Air & Waste Management Laboratory

University of Western Macedonia - Departments of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

Publications

Referred Journal Publications of the team members

  1. Dumka, U.C., D.G. Kaskaoutis, P. Khatri, S.S. Ningombam, R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, and E. Tagaris. Dependence of water vapor radiative forcing on aerosol loading: Analyses over the densely populated and highly polluted Indo-Gangetic Plain region. Atmospheric Res. 2025, 326, p.108343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.108343
  2. Stergiou, I., N. Traka, D. Melas, E. Tagaris, and R.-E. P. Sotiropoulou. A Deep Learning Method for Improving Community Multiscale Air Quality Forecast: Bias Correction, Event Detection, and Temporal Pattern Alignment. Atmosphere 2025, 16(6), 739. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16060739
  3. Seraskeri, M., Ν. Kontos, M.I. Michalopoulos, P. Kardolama, M.V. Karava, I.E. Tasiopoulou, S.K. Garas, R.-E.P. Sotiropoulou, D.G. Kaskaoutis, E. Tagaris. Unveiling Light-Absorbing Carbonaceous Aerosols at a Regional Background Site in Southern Balkans. Atmosphere 2025, 16, 644. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16060644
  4. Sotiropoulou, R.E.P., D.G. Kaskaoutis, P. Kalkavouras, G.Grivas, K. Petrinoli, S.K. Garas, E. Liakakou, E. Tagaris, N. Mihalopoulos. Spatial Variability of Carbonaceous Aerosols and Absorption Characteristics between Urban Background and Residential Sites during Wintertime at a Major Mediterranean City (Athens; Greece). Atmospheric Res. 2025, 323, 108163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.108163
  5. Stergiou, I., N. Traka, D.G. Kaskaoutis, E. Tagaris, R.-E. P. Sotiropoulou. Do the use of a convection scheme in the convective “gray zone” and the increase in spatial resolution enhance the WRF’s precipitation predictive capability? Theor. Appl. Climatol., 2025, 156, 196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-025-05415-0
  6. Sheoran, R., S. Ghosh, U.C. Dumka, S. Verma, D.G. Kaskaoutis, R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, S.D. Attri, V.K. Soni, S. Tiwari, S. Singh, R.K. Tiwari. Black Carbon Pollution over India Simulated with Recent Emission Inventories and WRF-CHEM Model. Atmospheric Res. 2025, 315, 107931, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.107931
  7. Malekei, R., M.H. Sayadi, R.D. Behrooz, D.G. Kaskaoutis. Toxic heavy metals in rainwater samples of Tehran. J. Atmos. Chem. 2024, 81, 3, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10874-023-09454-7
  8. Wang, F., A. Shaheen, R. Yousefi, Q. Ge, R. Wu, J. Lelieveld, D.G. Kaskaoutis, Z. Lu, Y. Zhan, Y. Zhou. Long-Term Dynamics of Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide in Urban and Rural Regions of China: Urbanization and Policy Impacts. Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 391. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16020391
  9. Hamzeh, N.H., A.R.S. Abadi, D.G., Kaskaoutis, E. Mirzaei, K.A. Shukurov, R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, E. Tagaris. The Importance of Wind Simulations over Dried Lake Beds for Dust Emissions in the Middle East. Atmosphere 2024, 15, 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010024
  10. Kaskaoutis, D.G., K. Petrinoli, G. Grivas, P. Kalkavouras, M. Tsagkaraki, K. Tavernaraki, K. Papoutsidaki, I. Stavroulas, D. Paraskevopoulou, A. Bougiatioti, E. Liakakou, A. Rashki, R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, E. Tagaris, E. Gerasopoulos, N. Mihalopoulos, Impact of peri-urban forest fires on air quality and aerosol optical and chemical properties: The case of the August 2021 wildfires in Athens, Greece. Sci. Tot. Env., 2024, 907, 168028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168028
  11. Gholami, H., A. Mohammadifar, R.D. Behrooz, D.G. Kaskaoutis, Y. Li, Y. Song, 2024. Intrinsic and extrinsic techniques for quantification uncertainty of an interpretable GRU deep learning model used to predict atmospheric total suspended particulates (TSP) in Zabol, Iran during the dusty period of 120-days wind. Environ. Pollut. 342, 123082, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123082
