Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East – Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre

Project Information

EMME-CARE

Grant agreement ID: 856612

DOI

10.3030/856612

EC signature date 8 July 2019

Start date 1 September 2019

End date 31 August 2026

Funded under

• Teaming of excellent research institutions and low performing RDI regions

Total cost

€ 14 944 913,75

EU contribution

€ 14 944 913,75

Coordinated by

THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE
Cyprus

CORDIS provides links to public deliverables and publications of HORIZON projects.

Links to deliverables and publications from FP7 projects, as well as links to some specific result types such as dataset and software, are dynamically retrieved from OpenAIRE .

Deliverables

Documents, reports (29)

First Annual Report contents of the PDER, knowledge and data management, and IPR protection, communication, outreach & public engagement

First Annual Report contents of the PDER (linked to Task 9.1.c), knowledge and data management, and IPR protection (linked to Task 9.2), communication, outreach & public engagement (linked to Task 9.3).

Report on methodologies to support implementation of national action plans

Report on methodologies to support implementation of national action plans linked to Task 73

Mid-term Report on the CoE's scientific leadership in regional environmental observations

Midterm Report on the CoEs scientific leadership in regional environmental observations linked to Tasks 53 and 54

Report on the curriculum of the new/upgraded educational programmes

Report on the curriculum of the newupgraded educational programmes linked to Task 32

Report on recruitment procedures for (Assoc.) Director, heads of departments and units

Report on recruitment procedures for (Assoc.) Director, heads of departments and units linked to Task 1.1.

Report on impacts on key economic sectors

Report on impacts on key economic sectors linked to Task 74

Mid-term Report on the scholarship and mobility programmes

Midterm Report on the scholarship and mobility programmes linked to Task 33

Report on health impacts assessment

Report on health impacts assessment linked to Task 72

Report on the functions of the Education and Training Office

Report on the functions of the Education and Training Office linked to Task 3.1.

Report on new environmental observations in the EMME region

Report on new environmental observations in the EMME region linked to Task 52

Report on the content of the open education and training courses

Report on the content of the open education and training courses linked to Task 3.4.

Report on the structure of the Environmental Observations Department

Report on the structure of the Environmental Observations Department linked to Task 51

Mid-term Report on the R&D Mobility Programme

Mid-term Report on the R&D Mobility Programme linked to Task 2.4.

Fourth Annual Report contents of the PDER, knowledge and data management, and IPR protection, communication, outreach & public engagement

Fourth Annual Report contents of the PDER linked to Task 91c knowledge and data management and IPR protection linked to Task 92 communication outreach public engagement linked to Task 93

Third Annual Report contents of the PDER, knowledge and data management, and IPR protection, communication, outreach & public engagement

Third Annual Report contents of the PDER linked to Task 91c knowledge and data management and IPR protection linked to Task 92 communication outreach public engagement linked to Task 93

Report on new modelling and data analysis tools

Report on new modelling and data analysis tools linked to Task 62

Report on legal and policy aspects of (inter)national climate initiatives

Report on legal and policy aspects of international climate initiatives linked to Task 76

Mid-term Report on the operation of the CARE-C research facilities

Midterm Report on the operation of the CAREC research facilities linked to Task 43

Fifth Annual Report contents of the PDER, knowledge and data management, and IPR protection, communication, outreach & public engagement

Fifth Annual Report contents of the PDER (linked to Task 9.1.c), knowledge and data management, and IPR protection (linked to Task 9.2), communication, outreach & public engagement (linked to Task 9.3).

Report on emission analyses for the EMME region

Report on emission analyses for the EMME region linked to Task 63

Report on the structure of the Research Infrastructure Unit

Report on the structure of the Research Infrastructure Unit linked to Task 42

Report on the structure of the Innovation Department

Report on the structure of the Innovation Department linked to Task 81

Mid-term Report on air quality/dust forecasting & hazard risk assessments

Midterm Report on air qualitydust forecasting Task 65b hazard risk assessments Task 65c

Structure of the Communication & Outreach Office and PDER Plan

Structure of the Communication & Outreach Office (linked to Task 9.1a) and PDER Plan (linked to Task 9.1.b).

Second Annual Report contents of the PDER, knowledge and data management, and IPR protection, communication, outreach & public engagement

Second Annual Report contents of the PDER linked to Task 91c knowledge and data management and IPR protection linked to Task 92 communication outreach public engagement linked to Task 93

Mid-term Report on working environment, performance evaluation, career development

Midterm Report on working environment performance evaluation career development linked to Task 23

Report on the functions and procedures of the HR Office

Report on the functions and procedures of the HR Office linked to Task 2.1a,b,c and Task 2.2a

Report on the structure of the Environmental Predictions Department

Report on the structure of the Environmental Predictions Department linked to Task 61

Report on the structure of the Impact and Policy Department

Report on the structure of the Impact and Policy Department linked to Task 71

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Consolidated and Upgraded Website for the CoE

Consolidated and Upgraded Website for the CoE linked to Task 9.1.c.

Publications

Non-peer reviewed articles (5)

Kinetic study of the CN + C₂H₆ hydrogen abstraction reaction based on an analytical potential energy surface

Author(s): Joaquin Espinosa-Garcia, Somnath Bhowmick
Published in: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Issue 26, 2024, Page(s) 8344-8355, ISSN 1463-9076
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05930h

A transform-based technique for solving boundary value problems on convex planar domains

Author(s): Jesse J Hulse, Loredana Lanzani, Stefan G Llewellyn Smith, Elena Luca
Published in: IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, Issue 89, 2024, Page(s) 574-597, ISSN 0272-4960
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxae018

Radioactivity of the atmospheric aerosols detected by CTBTO stations in Africa following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Author(s): Modou Niang, Martin Kalinowski, Theodoros Christoudias, Cheikh Amadou Bamba Dath, Aliou Niane, Ndeye Arame Boye Faye
Published in: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Issue 276, 2024, Page(s) 107439, ISSN 0265-931X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2024.107439

Number size distribution and charging properties of sub-10 nm metal-based particles produced by spark ablation at atmospheric pressure

Author(s): Yiliang Liu, Michel Attoui, Rima Baalbaki, Runlong Cai, George Biskos, Yang Chen, Juha Kangasluoma
Published in: Aerosol Science and Technology, Issue 58, 2024, Page(s) 902-914, ISSN 0278-6826
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2024.2355174

Seasonal Early Warning of Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms on Farmed Shellfish in Coastal Waters of Scotland

