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D-Index
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12436
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1302
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Costas A. Varotsos publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Costas A. Varotsos sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 441 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Costas A. Varotsos D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Costas A. Varotsos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Fellow of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Greece Leader Award
  • 2024 - Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Greece Leader Award
  • 2020 - Vernadsky Medal of the Russian Academy of Natural Science
  • 2017 - Gold A.S. Popov medal of the Russian A.S. Popov Society
  • 2016 - RADI Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview


Best Publications

  • The southern hemisphere ozone hole split in 2002.

    Costas Varotsos

  • Observational evidence for chemical ozone depletion over the Arctic in winter 1991–92

    Peter von der Gathen;Peter von der Gathen;Markus Rex;Markus Rex;Neil R. P. Harris;Neil R. P. Harris;Diana Lucic

  • Scaling properties of air pollution in Athens, Greece and Baltimore, Maryland

    C. Varotsos;C. Varotsos;J. Ondov;M. Efstathiou

  • Long-memory processes in ozone and temperature variations at the region 60° S–60° N

    C. Varotsos;C. Varotsos;D. Kirk-Davidoff

  • What is the lesson from the unprecedented event over Antarctica in 2002

    Costas Varotsos

  • Atmospheric greenhouse effect in the context of global climate change

    K. Ya. Kondratyev;C. Varotsos

  • Deposition measurement of particulate matter in connection with corrosion studies

    Martin Ferm;John Watt;Samantha O’Hanlon;Franco De Santis

  • Global total ozone dynamics

    Kirill Ya. Kondratyev;Costas A. Varotsos

  • Power‐law correlations in column ozone over Antarctica

    Costas Varotsos

  • Geophysical validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT operational ozone data

    U. Cortesi;J. C. Lambert;C. de Clercq;G. Bianchini

  • Global carbon cycle and climate change

    K. I︠a︡. Kondratʹev;V. F. Krapivin;Costas Varotsos

  • In situ measurements of stratospheric ozone depletion rates in the Arctic winter 1991/1992: A Lagrangian approach

    M Rex;P von der Gathen;N R P Harris;D Lucic

  • Long‐range persistence in global Aerosol Index dynamics

    C. A. Varotsos;J. M. Ondov;A. P. Cracknell;M. N. Efstathiou

  • Global tropospheric ozone dynamics. Part I: Tropospheric ozone precursors.

    Kirill Ya. Kondratyev;Costas A. Varotsos

  • Airborne measurements of aerosol, ozone, and solar ultraviolet irradiance in the troposphere

    Costas Varotsos;Costas Varotsos

  • Further evidence of the role of air pollution on solar ultraviolet radiation reaching the ground

    C. A. Varotsos;G. J. Chronopoulos;S. Katsikis;N. K. Sakellariou

  • Technical Note: Long-term memory effect in the atmospheric CO 2 concentration at Mauna Loa

    C. Varotsos;M.-N. Assimakopoulos;M. Efstathiou

  • The Long-Term Coupling between Column Ozone and Tropopause Properties

    Costas Varotsos;Costas Cartalis;Andrew Vlamakis;Chris Tzanis

  • Editorial and cover: Fifty years after the first artificial satellite: from Sputnik 1 to ENVISAT

    Arthur P. Cracknell;Costas A. Varotsos

  • Effects of air pollution on materials and cultural heritage: ICP materials celebrates 25 years of research

    Johan Tidblad;Vladimir Kucera;Martin Ferm;Katerina Kreislova

  • Erythemally weighted UV trends over northern latitudes derived from Nimbus 7 TOMS measurements

    J. R. Ziemke;S. Chandra;J. Herman;C. Varotsos

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur P. Cracknell
Arthur P. Cracknell University of Dundee
D. N. Asimakopoulos
D. N. Asimakopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Christos Zerefos
Christos Zerefos Academy of Athens
Esko Kyrö
Esko Kyrö Finnish Meteorological Institute
Markus Rex
Markus Rex Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
H. De Backer
H. De Backer Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
Neil R. P. Harris
Neil R. P. Harris Cranfield University
Hans Claude
Hans Claude German Meteorological Service
John M. Ondov
John M. Ondov University of Maryland, College Park
Shaun Lovejoy
Shaun Lovejoy McGill University

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