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Overview

George Kallos is affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing particularly on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI

Frequently publishing in venues such as the International Journal of Climatology, Remote Sensing, Climate, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, and Weather and Forecasting, Kallos's work addresses dynamic environmental and atmospheric processes.

Recent publications include:

  • "Wind and wave extremes associated with tropical-like cyclones in the Mediterranean basin," 2020, International Journal of Climatology
  • "The Role of Sea Surface Temperature Forcing in the Life-Cycle of Mediterranean Cyclones," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "Precipitation Climatology for the Arid Region of the Arabian Peninsula-Variability, Trends and Extremes," 2021, Climate
  • "A coupled modeling study of mechanical and thermodynamical air-ocean interface processes under sea storm conditions," 2020, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
  • "The Development and Operational Use of an Integrated Numerical Weather Prediction System in the National Center for Meteorology of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," 2023, Weather and Forecasting

Their collaborations include notable co-authors such as Christos Stathopoulos, Πλάτων Πατλάκας, Christos Tsalis, Helena A. Flocas, and Nikolaos S. Bartsotas.

Research activities cover a broad spectrum of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering. These focus areas support studies into meteorological simulations, ocean-atmosphere interactions, and environmental variability, particularly within Mediterranean and Arabian regional contexts.

Best Publications

  • A model for prediction of desert dust cycle in the atmosphere

    Slobodan Nickovic;George Kallos;Anastasios Papadopoulos;Olga Kakaliagou

  • Saharan dust contributions to PM10 and TSP levels in Southern and Eastern Spain

    S. Rodrı́guez;X. Querol;A. Alastuey;G. Kallos

  • Improvements in wind speed forecasts for wind power prediction purposes using Kalman filtering

    P. Louka;P. Louka;G. Galanis;G. Galanis;N. Siebert;G. Kariniotakis

  • Photooxidant dynamics in the Mediterranean basin in summer: Results from European research projects

    M. M. Millán;R. Salvador;E. Mantilla;G. Kallos

  • African dust contributions to mean ambient PM10 mass-levels across the Mediterranean Basin

    X. Querol;J. Pey;M. Pandolfi;A. Alastuey

  • Online coupled regional meteorology chemistry models in Europe: current status and prospects

    A. Baklanov;K. Schlünzen;P. Suppan;J. Baldasano

  • A review of operational, regional-scale, chemical weather forecasting models in Europe

    J. Kukkonen;T. Olsson;T. Olsson;D. M. Schultz;D. M. Schultz;D. M. Schultz;A. Baklanov

  • Solar and photovoltaic forecasting through post‐processing of the Global Environmental Multiscale numerical weather prediction model

    Sophie Pelland;George Galanis;George Galanis;George Kallos

  • SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING AIR POLLUTION EPISODES IN ATHENS, GREECE

    George Kallos;Pavlos Kassomenos;Roger A. Pielke

  • Long-range transport of anthropogenically and naturally produced particulate matter in the mediterranean and North Atlantic : Current state of knowledge

    George Kallos;Marina Astitha;Petros Katsafados;Chris Spyrou

  • The Impact of Crop Areas in Northeast Colorado on Midsummer Mesoscale Thermal Circulations

    M. Segal;J. R. Garratt;R. A. Pielke;W. E. Schreiber

  • Wind power prediction based on numerical and statistical models

    Christos Stathopoulos;Akrivi Kaperoni;George Galanis;George Galanis;George Kallos

  • Climatic Feedbacks and Desertification: The Mediterranean Model

    M. M. Millán;M. J. Estrela;M. J. Sanz;E. Mantilla

  • Transatlantic Saharan dust transport : Model simulation and results

    George Kallos;Anastasios Papadopoulos;Petros Katsafados;Slobodan Nickovic;Slobodan Nickovic

  • On the Long‐Range transport of air pollutants from Europe to Africa

    G. Kallos;V. Kotroni;K. Lagouvardos;A. Papadopoulos

  • Assessing the European offshore wind and wave energy resource for combined exploitation

    Christina Kalogeri;George Galanis;George Galanis;Christos Spyrou;Dimitris Diamantis

  • Multi-criteria site selection for offshore renewable energy platforms

    L. Cradden;C. Kalogeri;I. Martinez Barrios;G. Galanis;G. Galanis

  • Applications of Kalman filters based on non-linear functions to numerical weather predictions

    G. Galanis;G. Galanis;P. Louka;P. Louka;P. Katsafados;I. Pytharoulis;I. Pytharoulis

  • An integrated modeling study on the effects of mineral dust and sea salt particles on clouds and precipitation

    S. Solomos;G. Kallos;J. Kushta;M. Astitha;M. Astitha

  • Evaluating the performance of regional-scale photochemical modeling systems: Part I—meteorological predictions

    Christian Hogrefe;S.Trivikrama Rao;Prasad Kasibhatla;George Kallos

  • Improvements in wind speed forecasts for wind power prediction purposes using Kalman filtering.

    Petroula Louka;G. Galanis;N. Siebert;Georges Kariniotakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Vassiliki Kotroni
Vassiliki Kotroni National Observatory of Athens
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou University of Connecticut
Georges Kariniotakis
Georges Kariniotakis Mines ParisTech
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
S. Trivikrama Rao
S. Trivikrama Rao North Carolina State University
Pavlos Kassomenos
Pavlos Kassomenos University of Ioannina
Nikos Mihalopoulos
Nikos Mihalopoulos National Observatory of Athens
Ranjeet S. Sokhi
Ranjeet S. Sokhi University of Hertfordshire
Christian Hogrefe
Christian Hogrefe Environmental Protection Agency
Alexander Baklanov
Alexander Baklanov University of Copenhagen

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