The M.Sc. Programme consists of the following courses
(in brackets, the ECTS credits of each course)

MSc DISSERTATIONS

Napoleon-Georgios Ioannou (1997): Air and ground temperatures in the meteorological station of the Univerity of Ioannina (supervisor: E. Tzimas) Marina Markou (1998): Bioclimatological study of the main touristic regions in Greece (supervisor: B. Katsoulis) Christos Lolis (1998): Winter temperature covariances in the middle and the lower troposphere over Europe and the North Atlantic Ocean (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Angeliki Fotiadi (1999): A study of atmospheric turbidity in Athens during the period 1975-1995 (supervisor: B. Katsoulis) Ourania Sindosi (2000): A contribution to the study of the relation between the meteorological parameters and the pollutant concentrations in Athens (supervisor: B. Katsoulis) Elias Houssos (2001): Variations of the harmonic analysis parameters of the intra-annual atmospheric pressure march in the northern hemisphere during the period: 1901-2000 (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Anastasia Paschalidou (2003): Comparison of air pollutant concentrations between weekdays and weekends in Athens, Greece for various meteorological conditions (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Sofia Nikolaidi (2004): An agrometeorological study of frosts in the fields of Arta region (supervisor: J. Pnevmatikos) Costas Pappas (2004): Analysis and forecast of cold and warm spell events in the Greek region by using a stochastic deterministic model (supervisors: B. Katsoulis - N. Hatzianastassiou) Christos Papadimas (2004): Atmospheric pressure - air temperature relationships over the northern hemisphere during winter and summer months Investigation of a possibility of forecast (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) George Habilomatis (2005): The influence of clouds on solar radiation in global scale (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Athina Kontogianni (2006): The regime of evaporation in the area of Ioannina (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Ioannis Koletsis (2006): Study of wind energy potential in areas of Ioannina Prefecture, Greece (supervisor: J. Pnevmatikos) Costas Mironakis (2006): Aerosol global distribution from satellite and ground measurements with emphasis on aerosol events in the Mediterranean basin (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Areti Vlachogianni (2006): Estimation of maximum concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) as a function of meteorological and air quality parameters in the great area of Athens, Greece (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Antonis Gkikas (2007): Aerosol optical properties over the broader Mediterranean basin (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Vasilios Antakis (2007): Spatio-temporal distribution and variability of aerosol optical properties on global scale based on satellite data (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Chryssoula Athanassopoulou (2008): Extreme temperature changes in the area of Ioannina during the period 1970-2005 (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Maria Tsirogianni (2008): Air temperature covariability in the mean and lower troposphere in the northern hemisphere (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Sotiris Manopoulos (2009): Analysis of air pollutant dispersion in a street canyon in Ioannina city (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Kostas Dimitriou (2009): Estimation of aggregate indices characterizing the air quality in Attica region. The impact of air pollutants to human health (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Grigoria Tsiriga (2010): Estimation of solar radiation in the Greek area (supervisors: J. Pnevmatikos - P. Kassomenos) Dimitrios Chaskos (2011): The aeolian map of Epirus (supervisors: J. Pnevmatikos - A. Bartzokas) Ioanna Mavromati (2012): Qualitative analysis of the atmosphere over Ioannina (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Mario-Bruno Korras-Carraca (2012): Aerosol asymmetry parameter and single scattering albedo over Europe, North Africa and the Arabian peninsula, using MODIS satellite data and AERONET surface measurements (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Efthymios Serbis (2012): Atmospheric static stability in the Mediterranean region; variability and connection to atmospheric circulation and convective precipitation (supervisor: C. Lolis) Vasilios Minias (2012): Aerosol optical properties over the greater region of Epirus based on MODIS satellite data (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Ioannis Manthos (2012): Objective classification of weather types for the Ioannina region (supervisor: C. Lolis) Haralampos Karandeinos (2013): Modeling of micro scale meteorological events in Crete and Macedonia regions. Modeling of air pollution events in the Attica region (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) George Athanasiou (2013): Aerosol optical properties over the broader Greek region (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Georgios Baliouskas (2013): Estimation of maximum daily rain amounts, per year, over the Greek region (supervisors: J. Pnevmatikos - N. Hatzianastassiou) Maria Pyrina (2013): The effect of clouds on longwave radiation of the globe for the period 1984-2007 (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Giorgos Sarantopoulos (2013): Study of noise levels in primary schools at Ioannina (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Simos Varrias (2013): Atmospheric circulation characteristics favouring precipitation in Cyclades Islands, southern Aegean (supervisor: C. Lolis) Amalia Lytra (2013): A study on the diurnal variation of illuminance in Bratislava, Slovakia (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Olga Pezoula (2014): A study of convergence and divergence of the wind field over Europe and the Mediterranean (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Maria Louka (2014): Traffic noise levels in the center of Ioannina city (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Evangelia Mantzara (2014): A study on summer human thermal discomfort in the areas of Athens and Ioannina using the biometeorological index UTCI (supervisor: C. Lolis) Christina Salma (2014): A climatic study on the diurnal variation of precipitation in the area of Ioannina (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Elias Petrou (2015): Air mass trajectories in the atmosphere in five regions of England during summer. Their influence to mortality (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Christina Kagara (2015): Changes of cloud properties due to modifications of aerosol properties and their direct effect on solar radiation (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Kleoniki Patsiarika (2015): "Merominia". Investigation of their scientific basis (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Fotis Kyriopoulos (2016): The problem of air quality and pollutant distribution in indoor areas with the use of ANSYS-FLUENT model (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Panagiota Spyropoulou (2016): Characteristics of atmospheric circulation favoring extreme minimum daily air temperature values over the broader Mediterranean area (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Christos Gatidis (2016): A study of the atmospheric conditions, which favour lightning activity in the Greek area (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Thalia Laosoglou (2016): Computation of total and ultraviolet solar irradiance at Ioannina using a spectral radiative transfer model. Model evaluation and study of parameters determining the local surface solar radiation (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Stavros Dafis (2016): Numerical simulation and study of a meso-scale thunderstorm in France with the use of WRF meteorological model (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Maria Papaioannou (2016): Evaluation of the forecast of UltraViolet Index in four Greek cities based on satellite measurements (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Symeon Kechaidis (2016): A study of sea-surface - lower troposphere interaction in the Mediterranean on daily basis (supervisor: C. Lolis) Sotiris Pateras (2017): Generalized stability theory of baroclinic ageostrophic flow (supervisor: N. Bakas) Nikoleta Kalaitzi (2017): Development of an algorithm for characterization of biomass burning aerosols based on satellite data (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Konstantinos Georgopoulos (2017): Study of soil temperature at the region of Ioannina: Temporal variability, relation with other meteorological parameters, synoptic conditions favoring the occurrence of extreme values (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Fotini Dourou (2017): Atmospheric Circulation - Sea Surface interaction in the Mediterranean on a monthly basis, 1958-2007 (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Eleftherios Ioannidis (2017): Investigation of global dimming and brightening during the first decade of 21th century (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) George Kotsias (2018): On the influence of the large-scale atmospheric circulation characteristics on Mediterranean precipitation for the period 1979-2017 (supervisor: C. Lolis) Georgios Papaspyropoulos (2018): Environment to Circulation: Impact of air masses origin in England, during winter (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Vasileios Tzallas (2019): The CLARA-A2 global cloud cover data set, its evaluation and use for the computation of the Earth's shortwave radiation budget and shortwave cloud radiative effects (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Nicos Toumasis (2019): Airports biometeorology (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) George Kontogiannis (2019): Investigation of the Reynolds stresses which lead to the emergence of zonal jets in barotropic turbulence using the geometric approach (supervisor: N. Bakas) Alkis Efthymiou (2019): A study on the atmospheric conditions favouring extreme precipitation amounts in the Greek area on 12-hourly basis with the use of ERA-Interim data (supervisor: C. Lolis) Paraskevi Begou (2019): Physical parameters affecting the degradation of the atmospheric and acoustic environment in Thessaloniki (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Maria Gavrouzou (2019): Identification of dust aerosols and determination of their properties on a global scale by using MODIS and OMI satellite data (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou)