Author(s): O. Stoner, T. Economou, A. R. Brown
Published in: Water Resources Research, Issue 60, 2025, ISSN 0043-1397
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2023wr034889

Peer reviewed articles (108)

Assessment of methane emissions from oil, gas and coal sectors across inventories and atmospheric inversions

Author(s): Kushal Tibrewal, Philippe Ciais, Marielle Saunois, Adrien Martinez, Xin Lin, Joel Thanwerdas, Zhu Deng, Frederic Chevallier, Clément Giron, Clément Albergel, Katsumasa Tanaka, Prabir Patra, Aki Tsuruta, Bo Zheng, Dmitry Belikov, Yosuke Niwa, Rajesh Janardanan, Shamil Maksyutov, Arjo Segers, Zitely A. Tzompa-Sosa, Philppe Bousquet, Jean Sciare
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01190-w

Projected wind and solar energy potential in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East in 2050

Author(s): Pantelis Kiriakidis, Theodoros Christoudias, Jonilda Kushta, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 927, 2025, Page(s) 172120, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172120

A thermo-physiologically consistent approach for studying the heat-health nexus with hierarchical generalized additive modelling: Application in Athens urban area (Greece)

Author(s): Christos Giannaros, Theo Economou, Daphne Parliari, Elissavet Galanaki, Vassiliki Kotroni, Konstantinos Lagouvardos, Andreas Matzarakis
Published in: Urban Climate, Issue 58, 2025, Page(s) 102206, ISSN 2212-0955
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102206

Drivers of accelerated warming in Mediterranean climate-type regions

Author(s): Diego Urdiales-Flores; George Zittis; Panos Hadjinicolaou; Sergey Osipov; Klaus Klingmüller; Nikos Mihalopoulos; Maria Kanakidou; Theo Economou; Jos Lelieveld
Published in: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science,, 2023, ISSN 2397-3722
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41612-023-00423-1

Urban Heat Island Trends in the Middle East and North Africa: A statistical approach

Author(s): Anna Tzyrkalli, Theo Economou, Georgia Lazoglou, Katiana Constantinidou, Panos Hadjinicolaou, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: International Journal of Climatology, Issue 44, 2025, Page(s) 3998-4008, ISSN 0899-8418
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/joc.8563

Mass and Mobility of Ions Produced by Radioactive Sources and Corona Discharges

Author(s): Fabian Schmidt-Ott, Anne Maisser, George Biskos
Published in: Analytical Chemistry, Issue 96, 2024, Page(s) 14405-14412, ISSN 0003-2700
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01796

Assessment of isoprene and near-surface ozone sensitivities to water stress over the Euro-Mediterranean region

Author(s): Strada, S., Pozzer, A., Giuliani, G., Coppola, E., Solmon, F., Jiang, X., Guenther, A., Bourtsoukidis, E., Serça, D., Williams, J., and Giorgi, F.
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/acp-23-13301-2023

The Red Sea Deep Water is a potent source of atmospheric ethane and propane

Author(s): E. Bourtsoukidis, A. Pozzer, T. Sattler, V. N. Matthaios, L. Ernle, A. Edtbauer, H. Fischer, T. Könemann, S. Osipov, J.-D. Paris, E. Y. Pfannerstill, C. Stönner, I. Tadic, D. Walter, N. Wang, J. Lelieveld, J. Williams
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 11/1, 2020, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14375-0

Climate change and extremes in the Mediterranean island of Cyprus: from historical trends to future projections

Author(s): Georgia Lazoglou, Panos Hadjinicolaou, Ioannis Sofokleous, Adriana Bruggeman, George Zittis
Published in: Environmental Research Communications, Issue 6, 2024, Page(s) 095020, ISSN 2515-7620
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad7927

Current and future trends in heat-related mortality in the MENA region: a health impact assessment with bias-adjusted statistically downscaled CMIP6 (SSP-based) data and Bayesian inference

Author(s): Shakoor Hajat, Yiannis Proestos, Jose-Luis Araya-Lopez, Theo Economou, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: The Lancet Planetary Health, 2023, ISSN 2542-5196
Publisher: The Lancet
DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00045-1

Rolling vs. Seasonal PMF: Real-world multi-site and synthetic dataset comparison

Author(s): Via, M., Chen, G., Canonaco, F., Daellenbach, K. R., Chazeau, B., Chebaicheb, H., Jiang, J., Keernik, H., Lin, C., Marchand, N., Marin, C., O'Dowd, C., Ovadnevaite, J., Petit, J.-E., Pikridas, M., Riffault, V., Sciare, J., Slowik, J. G., Simon, L., Vasilescu, J., Zhang, Y., Favez, O., Prévôt, A. S. H., Alastuey, A., and Cruz Minguillón, M
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2022, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: EGU publications
DOI: 10.5194/amt-15-5479-2022

Lidar depolarization characterization using a reference system

Author(s): Alkistis Papetta, Franco Marenco, Maria Kezoudi, Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri, Argyro Nisantzi, Holger Baars, Ioana Elisabeta Popovici, Philippe Goloub, Stéphane Victori, Jean Sciare
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 1721-1738, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/amt-17-1721-2024

Unprecedented Ambient Sulfur Trioxide (SO3) Detection: Possible Formation Mechanism and Atmospheric Implications

Author(s): Yao, L., Fan, X., Yan, C., Kurtén, T., Daellenbach, K. R., Li, C., Wang, Y., Guo, Y., Dada, L., Rissanen, M. P., Cai, J., Tham, Y. J., Zha, Q., Zhang, S., Du, W., Yu, M., Zheng, F., Zhou, Y., Kontkanen, J., Chan, T., Shen, J., Kujansuu, J. T., Kangasluoma, J., Jiang, J., Wang, L., Worsnop, D. R., Petäjä, T., Kerminen, V.-M., Liu, Y., Chu, B., He, H., Kulmala, M., and Bianchi, F
Published in: Environ Sci Tech Let, Issue 7, 2020, Page(s) 809-818, ISSN 2328-8930
Publisher: ACS
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00615

Contrasting the features and functionalities of urban microclimate simulation tools

Author(s): Giandomenico Vurro, Salvatore Carlucci
Published in: Energy and Buildings, Issue 311, 2024, Page(s) 114042, ISSN 0378-7788
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114042

