ERATOSTHENES: Excellence Research Centre for Earth Surveillance and Space-Based Monitoring of the Environment

Deliverables

ECoE Human Resources Framework and Policy.

Report on the framework developed to achieve a diversified and inclusive recruitment procedure and working environment both with gender equality

Report on the ECoE research clusters and research groups: management, function and technical capacity (update 1).

Report on the establishment of the ECoE research constituents, its research groups and research laboratories, by building capacity to cooperate and compete on equal terms with leading European research entities.

Workplan for transfer of knowledge and experience (update 1).

Report on development of a yearly updated mobility scheme workplan for sustainable knowhow transfer for each aspect of the thematic sectors addressed by ECoE with detailed guidelines regarding training and Workshops

Communication Action Plan (RP3).

Report on the development of a Communication Action Plan in relation to the RP3 milestone events and outreach activities involving all partners

Report on Regional Exploitation platform.

Report on technical activities carried out to make ECoE and 3rd party assets available to the DIH stakeholders, under different exploitation and co-exploitation scenarios towards achieving Open Innovation.

Induction and Integration Plan (month 12).

Report on the Design of a thorough on-board timeline plan for the induction and integration of new personnel.

Impact Assessment Report for RP 3

Impact assessment of the of the different activities carried out by ECoE and its partners through EXCELSIOR against a set of quantified targets (for RP 3).

Report on the ECoE research clusters and research groups: management, function and technical capacity.

Report on the establishment of the ECoE research constituents its research groups and research laboratories by building capacity to cooperate and compete on equal terms with leading European research entities

Report on Social Responsibility activities.

Report on the development of a regular series of Seminars, Webinars, Lectures and other activities on subjects related to ECoE's thematic areas to inform and engage with the wider public, regarding the beneficial impact of the research conducted in the ECoE for the environment, the society and the economy.

Report social media activity.

Report with communication material published in social media and analysis of their effectiveness through Social-media statistics.

Human Resources Accreditation/Certification (Years 1-4).

Report on accreditation received for Human Resources/People Management.

Communication Action Plan (RP1).

Report on the development of a Communication Action Plan in relation to the RP1 milestone events and outreach activities involving all partners.

Report on the Industry Liaison Office activities.

Report on the ECoE activities carried out together with stakeholders to co-design, co-develop, commercialise and promote EO-based products & services and applications that facilitate the efficient use of EO data for different economic sectors.

Report on the dissemination activities and Conference organisation.

Report on ECoEs participation to several dissemination events Workshops and scientific Conferences as well as seminars and openinformation days and publication of ECoE results in journals

Report on the ECoE Living Labs Program and analysis of effectiveness.

Report on the design and implementation of a Living Labs programme where ECoE and DIH staff become trainers on the hands-on use of the ECoE infrastructure, the ECoE Regional Exploitation Platform to boost EO data uptake and experimenting of new concepts, addressing different TRL maturity.

Impact Assessment Methodology

Methodology for the yearly monitoring of the impact of the different activities carried out by ECoE and its partners through EXCELSIOR against a set of quantified targets.

Update of Impact Assessment Methodology

Updated methodology for the yearly monitoring of the impact of the different activities carried out by ECoE and its partners through EXCELSIOR against a set of quantified targets.

Workplan for transfer of knowledge and experience (update 2).

Report on development of a yearly updated mobility scheme workplan for sustainable know-how transfer for each aspect of the thematic sectors addressed by ECoE, with detailed guidelines regarding training and Workshops.

Report on visiting experts Seminars and trainings.

Report on the implementation of a technical training and Seminar programme, which invites well-established and renowned EO scientists and other professionals to ECoE to provide theoretical and practical lectures and trainings.

Impact Assessment Report for RP 1

Impact assessment of the of the different activities carried out by ECoE and its partners through EXCELSIOR against a set of quantified targets (for RP 1)

Report on ECoE Networking & Knowledge Hub.

Report on the activities carried out to build a networking platform to foster EMMENA and DIH stakeholder registration and interaction in an organised way aiming to foster the crossfertilisation of ideas and uptake of ECoEs research and innovation output

Impact Assessment Report for RP 2

Impact assessment of the of the different activities carried out by ECoE and its partners through EXCELSIOR against a set of quantified targets for RP 2

Report on the extroversion programme activities.

Report on the activities carried out to upscale ECoE’s strategic positioning to address regional and European challenges.

Report on the organisation of the annual ECoE International Workshop (RP3).

Report on the organisation of the annual ECoE International Workshop in Cyprus.

ECoE Organisational and Governance Structure

Report on the establishment of ECoE’s Governance and organisational structure for legal, administrative, operational, personnel, entrepreneurial and educational matters.

Workplan for transfer of knowledge and experience (RP1).

Report on development of a yearly updated mobility scheme workplan for sustainable know-how transfer for each aspect of the thematic sectors addressed by ECoE, with detailed guidelines regarding training and Workshops.

Report on the organisation of the annual ECoE International Workshop (RP1).

Report on the organisation of the annual ECoE International Workshop in Cyprus.

Data Management Plan (update 1).

