Presentations 2014

    • Participation of BEYOND at the GEO X Plenary, the GEO Ministerial Summit and the parallel EC Side Events, Geneva Switzerland, January 13-17, 2014 , [Presentation 1], [Presentation 2]
    • Présentation Intitulée: "Détecter à distance les éruptions volcaniques et les incendies" à la Conférence: "Les Rencontres de la Terre", Charalabos (Haris) Kontoes, March 31, 2014, Institut français de Grèce, Link, [Video]
    • Charalampos Kontoes, The BEYOND center of excellence for the effective exploitation of satellite time series towards natural disasters monitoring and assessment, Participation of BEYOND at the EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, April 27 – May 02, 2014 , [Presentation]
    • Urban Monitoring from Space Workshop, Athens, March 31 - April 01, 2014, Link
    • I. Papoutsis, C. Kontoes, A. Ganas, BEYOND Center of Excellence for monitoring geophysical activity and geo‐hazard mapping, Oral Presentation, 2nd Tectonic Geodesy Workshop, Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization, Athens, Greece on May 14, 2014, Workshop Link, [Presentation]
    • Amiridis V., Marinou E., Tsekeri A., Giannakaki E., Mamouri R.E., Kokkalis P., Kazadzis S., Gerasopoulos E., Herekakis T., Papayannis A., Balis D.S., LIdar climatology of Vertical Aerosol Structure (LIVAS): a 3-dimentional global aerosol database, oral presentation, conference proceedings, 12th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics COMECAP 2014 Heraklion, Greece on May 28-31, 2014, Link

      Kosmopoulos P.G., Kazadzis S., Flocas H.A., Marinou E., Amiridis V., Taylor M., Jacovidis C.P., A 3D aerosol climatology in the atmosphere of Greece by remote sensing & radiative-transfer modeling techniques, oral presentation, conference proceedings, 12th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics COMECAP 2014 Heraklion, Greece on May 28-31, 2014, Link

      Marinou E., Dandou A., Tombrou M., Amiridis V., Comparison of mixing layer heights derived from CALIPSO and WRF model simulations, oral presentation, conference proceedings, 12th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics COMECAP 2014 Heraklion, Greece on May 28-31, 2014, Link

      Papayannis A., Tsaknakis G., Amiridis V., Nicolae D., Kokkalis P., Talianu C., Belegante L., Study of the long-range transport mechanisms affecting air quality over Athens and Bucharest using synergy of remote and in situ sensors: the case of July 2012, oral presentation, conference proceedings, 12th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics COMECAP 2014 Heraklion, Greece on May 28-31, 2014, Link

      Taylor M., Kazadzis S., Tsekeri A., Gkikas A., Amiridis V., AEROMAP: Satellite retrieval of dust aerosol microphysical and optical parameters using neural networks, oral presentation, conference proceedings, 12th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics COMECAP 2014 Heraklion, Greece on May 28-31, 2014, Link

      Tsaknakis G., Papayannis A., Amiridis V., Nicolae D., Kokkalis P., Talianu C., Belegante L., 16-month air mass cluster analysis over Greece and Romania: application in air quality assessment linked to transport processes, oral presentation, conference proceedings, 12th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics COMECAP 2014 Heraklion, Greece on May 28-31, 2014, Link

      Tsekeri A., Amiridis V., Marenco F., Marinou E., Validation of CALIPSO classification scheme using airborne in-situ data, oral presentation, conference proceedings, 12th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics COMECAP 2014 Heraklion, Greece on May 28-31, 2014, Link