Extreme weather and societal impacts in the eastern Mediterranean

Author(s): Hochman, A., Marra, F., Messori, G., Pinto, J. G., Raveh-Rubin, S., Yosef, Y., & Zittis, G
Published in: Earth System Dynamics, 2022, ISSN 2190-4987
Publisher: EGU publications
DOI: 10.5194/esd-13-749-2022

Source Apportionment of PM_2.5 in Montréal, Canada and Health Risk Assessment for Potentially Toxic Elements

Author(s): N. Fakhri; N. Fakhri; N. Fakhri; R. Stevens; R. Stevens; A. Downey; K. Oikonomou; J. Sciare; C. Afif; C. Afif; P. L. Hayes
Published in: Environmental Research, 2023, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2023-1039

Bias correction of daily precipitation from climate models, using the Q‐GAM method

Author(s): Georgia Lazoglou, Theo Economou, Christina Anagnostopoulou, Anna Tzyrkalli, George Zittis, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Environmetrics, Issue 35, 2024, ISSN 1180-4009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/env.2881

Simultaneous Use of Ground-Based and Satellite Observation to Evaluate Atmospheric Air Pollution over Amman, Jordan

Author(s): Hossein Panahifar, Farizeh Bayat, Tareq Hussein
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 14, 2023, Page(s) 274, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: Rotoweb Cantelli
DOI: 10.3390/atmos14020274

Clear, transparent, and timely communication for fair authorship decisions : a practical guide

Author(s): S. Gani; S. Gani; L. Kohl; L. Kohl; R. Baalbaki; F. Bianchi; T. M. Ruuskanen; O.-P. Siira; P. Paasonen; H. Vehkamäki
Published in: Geoscience Communication (online), Issue 4, 2021, ISSN 2569-7110
Publisher: Copernicus publications
DOI: 10.5194/gc-2021-20

Mediterranean cyclones: current knowledge and open questions on dynamics, prediction, climatology and impacts

Author(s): Flaounas, E., Davolio, S., Raveh-Rubin, S., Pantillon, F., Miglietta, M. M., Gaertner, M. A., Hatzaki, M., Homar, V., Khodayar, S., Korres, G., Kotroni, V., Kushta, J., Reale, M., Ricard, D
Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics, 2022, ISSN 2698-4016
Publisher: EGU Publications
DOI: 10.5194/wcd-3-173-2022

Is reducing new particle formation a plausible solution to mitigate particulate air pollution in Beijing and other Chinese megacities

Author(s): Gan Yang; Runlong Cai; Leena Järvi; Mona Kurppa; Jingkun Jiang; Kaspar Dällenbach; Anton Rusanen; Yiqun Lu; Chenjuan Deng; Ekaterina Ezhova; Saana Tuovinen; Joni Kujansuu; Yonghong Wang; Lubna Dada; Biwu Chu; Yongchun Liu; Wei Nei; Tom V. Kokkonen; Chao Yan; Yiliang Liu; Liine Heikkinen; Lei Yao; Jenni Kontkanen; Pauli Paasonen; D. R. Worsnop; Maofa Ge; Jun Zheng; Markku Kulmala; Rima Baalbaki;
Published in: Faraday Discussions, Issue 3, 2021, ISSN 1359-6640
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0fd00078g

Editorial for Special Issue “Remote Sensing of Precipitation: Part II”.

Author(s): Michaelides, S.
Published in: Remote Sensing, 2021, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs13010136

Long-Term Analysis of Atmospheric Energetics Components over the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa

Author(s): Silas Michaelides
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 11/9, 2020, Page(s) 976, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: Rotoweb Cantelli
DOI: 10.3390/atmos11090976

Climate change and human health in the Eastern Mediterranean and middle east: Literature review, research priorities and policy suggestions

Author(s): Marco Neira; Kamil Erguler; Hesam Ahmady-Birgani; Nisreen DaifAllah AL-Hmoud; Robin Fears; Charalambos Gogos; Nina Hobbhahn; Maria Koliou; Leondios G. Kostrikis; Jos Lelieveld; Azeem Majeed; Shlomit Paz; Yinon Rudich; Amal Saad-Hussein; Mohammed Shaheen; Aurelio Tobias; George Christophides
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 25, 2023, ISSN 1096-0953
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114537

Atmospheric gaseous hydrochloric and hydrobromic acid in urban Beijing, China: detection, source identification and potential atmospheric impacts.

Author(s): Fan, X., Cai, J., et al
Published in: Atmos. Chem., 2021, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus publishing
DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-11437-2021

Correcting delayed reporting of COVID-19 using the generalized-Dirichlet-multinomial method.

Author(s): Oliver Stoner; Alba Halliday; Theo Economou
Published in: Biometrics, 2022, ISSN 1541-0420
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/biom.13810

Measurement report: Observation-based formaldehyde production rates and their relation to OH reactivity around the Arabian Peninsula

Author(s): Dienhart, D., Crowley, J, Bourtsoukidis, E., Edtbauer, A., et al.
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Göttingen: Copernicus Publ.
DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-17373-2021

Endogenous Nitric Oxide Can Enhance Oxidative Stress Caused by Air Pollutants and Explain Higher Susceptibility of Individuals with Inflammatory Disorders

Author(s): Steven Lelieveld, Jos Lelieveld, Ashmi Mishra, Andreas Daiber, Andrea Pozzer, Ulrich Pöschl, Thomas Berkemeier
Published in: Environmental Science & Technology, Issue 58, 2024, Page(s) 1823-1831, ISSN 0013-936X
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07010

Ambient carbonaceous aerosol levels in Cyprus and the role of pollution transport from the Middle East

Author(s): A. Christodoulou; A. Christodoulou; I. Stavroulas; I. Stavroulas; M. Vrekoussis; M. Vrekoussis; M. Vrekoussis; M. Desservettaz; M. Pikridas; E. Bimenyimana; J. Kushta; M. Ivančič; M. Rigler; P. Goloub; K. Oikonomou; R. Sarda-Estève; C. Savvides; C. Afif; C. Afif; N. Mihalopoulos; N. Mihalopoulos; S. Sauvage; J. Sciare
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/acp-23-6431-2023

Electronic properties and collision cross sections of AgO_<i>k</i>H_<i>m</i>^± (<i>k</i>, <i>m</i> = 1–4) aerosol ionic clusters

Author(s): Mohsen Doust Mohammadi, Somnath Bhowmick, Anne Maisser, Andreas Schmidt-Ott, George Biskos
Published in: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Issue 26, 2024, Page(s) 14547-14560, ISSN 1463-9076
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05499c

Performance evaluation of the national air quality testing services V2000 Condensation Particle Counter