PhD THESES

Christos Lolis (2002): Contribution to the study of lower troposphere - sea surface interaction over the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Marina Markou (2006): A study on daylight conditions in European areas with different climate (supervisor: B. Katsoulis) Anastasia Paschalidou (2007): Dispersion modelling of air pollutants in the lower troposphere, based on the physico-geographical and meteorological characteristics and the air pollution in the Athens Basin (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Αristotle Papadopoulos (2007): A study of the influence of the weather on the forest fires (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Dimitris Kaskaoutis (2008): A study on the optical properties and on the type of aerosols over various land uses, by using satellite and AERONET data (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Elias Houssos (2009): Contribution to the timely and accurate forecast of extreme weather events in the Greek area with the use of multivariate statistical methods (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Christos Papadimas (2009): Direct effect of aerosols on solar radiation budget over the Mediterranean basin (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Ioannis Koletsis (2010): A study of gusty winds in areas of Greece with complex mountainous relief (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Antonis Gkikas (2012): Aerosol episodes over the greater Mediterranean basin using contemporary satellite data (supervisor: N. Hatzianastassiou) Kostas Dimitriou (2013): PM10 and PM2.5 Particulates in Europe: Local Sources - Atmospheric transport - Incidencies in Air Quality. (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Giorgos Efstathiou (2013): Study of the parameterizations of atmospheric boundary layer and microphysics on the simulation of heavy rain. (supervisor: P. Kassomenos) Ourania Sindosi (2013): Simulation of specific weather conditions in the area of Epirus by using a numerical weather prediction model. (supervisor: A. Bartzokas) Kosmas Kavadias (2016): Contemporary Solar Energy Map of Greece with application in Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources. (supervisor: A. Bartzokas)

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