Atmospheric Physics and Climatology

Mission

The mission of the unit is related to the:

  • Investigation of the global and regional climate change through analysis of satellite and terrestrial observations as well as simulations with climate models
  • Study of climate variability, in terms of climate trends, extreme events and their impact at various time scales
  • Facilitation in the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.
  • Understanding of air pollution and its interactions with climate change.

Head

Christos Zerefos

Secretary General of the Academy of Athens; Head of the Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology of the Academy of Athens; Professor Emeritus

Team

Lida Dimitriadou

Research Associate, Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology, Academy of Athens

Konstantinos Douvis

Research Associate, Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology, Academy of Athens

Kostas Eleftheratos

Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Pavlos Kalabokas

Director of Research, Acting Director of the Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology of the Academy of Athens

Ioannis Kapsomenakis

Associate Researcher, Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology, Academy of Athens

Anastasia Poupkou

Associate Researcher, Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology, Academy of Athens

Stavros Solomos

Associate Researcher, Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology, Academy of Athens

Christos Spyrou

Research Associate, Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology, Academy of Athens

Theodora Stavraka

MSc Physist, Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology, Academy of Athens

Supporting Projects

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service CAMS-84: Global and regional a posteriori validation, including focus on the Arctic and Mediterranean areas-CAMS-84
Funding: EU
PI: Christos Zerefos

Sustainable Approaches to LAnd and water Management in MEditerranean Drylands – SALAM-MED
Funding: EU PRIMA
PI: Stavros Solomos
Duration: 2022-2025

 

EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe-EuroGEOSS
(Mathieu Reboul, C. Zerefos, S. Solomos, L. Dimitriadou)
Funding : ΕU
Duration : 2019-2023

PI: Christos Zerefos

 

“Strengthening Education, Research And Innovation For Climate Smart Crops In India-AdaptNET”
(A. Voloudakis, C. Zerefos, J. Kapsomenakis)
Funding: ΕU
Duration: 2019-2022

PI: Ioannis Kapsomenakis

Funding: EU

Director: Phoebe Koundouri,

Member of the Hub: Academy of Athens, Responsible: Christos Zerefos

Boosting the implementation of adaptation policy across Greece: LIFE-IP AdaptlnGR”
Funding:  EU
PI: Christos Zerefos

Collaborations

Official Website here.

Supervising Committee

President: Dimitri Nanopoulos
Members: George Contopoulos, Anthony Kounadis, Loucas Christophorou, Stamatios Krimigis, Christos Zerefos,  Costas Synolakis. 

Alternate members: Athanasios Fokas, Emmanuel Gdoutos

Supervisor: Christos Zerefos, (www.christoszerefos.com)
 

Director: Pavlos Kalabokas

University of Giessen, Germany

University of Oslo, Norway

University of Toulouse, France

Research Center Juelich, Germany

European Research Center, Italy

The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus

French National Centre for Scientific Research, France

Laboratoire Universitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques, France

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

National Technical University of Athens, Greece

National Observatory of Athens, Greece

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

University of Crete, Greece

University of Patras, Greece

Hellenic Republic, WMO, UNESCO, UNFCCC in the framework of the Greek Initiative “Addressing Climate Change Impacts on Cultural And Natural Heritage”

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