Search Results - "Zerefos, C. S"

Green and cool roofs’ urban heat island mitigation potential in European climates for office buildings under free floating conditions by Kolokotsa, D., Santamouris, M., Zerefos, S.C.

“…•Green and cool roofs are studied versus their urban heat mitigation potential.•Insulation level and thermal mass of cool roofs are examined.•Irrigation rate…”
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Heat wave changes in the eastern Mediterranean since 1960 by Kuglitsch, F. G., Toreti, A., Xoplaki, E., Della-Marta, P. M., Zerefos, C. S., Türkeş, M., Luterbacher, J.

“…A new data set of high‐quality homogenized daily maximum and minimum summer air temperature series from 246 stations in the eastern Mediterranean region…”
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Further evidence of important environmental information content in red-to-green ratios as depicted in paintings by great masters by Zerefos, C. S, Tetsis, P, Kazantzidis, A, Amiridis, V, Zerefos, S. C, Luterbacher, J, Eleftheratos, K, Gerasopoulos, E, Kazadzis, S, Papayannis, A

“…We examine sunsets painted by famous artists as proxy information for the aerosol optical depth after major volcanic eruptions. Images derived from precision…”
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Long term precipitation trends and variability within the Mediterranean region by Philandras, C M, Nastos, P T, Kapsomenakis, J, Douvis, K C, Tselioudis, G, Zerefos, C S

“…In this study, the trends and variability of annual precipitation totals and annual rain days over land within the Mediterranean region are analyzed. Long term…”
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Forty years increase of the air ambient temperature in Greece: The impact on buildings by Kapsomenakis, J., Kolokotsa, D., Nikolaou, T., Santamouris, M., Zerefos, S.C.

“…•Forty years hourly data series from nine meteorological stations in Greece are analysed.•The air temperature increase influences the buildings’ energy…”
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Evidence of a possible turning point in solar UV-B over Canada, Europe and Japan by Zerefos, C. S, Tourpali, K, Eleftheratos, K, Kazadzis, S, Meleti, C, Feister, U, Koskela, T, Heikkilä, A

“…This study examines the long-term variability of UV solar irradiances at 305 nm and 325 nm over selected sites in Canada, Europe and Japan. Site selection was…”
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Evaporation–Precipitation Variability over the Mediterranean and the Black Seas from Satellite and Reanalysis Estimates by Romanou, A., Tselioudis, G., Zerefos, C. S., Clayson, C.-A., Curry, J. A., Andersson, A.

“…Satellite retrievals of surface evaporation and precipitation from the Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data (HOAPS-3) dataset are…”
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Three-year ground based measurements of aerosol optical depth over the Eastern Mediterranean: the urban environment of Athens by Gerasopoulos, E., Amiridis, V., Kazadzis, S., Kokkalis, P., Eleftheratos, K., Andreae, M. O., Andreae, T. W., El-Askary, H., Zerefos, C. S.

“…Three years (2006–2008) of ground-based observations of the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) in the urban environment of Athens, in the Eastern Mediterranean, are…”
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Atmospheric effects of volcanic eruptions as seen by famous artists and depicted in their paintings by Zerefos, C. S., Gerogiannis, V. T., Balis, D., Zerefos, S. C., Kazantzidis, A.

“…Paintings created by famous artists, representing sunsets throughout the period 1500–1900, provide proxy information on the aerosol optical depth following…”
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Evaluation of near-surface ozone over Europe from the MACC reanalysis by Katragkou, E, Zanis, P, Tsikerdekis, A, Kapsomenakis, J, Melas, D, Eskes, H, Flemming, J, Huijnen, V, Inness, A, Schultz, M. G, Stein, O, Zerefos, C. S

“…This work is an extended evaluation of near-surface ozone as part of the global reanalysis of atmospheric composition, produced within the European-funded…”
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Decadal changes in tropical convection suggest effects on stratospheric water vapor by Tselioudis, George, Tromeur, Eric, Rossow, William B., Zerefos, C. S.

