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Mihalis Vrekoussis

Mihalis Vrekoussis

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
7831
World Ranking
5318
National Ranking
355

Overview

Mihalis Vrekoussis is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the fields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Mihalis Vrekoussis has published extensively in multiple scientific venues, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Earth system science data

Prominent recent papers include:

  • "Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations" (2021) published in Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Intercomparison of NO 2, O 4, O 3 and HCHO slant column measurements by MAX-DOAS and zenith-sky UV-visible spectrometers during CINDI-2" (2020) published in Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Unexpected long-range transport of glyoxal and formaldehyde observed from the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite during the 2018 Canadian wildfires" (2020) published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "National CO 2 budgets (2015-2020) inferred from atmospheric CO 2 observations in support of the global stocktake" (2023) published in Earth system science data
  • "The Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL): A New Facility for UAV-Based Atmospheric Observations" (2021) published in Atmosphere

Frequent collaborators of Mihalis include:

  • Nikos Daskalakis
  • Maria Kanakidou
  • Jean Sciare
  • Isamu Morino
  • Hirofumi Ohyama

Best Publications

  • Global budgets of atmospheric glyoxal and methylglyoxal, and implications for formation of secondary organic aerosols

    Tzung-May Fu;Tzung-May Fu;Daniel J. Jacob;Folkard Wittrock;John P. Burrows

  • The MACC reanalysis: an 8 yr data set of atmospheric composition

    A. Inness;F. Baier;A. Benedetti;I. Bouarar

  • Megacities as hot spots of air pollution in the East Mediterranean

    Maria Kanakidou;Nikolaos Mihalopoulos;Tayfun Kindap;Ulas Im

  • Origin and variability of particulate matter (PM10) mass concentrations over the Eastern Mediterranean

    E. Gerasopoulos;G. Kouvarakis;P. Babasakalis;M. Vrekoussis

  • The influence of natural and anthropogenic secondary sources on the glyoxal global distribution

    S. Myriokefalitakis;M. Vrekoussis;K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;F. Wittrock

  • Data assimilation of satellite-retrieved ozone, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide with ECMWF's Composition-IFS

    A. Inness;A. M. Blechschmidt;I. Bouarar;S. Chabrillat

  • Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations

    Mahesh Kumar Sha;Bavo Langerock;Jean-François L. Blavier;Thomas Blumenstock

  • Dust transport over the eastern Mediterranean derived from Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer, Aerosol Robotic Network, and surface measurements

    N. Kalivitis;E. Gerasopoulos;M. Vrekoussis;G. Kouvarakis

  • The continental source of glyoxal estimated by the synergistic use of spaceborne measurements and inverse modelling

    T. Stavrakou;J.-F. Müller;I. De Smedt;M. Van Roozendael

  • GOME-2 observations of oxygenated VOCs: what can we learn from the ratio glyoxal to formaldehyde on a global scale?

    M. Vrekoussis;M. Vrekoussis;F. Wittrock;A. Richter;J. P. Burrows

  • National CO2 budgets (2015–2020) inferred from atmospheric CO2 observations in support of the global stocktake

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  • Role of the NO 3 radicals in oxidation processes in the eastern Mediterranean troposphere during the MINOS campaign

    M. Vrekoussis;M. Kanakidou;N. Mihalopoulos;P. J. Crutzen

  • Evidence of a natural marine source of oxalic acid and a possible link to glyoxal

    Matteo Rinaldi;Stefano Decesari;Claudio Carbone;Emanuela Finessi

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

    Jann Schrod;Daniel Weber;Jaqueline Drücke;Christos Keleshis

  • Temporal and spatial variability of glyoxal as observed from space

    M. Vrekoussis;F. Wittrock;A. Richter;J. P. Burrows

  • Ozone variability in the marine boundary layer of the eastern Mediterranean based on 7‐year observations

    E. Gerasopoulos;G. Kouvarakis;M. Vrekoussis;M. Kanakidou

  • Isoprene above the Eastern Mediterranean: Seasonal variation and contribution to the oxidation capacity of the atmosphere

    E. Liakakou;M. Vrekoussis;B. Bonsang;Ch. Donousis

  • The Cabauw Intercomparison campaign for Nitrogen Dioxide measuring Instruments (CINDI): design, execution, and early results

    A. J. M. Piters;K. F. Boersma;M. Kroon;J. C. Hains

  • Economic crisis detected from space: Air quality observations over Athens/Greece

    M. Vrekoussis;M. Vrekoussis;M. Vrekoussis;A. Richter;A. Hilboll;J. P. Burrows

  • Intercomparison of NO2, O4, O3 and HCHO slant column measurements by MAX-DOAS and zenith-sky UV-visible spectrometers during CINDI-2

    Karin Kreher;Michel Van Roozendael;Francois Hendrick;Arnoud Apituley

  • Photolysis frequency measurement techniques: results of a comparison within the ACCENT project

    B. Bohn;Gary K. Corlett;M. Gillmann;S. Sanghavi

  • On the improvement of NO 2 satellite retrievals – aerosol impact on the airmass factors

    J. Leitão;A. Richter;M. Vrekoussis;A. Kokhanovsky

  • Intercomparison of slant column measurements of NO 2 and O 4 by MAX-DOAS and zenith-sky UV and visible spectrometers

    HK Roscoe;Van M Roozendael;C Fayt;du A Piesanie

  • Daytime formation of nitrous acid at a coastal remote site in Cyprus indicating a common ground source of atmospheric HONO and NO

    Hannah Meusel;Uwe Kuhn;Andreas Reiffs;Chinmay Mallik

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Richter
Andreas Richter University of Bremen
John P. Burrows
John P. Burrows University of Bremen
Folkard Wittrock
Folkard Wittrock University of Bremen
Nikos Mihalopoulos
Nikos Mihalopoulos National Observatory of Athens
Maria Kanakidou
Maria Kanakidou University of Crete
Evangelos Gerasopoulos
Evangelos Gerasopoulos National Observatory of Athens
Jean Sciare
Jean Sciare Cyprus Institute
Christos Zerefos
Christos Zerefos Academy of Athens
Thomas Wagner
Thomas Wagner Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Hitoshi Irie
Hitoshi Irie Chiba University

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