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Panos Hadjinicolaou

Panos Hadjinicolaou

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
34
Citations
5975
World Ranking
9403
National Ranking
8

Overview

Panos Hadjinicolaou is affiliated with the Cyprus Institute in Cyprus and has a focused research portfolio in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Building and Construction.

The primary research topics addressed by Hadjinicolaou include climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, urban heat island mitigation, climate change and health impacts, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, building energy and comfort optimization, and wind and air flow studies.

Recent publications by Hadjinicolaou feature collaborative work with various scientists and have appeared in a range of scholarly venues. Notable papers include:

  • Climate Change and Weather Extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, 2022, published in Reviews of Geophysics
  • Business-as-usual will lead to super and ultra-extreme heatwaves in the Middle East and North Africa, 2021, published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Drivers of accelerated warming in Mediterranean climate-type regions, 2023, published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Urban-rural moisture contrast: Regulator of the urban heat island and heatwaves' synergy over a mediterranean city, 2020, published in Environmental Research
  • Performance of Land Surface Schemes in the WRF Model for Climate Simulations over the MENA-CORDEX Domain, 2020, published in Earth Systems and Environment

Frequent coauthors contributing to Hadjinicolaou's body of work include Jos Lelieveld, George Zittis, Katiana Constantinidou, Georgia Lazoglou, and Athanasios Ntoumos.

The research is regularly published in journals such as Earth Systems and Environment, International Journal of Climatology, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Urban Climate, and Theoretical and Applied Climatology.

Best Publications

  • Climate change and impacts in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.

    J. Lelieveld;P. Hadjinicolaou;E. Kostopoulou;E. Kostopoulou;J. Chenoweth

  • Climate Change and Weather Extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

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  • Strongly increasing heat extremes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the 21st century

    J. Lelieveld;J. Lelieveld;Y. Proestos;P. Hadjinicolaou;M. Tanarhte

  • Future global meteorological drought hot spots: A study based on CORDEX data

    Jonathan Spinoni;Paulo Barbosa;Edoardo Bucchignani;John Cassano

  • Impact of climate change on the water resources of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East region: Modeled 21st century changes and implications

    Jonathan Chenoweth;Panos Hadjinicolaou;Adriana Bruggeman;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld

  • A multi-model, multi-scenario, and multi-domain analysis of regional climate projections for the Mediterranean

    George Zittis;Panos Hadjinicolaou;Marina Klangidou;Yiannis Proestos

  • Projected changes in heat wave characteristics in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East

    George Zittis;Panos Hadjinicolaou;Mohammed Fnais;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld

  • Strong influence of lowermost stratospheric ozone on lower tropospheric background ozone changes over Europe

    C. Ordóñez;D. Brunner;J. Staehelin;P. Hadjinicolaou;P. Hadjinicolaou;P. Hadjinicolaou

  • Ozone trends at northern mid- and high latitudes - a European perspective

    N. R. P. Harris;E. Kyrö;J. Staehelin;Dennis Brunner

  • Intercomparison of temperature and precipitation data sets based on observations in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

    M. Tanarhte;M. Tanarhte;P. Hadjinicolaou;J. Lelieveld;J. Lelieveld;J. Lelieveld

  • Severe ozone air pollution in the Persian Gulf region

    J Lelieveld;J Lelieveld;P Hoor;P Jöckel;A Pozzer

  • Business-as-usual will lead to super and ultra-extreme heatwaves in the Middle East and North Africa

    George Zittis;Panos Hadjinicolaou;Mansour Almazroui;Edoardo Bucchignani;Edoardo Bucchignani

  • Summertime free-tropospheric ozone pool over the eastern Mediterranean/Middle East

    P. Zanis;P. Hadjinicolaou;A. Pozzer;E. Tyrlis

  • Model projected heat extremes and air pollution in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East in the twenty-first century

    J. Lelieveld;P. Hadjinicolaou;E. Kostopoulou;E. Kostopoulou;C. Giannakopoulos

  • Air quality modelling in the summer over the eastern Mediterranean using WRF-Chem: chemistry and aerosol mechanism intercomparison

    Georgios Georgiou;Theodoros Christoudias;Yiannis Proestos;Jonilda Kushta

  • The recent turnaround in stratospheric ozone over northern middle latitudes: A dynamical modeling perspective

    P. Hadjinicolaou;J. A. Pyle;N. R. P. Harris

  • Evaluation of interpolation techniques for the creation of gridded daily precipitation (1 × 1 km2); Cyprus, 1980–2010

    Corrado Camera;Adriana Bruggeman;Panos Hadjinicolaou;Stelios Pashiardis

  • Effect of interannual meteorological variability on mid‐latitude O3

    P. Hadjinicolaou;J. A. Pyle;M. P. Chipperfield;J. A. Kettleborough

  • The dynamically driven long‐term trend in stratospheric ozone over northern middle latitudes

    Panos Hadjinicolaou;Amna Jrrar;John A. Pyle;Lane Bishop

  • Enhanced near-surface ozone under heatwave conditions in a Mediterranean island.

    Andri Pyrgou;Panos Hadjinicolaou;Mat Santamouris

  • Mid-21st century climate and weather extremes in Cyprus as projected by six regional climate models

    Panos Hadjinicolaou;Christos Giannakopoulos;Christos Zerefos;Manfred A. Lange

Frequent Co-Authors

Jos Lelieveld
Jos Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Manfred A. Lange
Manfred A. Lange Cyprus Institute
John A. Pyle
John A. Pyle University of Cambridge
Andrea Pozzer
Andrea Pozzer Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Elena Xoplaki
Elena Xoplaki University of Giessen
Silas Michaelides
Silas Michaelides Cyprus University of Technology
Prodromos Zanis
Prodromos Zanis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dudley E. Shallcross
Dudley E. Shallcross University of Bristol
Christos Zerefos
Christos Zerefos Academy of Athens
Apostolos Voulgarakis
Apostolos Voulgarakis Imperial College London

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