Author(s): D. Gounaris, S. Bezantakos, D. Booker, D. R. Booker, G. Biskos
Published in: Aerosol Science and Technology, Issue 58, 2024, Page(s) 1453-1462, ISSN 0278-6826
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2024.2386109

Adsorption of air pollutants onto silver and gold atomic clusters: DFT and PNO-LCCSD-F12 calculations

Author(s): Mohsen Doust Mohammadi; Nikolaos Patsalidis; Somnath Bhowmick; Vagelis A Harmandaris; George Biskos
Published in: RSC Advances, 2023, ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3ra01717f

Over 20 years of observations in the boreal forest reveal a decreasing trend of atmospheric new particle formation

Author(s): Jokinen, T., Li, X. Li, H. Yao, L. Stolzenburg, D. Sarnela, N. Vettikkat, L. Wollesen de Jonge, R. Baalbaki, R. Uusitalo, H. Kontkanen, J. Lehtipalo, K. Daellenbach, K.R. Aalto, J. Keronen, P. Schobesberger, S. Nieminen, T. Petäjä, T. Kerminen, V.-M. Bianchi, F. Kulmala, M. Dada, L.
Published in: Boreal Environmental Research, 2024, ISSN 1797-2469
Publisher: University of Helsinki

Revisiting future extreme precipitation trends in the Mediterranean

Author(s): Zittis, G., Bruggeman, A., Lelieveld, J.
Published in: Weather and Climate Extremes, 2021, ISSN 2212-0947
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2021.100380

Probabilistic simulation of big climate data for robust quantification of changes in compound hazard events

Author(s): Economou T, Garry F.
Published in: Weather and Climate Extremes, 2022, ISSN 2212-0947
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2022.100522

Attribution of Excess Methane Emissions Over Marine Environments of the Mediterranean and Arabian Peninsula

Author(s): E. Bourtsoukidis, E. Germain‐Piaulenne, V. Gros, P.‐Y. Quéhé, M. Pikridas, J. Byron, J. Williams, D. Gliddon, R. Mohamed, R. Ekaabi, J. Lelieveld, J. Sciare, O. Teixidó, J.‐D. Paris
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Issue 129, 2024, ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
DOI: 10.1029/2024jd041621

Business-as-usual will lead to super and ultra-extreme heatwaves in the Middle East and North Africa.

Author(s): Zittis, G., Hadjinicolaou, P., Almazroui, M. et al.
Published in: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2021, ISSN 2397-3722
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41612-021-00178-7

A Global Analysis of Historical and Future Changes in Mediterranean Climate‐Type Regions

Author(s): Diego Urdiales‐Flores, George Zittis, Panos Hadjinicolaou, Annalisa Cherchi, Andrea Alessandri, Nadav Peleg, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: International Journal of Climatology, Issue 44, 2024, Page(s) 5607-5620, ISSN 0899-8418
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/joc.8655

Middle East oil and gas methane emissions signature captured at a remote site using light hydrocarbon tracers

Author(s): Emeric Germain-Piaulenne, Jean-Daniel Paris, Valérie Gros, Pierre-Yves Quéhé, Michael Pikridas, Dominique Baisnée, Antoine Berchet, Jean Sciare, Efstratios Bourtsoukidis
Published in: Atmospheric Environment: X, Issue 22, 2024, Page(s) 100253, ISSN 2590-1621
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeaoa.2024.100253

Characteristics and sources of fluorescent aerosols in the central Arctic Ocean

Author(s): Ivo Beck, Alireza Moallemi, Benjamin Heutte, Jakob Boyd Pernov, Nora Bergner, Margarida Rolo, Lauriane L. J. Quéléver, Tiia Laurila, Matthew Boyer, Tuija Jokinen, Hélène Angot, Clara J. M. Hoppe, Oliver Müller, Jessie Creamean, Markus M. Frey, Gabriel Freitas, Julika Zinke, Matt Salter, Paul Zieger, Jessica A. Mirrielees, Hailey E. Kempf, Andrew P. Ault, Kerri A. Pratt, Martin Gysel-Beer, Sil
Published in: Elem Sci Anth, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2325-1026
Publisher: University of California Press
DOI: 10.1525/elementa.2023.00125

Simple multi-residue analysis of persistent organic pollutants and molecular tracers in atmospheric samples

Author(s): Minas Iakovides, Jean Sciare, Nikos Mihalopoulos
Published in: Methods X, 2023, ISSN 2215-0161
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102224

Performance of the Naneos partector 2 multi-metric nanoparticle detector at reduced temperature and pressure conditions

Author(s): S. Bezantakos, C. K. Varnava, R. Papaconstantinou, G. Biskos
Published in: Aerosol Science and Technology, Issue 58, 2024, Page(s) 584-593, ISSN 0278-6826
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2024.2330471

Assessment of current methane emissions quantification techniques for natural gas midstream applications

Author(s): Yunsong Liu, Jean-Daniel Paris, Gregoire Broquet, Violeta Bescós Roy, Tania Meixus Fernandez, Rasmus Andersen, Andrés Russu Berlanga, Emil Christensen, Yann Courtois, Sebastian Dominok, Corentin Dussenne, Travis Eckert, Andrew Finlayson, Aurora Fernández de la Fuente, Catlin Gunn, Ram Hashmonay, Juliano Grigoleto Hayashi, Jonathan Helmore, Soeren Honsel, Fabrizio Innocenti, Matti Irjala, Torgri
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2025, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: Copernicus
DOI: 10.5194/amt-2023-97

Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable

Author(s): Helen E. Roy, Aníbal Pauchard, Peter J. Stoett, Tanara Renard Truong, Laura A. Meyerson, Sven Bacher, Bella S. Galil, Philip E. Hulme, Tohru Ikeda, Sankaran Kavileveettil, Melodie A. McGeoch, Martin A. Nuñez, Alejandro Ordonez, Sebataolo J. Rahlao, Evangelina Schwindt, Hanno Seebens, Andy W. Sheppard, Vigdis Vandvik, Alla Aleksanyan, Michael Ansong, Tom August, Ryan Blanchard, Ernesto Brugnoli,
Published in: Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution, Issue 8, 2024, Page(s) 1216-1223, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02412-w

Machine Learning Modeling of Aedes albopictus Habitat Suitability in the 21st Century