  12. Paraskevopoulou, D., S. Bikkina, G. Grivas, D.G. Kaskaoutis, M. Tsagkaraki, K. Tavernaraki, N. Mihalopoulos. A direct method to quantify methanol-soluble organic carbon for Brown Carbon absorption studies. MethodsX 11, 2023, 102313, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102313
  13. Salmabadi, H., M. Saeedi, A. Roy, D.G. Kaskaoutis, 2023. Quantifying the contribution of Middle Eastern dust sources to PM10 levels in Ahvaz, Southwest Iran. Atmos. Res. 295, 106993, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106993
  14. Dumka, U.C., P.G. Kosmopoulos, E. Baxevanaki, D.G. Kaskaoutis, M.N. Huda, M.F. Khan, M. Bilal, B. Ambade, S. Khanal, P. Munsi,. Surface Radiative Forcing as a Climate-Change Indicator in North India due to the Combined Effects of Dust and Biomass Burning. Fire, 2023, 6, 365. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6090365
  15. Hamzeh, N.H., K. Shukurov, K. Mohammadpour, D.G. Kaskaoutis, A.R. Saadatabadi, H. Shahabi,. A comprehensive investigation of the causes of drying and increasing saline dust in the Urmia Lake, northwest Iran, via ground and satellite observations, synoptic analysis and machine learning models. Ecol. Indic., 2023, 78, 102355, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102355
  16. Stergiou, I., E. Tagaris, R.-E.P Sotiropoulou, WRF Physics Ensemble Performance Evaluation over Continental and Coastal Regions in Germany. Atmosphere, 2023, 14(1):17. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14010017
  17. Stergiou I., E. Tagaris, R.-E.P. Sotiropoulou, Temperature and Precipitation Bias Patterns in a Dynamical Downscaling Procedure over Europe during the Period 1951–2010. Atmosphere, 2022, 13(8):1338,  https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13081338    
  18. Tranoulidis A, R.-E.P. Sotiropoulou, K. Bithas, E. Tagaris, Decarbonization and Transition to the Post-Lignite Era: Analysis for a Sustainable Transition in the Region of Western Macedonia. Sustainability, 2022 14(16):10173, https://doi.org/10.3390/su141610173
  19. Stergiou Ι, E. Tagaris, and R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, Investigating the WRF Temperature and Precipitation Performance Sensitivity to Spatial Resolution over Central Europe, Atmosphere, 2021, 12, 278, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12020278
  20. Sotiropoulou R.E.P.,M. Serafidou, G. Skodras, Thermal mercury removal from coals: Effect of pyrolysis conditions and kinetic analysis. Fuel, 2019, 238, 44-50, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.10.073
  21. Tagaris, E., I. Stergiou and R.E.P. Sotiropoulou (2017), Impact of shipping emissions on ozone levels over Europe: assessing the relative importance of the Standard Nomenclature for Air Pollution (SNAP) categories. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 24: 14903. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9046-x
  22. Tagaris E., R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, N. Gounaris, S. Andronopoulos and D. Vlachogiannis, Effect of the Standard Nomenclature for Air Pollution (SNAP) Categories on Air Quality over Europe, Atmosphere 2015, 6, 1119-1128, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos6081119, (Invited paper for the special issue “Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality”)
  23. Tagaris E., R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, N. Gounaris, S. Andronopoulos and D. Vlachogiannis, Impact of biogenic emissions on ozone and fine particles over Europe: Comparing effects of temperature increase and a potential anthropogenic NOX emissions abatement strategy, Atmospheric Environment, 2014, 98, 214-223, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.056
