Perspectives on Atmospheric Sciences

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Influence of WRF Parameterisation Schemes on High Resolution Simulations Over Greece....Pages 3-8
Assessing the Sensitivity of COSMO/GR Atmospheric Model to Effectively Simulate the Influence of Diabatic Heating on Eastern Mediterranean Explosive Cyclogenesis Under Different Parameterizations of the Model Physics....Pages 9-15
Evaluation of WRF Parameterization Schemes During Heat-Wave Events Over the Greater Area of South–East Mediterranean....Pages 17-23
A Study of an Extreme Hot Weather Event in Greece with the WRF-ARW Atmospheric Model....Pages 25-31
Lightning Forecasting in Europe: Results Obtained from One Year of Operational Simulations....Pages 33-39
Numerical Simulations and Observational Study of a Mesoscale Convective System in France, During the HyMeX—SOP1 Using the WRF Model....Pages 41-47
Design and Evaluation of Sensitivity Tests of COSMO Model Over the Mediterranean Area....Pages 49-54
Comparison and Validation of WRF Model Physics Parameterizations Over the Domain of Greece....Pages 55-61
Severe Weather Events and Sea Level Variability Over the Mediterranean Sea: The WaveForUs Operational Platform....Pages 63-68
The Implementation of a Dust Wet Deposition Scheme in the WRF-CHEM Model....Pages 69-74
Temperature Seasonal Predictability of the WRF Model....Pages 75-80
Numerical Modeling of a Tornado Event at Skala, Lakonia, Peloponnese in September 2015....Pages 81-86
Towards Predictability Limit: Advancing the Deterministic Skill of Ensembles....Pages 87-92
Marine Boundary Layer Offshore and Coastal Coupled Simulations....Pages 93-98
Observational and Numerical Study of a Tornado Outbreak in Attica and Euboea....Pages 99-105
The Effect of Surface Heterogeneity on the Vertical Structure of the Saharan Convective Boundary Layer....Pages 107-113
Numerical Study of the Medicane of November 2014....Pages 115-121
Numerical Modeling Analysis of Tornadoes Using the COSMO.GR Model Over Greece....Pages 123-128
Performance of RegCM4 Model During Heat Waves—A Case Study for China....Pages 129-135
The Role of Heat Extinction Depth Concept to Fire Behavior: An Application to WRF-SFIRE Model....Pages 137-142
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Impacts of Observational Data Assimilation on Operational Forecasts....Pages 143-149
Comparative Forecasts of a Local Area Model (WRF) in Summer for Cyprus....Pages 151-157
Implementation of a Hybrid Surface Layer Parameterization Scheme for the Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Wave System WEW....Pages 159-165
Development and Implementation of a Soil Moisture Perturbation Method for EPS Initial Conditions....Pages 167-173
The Impact of Cyclone Xaver on Hydropower Potential in Norway....Pages 175-181
Heavy Convective Rainfall Forecast Over Paraguay Using Coupled WRF-Cloud Model....Pages 183-189
The Heat Health Warning System of DWD—Concept and Lessons Learned....Pages 191-196
Impact of Storm Seeding to Hailstone Features in Central Macedonia....Pages 197-202
Validating SAF NWC Products Over the Greek Area....Pages 203-208
Use of Global Precipitation Measurement’s Satellite Data for the Study of a Mesoscale Convective System....Pages 209-215
Flash Flood Risk and Vulnerability Analysis in Urban Areas: The Case of October 22, 2015, in Attica, Greece....Pages 217-223
The First Joint Hydro-Meteo Warnings in Croatia During Heavy Rainfall Period in October 2015....Pages 225-231
A Total Weighted Least Squares Method for the Determination of the Meteoric Water Line of Precipitation for Hydrological Purposes....Pages 233-238
Storm Characteristics Over Central Macedonia and Thessaly and Their Relation to Atmospheric Parameters....Pages 239-246
Radar Climatology of Supercell Thunderstorms in Northern and Central Greece....Pages 247-253
Comparison of Physically and Image Based Atmospheric Correction Methods for Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery....Pages 255-261
First Rains as Extreme Events Influencing Marine Primary Production....Pages 263-270
Hail Characteristics and Cloud Seeding Effect for Hail Suppression in Central Macedonia, Greece....Pages 271-277