Author(s): Pantelis Georgiades; Yiannis Proestos; Jos Lelieveld; Kamil Erguler
Published in: Insects, Issue 53, 2023, ISSN 2075-4450
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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Emission of volatile organic compounds from residential biomass burning and their rapid chemical transformations

Author(s): Maximilien Desservettaz, Michael Pikridas, Iasonas Stavroulas, Aikaterini Bougiatioti, Eleni Liakakou, Nikolaos Hatzianastassiou, Jean Sciare, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Efstratios Bourtsoukidis
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Infectivity of exhaled SARS-CoV-2 aerosols is sufficient to transmit covid-19 within minutes

Author(s): Malin Alsved, Kristina Nyström, Sara Thuresson, David Nygren, Marianela Patzi-Churqui, Tareq Hussein, Carl-Johan Fraenkel, Patrik Medstrand, Jakob Löndahl
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 13, 2023, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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The annual cycle and sources of relevant aerosol precursor vapors in the central Arctic during the MOSAiC expedition

Author(s): Matthew Boyer, Diego Aliaga, Lauriane L. J. Quéléver, Silvia Bucci, Hélène Angot, Lubna Dada, Benjamin Heutte, Lisa Beck, Marina Duetsch, Andreas Stohl, Ivo Beck, Tiia Laurila, Nina Sarnela, Roseline C. Thakur, Branka Miljevic, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Mikko Sipilä, Julia Schmale, Tuija Jokinen
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 24, 2024, Page(s) 12595-12621, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
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The impact of ammonia on particle formation in the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer

Author(s): Christos Xenofontos, Matthias Kohl, Samuel Ruhl, João Almeida, Hannah M. Beckmann, Lucía Caudillo-Plath, Sebastian Ehrhart, Kristina Höhler, Milin Kaniyodical Sebastian, Weimeng Kong, Felix Kunkler, Antti Onnela, Pedro Rato, Douglas M. Russell, Mario Simon, Leander Stark, Nsikanabasi Silas Umo, Gabriela R. Unfer, Boxing Yang, Wenjuan Yu, Marcel Zauner-Wieczorek, Imad Zgheib, Zhensen Zheng, Joac
Published in: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Issue 7, 2024, ISSN 2397-3722
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Updated Assessment of Temperature Extremes over the Middle East–North Africa (MENA) Region from Observational and CMIP5 Data

Author(s): Athanasios Ntoumos, Panos Hadjinicolaou, George Zittis, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 11/8, 2020, Page(s) 813, ISSN 2073-4433
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Exposure to airborne SARS-CoV-2 in four hospital wards and ICUs of Cyprus. A detailed study accounting for day-to-day operations and aerosol generating procedures

Author(s): Konatzii, R., Schmidt-Ott, F., Palazis, L., Stagianos, P., Foka, M., Richter, J., Christodoulou, C., Sciare, J., & Pikridas, M.
Published in: Heliyon, 2023, ISSN 2405-8440
Publisher: Cell Press
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European aerosol phenomenology − 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets

Author(s): Gang Chen; Francesco Canonaco; Anna Tobler; Wenche Aas; Andres Alastuey; James Allan; Samira Atabakhsh; Minna Aurela; Urs Baltensperger; Aikaterini Bougiatioti; Joel F. De Brito; Darius Ceburnis; Benjamin Chazeau; Hasna Chebaicheb; Kaspar R. Daellenbach; Mikael Ehn; Imad El Haddad; Konstantinos Eleftheriadis; Olivier Favez; Harald Flentje; Anna Font; Kirsten Fossum; Evelyn Freney; Maria Gini; Davi
Published in: Environment International, 2022, ISSN 1873-6750
Publisher: Elsevier
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A hierarchical spline model for correcting and hindcasting temperature data

Author(s): Theodoros Economou, Catrina Johnson, Elizabeth Dyson
Published in: The Annals of Applied Statistics, Issue 18, 2024, ISSN 1932-6157
Publisher: Institute of Mathematical Statistics
DOI: 10.1214/23-aoas1855

Local and regional air pollution characteristics in Cyprus: A long-term trace gases observations analysis

Author(s): Vrekoussis, M., Pikridas, M., Rousogenous, C., Christodoulou, A., Desservettaz, M., Sciare, J., Richter, A., Bougoudis, I., Savvides, C., & Papadopoulos, C
Published in: Science of the Total Environment, 2022, ISSN 1879-1026
Publisher: Elsevier
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Reduced-Precision Chemical Kinetics in Atmospheric Models

Author(s): Sophocleous K, Christoudias T.
Published in: Atmosphere, 2022, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: Rotoweb Cantelli
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A Bayesian modelling framework to quantify multiple sources of spatial variation for disease mapping

Author(s): Rachel Lowe; Sophie A. Lee; Theodoros Economou
Published in: Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2022, ISSN 1742-5662
Publisher: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0440

The impact of climatic factors on tick-related hospital visits and borreliosis incidence rates in European Russia

Author(s): Pantelis Georgiades; Ekaterina Ezhova; Meri Räty; Dmitry Orlov; Markku Kulmala; Jos Lelieveld; Svetlana Malkhazova; Kamil Erguler; Tuukka Petäjä
Published in: PLoS ONE, 2022, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269846

Design and performance of the Cluster Ion Counter (CIC)

Author(s): Sander Mirme, Rima Balbaaki, Hanna Elina Manninen, Paap Koemets, Eva Sommer, Birte Rörup, Yusheng Wu, Joao Almeida, Sebastian Ehrhart, Stefan Karl Weber, Joschka Pfeifer, Juha Kangasluoma, Markku Kulmala, Jasper Kirkby
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 2025, ISSN 1867-8610
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/amt-2024-138

Maritime transport and regional climate change impacts in large EU islands and archipelagos

Author(s): George Zittis; Bodo Ahrens; Anika Obermann-Hellhund; Elias Giannakis; Danny Risto; Miguel Agulles Gamez; Gabriel Jorda; Mónica Quesada Peña; Veronica Lora Rodríguez; Jose Luis Guersi Sauret; Piero Lionello; Elodie Briche; Julie Collignan; Matthias Grätz; Damian Arikas; Constantinos Stylianou; Haris Neophytou; Despina Serghides
Published in: Maritime transport and regional climate change impacts in large EU islands and archipelagos, 2023, ISSN 2365-7448
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s41207-023-00370-6

Modes of Atmospheric Energetics Based on HadGEM3-GC3.1-LL Simulations in the Framework of CMIP6

Author(s): Silas Michaelides
Published in: Advances in Meteorology, Vol 2023 (2023), 2023, ISSN 1687-9309
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
DOI: 10.1155/2023/3956086