“…Analysis of satellite observations of tropical Weather States derived from a cluster analysis of ISCCP cloud property retrievals, shows that the deep…”
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Evidence for an earlier greenhouse cooling effect in the stratosphere before 1980 over the Northern Hemisphere by Zerefos, C. S, Tourpali, K, Zanis, P, Eleftheratos, K, Repapis, C, Goodman, A, Wuebbles, D, Isaksen, I. S. A, Luterbacher, J

“…This study provides a new look at the observed and calculated long-term temperature changes from the lower troposphere to the lower stratosphere since 1958…”
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Air temperature trends related to changes in atmospheric circulation in the wider area of Greece by Nastos, P. T, Philandras, C. M, Founda, D, Zerefos, C. S

“…Surface air temperature trends in the wider region of Greece during the period 1951–2007, related to atmospheric circulation, are examined in this work. A…”
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Effects of cirrus cloudiness on solar irradiance in four spectral bands by Kazantzidis, A., Eleftheratos, K., Zerefos, C.S.

“…The impact of cirrus cloudiness on solar irradiance is estimated with the use of a cloud climatology (coverage, optical thickness) and a radiative transfer…”
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The total solar eclipse of March 2006: overview by Gerasopoulos, E., Zerefos, C. S., Tsagouri, I., Founda, D., Amiridis, V., Bais, A. F., Belehaki, A., Christou, N., Economou, G., Kanakidou, M., Karamanos, A., Petrakis, M., Zanis, P.

“…This paper provides the overview of an integrated, multi-disciplinary effort to study the effects of the 29 March 2006 total solar eclipse on the environment,…”
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Nine years of UV aerosol optical depth measurements at Thessaloniki, Greece by Kazadzis, S., Bais, A., Amiridis, V., Balis, D., Meleti, C., Kouremeti, N., Zerefos, C. S., Rapsomanikis, S., Petrakakis, M., Kelesis, A., Tzoumaka, P., Kelektsoglou, K.

“…Spectral measurements of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) and the Ångström coefficient were conducted at Thessaloniki, Greece (40.5° N, 22.9° E) between January…”
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Climatological aspects of aerosol optical properties in Northern Greece by Gerasopoulos, E., Andreae, M. O., Zerefos, C. S., Andreae, T. W., Balis, D., Formenti, P., Merlet, P., Amiridis, V., Papastefanou, C.

“…Measurements of aerosol optical properties (aerosol optical depth, scattering and backscattering coefficients) have been conducted at two ground-based sites in…”
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Circulation dynamics and its influence on European and Mediterranean January-April climate over the past half millennium: results and insights from instrumental data, documentary evidence and coupled climate models by Luterbacher, J, Koenig, S. J, Franke, J, van der Schrier, G, Zorita, E, Moberg, A, Jacobeit, J, Della-Marta, P. M, Küttel, M, Xoplaki, E, Wheeler, D, Rutishauser, T, Stössel, M, Wanner, H, Brázdil, R, Dobrovolný, P, Camuffo, D, Bertolin, C, van Engelen, A, Gonzalez-Rouco, F. J, Wilson, R, Pfister, C, Limanówka, D, Nordli, Ø, Leijonhufvud, L, Söderberg, J, Allan, R, Barriendos, M, Glaser, Rüdiger, Riemann, D, Hao, Z, Zerefos, C. S

“…We use long instrumental temperature series together with available field reconstructions of sea-level pressure (SLP) and three-dimensional climate model…”
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Global model simulations of air pollution during the 2003 European heat wave by Ordóñez, C., Elguindi, N., Stein, O., Huijnen, V., Flemming, J., Inness, A., Flentje, H., Katragkou, E., Moinat, P., Peuch, V.-H., Segers, A., Thouret, V., Athier, G., van Weele, M., Zerefos, C. S., Cammas, J.-P., Schultz, M. G.

“…Three global Chemistry Transport Models – MOZART, MOCAGE, and TM5 – as well as MOZART coupled to the IFS meteorological model including assimilation of ozone…”
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Decadal changes in extreme daily precipitation in Greece by Nastos, P. T, Zerefos, C. S

“…The changes in daily precipitation totals in Greece, during the 45-year period (1957–2001) are examined. The precipitation datasets concern daily totals…”
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