Satellite Rainfall Error Analysis with the Use of High-Resolution X-Band Dual-Polarization Radar Observations Over the Italian Alps....Pages 279-286
The DAPHNE Conceptual Model for Designing a Precipitation Enhancement Project in Thessaly, Greece....Pages 287-293
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Watershed Size, an Alternative or a Misguided Parameter for River’s Waterpower? Implementation in Macedonia, Greece....Pages 295-301
Survey of the Severe Hailstorms During Summer 2014 in the Northern Part of Greece....Pages 303-308
Assessment of the Thermal Comfort Conditions in a University Campus Using a 3D Microscale Climate Model, Utilizing Mobile Measurements....Pages 309-315
Diurnal Distribution of Storm Characteristics in Central Macedonia During the Warm Season of the Year Using a C-Band Weather Radar....Pages 317-322
Rain Enhancement Feasibility Potential of Orographic Clouds Over Northern Greece....Pages 323-328
A Preliminary Study on the Effect of Rainfall Events on Human Thermal Comfort Under Hot Weather Conditions....Pages 329-334
One Day-Ahead Prognosis of Energy Demand Using Artificial Intelligence and Biometeorological Indices....Pages 335-340
The Effect of Rainfall Intensity on the Flood Generation of Mountainous Watersheds (Chalkidiki Prefecture, North Greece)....Pages 341-347
Air Temperature Estimation Over the Ainos Mountain, Kefallinia Island Using Linear Regression Analysis....Pages 349-354
Dust Over the Area of the East Mediterranean: The Severe Dust Event of the Period 7–12 September 2015. Synoptic and Dynamic Analysis....Pages 355-360
On the Dynamics Underlying the Emergence of Coherent Structures in Barotropic Turbulence....Pages 361-367
Structure and Stability of Low Amplitude Jet Equilibria in Barotropic Turbulence....Pages 369-375
Transient Growth of Ageostrophic Perturbations in a Baroclinic Shear Flow....Pages 377-383
Relationship Between Atmospheric Rivers and Extreme Precipitation Events....Pages 385-390
Seasonal Synoptic Characteristics of Heavy Rain Events in the Attica Region....Pages 391-396
Comparison of the Synoptic Environment and Mechanisms of Two Cases of Surface Cyclogenesis in Greek Area Associated to Strong Low-Level Cold Surges....Pages 397-402
Cyclone Occurrence and Lightning Distribution Over Mediterranean....Pages 403-408
24-h Ahead Wind Speed Prediction for the Optimum Operation of Hybrid Power Stations with the Use of Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 409-414
Identifying the Skill of Higher Resolution Precipitation Forecasts with Neighborhood Verification Techniques....Pages 415-420
Towards a Study of Different Types of Extreme Wind Speed Conditions....Pages 421-427
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Deucalion: Modern Educational Tools for Precaution Measures During Extreme Weather Events....Pages 429-434
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Homogenization of Long-Term Time-Series of Temperature Records in Cyprus....Pages 437-442
Atmospheric Circulation Characteristics Favoring Extreme Minimum Air Temperature Values Over the Greater Mediterranean Region....Pages 443-448
Filling Missing Data in Target-Point Wind Speed Time Series....Pages 449-454
The Evolution of Etesians: Trends in 20th Century and Future Projections....Pages 455-461
Analysis of the Synoptic Conditions of the Extreme Rainfall Heights of 2014 in Thessaloniki....Pages 463-468
Merominia. An Investigation of Their Scientific Basis....Pages 469-474
Temporal and Spatial Trends of the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) in Greece Using Observations and Output from Regional Climate Models....Pages 475-481
High-Resolution Simulations of Recent Past Extreme Precipitation Events Over Cyprus....Pages 483-489
Annual and Monthly Precipitation Variability in the Ionian Islands Using 16-Year TRMM Data....Pages 491-496
Atmospheric Circulation Characteristics Favoring Wet Season Prolonged Spatially Extended Dry Spells in Greece....Pages 497-502
A 50-Year Climatology of Sea-Surface Response to Atmospheric Circulation Anomalies in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas During Summer....Pages 503-508