Characterization of PM2.5 emissions from on-road vehicles in the tunnel of a major Middle Eastern city

Author(s): Nansi Fakhri, Marc Fadel, Charbel Abdallah, Cyril Karam, Minas Iakovides, Konstantina Oikonomou, Paola Formenti, Jean-François Doussin, Agnès Borbon, Jean Sciare, Patrick L. Hayes, Charbel Afif
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 361, 2024, Page(s) 124769, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124769

Emerging extreme heat conditions as part of the new climate normal

Author(s): George Zittis, Georgia Lazoglou, Panos Hadjinicolaou & Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2024, ISSN 1434-4483
Publisher: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-023-04605-y

Cross-validation of methods for quantifying the contribution of local (urban) and regional sources to PM2.5 pollution: Application in the Eastern Mediterranean (Cyprus)

Author(s): Elie Bimenyimana, Jean Sciare, Konstantina Oikonomou, Minas Iakovides, Michael Pikridas, Emily Vasiliadou, Chrysanthos Savvides, Nikos Mihalopoulos
Published in: Atmospheric Environment, Issue 343, 2025, Page(s) 120975, ISSN 1352-2310
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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The Total Carbon Column Observing Network's GGG2020 data version

Author(s): Joshua L. Laughner, Geoffrey C. Toon, Joseph Mendonca, Christof Petri, Sébastien Roche, Debra Wunch, Jean-Francois Blavier, David W. T. Griffith, Pauli Heikkinen, Ralph F. Keeling, Matthäus Kiel, Rigel Kivi, Coleen M. Roehl, Britton B. Stephens, Bianca C. Baier, Huilin Chen, Yonghoon Choi, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Joshua P. DiGangi, Jochen Gross, Benedikt Herkommer, Pascal Jeseck, Thomas Laemmel,
Published in: Earth System Science Data, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 2197-2260, ISSN 1866-3516
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/essd-16-2197-2024

Towards understanding the characteristics of new particle formation in the Eastern Mediterranean

Author(s): Rima Baalbaki, Michael Pikridas, Tuija Jokinen, Tiia Laurila, Lubna Dada, Spyros Bezantakos, Lauri Ahonen, Kimmo Neitola, Anne Maisser, Elie Bimenyimana, Aliki Christodoulou, Florin Unga, Chrysanthos Savvides, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Juha Kangasluoma, George Biskos, Tuukka Petäjä, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Jean Sciare, Markku Kulmala
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 21/11, 2021, Page(s) 9223-9251, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: EGO and Copernicus Publishers
DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-9223-2021

Bioinspired nanostructured hydroxyapatite-polyelectrolyte multilayers for stone conservation

Author(s): Iosif T. Hafez, George Biskos
Published in: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Issue 674, 2024, Page(s) 459-473, ISSN 0021-9797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.06.191

Multivariate adjustment of drizzle bias using machine learning in European climate projections

Author(s): Georgia Lazoglou, Theo Economou, Christina Anagnostopoulou, George Zittis, Anna Tzyrkalli, Pantelis Georgiades, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Geoscientific Model Development, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 4689-4703, ISSN 1991-9603
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-17-4689-2024

Inter-industry linkages, air pollution and human health in the European Union towards 2030

Author(s): Elias Giannakis, Jonilda Kushta, Angelos Violaris, Niki Paisi, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024, ISSN 1573-2975
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-024-05056-9

Explaining apparent particle shrinkage related to new particle formation events in western Saudi Arabia does not require evaporation

Author(s): Simo Hakala, Ville Vakkari, Heikki Lihavainen, Antti-Pekka Hyvärinen, Kimmo Neitola, Jenni Kontkanen, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Markku Kulmala, Tuukka Petäjä, Tareq Hussein, Mamdouh I. Khoder, Mansour A. Alghamdi, Pauli Paasonen
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 23, 2023, Page(s) 9287-9321, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/acp-23-9287-2023

Atmospheric new particle formation from the CERN CLOUD experiment

Author(s): Jasper Kirkby, António Amorim, Urs Baltensperger, Kenneth S. Carslaw, Theodoros Christoudias, Joachim Curtius, Neil M. Donahue, Imad El Haddad, Richard C. Flagan, Hamish Gordon, Armin Hansel, Hartwig Harder, Heikki Junninen, Markku Kulmala, Andreas Kürten, Ari Laaksonen, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Jos Lelieveld, Ottmar Möhler, Ilona Riipinen, Frank Stratmann, Antonio Tomé, Annele Virtanen, Rainer Vo
Published in: Nature Geoscience, 2023, ISSN 1752-0894
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41561-023-01305-0

Regional New Particle Formation over the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

Author(s): Panayiotis Kalkavouras, Aikaterini BougiatiotI, Tareq Hussein, Nikos Kalivitis, Iasonas Stavroulas, Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 12/1, 2021, Page(s) 13, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: Rotoweb Cantelli
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Entomological surveillance and spatiotemporal risk assessment of sand fly-borne diseases in Cyprus

Author(s): Maria Christou; Behich Koyutourk; Kardelen Yetismis; Angeliki F. Martinou; Vasiliki Christodoulou; Maria Koliou; Maria Antoniou; Christoforos Pavlou; Yusuf Ozbel; Ozge Erisoz Kasap; Bulent Alten; Pantelis Georgiades; George K. Georgiou; Theodoros Christoudias; Yiannis Proestos; Jos Lelieveld; Kamil Erguler
Published in: Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2023, ISSN 2667-114X
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpvbd.2023.100152

Improvements of a low-cost CO2 commercial nondispersive near-infrared (NDIR) sensor for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) atmospheric mapping applications

Author(s): Liu, Y., Paris, J.-D., Vrekoussis, M., Antoniou, P., Constantinides, C., Desservettaz, M., Keleshis, C., Laurent, O., Leonidou, A., Philippon, C., Vouterakos, P., Quéhé, P.-Y., Bousquet, P., and Sciare, J
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniqes, 2022, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: EGU publications
DOI: 10.5194/amt-15-4431-2022

Bayesian deep learning for spatial interpolation in the presence of auxiliary information

Author(s): Charlie Kirkwood; Theo Economou; Nicolas Pugeault; Henry Odbert
Published in: Mathematical Geosciences, 2022, ISSN 1874-8961
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-021-09988-0

Detecting nitrogen oxide emissions in Qatar and quantifying emission factors of gas-fired power plants - A four-years study