  24. Balachandran S., J.E. Pachon, S. Lee, M. Oakes, N. Rastogi, W. Shi, E. Tagaris, B. Yan, A. Davis, X. Zhang, R.J. Weber, J.A. Mulholland, M. Bergin, M. Zheng and A.G. Russell, Particulate and Gas Sampling of Prescribed Fires in South Georgia, USA, Atmospheric Environment, 2013, 81, 125-135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.014
  25. Tagaris E., R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, N. Gounaris, S. Andronopoulos and D. Vlachogiannis, Air quality over Europe: modelling gaseous and particulate pollutants Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2013, 13, 9661-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-9661-2013  
  26. Liao K.J., P. Amar, E. Tagaris and A.G. Russell, Development of Risk-based Air Quality Management Strategies under Impacts of Climate Change, Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 2012, 62, 557–565, https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2012.662928
  27. Barahona, D., R.E.P. Sotiropoulou and A. Nenes (2011), Global distribution of cloud droplet number concentration, autoconversion rate and aerosol indirect effect under diabatic droplet activation, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D09203, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD015274
  28. Tagaris E., K-J. Liao, A. J. DeLucia, L. Deck, P. Amar and A. G. Russell, Sensitivity of Air Pollution-Induced Premature Mortality to Precursor Emissions Under the Influence of Climate Change, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2010, 7, 2222-2237, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph7052222
  29. Liao K.J., E. Tagaris, A.G. Russell, P. Amar, S. He, K. Manomaiphiboon and J.H. Woo, Cost Analysis of  impacts of Climate Change on Regional air Quality, Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 2010, 60, 195 – 203, https://doi.org/10.3155/1047-3289.60.2.195
  30. Weaver C.P., X.-Z. Liang, J. Zhu, P.J. Adams, P. Amar, J. Avise  M. Caughey, J. Chen, R.C. Cohen, E. Cooter, J.P. Dawson, R. Gilliam, A. Gilliland, A.H. Goldstein, A. Grambsch, A. Guenther, R.A. Harley, S. He, B. Hemming, C. Hogrefe, H.-C. Huang, S. Hunt, D. Jacob, P. Kinney, K. Kunkel, J.-F. Lamarque, B. Lamb, N. Larkin, L.R. Leung, K.-J. Liao, J. Lin, B.H. Lynn, K. Manomaiphiboon, C. Mass, D. McKenzie, L. Mickley, S. O’Neil, C. Nolte, S.N. Pandis, P.N. Racherla, C. Rosenzweig, A.G. Russell, E. Salathe,  A.L. Steiner, E. Tagaris, Z. Tao, C. Wiedinmyer, A. Williams, D. Winner, J.-H. Woo, S. Wu and D.J. Wuebbles, A Preliminary Synthesis of Modeled Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Regional Ozone Concentrations, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2009, 12, 1843-1863, https://doi.org/10.1175/2009BAMS2568.1
  31. Tagaris E., K-J. Liao, A. J. DeLucia, L. Deck, P. Amar and A. G. Russell, Potential impact of climate change on air pollution – related human health effects, Environmental Science & Technology, 2009, 43, 4979-4988. https://doi.org/10.1021/es803650w
  32. Liao K-J., E. Tagaris, K. Manomaiphiboon, C. Wang, J-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar, and A. G. Russell, Quantification of the impact of climate uncertainty on regional air quality, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2009, 9, 865-878, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-865-2009
  33. Woo, J.H., S. He, E. Tagaris, , K.J. Liao, K. Manomaiphiboon, P. Amar and A.G. Russell, Development of North American Emission Inventories for Air Quality Modeling under Climate Change, Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 2008, 58, pp 1483-1494, https://doi.org/10.3155/1047-3289.58.11.1483
  34. Tagaris E., K-J. Liao, K. Manomaiphiboon, J-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar and A. G. Russell, The Role of Climate and Emission Changes in Future Air Quality over Northern Mexico and Southern Canada, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2008, 8, 3973-3983, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-8-3973-2008
  35. Liao K-J., E. Tagaris, S. L. Napoleok, K. Manomaiphiboon, J-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar, and A. G. Russell, Current and Future Correlated Responses of Ozone and PM2.5 to Emissions Controls, Environmental Science & Technology, 2008, 42, 4670-4675, https://doi.org/10.1021/es7028685