Reassessment of appropriate infrastructures and procedures by ECoE to acquire, manage, store and disseminate EO/RS data.

Data Management Plan.

Development of appropriate infrastructures and procedures by ECoE to acquire, manage, store and disseminate EO/RS data.

Project Website.

Public website for the EXCELSIOR project.

Communication toolkit and promotional material.

Production of communication material package including logo, visual identity, communication templates, project portal, social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, etc) for the establishment and promotion of the ECoE.

Publications

Oil spill detection and monitoring in the Cyprus region

Author(s): Melillos, G, Kalogirou E, Makri D., G. Hadjimitsis D
Published in: Proceedings Volume 12543, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring XV; 125430I (2023), 2023
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2663478

Detecting vessels in exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus using Sentinel-1

Author(s): Kalogirou E, Melillos G, G. Hadjimitsis D, Makri D.
Published in: Proceedings Volume 12543, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring XV; 125430W, 2023
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2663506

Impact assessment of the catastrophic earthquakes of 6 February 2023 in Turkey and Syria via the exploitation of satellite datasets

Author(s): Kyriaki Fotiou, Athanasios V. Argyriou, Stavroula Alatza, Christos Theocharidis, Constantinos Loupasakis, Maria Prodromou, Alexis Apostolakis, Zambella Pittaki-Chrysodonta, Mariza Kaskara, Charalampos Kontoes, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Diofantos G Hadjimitsis, Marios Tzouvaras
Published in: Proceedings Volume Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023), 127861C (2023), 2023
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2682926

Excelsior: Earth observation opportunities for excellence in the Emmena Region

Author(s): Kyriacos Themistocleous, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, Silas Michaelides, Kyriacos Neocleous, Gunter Schreier, Albert Ansmann, Haris Kontoes, George Komodromos
Published in: Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020), 2020, Page(s) 82, ISBN 9781510638587
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2571837

Enhancing risk assessment and monitoring for cultural heritage sites through data cubes: a multidimensional approach

Author(s): Georgios Leventis, Athanasios Argyriou, Daniele Cerra, Diofantos Hadjimitsis
Published in: Proceedings Volume Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023), 127861I (2023), 2023
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2683023

The use of remote sensing for maritime surveillance for security and safety in Cyprus

Author(s): George Melillos, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Chris Danezis, Silas Michaelides, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Sven Jacobsen, Björn Tings
Published in: Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XXV, 2020, Page(s) 30, ISBN 9781510636149
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2567102

Mashup tools for big data analysis in maritime surveillance

Author(s): George Melillos, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Christos Danezis, Silas Michaelides, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, Sven Jacobsen, Björn Tings
Published in: Counterterrorism, Crime Fighting, Forensics, and Surveillance Technologies IV, 2020, Page(s) 5, ISBN 9781510638983
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2573749

Monitoring Marine Areas from the International Space Station: the Case of the Submerged Harbor of Amathus

Author(s): Daniele Cerra; Peter Gege; Evagoras Evagorou; Athos Agapiou; Raquel de los Reyes
Published in: EuroMed, Issue 1, 2021
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73043-7_11

Investigating the past using remote sensing techniques

Author(s): Kyriacos Themistocleous; Andreas S. Anayiotos
Published in: Issue 1, 2021
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2600227

Introducing the Solar Radiation and Energy Laboratory of the Eratosthenes’ Centre of Excellence: Overview of Activities

Author(s): Fragkos K, Nisantzi A, Fountoulakis I, Michaelides S, Charalampous G, Papachristopoulou K, Kontoes C, Hadjimitsis D, Kazadzis S
Published in: Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics—COMECAP 2023, 2023
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/environsciproc2023026045

Comparative analysis of Sentinel-1 and PlanetScope imagery for flood mapping of Evros River, Greece

Author(s): Christos Theocharidis, Athanasios V. Argyriou, Alexia Tsouni, Mariza Kaskara, Charalampos Kontoes
Published in: Proceedings Volume Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023), 127861B (2023), 2023
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2682775

The use of digital twin models to document cultural heritage monuments

Author(s): Themistocleous, Kyriacos & Evagorou, Evagoras & Mettas, Christodoulos & Hadjimitsis, Diofantos
Published in: Proceedings Volume 12268, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XIII; 122680C (2022), 2022
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2636332

The study of urban heat island effect in Cyprus using Sentinel-3 data

Author(s): Themistocleous, Kyriacos
Published in: Proceedings Volume 12268, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XIII, 2023
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2636333

The documentation of cultural heritage sites in Cyprus using integrated techniques: the case study of the Church of Agios Athanasios and Kyrillos

Author(s): Kyriacos Themistocleous, Evagoras Evagorou, Christodoulos Mettas, Maria Prodromou, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Published in: Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020), 2020, Page(s) 73, ISBN 9781510638587
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2571640

Satellite ozone and UV measurements over Cyprus

Author(s): G. Charalampous, K. Fragkos, A. Nisantzi, I. Fountoulakis, K. Papachristopoulou, D. Hadjimitsis, S. Kazadzis
Published in: Proceedings Volume Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023), 1278610 (2023), 2023
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2683103

The ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) as a digital innovation hub for Earth observation

