Invited Speech in 15th National 3rd International Environmental Engineering Congress
27/11/23 08:14
Dr. Stavros Solomos had an invited speech on Friday 24/11/2023 at 15th National 3rd International Environmental Engineering Congress, held virtually from 23-25 November 2023 and organised by UCTEA - Chamber of Environmental Engineers. More details can be found here.
Publication in MDPI:Atmosphere
27/10/23 22:23
"The Development of METAL-WRF Regional Model for the Description of Dust Mineralogy in the Atmosphere" by Stavros Solomos et al has been published in MDPI:Atmosphere journal as part of the Special Issue "Characteristics of the Atmosphere and Their Impact on Quality of Life, Ecosystems, and Human Activities".
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/11/1615
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/11/1615
Poster Presentation from Affiliated Researcher
25/09/23 22:23
"Climate Change, Transboundary Pollution from Natural Sources and Health Effects in the UK" by Samuel Thompson, Christina Mitsakou, Helen Macintyre and Karen Exley.
Dr. Christina Mitsakou from UK Health Security Agency is in close collaboration with MegDetH project to investigate the health implications from high concentrations of dust particles and especially the respective minerals that our new model module is capable of identifying.
UKHSA_Conf2023_NaturalParticles v0.7
Dr. Christina Mitsakou from UK Health Security Agency is in close collaboration with MegDetH project to investigate the health implications from high concentrations of dust particles and especially the respective minerals that our new model module is capable of identifying.
UKHSA_Conf2023_NaturalParticles v0.7
Publication in MDPI:Environmental Sciences Proceedings
25/08/23 22:23
"The Development of a Dust Mineralogy Map from Satellite Retrievals and Implementation in WRF-Chem" by Stavros Solomos et al has been published in MDPI:Environmental Sciences Proceedings journal. This article belongs to the Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics—COMECAP 2023.
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/26/1/54
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4931/26/1/54
Poster Presentation in EGU 2023
28/04/23 13:05
"The development of a detailed mineralogical database from satellite remote sensing products, towards an improved representation of dust transport in NWP simulations" by Nikolaos S. Bartsotas, Olga Sykioti, Christos Spyrou, Kostas C Douvis, Vassilis Amiridis, Christos Zerefos and Stavros Solomos was submitted to the EGU General Assembly 2023 in AS5.8 – Assimilation of active and passive satellite observations into NWP and hydrological models.
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-11119.html
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-11119.html
Implementation of GMINER30 database in WRF-Chem
19/01/23 13:05
The GMINER30 (Global Mineral Database on 30sec resolution, Nickovic et al, 2012) that provides mineral fractions of potentially dust productive soils, has been implemented in WRF-Chem model.
First results will be presented in COMECAP 2023 conference.
Solomos S., Spyrou C., Gkikas A., Bartsotas N.S., Sykioti O., Amiridis V., Marinou E., Katsafados P., Tsarpalis K., Pejanovic G., Cvetkovic B., Nickovic, S., Kalivitis N., Kanakidou M., Mihalopoulos N., Zerefos C., Development of a dust mineralogy module for WRF, COMECAP 2023, Athens, September 2023
First results will be presented in COMECAP 2023 conference.
Solomos S., Spyrou C., Gkikas A., Bartsotas N.S., Sykioti O., Amiridis V., Marinou E., Katsafados P., Tsarpalis K., Pejanovic G., Cvetkovic B., Nickovic, S., Kalivitis N., Kanakidou M., Mihalopoulos N., Zerefos C., Development of a dust mineralogy module for WRF, COMECAP 2023, Athens, September 2023
Mineral fractions at dust sources from the new version of WRF-Chem model (Solomos et al., 2023)
Participation in EGU 2023
09/01/23 13:05
"The development of a detailed mineralogical database from satellite remote sensing products, towards an improved representation of dust transport in NWP simulations" by Nikolaos S. Bartsotas, Olga Sykioti, Christos Spyrou, Kostas C Douvis, Vassilis Amiridis, Christos Zerefos and Stavros Solomos was submitted to the EGU General Assembly 2023 in AS5.8 – Assimilation of active and passive satellite observations into NWP and hydrological models.
The General Assembly will take place 23–28 April 2023.
See you in Vienna!
The General Assembly will take place 23–28 April 2023.
See you in Vienna!
First results from NASA EMIT mission
24/10/22 21:24
EMIT was developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched on July 14, 2022. Since then, the instrument observes Earth from outside the International Space Station and maps dust source information and specifically what minerals are in dust source regions, so as to allow scientists to create a new mineral map of Earth’s dust-producing regions. Under the MegDeth framework, EMIT is expected to provide a valuable evaluation tool for our mineralogical database as it will provide hyperspectral scans that allow for discretisation among minerals with quite similar spectral signatures in the multispectral bands.
This first image shows the first measurements taken by EMIT on July 27, 2022, as it passed over Western Australia. The image at the front of the cube shows a mix of materials in Western Australia, including exposed soil (brown), vegetation (dark green), agricultural fields (light green), a small river, and clouds. The rainbow colors extending through the main part of the cube are the spectral fingerprints from corresponding spots in the front image.
This first image shows the first measurements taken by EMIT on July 27, 2022, as it passed over Western Australia. The image at the front of the cube shows a mix of materials in Western Australia, including exposed soil (brown), vegetation (dark green), agricultural fields (light green), a small river, and clouds. The rainbow colors extending through the main part of the cube are the spectral fingerprints from corresponding spots in the front image.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Invited Speech in BPU11 Congress
30/08/22 14:00
Dr. Stavros Solomos presented "Physical processes of desert dust in the atmosphere" in Balkan Physical Union 11 Congress, held in Serban Academy of Sciences and Arts from August 28th until September 1st, 2022.
More details can be found here and the PPT of the presentation can be downloaded below:
More details can be found here and the PPT of the presentation can be downloaded below:
Participation in IRS 2022
09/06/22 22:30
New Publication in MDPI:Atmosphere
27/05/22 22:23
"Development of a Dust Source Map for WRF-Chem Model Based on MODIS NDVI" by Spyrou, C.; Solomos, S.; Bartsotas, N.S.; Douvis, K.C. and Nickovic, S.
has been accepted for publication in MDPI:Atmosphere journal.
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/6/868/pdf
has been accepted for publication in MDPI:Atmosphere journal.
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/6/868/pdf
Participation in EMS 2022
18/04/22 21:24
Participation in EGU 2022
05/01/22 13:05
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