  36. Tagaris E., K-J. Liao, K. Manomaiphiboon, J-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar and A. G. Russell, Impacts of Future Climate Change and Emissions Reductions on Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition over the United States, Geophysical Research Letters, 2008, 35, L08811, https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033477
  37. Liao K-J., E. Tagaris, K. Manomaiphiboon, S. L. Napoleok, J-H. Woo, S.He, P. Amar and A. G. Russell, Sensitivity of Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter Formation to Emissions under the Impact of Potential Future Climate Change, Environmental Science & Technology, 2007, 41, 8355-8361, https://doi.org/10.1021/es070998z
  38. Tagaris E., K. Manomaiphiboon, K-J. Liao, L-Y. Leung, J-H. Woo, S. He, P. Amar and A. G. Russell, Impacts of Global Climate Change and Emissions on Regional Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations over the United States, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere, 2007, D14312, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JD008262
  39. Sotiropoulou, R.E.P., A. Nenes, P.J. Adams, and J.H. Seinfeld (2007), Cloud condensation nuclei prediction error from application of Köhler theory: Importance for the aerosol indirect effect, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12202, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JD007834
  40. Medina, J., A. Nenes, R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, L.D. Cottrell, L.D. Ziemba, P.J. Beckman, and R.J. Griffin (2007), Cloud condensation nuclei closure during the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation 2004 campaign: Effects of size-resolved composition, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10S31, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JD007588
  41. Sotiropoulou R.E.P., E. Tagaris, C. Pilinis, T. Anttila and M. Kulmala, Modeling new particle formation during air pollution episodes: impacts on aerosol and cloud condensation nuclei, Aerosol Science & Technology, 2006, 40, 557-572, https://doi.org/10.1080/02786820600714346
  42. Sotiropoulou, R.E.P., J. Medina, and A. Nenes (2006), CCN predictions: Is theory sufficient for assessment of the indirect effect?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L05816, https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL025148
  43. Vlachogiannis D., A. Sfetsos, A. Stubos, R. E. P. Sotiropoulou, E. Tagaris, C. Pilinis, W. Zhong, J. D. Haigh, D. O. Eriksen, S. Hartvig, C. Chatzichristos, J. Muller and R. Kleven, Assessment of the Impact of SF6 and PFCs Reservoir Tracers on Global Warming, the AEOLOS study, Environmental Science, 2005, 2, pp 263 – 272, https://doi.org/10.1080/15693430500396170
  44. Sotiropoulou R.E.P., E. Tagaris, C. Pilinis, S. Andronopoulos, A. Sfetsos and J.G. Bartzis, The BOND project: Biogenic aerosols and air quality in Athens and Marseille Greater Areas, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere, 2004, 109, D05205, https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JD003955
  45. Sotiropoulou R.E.P., E. Tagaris and C. Pilinis, An estimation of the spatial distribution of agricultural ammonia emissions in the Greater Athens Area, The Science of the Total Environment, 2004, 318, pp 159-169, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00373-5    
  46. Tagaris E., Sotiropoulou, C. Pilinis and C.P. Halvadakis, A Methodology to Estimate Odors around Landfill Sites: The Use of Methane as an “Odor Index” and Its Utility in Landfill Siting, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 2003, 53 (5), pp 629-634, https://doi.org/10.1080/10473289.2003.10466198   
  47. Tagaris E., R.E.P. Sotiropoulou, C. Pilinis and C.P. Halvadakis, Atmospheric Methane Transport near landfill Sites, Waste Management & Research, 2003, 21 (1), pp 62-73, https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X0302100108