giannakaki
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU25-16774

Using the ESA eVe reference lidar system for the cal/val of lidar instruments onboard ESA satellite missions

Author(s): Peristera Paschou, Eleni Marinou, Kallopi Artemis Voudouri, Nikolaos Siomos, Antonis Gkikas, Jonas von Bismarck, Thorsten Fehr, Vassilis Amiridis
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17670652

Dust orientation measurements

Author(s): Alexandra Tsekeri, Vasillis Amiridis, Spyros Metallinos, Peristera Paschou, Nikos Siomos, Ioanna Tsikoudi, Dimitra Kouklaki, Eleni Marinou
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17707965

Best Practice Protocol for the validation of Aerosol, Cloud, and Precipitation Profiles (ACPPV)

Author(s): Amiridis, V., Marinou, E., Hostetler, C., Koopman, R., Cecil, D., Moisseev, D., Tackett, J., Groß, S., Baars, H., Redemann, J., Marenco, F., Baldini, L., Tanelli, S., Fielding, M., Janiskova, M., Tanaka, Τ., O'Connor, E., Fjaeraa, A. M., Paschou, P., … Ko
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15025627

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