Author(s): Anthony Rey-Pommier; Frédéric Chevallier; Philippe Ciais; Jonilda Kushta; Theodoros Christoudias; I. Safak Bayram; Jean Sciare
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2023-1024

Field evaluation of low-cost electrochemical air quality gas sensors under extreme temperature and relative humidity conditions

Author(s): R. Papaconstantinou; M. Demosthenous; S. Bezantakos; N. Hadjigeorgiou; M. Costi; M. Stylianou; E. Symeou; C. Savvides; G. Biskos; G. Biskos
Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Issue 13, 2023, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/amt-16-3313-2023

New particle formation from isoprene under upper-tropospheric conditions

Author(s): Jiali Shen, Douglas M. Russell, Jenna DeVivo, Felix Kunkler, Rima Baalbaki, Bernhard Mentler, Wiebke Scholz, Wenjuan Yu, Lucía Caudillo-Plath, Eva Sommer, Emelda Ahongshangbam, Dina Alfaouri, João Almeida, Antonio Amorim, Lisa J. Beck, Hannah Beckmann, Moritz Berntheusel, Nirvan Bhattacharyya, Manjula R. Canagaratna, Anouck Chassaing, Romulo Cruz-Simbron, Lubna Dada, Jonathan Duplissy, Hamish Go
Published in: Nature, Issue 636, 2024, Page(s) 115-123, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08196-0

Performance of land surface schemes in the WRF model for climate simulations over the MENA-CORDEX domain

Author(s): Constantinidou, K., P. Hadjinicolaou, G. Zittis and J. Lelieveld
Published in: Earth Systems and Environment, Issue 4, 2020, Page(s) 647–665, ISSN 2509-9434
Publisher: Springer
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Indoor Exposure and Regional Inhaled Deposited Dose Rate during Smoking and Incense Stick Burning—The Jordanian Case as an Example for Eastern Mediterranean Conditions

Author(s): Tareq Hussein
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 20, 2023, Page(s) 587, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20010587

Mapping $$\text {NO}_{\text {x}}$$ emissions in Cyprus using TROPOMI observations: evaluation of the flux-divergence scheme using multiple parameter sets

Author(s): Anthony Rey-Pommier, Frédéric Chevallier, Philippe Ciais, Theodoros Christoudias, Jonilda Kushta, Georges Georgiou, Angelos Violaris, Florence Dubart, Jean Sciare
Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Issue 32, 2025, Page(s) 1932-1951, ISSN 1614-7499
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-35851-w

Earth’s atmosphere protects the biosphere from nearby supernovae

Author(s): Theodoros Christoudias, Jasper Kirkby, Dominik Stolzenburg, Andrea Pozzer, Eva Sommer, Guy P. Brasseur, Markku Kulmala, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Communications Earth &amp; Environment, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01490-9

Sources and sinks driving sulfuric acid concentrations in contrasting environments: implications on proxy calculations

Author(s): Lubna Dada, Ilona Ylivinkka, Rima Baalbaki, Chang Li, Yishuo Guo, Chao Yan, Lei Yao, Nina Sarnela, Tuija Jokinen, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Rujing Yin, Chenjuan Deng, Biwu Chu, Tuomo Nieminen, Yonghong Wang, Zhuohui Lin, Roseline C. Thakur, Jenni Kontkanen, Dominik Stolzenburg, Mikko Sipilä, Tareq Hussein, Pauli Paasonen, Federico Bianchi, Imre Salma, Tamás Weidinger, Michael Pikridas, Jean Sciare,
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 20/20, 2020, Page(s) 11747-11766, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications for the European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/acp-20-11747-2020

Untangling the environmental drivers of gross primary productivity in African rangelands

Author(s): Guy A. Lomax, Thomas W. R. Powell, Timothy M. Lenton, Theo Economou, Andrew M. Cunliffe
Published in: Communications Earth &amp; Environment, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01664-5

Health effects of carbonaceous PM2.5 compounds from residential fuel combustion and road transport in Europe

Author(s): Niki Paisi, Jonilda Kushta, Andrea Pozzer, Angelos Violaris, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 14, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51916-9

A 3D study on the amplification of regional haze and particle growth by local emissions

Author(s): Du, W., Dada, L., Zhao, J. et al.
Published in: npj Clim Atmos Sci, 2021, ISSN 2397-3722
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Household cooking fuel estimates at global and country level for 1990 to 2030

Author(s): Stoner, O., Lewis, J., Martínez, I.L. et al.
Published in: Nature Communications, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26036-x

Evaluation of WRF-Chem model (v3.9.1.1) real-time air quality forecasts over the Eastern Mediterranean

Author(s): George K. Georgiou; Theodoros Christoudias; Yiannis Proestos; Jonilda Kushta; Michael Pikridas; Jean Sciare; Chrysanthos Savvides; Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Geoscientific Model Development, Issue 28, 2022, ISSN 1991-9603
Publisher: EGU Publications
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-2021-429

The Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL): A New Facility for UAV-Based Atmospheric Observations.

Author(s): Kezoudi M, Keleshis C, Antoniou P, Biskos G, Bronz M, Constantinides C, Desservettaz M, Gao R-S, Girdwood J, Harnetiaux J, Kandler K, Leonidou A, Liu Y, Lelieveld J, Marenco F, Mihalopoulos N, Močnik G, Neitola K, Paris J-D, Pikridas M, Sarda-Esteve R, Stopford C, Unga F, Vrekoussis M, Sciare J.
Published in: Atmosphere, 2021, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: Rotoweb Cantelli
DOI: 10.3390/atmos12081042

Effect of planetary boundary layer evolution on new particle formation events over Cyprus

Author(s): Neha Deot, Vijay Punjaji Kanawade, Alkistis Papetta, Rima Baalbaki, Michael Pikridas, Franco Marenco, Markku Kulmala, Jean Sciare, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Tuija Jokinen
Published in: Aerosol Research, 2025, ISSN 1680-7367
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/ar-2024-31

Submicron aerosol pollution in Greater Cairo (Egypt): A new type of urban haze?