Spatial Analysis of the Air Temperature in Greece for the Normal Period 1971–2000....Pages 509-514
Study of Cold Anticyclones Generating in the Mediterranean....Pages 515-520
Annual and Seasonal Extreme Precipitation Probability Distributions at Thessaloniki Based Upon Hourly Values....Pages 521-527
A Climatological Analysis of Potential Vorticity Over Greater Athens Area for 1979–2014 Time Period....Pages 529-535
Statistical Analysis of a 124-Year Period of Precipitation Data in Thessaloniki....Pages 537-543
Scaling Properties of Meteorological Time Series Using Detrended Fluctuation Analysis....Pages 545-550
Comparison of ERA-Interim Reanalysis Data with Observed Surface Meteorological Data Over Greece....Pages 551-557
Study of Precipitation Extremes in Cyprus....Pages 559-564
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Climatology of Upper Air Temperature Over the Mediterranean. Trends and Variability....Pages 565-576
Spatiotemporal Variability of Temperature and Rainfall in Western, Central and Northern Greece During the Last 45 Years in Correlation with Frontal Activity and Convection....Pages 577-582
Homogenization of Precipitation Series in Greece....Pages 583-590
Do RCMs Accurately Simulate the Etesians Climatology?....Pages 591-597
Geo-ethics: Past and Future Climate Variations and Changes. Τhe Temperatures of the Past Are Continuously Changing....Pages 599-605
Positive Effects of Climate Change on the Field of Sopron Wine-Growing Region in Hungary....Pages 607-613
Simulated Dust Over the Sahara and Mediterranean with a Regional Climate Model (RegCM4)....Pages 615-620
A Study on the Intra-annual Variation and the Spatial Distribution of Lightning Activity Over Greece....Pages 621-627
Seasonal Variability of Total Cloud Cover in the Mediterranean Region for the Period 1948–2014....Pages 629-634
Event-Based Climatology and Synoptic Conditions Associated with Fog at the “Macedonia” Airport....Pages 635-641
Exploration of 12-km ERA-Interim Simulations from CORDEX Over the Levant....Pages 643-648
Physics Parameterizations of Regional Climate Model RegCM4: Sensitivity to Convective Precipitation Schemes....Pages 649-654
Climate Change Assessments Over a Greek Catchment Using RCM’s Projection....Pages 655-661
Impact of Climate Change in Greek Viticulture....Pages 663-668
Climate Projections on Estimating Water Balance in Havrias River Basin, Greece....Pages 669-675
Sensitivity Study of Cloud-Radiation Feedbacks in a Regional Climate Model Simulation Over Europe....Pages 677-682
Modes of Diurnal Variation of Illuminance in Bratislava, Slovakia, During Winter....Pages 683-688
Climate Change Impact on the Establishment of the Invasive Mosquito Species (IMS)....Pages 689-694
Nearly Zero Energy Mediterranean Schools as a Mitigation Potential to Climate Change....Pages 695-700
Evaluation of Regional Climate Model Surface Solar Radiation Patterns Over Europe Using Satellite-Based Observations and Radiative Transfer Calculations....Pages 701-706
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Evaluation of Summer Temperature and Precipitation of EURO-CORDEX Regional Climate Simulations....Pages 707-712
Climatological Maps of Solar Energy in Greece from the Hellenic Network of Solar Energy....Pages 713-718
An NAO Climatology in Reanalysis Data with the Use of Self-organizing Maps....Pages 719-724
The ‘Storm Curtain’ Effect: Poleward Shift of Clouds, Their Radiative Effects, and the Role of Midlatitude Storms....Pages 725-731
Studying the Synoptic Wildfire Climatology in Greece. Implications to Wildfire Management....Pages 733-739
AUTH Regional Climate Model Contributions to EURO-CORDEX....Pages 741-746
Complimentary Assessment of Forecast Performance with Climatologically Based Approaches....Pages 747-752
Evidence of Dimming/Brightening Over Greece from Long-Term Observations of Sunshine Duration and Cloud Cover....Pages 753-758
Urban Heat Island in a Small Size Town in Northwestern Greece—A Comparison to Other Greek Areas....Pages 759-765
Front Matter....Pages 767-767
Aerosol–Cloud Relations for Cloud Systems of Different Heights....Pages 769-774
Aerosol Optical Properties Retrieval from Surface Radiation Measurements....Pages 775-780
From Hygroscopic Aerosols to Cloud Droplets: The HygrA-CD Campaign in the Athens Basin—An Overview....Pages 781-787
Long-Term Comparison of Lidar Derived Aerosol Optical Depth Between Two Operational Algorithms and Sun Photometer Measurements for Thessaloniki, Greece....Pages 789-794
A 3-D Evaluation of the MACC Reanalysis Dust Product Over Europe Using CALIOP/CALIPSO Satellite Observations....Pages 795-800
Development of a Dust Assimilation System for NMM-DREAM Model Based on MSG-SEVIRI Satellite Observations....Pages 801-807
Synergistic Satellite and Modeling Methods for the Description of Biomass Smoke Dispersion Over Complex Terrain. The FireHub Platform....Pages 809-815
Vertical Separation of Desert Dust and Biomass Burning Aerosol Layers Over Thessaloniki Using the Synergy of Sunphotometer and Lidar Data....Pages 817-822
Near Real-Time Aerosol Predictions During the First Citizen Observatory Campaign in Greece....Pages 823-829
Aerosol Characterization by Means of PollyXT Raman Lidar at South Africa, India and Finland....Pages 831-836
Fine Particle Water and PH in an Urban and Remote Location and the Role of Biomass Burning....Pages 837-843
Front Matter....Pages 767-767
The Contribution of Bioaerosols to the Organic Carbon Budget of the Atmosphere....Pages 845-851
Aerosol Chemical Mass Closure in Athens, Greece: Towards a Better Understanding of the Seasonal Variation of Aerosol Sources in the Area....Pages 853-859
Monitoring Particulate Pollution in the University of Patras Campus, Greece....Pages 861-867
Short-Term Variability of Fine Inorganic Particulate Matter Over Athens, Greece....Pages 869-874
Impact of Chemical Composition on NPF, CCN and Droplet Formation at South Aegean Sea During Summertime Etesians....Pages 875-881
3D Saharan Dust Variability Over Europe as Seen by CALIPSO....Pages 883-889
Aerosol Vertical Profiling Utilizing the Synergy of Lidar, Sunphotometry and In-Situ Measurements in the Framework of the ACTRIS-2 Campaign in Athens....Pages 891-897
Aerosol Radiative Effects Over Europe from the FORTH Radiation Transfer Model with AtmOptC Aerosol Optical Properties....Pages 899-904
Sources of Atmospheric Aerosols in Heraklion, Crete During Winter Time....Pages 905-910
The Effect of Four Major Volcanic Eruptions on Atmospheric Aerosol Loading Based on Satellite Data....Pages 911-917
A Satellite Based Algorithm for Identification of Biomass Burning Aerosols Over the Southern Atlantic Ocean....Pages 919-924
Evaluating Dust Contribution to CCN Using Satellite Observations....Pages 925-931
Simulations of New Particle Formation and Growth Processes at Eastern Mediterranean, with the MALTE-Box Model....Pages 933-939
Modulation of Atmospheric Dynamics and Dust Emissions in Southwest Asia by the Caspian Sea—Hindu Kush Index....Pages 941-947
Seasonal Variations of the Mineralogical Composition and the Organic Matter Content of Falling Dust in Thessaloniki During 2012-13....Pages 949-956
Weekend—Weekday Effect Assessment of PM10 in Volos, Greece (2010–2014)....Pages 957-962
An Analysis of Identification of Stratospheric Intrusions and Their Influence on Ozone Distribution Over Eastern Mediterranean Using MACC Reanalysis....Pages 963-968
An Assessment of Near Surface Ozone Over Europe from the Global CAMS Interim Reanalysis....Pages 969-974
Tropopause Folds Over the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East in EMAC Simulations: Implications for Summertime Tropospheric Ozone....Pages 975-981
Multi-decadal Trend Analysis of Total Columnar Ozone Over Thessaloniki....Pages 983-988
Front Matter....Pages 767-767
Total Ozone Data Retrieval from the Phaethon DOAS System....Pages 989-994
Α Review of Surface and Lower Troposphere Ozone Concentration Characteristics Around the Urban Area of Athens, the Aegean Sea and at the Central and Eastern Mediterranean....Pages 995-1000
Mapping the Air Quality in the City of Patras by Combining Mobile Platform Measurements and CFD Simulations....Pages 1001-1006
A New Approach for the Construction of Emission Inventories from Satellite Data....Pages 1007-1013
Top-Down SO2 Emissions Over China; A Satellite Approach....Pages 1015-1020
