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Nektarios Chrysoulakis is affiliated with the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas in Greece. The research specializes in the field of Environmental Science with a particular emphasis on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Building and Construction, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's recent publications cover topics such as urban heat island mitigation, climate change impacts, and urban environmental dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas, 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Direct observations of CO2 emission reductions due to COVID-19 lockdown across European urban districts, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Unprivileged groups are less served by green cooling services in major European urban areas, 2024, Nature Cities
  • Harmonized gap-filled datasets from 20 urban flux tower sites, 2022, Earth system science data
  • No treeline shift despite climate change over the last 70 years, 2022, Forest Ecosystems

Their research topics predominantly focus on urban and environmental challenges and include:

  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Frequent collaborators have contributed to a significant portion of their work, indicating active engagement with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Zina Mitraka
  • Sue Grimmond
  • Andreas Christen
  • Leena Järvi
  • Giannis Lantzanakis

Nektarios Chrysoulakis's work has been published in multiple venues, with a concentration in data repositories and environmental journals. The most frequently appearing venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nature Cities

Best Publications

  • Urban heat island mitigation by green infrastructure in European Functional Urban Areas

    Federica Marando;Mehdi P. Heris;Grazia Zulian;Angel Udias Moinelo

  • SRTM vs ASTER elevation products. Comparison for two regions in Crete, Greece

    K. G. Nikolakopoulos;E. K. Kamaratakis;N. Chrysoulakis

  • Atmospheric correction for satellite remotely sensed data intended for agricultural applications: Impact on vegetation indices

    D. G. Hadjimitsis;G. Papadavid;A. Agapiou;K. Themistocleous

  • Online Global Land Surface Temperature Estimation from Landsat

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  • Estimating Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB) with the Google Earth Engine and Sentinel-2

    Dimosthenis Traganos;Dimitris Poursanidis;Bharat Aggarwal;Nektarios Chrysoulakis

  • Sustainable urban metabolism as a link between bio-physical sciences and urban planning : the BRIDGE project

    Nektarios Chrysoulakis;M. Lopes;R. San José;C.S.B Grimmond

  • DART: Recent Advances in Remote Sensing Data Modeling With Atmosphere, Polarization, and Chlorophyll Fluorescence

    Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry;Nicolas Lauret;Tiangang Yin;Lucas Landier

  • Towards Global-Scale Seagrass Mapping and Monitoring Using Sentinel-2 on Google Earth Engine: The Case Study of the Aegean and Ionian Seas

    Dimosthenis Traganos;Bharat Aggarwal;Dimitris Poursanidis;Konstantinos N. Topouzelis

  • A Decision-Support System for Sustainable Urban Metabolism in Europe

    Ainhoa González;Alison Donnelly;Mike Jones;Nektarios Chrysoulakis

  • Landsat 8 vs. Landsat 5: a comparison based on urban and peri-urban land cover mapping.

    Dimitris Poursanidis;Nektarios Chrysoulakis;Zina Mitraka;Zina Mitraka

  • Direct observations of CO2 emission reductions due to COVID-19 lockdown across European urban districts

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  • On the use of Sentinel-2 for coastal habitat mapping and satellite-derived bathymetry estimation using downscaled coastal aerosol band

    Dimitris Poursanidis;Dimosthenis Traganos;Peter Reinartz;Nektarios Chrysoulakis

  • Urban energy exchanges monitoring from space

    Nektarios Chrysoulakis;Sue Grimmond;Christian Feigenwinter;Fredrik Lindberg

  • Protected Area management: Fusion and confusion with the ecosystem services approach

    Christiaan Hummel;Christiaan Hummel;Dimitris Poursanidis;Daniel Orenstein;Michael Elliott

  • Improving the estimation of urban surface emissivity based on sub-pixel classification of high resolution satellite imagery

    Zinovia Mitraka;Zinovia Mitraka;Nektarios Chrysoulakis;Yiannis Kamarianakis;Panayotis Partsinevelos

  • Comparison of aerosol optical thickness with in situ visibility data over Cyprus

    A. Retalis;D. G. Hadjimitsis;S. Michaelides;F. Tymvios

  • Eddy Covariance measurements and source partitioning of CO2 emissions in an urban environment: Application for Heraklion, Greece

    Stavros Stagakis;Nektarios Chrysoulakis;Nektarios Spyridakis;Christian Feigenwinter

  • Estimation of urban PM10 concentration, based on MODIS and MERIS/AATSR synergistic observations

    N. Benas;N. Benas;A. Beloconi;Nektarios Chrysoulakis

  • Remote Sensing, natural hazards and the contribution of ESA Sentinels missions

    Dimitris Poursanidis;Nektarios Chrysoulakis

  • Cubesats Allow High Spatiotemporal Estimates of Satellite-Derived Bathymetry

    Dimitris Poursanidis;Dimosthenis Traganos;Nektarios Chrysoulakis;Peter Reinartz

  • Using midday surface temperature to estimate Cooling Degree-Days from NOAA-AVHRR thermal infrared data: An application for Athens, Greece

    Marina Stathopoulou;Constantinos Cartalis;Nektarios Chrysoulakis

  • Estimation of the all‐wave urban surface radiation balance by use of ASTER multispectral imagery and in situ spatial data

    Nektarios Chrysoulakis

  • Estimating urban PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations, based on synergistic MERIS/AATSR aerosol observations, land cover and morphology data

    Anton Beloconi;Yiannis Kamarianakis;Nektarios Chrysoulakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry
Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Fredrik Lindberg
Fredrik Lindberg University of Gothenburg
Fabio Del Frate
Fabio Del Frate University of Rome Tor Vergata
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis Cyprus University of Technology
Ahmad Al Bitar
Ahmad Al Bitar Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Silas Michaelides
Silas Michaelides Cyprus University of Technology
Costas E. Synolakis
Costas E. Synolakis University of Southern California
Peter Reinartz
Peter Reinartz German Aerospace Center
Vassiliki Kotroni
Vassiliki Kotroni National Observatory of Athens
C. S. B. Grimmond
C. S. B. Grimmond University of Reading

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