Author(s): Aliki Christodoulou, Spyros Bezantakos, Efstratios Bourtsoukidis, Iasonas Stavroulas, Michael Pikridas, Konstantina Oikonomou, Minas Iakovides, Salwa K. Hassan, Mohamed Boraiy, Mostafa El-Nazer, Ali Wheida, Magdy Abdelwahab, Roland Sarda-Estève, Martin Rigler, Giorgos Biskos, Charbel Afif, Agnes Borbon, Mihalis Vrekoussis, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Stéphane Sauvage, Jean Sciare
Published in: Environment International, Issue 186, 2024, Page(s) 108610, ISSN 0160-4120
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108610

High temperature sensitivity of monoterpene emissions from global vegetation

Author(s): Efstratios Bourtsoukidis, Andrea Pozzer, Jonathan Williams, David Makowski, Josep Peñuelas, Vasileios N. Matthaios, Georgia Lazoglou, Ana Maria Yañez-Serrano, Jos Lelieveld, Philippe Ciais, Mihalis Vrekoussis, Nikos Daskalakis, Jean Sciare
Published in: Communications Earth &amp; Environment, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01175-9

Quantifying NO_<i>x</i> emissions in Egypt using TROPOMI observations

Author(s): Anthony Rey-Pommier; Frédéric Chevallier; Philippe Ciais; Grégoire Broquet; Theodoros Christoudias; Jonilda Kushta; Didier Hauglustaine; Jean Sciare
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: EGU
DOI: 10.5194/acp-22-11505-2022

Climate Change and Weather Extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

Author(s): G. Zittis, M. Almazroui, P. Alpert, P. Ciais, W. Cramer, Y. Dahdal, M. Fnais, D. Francis, P. Hadjinicolaou, F. Howari, A. Jrrar, D. G. Kaskaoutis, M. Kulmala, G. Lazoglou, N. Mihalopoulos, X. Lin, Y. Rudich, J. Sciare, G. Stenchikov, E. Xoplaki, J. Lelieveld
Published in: Review of Geophysics, 2022, ISSN 1944-9208
Publisher: AGU
DOI: 10.1029/2021rg000762

COVID-19 Pandemic Development in Jordan - Short-Term and Long-Term Forecasting

Author(s): Hussein T, Hammad MH, Fung PL, Al-Kloub M, Odeh I, Zaidan MA, Wraith D.
Published in: Vaccines, 2021, ISSN 2076-393X
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9070728

<i>In-situ</i> observations of charged Saharan dust from an uncrewed aircraft system

Author(s): Vasileios Savvakis, Martin Schön, Keri A. Nicoll, Claire L. Ryder, Alkistis Papetta, Maria Kezoudi, Franco Marenco, Jens Bange, Andreas Platis
Published in: Aerosol Science and Technology, Issue 58, 2024, Page(s) 1249-1266, ISSN 0278-6826
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2024.2372399

Global health burden of ambient PM2.5 and the contribution of anthropogenic black carbon and organic aerosols.

Author(s): Sourangsu Chowdhury; Andrea Pozzer; Andy Haines; Klaus Klingmüller; Thomas Münzel; Pauli Paasonen; Arushi Sharma; Chandra Venkataraman; Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Environment International, 2022, ISSN 1873-6750
Publisher: Elsevier
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Bias Correction of RCM Precipitation by TIN-Copula Method: A Case Study for Historical and Future Simulations in Cyprus

Author(s): Georgia Lazoglou, George Zittis, Christina Anagnostopoulou, Panos Hadjinicolaou, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Climate, Issue 8/7, 2020, Page(s) 85, ISSN 2225-1154
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cli8070085

Indoor Black Carbon Concentrations and their Sources in Residential Environments: Validation of an Input-adaptive Proxy Model

Author(s): Jiangyue Zhao, Pak Lun Fung, Martha Arbayani Zaidan, Birgit Wehner, Kay Weinhold, Alfred Wiedensohler, Tareq Hussein
Published in: Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Issue 24, 2025, Page(s) 230228, ISSN 1680-8584
Publisher: Chinese Association for Aerosol Research in Taiwan
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Shipborne measurements of methane and carbon dioxide in the Middle East and Mediterranean areas and the contribution from oil and gas emissions.

Author(s): Paris, JD., et al.
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Göttingen: Copernicus Publ.
DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-12443-2021

A dynamically structured matrix population model for insect life histories observed under variable environmental conditions

Author(s): Erguler, K., Mendel, J., Petrić, D.V. et al.
Published in: Scientific Reports, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15806-2

Projected Air Temperature Extremes and Maximum Heat Conditions Over the Middle-East-North Africa (MENA) Region

Author(s): Athanasios Ntoumos; Panos Hadjinicolaou; George Zittis; Yiannis Proestos; Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Earth systems and environment, 2022, ISSN 2509-9434
Publisher: Springer
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A new algorithm to generate a priori trace gas profiles for the GGG2020 retrieval algorithm

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Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2023, ISSN 1867-8548
Publisher: EGU publications
DOI: 10.5194/amt-2022-267

21st Century Projections of Extreme Precipitation Indicators for Cyprus

Author(s): George Zittis, Adriana Bruggeman, Corrado Camera
Published in: Atmosphere, Issue 11/4, 2020, Page(s) 343, ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher: Rotoweb Cantelli
DOI: 10.3390/atmos11040343

Nano-Magnetic NiFe2O4 and Its Photocatalytic Oxidation of Vanillyl Alcohol—Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in the Valorization of Lignin.

Author(s): Al-Hunaiti A, Ghazzy A, Sweidan N, Mohaidat Q, Bsoul I, Mahmood S, Hussein T.
Published in: Nanomaterials, 2021, ISSN 2079-4991
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11041010

Disease burden and excess mortality from coal-fired power plant emissions in Europe

Author(s): Jonilda Kushta, Niki Paisi, Hugo Denier Van Der Gon, Jos Lelieveld
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 16/4, 2021, Page(s) 045010, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abecff

A Comprehensive Review of PM-Related Studies in Industrial Proximity: Insights from the East Mediterranean Middle East Region

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Published in: Sustainability, Issue 16, 2024, Page(s) 8739, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
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Modeling of carbonaceous aerosols for air pollution health impact studies in Europe

Author(s): Niki Paisi; Jonilda Kushta; George Georgiou; George Zittis; Andrea Pozzer; Hugo Denier Van der Gon; Jeroen Kuenen; Theodoros Christoudias; Jos Lelieveld
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Biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in response to climate change-induced environmental stresses

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Model-based design and analysis of life table experiments for insect vectors

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DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.05.978684

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Patent (1)

METHOD FOR GENERATING HIGH PURITY AND FINELY DISPERSED NANOPARTICLES BY INDUCTIVE LOCAL HEATING

Application/Publication number: 20 23050310
Date: 2023-01-13
Applicant(s): THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE