FR4.R15: Trends in Environmental Monitoring and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa I
Fri, 12 Jul, 17:20 - 19:00
Location: Mercury Hall
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Silas Michaelides, Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence and Kyriacos Themistocleous, Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence
Track: Community-Contributed Sessions
Fri, 12 Jul, 17:20 - 17:34

FR4.R15.1: EMERGING PROSPECTS IN EARTH OBSERVATION FOR CYPRUS & THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (EMMENA) REGION THROUGH THE ERATOSTHENES CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE & EXCELSIOR H2020 TEAMING PROJECT
Diofantos Hadjimitsis, CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Cyprus; Kyriacos Themistocelous, Silas Michaelides, Kyriacos Neocleous, Chris Danezis, Nicholas Kyriakides, Christiana Papoutsa, Christodoulos Mettas, Rodanthi Mammouri, Argyro Nisantzi, Marios Tzouvaras, Michalis Mavrovouniotes, Marinos Eliades, Kostas Fragkos, Dante Abate, Ioannis Varvaris, Constantinos Panayiotou, Zampela Pittaki, Evagoras Evagorou, Josefina Kountouri, Georgios Leventis, Christos Theocharides, Andreas Anayiotos, Kyriaki Fotiou, Thomaida Polydorou, Christiana Filippou, Despoina Makri, Eleftheria Kalogirou, Georgia Charalampous, Dragos Ene, Maria Anastasiadou, Maria Prodrompou, Eleni Loulli, George Melillos, Andreas Christofe, ERATOSTHENES CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, Cyprus; Haris Kontoes, Mariza Kaskara, NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS, Greece; Gunter Schreier, Thomas Krauss, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany; Albert Ansmann, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Germany, Germany; Stelios Tzortzis, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, Cyprus; Stelios Neophytides, ERATOSTHENES CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, Cyprus; Stylianos Kazantzis, Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center, Switzerland; Panayiotis Philimis, CYRIC-CYPRUS RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTRE, Cyprus; George Komodromos, DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, Cyprus; Nicos Christoforou, ERATOSTHENES CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, Cyprus
Fri, 12 Jul, 17:34 - 17:48

FR4.R15.2: PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND WOODY GROWTH: A 35 YEARS LANDSAT TM NDVI TIME SERIES INVESTIGATION ACROSS DESERT-FRINGE IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Elena Roitberg, Maxim Shoshany, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Fri, 12 Jul, 17:48 - 18:02

FR4.R15.3: ENHANCING EARTH OBSERVATION CAPABILITIES OF THE ERATOSTHENES CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: INTRODUCING THE AI-OBSERVER PROJECT
Marios Tzouvaras, ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, Cyprus; Gerd Reis, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz, Germany; Fabio Del Frate, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy; Haris Zacharatos, CELLOCK Ltd., Cyprus; Diofantos Hadjimitsis, ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, Cyprus
Fri, 12 Jul, 18:02 - 18:16

FR4.R15.4: PSI-BASED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS EXPLOITING COPERNICUS SAR IMAGES FOR MONITORING KOURIS DAM IN CYPRUS
Stavroula Alatza, National Observatory of Athens, Greece; Marios Tzouvaras, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus; Constantinos Loupasakis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; Kyriaki Fotiou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus; Charalampos Kontoes, National Observatory of Athens, Greece; Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Fri, 12 Jul, 18:16 - 18:30

FR4.R15.5: AN EARTH OBSERVATION DATA ECOSYSTEM TO ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SOCIETY’S RESILIENCE IN CYPRUS AND THE EMMENA REGION
Stelios P. Neophytides, Michalis Mavrovouniotis, Nikos Christoforou, ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, Cyprus; Thanassis Drivas, National Observatory of Athens, Beyond Centre of EO Research Satellite Remote Sensing, Greece; Marinos Eliades, Christiana Papoutsa, Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri, Konstantinos Fragkos, ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, Cyprus; Felix Bachofer, Thomas Krauss, Egbert Schwarz, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany; Patric Seifert, Johannes Buehl, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheirc Research (TROPOS), Germany; Gunter Schreier, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany; Albert Ansmann, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheirc Research (TROPOS), Germany; Charalambos Kontoes, National Observatory of Athens, Beyond Centre of EO Research Satellite Remote Sensing, Greece; Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, Cyprus; ,
Fri, 12 Jul, 18:30 - 18:44

FR4.R15.6: THE MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL INFORMATION NETWORK (MEDRIN): AN EO PARTNERSHIP FOR LAND COVER / LAND USE CHANGE SCIENCE

Vincent Ambrosia, Department of Applied Environmental Sciences, United States; Florian Schwandner, Earth Science Division, United States; Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus; email:; phone: +357 25002548, Cyprus; Ioannis Gitas, Aristotle University of Thessoloniki, Greece; Garik Gutman, NASA Headquarters, United States
Fri, 12 Jul, 18:44 - 18:58

FR4.R15.7: REVIEW ON QUINTUPLE HELIX INNOVATION MODEL AND INTRODUCING CO-ECO-APPROACH IN SUPPORT OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS INITIATIVE
Ioannis Varvaris, Zampela Pittaki, Michalakis Christoforou, Marinos Eliades, Paraskevi Chantzi, Evagoras Evagorou, Christodoulos Mettas, Kyriacos Themistocleous, George Zalidis, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, Cyprus