    • Sofiou F., Solomos S., Amiridis V., Herekakis T., Argialas D., Kontoes H. "Evaluation of FLEXPART smoke dispersion using MISR plume heights",12th International Conference on Meteorology,Climatology and Atmospheric Physics COMECAP 2014 Heraklion, 28 May – 31 May 2014 , [Poster]
    • Presentation to the Workshop on Tectonic Geodesy, held in Athens on May 14, 2014
    • Ganas A. 2014. "Current Status of the NOANET GNSS network 2006‐2014". Oral Presentation at the 8th GEO European Projects Workshop (GEPW-8), in Athens, Greece on June 12-13, 2014 , [Presentation]
    • Vassilis Amiridis, Ulla Wandinger, Eleni Marinou, Alexandra Tsekeri, Sara Basart, Stelios Kazadzis, Jose M.Baldasano, Albert Ansmann,Stavros Solomos, Haris Kontoes "Dust Model Validation using CALIPSO", INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC DUST, Castellaneta Marina, Italy - June 1-6, 2014 , [Presentation]
    • E. Gerasopoulos, 2014. "Integration of Atmospheric Observing Platforms under the umbrella of a National Research Infrastructure". Oral Presentation at the 8th GEO European Projects Workshop (GEPW-8), in Athens, Greece on June 12-13, 2014 , [Presentation]
    • I. Papoutsis, 2014. "Monitoring geophysical activity from Space, in the framework of BEYOND Center of Excellence". Oral Presentation at the 8th GEO European Projects Workshop (GEPW-8), in Athens, Greece on June 12-13, 2014 , [Presentation]
    • Keramitsoglou I., Kiranoudis C.T. and Sismanidis P.. 2014. "New service for quarter-hour monitoring of urban temperatures from space". Presented in the poster session of the Mediterranean City international conference (MedCity 2014), in Athens, Greece on June 10-11, 2014 , [Poster] , [Bookmark - Front] , [Bookmark - Back]
    • Keramitsoglou I., Kiranoudis C.T. and Sismanidis P.. 2014. "New service for quarter-hour monitoring of urban temperatures from space", Oral presentation and Poster, 8th GEO European Projects Workshop (GEPW-8), in Athens, Greece on June 12-13, 2014 , [Poster] , [Bookmark - Front] , [Bookmark - Back]
    • Keramitsoglou I., Kiranoudis C.T. and Sismanidis P.. 2014. "Space-derived Real-time Monitoring of the Thermal Environment of Mediterranena Cities". Oral presentation and Poster, Mediterranean City International Conference (MedCity 2014), in Athens, Greece on June 10-11, 2014
    • Kontoes C. 2014. "The European Centre of Excellence BEYOND for Earth Observation based monitoring of Natural Disasters in South-Eastern Europe". Oral Presentation at the 8th GEO European Projects Workshop (GEPW-8), in Athens, Greece on June 12-13, 2014 , [Presentation]
    • Keramitsoglou I., Kiranoudis C.T. and Sismanidis P.. 2014. "Towards real-time quarter-hour monitoring of the urban thermal environment at sharpened spatial resolution", Oral Presentation and Proceedings, 3rd International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing applications (EORSA 2014), in Changsha, China on June 11-14, 2014 , [Presentation]
    • V. Amiridis, S. Solomos, A. Tsekeri, E. Marinou, S. Kazadzis, E. Gerasopoulos, T. Herekakis, C. Kontoes "Atmospheric hazards monitoring and forecasting". Oral presentation at the 1st international geomatics applications conference (GEOMAPPLICA), in Skiathos Island, Greece on September 08-11, 2014, [Presentation]
    • C. Kontoes, V. Amiridis, I. Keramitsoglou, I. Papoutsis, A. Tsouni, G. Balasis and E. Christia "BEYOND Center of Excellence for EO-based monitoring of natural disasters". Oral presentation at the 1st international geomatics applications conference (GEOMAPPLICA), in Skiathos Island, Greece on September 08-11, 2014
    • A. Tsouni, C. Kontoes, E. Ieronymidi, A. Koukouvinos and D. Koutsoyiannis "BEYOND Center of Excellence: flood mapping and modeling". Oral presentation at the 1st international geomatics applications conference (GEOMAPPLICA), in Skiathos Island, Greece on September 08-11, 2014, [Presentation]
    • I. Papoutsis, C. Kontoes, A. Ganas, V. Karastathis, S. Solomos and V. Amiridis "BEYOND Center of Excellence: Geophysical activity ‘seen’ from space". Oral presentation at the 1st international geomatics applications conference (GEOMAPPLICA), in Skiathos Island, Greece on September 08-11, 2014, [Presentation]
    • Keramitsoglou I., Kiranoudis C.T. and Sismanidis P.. 2014. "Developing a EO-based service for real-time monitoring of urban temperatures". Oral presentation at the 1st international geomatics applications conference (GEOMAPPLICA), in Skiathos Island, Greece on September 08-11, 2014, [Presentation]
    • E. Flaounas, V. Kotroni, K. Lagouvardos, A. Gkikas, S. Kazadzis 2014. "Dust transfer through Mediterranean cyclones: relative contribution to aerosol climatology". Oral Presentation at the HyMeX, in Malta on September 2014 , [Presentation]
    • Amiridis, V., U. Wandinger, E. Marinou, A. Tsekeri, LIVAS: a 3D multi-wavelength aerosol climatology, ESA/JAXA EarthCARE Workshop 2014, Tokyo, September 17-19, 2014, [Presentation]
    • C. Kontoes, T. Herekakis, I. Papoutsis, I. Mitsopoulos, S. Solomos and V. Amiridis "Operational fire disaster management services via Earth Observation in BEYOND". Oral presentation at the 1st international geomatics applications conference (GEOMAPPLICA), in Skiathos Island, Greece on September 08-11, 2014
    • I. Papoutsis, "BEYOND Center of Excellence for EO-based monitoring of natural disasters". Oral presentation at the MOWE-IT, in Thessaloniki Regional Conference, Greece on September 15-16, 2014, Link, Conference Programme, [Presentation]
    • H. Kontoes, I. Papoutsis, T. Herekakis, E. Christia, Satellite Masters Conference - Copernicus Master Award Ceremony, Berlin, October 23 - 24, 2014
    • Keramitsoglou I., Kiranoudis C.T. and Sismanidis P.. 2014. "Real-time quarter-hour monitoring of urban heat islands", Oral presentation and Proceedings, 3rd International Conference on countermeasures to urban heat islands, in Venice, Italy on October 13-15, 2014
    • Aggeliki Barberopoulou and Finn Scheele, Towards developing a hazard assesment methodology of historical tsunami events, International Workshop «Mega Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Subduction Zones–Forecasting Approaches and Implications for Hazard Assessment», Rhodes, Greece on October 06-08, 2014, METSZ 2014 Site
    • A. Barberopoulou and A. J. Curtis, Video data collection after natural disasters, SafeRhodes Conference, Rhodes, Greece on October 24-26, 2014, SafeRhodes 2014 Site
    • Charalampos Kontoes, "FireHub: A Space based Fire Management Hub". Participation of BEYOND at the GEO XI Plenary, Geneva, Switzerland, on November 13-14, 2014, [Presentation]

