2026 Athanasios Loukas: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	35	9316	8925	61	61	160	4830

Overview

Athanasios Loukas is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular emphasis on water-related fields.

Their main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader areas, Loukas has contributed significantly to several subfields, including:

Water Science and Technology
Global and Planetary Change
Environmental Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Geochemistry and Petrology

The range of topics covered by Loukas in their work includes:

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Water Resources Management and Optimization
Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Loukas has authored and co-authored multiple scientific papers, some of the recent notable publications are:

"Quantitative Classification of Desertification Severity for Degraded Aquifer Based on Remotely Sensed Drought Assessment," 2021, published in Hydrology
"Simulation and Evaluation of Water Resources Management Scenarios Under Climate Change for Adaptive Management of Coastal Agricultural Watersheds," 2022, Water Resources Management
"Estimating Current and Future Rainfall Erosivity in Greece Using Regional Climate Models and Spatial Quantile Regression Forests," 2020, Water
"Comparing Two Hydro-Economic Approaches for Multi-Objective Agricultural Water Resources Planning," 2020, Water Resources Management
"An Integrated Modeling System for the Evaluation of Water Resources in Coastal Agricultural Watersheds: Application in Almyros Basin, Thessaly, Greece," 2021, Water

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Loukas include:

Pantelis Sidiropoulos
Aikaterini Lyra
Nikitas Mylopoulos
Lampros Vasiliades
Georgios A. Tziatzios

Publication venues where Loukas most regularly publishes their research are:

Water
Water Resources Management
Water Science & Technology Water Supply
Hydrology
Remote Sensing

Best Publications

Multi-Criteria Analysis Framework for Potential Flood Prone Areas Mapping

G. Papaioannou;L. Vasiliades;A. Loukas

341
Citations
Probabilistic analysis of drought spatiotemporal characteristics inThessaly region, Greece

A. Loukas;L. Vasiliades

321
Citations
A Modeling System for the Evaluation of Water Resources Management Strategies in Thessaly, Greece

A. Loukas;N. Mylopoulos;L. Vasiliades

219
Citations
Inter-comparison of statistical downscaling methods for projection of extreme precipitation in Europe

M. A. Sunyer;Y. Hundecha;D. Lawrence;H. Madsen

216
Citations
Flood inundation mapping sensitivity to riverine spatial resolution and modelling approach

G. Papaioannou;A. Loukas;L. Vasiliades;G. T. Aronica

196
Citations
A Water Balance Derived Drought Index for Pinios River Basin, Greece

Lampros Vasiliades;Athanasios Loukas;Nikos Liberis

195
Citations
Severity-duration-frequency analysis of droughts and wet periods in Greece.

Nicolas R. Dalezios;Athanasios Loukas;Lampros Vasiliades;Elias Liakopoulos

187
Citations
Climate change effects on drought severity

A. Loukas;L. Vasiliades;J. Tzabiras

173
Citations
Potential climate change impacts on flood producing mechanisms in southern British Columbia, Canada using the CGCMA1 simulation results

Athanasios Loukas;Lampros Vasiliades;Nicolas R Dalezios

153
Citations
Hydrological response to meteorological drought using the Palmer drought indices in Thessaly, Greece

Lampros Vasiliades;Athanasios Loukas

144
Citations
An Operational Method for Flood Directive Implementation in Ungauged Urban Areas

George Papaioannou;Andreas Efstratiadis;Lampros Vasiliades;Athanasios Loukas

135
Citations
Nonstationary Frequency Analysis of Annual Maximum Rainfall Using Climate Covariates

L. Vasiliades;P. Galiatsatou;A. Loukas

115
Citations
Evaluation of a statistical downscaling procedure for the estimation of climate change impacts on droughts

L. Vasiliades;A. Loukas;G. Patsonas

102
Citations
Spatial variability of reference evapotranspiration in Greece

Nicolas R Dalezios;Athanasios Loukas;Dimitrios Bampzelis

101
Citations
Cotton yield estimation based on NOAA/AVHRR produced NDVI

N.R. Dalezios;C. Domenikiotis;A. Loukas;S.T. Tzortzios

100
Citations
The use of NOAA/AVHRR satellite data for monitoring and assessment of forest fires and floods

C. Domenikiotis;A. Loukas;N. R. Dalezios

97
Citations
Surface water quantity and quality assessment in Pinios River, Thessaly, Greece

A. Loukas

95
Citations
Probabilistic flood inundation mapping at ungauged streams due to roughness coefficient uncertainty in hydraulic modelling

George Papaioannou;Lampros Vasiliades;Athanasios Loukas;Giuseppe T. Aronica

86
Citations
Streamflow simulation methods for ungauged and poorly gauged watersheds

A. Loukas;L. Vasiliades

82
Citations
Basin-wide actual evapotranspiration estimation using NOAA/AVHRR satellite data

Athanasios Loukas;Lampros Vasiliades;Christos Domenikiotis;Nicolas R. Dalezios

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Willems KU Leuven

Henrik Madsen Technical University of Denmark

Nicholas M. Holden University College Dublin

Uwe Ulbrich Freie Universität Berlin

Luis Garrote Technical University of Madrid

Maria Carmen Llasat University of Barcelona

Assefa M. Melesse Florida International University

External Links

Personal website of Athanasios Loukas

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