The Impact of Fine Particulate Outdoor Air Pollution to Premature Mortality....Pages 1021-1026
Investigating the Impact of the Economic Recession Over Mediterranean Urban Regions on Satellite-Based Formaldehyde Columns; Comparison with Chemistry Transport Model Results....Pages 1027-1033
A Robust Seasonality Detector for Geophysical Time Series: Application to Satellite SO2 Observations Over China....Pages 1035-1041
Impact of Shipping Emissions on European Air Quality....Pages 1043-1049
Evaluating the Performance of the RegCM-Chem4 Model in the Simulation of Ozone Levels During Heat Waves in China....Pages 1051-1057
Evaluation of Ozone Levels from MACC Global and Regional Modelling Systems Over Eastern Mediterranean—The Influence of Etesian Winds....Pages 1059-1065
Evaluation of the Measurements of the Multi-Gas Long Path Air Quality Monitoring System SANOA....Pages 1067-1073
Comparison of Ground-Based Tropospheric NO2 Columns with OMI/Aura Products in the Greater Area of Thessaloniki by Means of an Air Quality Modeling Tool....Pages 1075-1080
Generating a “Typical Air Pollutant Day” in Thriasio Plain, Greece....Pages 1081-1086
An Air Quality Management System for Cyprus: Evaluation and Improvements....Pages 1087-1092
Air Pollution Modeling in a North Aegean City: Effects of the Transportation System on Local Air Quality....Pages 1093-1098
Two Years of Air Pollution Measurements at Athens Center: Variability and Role of Wood Burning....Pages 1099-1104
Estimation of Hospital Admissions Respiratory Disease Attributed to PM10 Exposure Using the AirQ Model Within the Greater Athens Area....Pages 1105-1110
An Overview of Biomass Burning Impacts on Athens Air Quality and Analysis of Its Increasing Significance....Pages 1111-1116
Impacts of Coarse Atmospheric Particulate Matter Between 2.5 and 80 μm on Respiratory Admissions in Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece....Pages 1117-1122
Front Matter....Pages 767-767
An Up-to-Date Assessment of the Air Quality in Greece with the Use of Modeling Tools....Pages 1123-1128
Air-Quality Impact of Cruise and Passenger Ship Emissions in the Port of Thessaloniki....Pages 1129-1134
An Integrated Numerical Methodology for the Study of Transport of Air Pollution in the Coupled Indoor and Outdoor Environment....Pages 1135-1139
Benzene and Toluene Levels in the Atmosphere of Athens During Wintertime: Influence of Financial Crisis on Traffic and Biomass Burning Emissions....Pages 1141-1147
Estimation of the Solar Energy Potential in Greece Using Satellite and Ground-Based Observations....Pages 1149-1156
The Effect of Clouds on Surface Solar Irradiance, from an All-Sky Camera, in Thessaloniki, Greece....Pages 1157-1162
The Atmospheric Water Vapor Effect on Direct Normal Irradiance Under Clear Skies....Pages 1163-1168
On the Enhancement of Solar Irradiance Due to the Presence of Clouds at Patras, Greece....Pages 1169-1174
All-Sky Imager: A New Instrument for the Estimation of Solar Irradiance, Cloudiness and Aerosol Optical Properties....Pages 1175-1180
Actinometric Platform for Solar Spectral and Air Quality Measurements....Pages 1181-1186
Introducing a Cloud Screening Detector Using Global Horizontal Irradiances in UV and PAR in Thessaloniki, Greece....Pages 1187-1192
Long-Term Memory and Multifractality of Downwelling Longwave Flux at Stations Worldwide....Pages 1193-1198
Study of the Total and Ultraviolet Solar Radiation in the Alpine Region of Ioannina (Northwestern Greece)....Pages 1199-1205
Regression of the Scattered Radiation Intensity with Precipitable Water Depth and Relative Atmospheric Mass (Part II)....Pages 1207-1213
Direct Effect of Aerosols on Solar Radiation Over the Eastern Mediterranean Basin on a Daily 1° by 1° Resolution....Pages 1215-1221
Evaluation of a Coupled Mesoscale Meteorology and Chemistry Model Over the Mediterranean....Pages 1223-1229
Fire Impacts on High-Altitude Atmospheric Com-Position....Pages 1231-1237
Etesiae Winds: From Aristotle to the 21st Century....Pages 1239-1245
University Students’ Perception of Self-Regulating Earth’s Surface Temperature....Pages 1247-1253
Back Matter....Pages 1255-1259