    Press - Interviews - Other:

  • Greek Satellite Applications, tovima.gr, October 25, 2014, Link
  • International Competition of Satellite Applications in Berlin: Important distinctions for 4 Greek Researchers, Telecast "Good News" at SKAI TV, October 28, 2014, [Telecast Link], [Video]
  • National Observatory of Athens and IGME predict landslides, econews.gr, October 24, 2014, Link
  • Quad distinction of Greece in the International Competition of Satellite Applications, in.gr, October 24, 2014, Link
  • Quad distinction of Greece in the International Competition of Satellite Applications, emea.gr, October 24, 2014, Link
  • Seeking measures against landslides, Real News, October 22, 2014, Link
  • «Space» Distinction for the National Observatory of Athens, Crash Magazine Online, October 24, 2014, Link
  • BEYOND, Press Release, “FireHub" - winner of the Best Service Challenge of the Copernicus Masters 2014, October 2014, [Press Release EN], [Press Release GR]
  • "Space" awards for Greece, tovima.gr, November 02, 2014, Link
  • Copernicus Masters 2014, Interview at 90.4 Kanali Ena - November 03, 2014
  • Quarter-hourly real time monitoring of urban temperatures from Space, Blog Post on Cool Roofs and Cool Pavements Toolkit Blog, November 06, 2014, Link

Links to Other Projects:

  • Santorini (Thera) Web-GIS, Site, available only for project members until project deadline [2016] , [Descriptive Image]