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Eleni Marinou is affiliated with the National Observatory of Athens in Greece and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, notably Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Aerospace Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main scientific topics addressed in their publications include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Aeolian processes and effects, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Among their recent scholarly contributions are the following publications:

  • ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS): a global fine-resolution dust optical depth data set, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Quantification of the dust optical depth across spatiotemporal scales with the MIDAS global dataset (2003-2017), 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • DeLiAn - a growing collection of depolarization ratio, lidar ratio and Ångström exponent for different aerosol types and mixtures from ground-based lidar observations, 2023, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • A First Case Study of CCN Concentrations from Spaceborne Lidar Observations, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Investigation of Volcanic Emissions in the Mediterranean: "The Etna-Antikythera Connection", 2020, Atmosphere

Frequent collaborators in their research include Vassilis Amiridis, Anna Gialitaki, Emmanouil Proestakis, Alexandra Tsekeri, and Antonis Gkikas. Their working relationships reflect a consistent pattern of scientific partnership across numerous publications.

Publications linked to Eleni Marinou have appeared repeatedly in several scientific venues, with the most frequent including:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmosphere

Their research contributions address complex processes related to atmospheric aerosols and their chemical and physical properties, leveraging advanced measurement techniques and global datasets. This body of work contributes to knowledge on aerosol behavior, atmospheric gas dynamics, and related environmental phenomena, integrating satellite and ground-based observations.

Best Publications

  • The automated multiwavelength Raman polarization and water-vapor lidar Polly XT : the neXT generation

    Ronny Engelmann;Thomas Kanitz;Holger Baars;Birgit Heese

  • An overview of the first decade of Polly NET : an emerging network of automated Raman-polarization lidars for continuous aerosol profiling

    Holger Baars;Thomas Kanitz;Thomas Kanitz;Ronny Engelmann;Dietrich Althausen

  • Three-dimensional evolution of Saharan dust transport towards Europe based on a 9-year EARLINET-optimized CALIPSO dataset

    Eleni Marinou;Vassilis Amiridis;Ioannis Binietoglou;Athanasios Tsikerdekis

  • Nine-year spatial and temporal evolution of desert dust aerosols over South and East Asia as revealed by CALIOP

    Emmanouil Proestakis;Vassilis Amiridis;Eleni Marinou;Aristeidis K. Georgoulias

  • Optimizing CALIPSO Saharan dust retrievals

    V. Amiridis;U. Wandinger;E. Marinou;E. Giannakaki

  • Triple-wavelength depolarization-ratio profiling of Saharan dust over Barbados during SALTRACE in 2013 and 2014

    Moritz Haarig;Albert Ansmann;Dietrich Althausen;André Klepel

  • LIVAS: a 3-D multi-wavelength aerosol/cloud database based on CALIPSO and EARLINET

    V. Amiridis;E. Marinou;A. Tsekeri;U. Wandinger

  • Dust impact on surface solar irradiance assessed with model simulations, satellite observations and ground-based measurements

    Panagiotis G. Kosmopoulos;Stelios Kazadzis;Michael Taylor;Eleni Athanasopoulou

  • Ice nucleating particles over the Eastern Mediterranean measured by unmanned aircraft systems

    Jann Schrod;Daniel Weber;Jaqueline Drücke;Christos Keleshis

  • Two decades of satellite observations of AOD over mainland China using ATSR-2, AATSR and MODIS/Terra: data set evaluation and large-scale patterns

    Gerrit de Leeuw;Larisa Sogacheva;Edith Rodriguez;Konstantinos Kourtidis

  • ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS): a global fine-resolution dust optical depth data set

    Antonis Gkikas;Emmanouil Proestakis;Vassilis Amiridis;Stelios Kazadzis

  • Retrieval of ice-nucleating particle concentrations from lidar observations and comparison with UAV in situ measurements

    Eleni Marinou;Eleni Marinou;Matthias Tesche;Matthias Tesche;Athanasios Nenes;Athanasios Nenes;Albert Ansmann

  • Mediterranean intense desert dust outbreaks and their vertical structure based on remote sensing data

    Antonis Gkikas;Sara Basart;Nikos Hatzianastassiou;Eleni Marinou

  • Spatiotemporal variability and contribution of different aerosol types to the Aerosol Optical Depth over the Eastern Mediterranean.

    Aristeidis K. Georgoulias;Georgia Alexandri;Georgia Alexandri;Konstantinos A. Kourtidis;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld

  • DeLiAn – a growing collection of depolarization ratio, lidar ratio and Ångström exponent for different aerosol types and mixtures from ground-based lidar observations

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  • Impact of the 2009 Attica wild fires on the air quality in urban Athens

    V. Amiridis;C. Zerefos;C. Zerefos;S. Kazadzis;E. Gerasopoulos

  • GARRLiC and LIRIC: strengths and limitations for the characterization of dust and marine particles along with their mixtures

    Alexandra Tsekeri;Anton Lopatin;Vassilis Amiridis;Eleni Marinou

  • Spatial and seasonal variations of aerosols over China from two decades of multi-satellite observations – Part 1: ATSR (1995–2011) and MODIS C6.1 (2000–2017)

    Larisa Sogacheva;Gerrit de Leeuw;Edith Rodriguez;Pekka Kolmonen

  • Remote sensing and modelling analysis of the extreme dust storm hitting the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean in September 2015

    Stavros Solomos;Albert Ansmann;Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri;Ioannis Binietoglou

  • Vertical profiles of aerosol mass concentration derived by unmanned airborne in situ and remote sensing instruments during dust events

    Dimitra Mamali;Eleni Marinou;Eleni Marinou;Jean Sciare;Michael Pikridas

  • On-flight intercomparison of three miniature aerosol absorption sensors using unmanned aerial systems (UASs)

    Michael Pikridas;Spiros Bezantakos;Griša Močnik;Griša Močnik;Christos Keleshis

Frequent Co-Authors

Vassilis Amiridis
Vassilis Amiridis National Observatory of Athens
Albert Ansmann
Albert Ansmann Leibniz Association
Holger Baars
Holger Baars Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Ronny Engelmann
Ronny Engelmann Leibniz Association
Prodromos Zanis
Prodromos Zanis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ulla Wandinger
Ulla Wandinger Leibniz Association
Stelios Kazadzis
Stelios Kazadzis Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center
Dietrich Althausen
Dietrich Althausen Leibniz Association
Evangelos Gerasopoulos
Evangelos Gerasopoulos National Observatory of Athens
Athanasios Nenes
Athanasios Nenes École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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