Author(s): Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Gunter Schreier, Haris Kontoes, Albert Ansmann, George Komodromos, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Kyriacos Neocleous, Silas Michaelides, Rodanthi Mamouri, Ioannis Papoutsis, Johannes Bühl, Egbert Schwarz, George Melillos, Stelios Tziortzis, Christos Danezis, Argyro Nisantzi, Christodoulos Mettas, Christiana Papoutsa, Marios Tzouvaras, Evagoras Evagorou, Athos Agapiou, Milto Milti
Published in: Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XXV, 2020, Page(s) 29, ISBN 9781510636149
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2567070

The documentation of ecclesiastical cultural heritage sites in Cyprus

Author(s): Kyriacos Themistocleous, Evagoras Evagorou, Christodoulos Mettas, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Published in: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XI, 2020, Page(s) 31, ISBN 9781510638822
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2574015

Ship detection in Cyprus EEZ using Sentinel 1 data

Author(s): Kyriacos Themistocleous, Maria Prodomou, Christodoulos Mettas, Evagoras Evagorou, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Published in: Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020), 2020, Page(s) 70, ISBN 9781510638587
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2571308

Ship detection using SAR images based on YOLO (you only look once)

Author(s): George Melillos, Eleftheria Kalogirou, Despoina Makri, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Published in: Proceedings Volume Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023), 1278613 (2023), 2023
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2681665

Detecting migrant vessels in the Cyprus region using Sentinel-1 SAR data

Author(s): George Melillos, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Christos Danezis, Silas Michaelides, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, Sven Jacobsen, Björn Tings
Published in: Counterterrorism, Crime Fighting, Forensics, and Surveillance Technologies IV, 2020, Page(s) 20, ISBN 9781510638983
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2573744

Identification and forecasting of coastal erosion using aerial and UAV images

Author(s): K. Themistocleous
Published in: Proceedings Volume Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023), 1278613 (2023), 2023
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2683057

The contribution of the EXCELSIOR Project for cultural heritage

Author(s): Kyriacos Themistocleous, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, Gunter Schreier, Thomas Krauss, Haris Kontoes
Published in: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XI, 2020, Page(s) 33, ISBN 9781510638822
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2574004

EARLINET observations of Saharan dust intrusions over the northern Mediterranean region (2014–2017): properties and impact on radiative forcing

Author(s): Ourania Soupiona, Alexandros Papayannis, Panagiotis Kokkalis, Romanos Foskinis, Guadalupe Sánchez Hernández, Pablo Ortiz-Amezcua, Maria Mylonaki, Christina-Anna Papanikolaou, Nikolaos Papagiannopoulos, Stefanos Samaras, Silke Groß, Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, Aldo Amodeo, Basil Psiloglou
Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Issue 20/23, 2020, Page(s) 15147-15166, ISSN 1680-7324
Publisher: Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union
DOI: 10.5194/acp-20-15147-2020

Earth Observation in the EMMENA Region: Scoping Review of Current Applications and Knowledge Gaps

Author(s): Marinos, Eliades ; Silas, Michaelides ; Evagorou, Evagoras S. ; Fotiou, Kyriaki ; Fragkos, Konstantinos ; Leventis, Georgios ; Theocharidis, Christos ; Panagiotou, Constantinos F. ; Mavrouvoniotis, Michalis ; Neophytides, Stelios ; Papoutsa, Christiana ; Neocleous, Kyriacos ; Anayiotos, Andreas ; Komodromos, George ; Schreier, Gunter ; Kontoes, Charalampos ; Hadjimitsis, Diofantos
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue Volume 15, Issue 17 (September-1 2023), 2023, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs15174202

Monitoring ground deformation of cultural heritage sites using SAR and geodetic techniques: the case study of Choirokoitia, Cyprus

Author(s): Kyriacos Themistocleous, Chris Danezis, Vassilis Gikas
Published in: Applied Geomatics, 2020, ISSN 1866-9298
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12518-020-00329-0

A Study of the Interaction of Human Smart Characteristics with Demographic Dynamics and Built Environment: The Case of Limassol, Cyprus

Author(s): Maroula N. Alverti, Kyriakos Themistocleous, Phaedon C. Kyriakidis, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Published in: Smart Cities, Issue 3/1, 2020, Page(s) 48-73, ISSN 2624-6511
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/smartcities3010004

Space-Based Displacement Monitoring of Coastal Urban Areas: The Case of Limassol’s Coastal Front

Author(s): Fotiou, Kyriaki, Dimitris Kakoullis, Marina Pekri, George Melillos, Ramon Brcic, Michael Eineder, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, and Chris Danezis.
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 14, 2022, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs14040914

Effects of Aerosols and Clouds on the Levels of Surface Solar Radiation and Solar Energy in Cyprus

Author(s): Fountoulakis I, Kosmopoulos P, Papachristopoulou K, Raptis I-P, Mamouri R-E, Nisantzi A, Gkikas A, Witthuhn J, Bley S, Moustaka A, Buehl J, Seifert P, Hadjimitsis DG, Kontoes C, Kazadzis S.
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 13, No 12, 2021, Page(s) 2319, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs13122319

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