Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals

1. Pozzer, A., Steffens, B., Proestos, Y., Sciare, J., Akritidis, D., Chowdhury, S., Burkart, K., and Bacer, S. Atmospheric health burden across the century and the accelerating impact of temperature compared to pollution. Nat Commun 15, 9379 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53649-9 [url]

2. Kalisoras, A., Georgoulias, A. K., Akritidis, D., Allen, R. J., Naik, V., Kuo, C., Szopa, S., Nabat, P., Olivié, D., van Noije, T., Le Sager, P., Neubauer, D., Oshima, N., Mulcahy, J., Horowitz, L. W., and Zanis, P.: Decomposing the effective radiative forcing of anthropogenic aerosols based on CMIP6 Earth system models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 7837–7872, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7837-2024, 2024 [url]

3. Zanis, P.; Georgoulias, A.K.; Velikou, K.; Akritidis, D.; Kalisoras, A.; Melas, D. Future Projections of Precipitation Extremes for Greece Based on an Ensemble of High-Resolution Regional Climate Model Simulations. Atmosphere 2024, 15, 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15050601 [url]

4. Akritidis, D., Bacer, S., Zanis, P., Georgoulias, A. K., Chowdury, S., Horowitz, L. W., et al. (2024). Strong increase in mortality attributable to ozone pollution under a climate change and demographic scenario. Environmental Research Letters, 19: ERL-116900.R1. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad2162 [url]

5. Ioannidis, C.; Verykokou, S.; Soile, S.; Istrati, D.; Spyrakos, C.; Sarris, A.; Akritidis, D.; Feidas, H.; Georgoulias, A.K.; Tringa, E.; et al. Safeguarding Our Heritage—The TRIQUETRA Project Approach. Heritage 2024, 7, 758-793. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7020037 [url] 

6. Tsantalidou, A.; Arvanitakis, G.; Georgoulias, A.K.; Akritidis, D.; Zanis, P.; Fornasiero, D.; Wohlgemuth, D.; Kontoes, C. A Data Driven Approach for Analyzing the Effect of Climate Change on Mosquito Abundance in Europe. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 5649. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15245649 [url] 

7. Tsiaousidis, D.T.; Liora, N.; Kontos, S.; Poupkou, A.; Akritidis, D.; Melas, D. Evaluation of PM Chemical Composition in Thessaloniki, Greece Based on Air Quality Simulations. Sustainability 2023, 15, 10034. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310034 [url]

8. Mavromatis, T., Georgoulias, A.K., Akritidis, D., Melas, D., Zanis, P. Spatiotemporal Evolution of Seasonal Crop-Specific Climatic Indices under Climate Change in Greece Based on EURO-CORDEX RCM Simulations. Sustainability 2022, 14, 17048. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142417048 [url]

9. Akritidis, D., Pozzer, A., Flemming, J., Inness, A., Nédélec, P., and Zanis, P.: A process-oriented evaluation of CAMS reanalysis ozone during tropopause folds over Europe for the period 2003–2018, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 6275–6289, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6275-2022, 2022  [url]

10. Liora N, Kontos S, Parliari D, Akritidis D, Poupkou A, Papanastasiou DK, Melas D. “On-Line” Heating Emissions Based on WRF Meteorology - Application and Evaluation of a Modeling System over Greece. Atmosphere. 2022; 13(4):568. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040568 [url]

11. Pozzer, A., Reifenberg, S. F., Kumar, V., Franco, B., Kohl, M., Taraborrelli, D., Gromov, S., Ehrhart, S., Jöckel, P., Sander, R., Fall, V., Rosanka, S., Karydis, V., Akritidis, D., Emmerichs, T., Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Kaiser, J. W., Clarisse, L., Kiendler-Scharr, A., Tost, H., and Tsimpidi, A.: Simulation of organics in the atmosphere: evaluation of EMACv2.54 with the Mainz Organic Mechanism (MOM) coupled to the ORACLE (v1.0) submodel, Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 2673–2710, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2673-2022, 2022 [url]

12. Zanis, P., D. Akritidis, S. Turnock, V. Naik, S. Szopa, A.K. Georgoulias, S.E. Bauer, M. Deushi, L.W Horowitz, J. Keeble, P. Le Sager, F.M. O'Connor, N. Oshima, K. Tsigaridis, and T. van Noije, 2022: Climate change penalty and benefit on surface ozone: A global perspective based on CMIP6 earth system models. Environ. Res. Lett., 17, no. 2, 024014, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac4a34 [url]

13. Georgoulias A.K., Akritidis D., Kalisoras A., Kapsomenakis J., Melas D., Zerefos C.S., Zanis P., Climate change projections for Greece in the 21st century from high-resolution EURO-CORDEX RCM simulations, Atmospheric Research, 271, 106049, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106049, 2022 [url]  

14. Akritidis, D.; Zanis, P.; Georgoulias, A.K.; Papakosta, E.; Tzoumaka, P.; Kelessis, A. Implications of COVID-19 Restriction Measures in Urban Air Quality of Thessaloniki, Greece: A Machine Learning Approach. Atmosphere 2021, 12, 1500. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12111500 [url]

15. Akritidis, D., Pozzer, A., Flemming, J., Inness, A., & Zanis, P. (2021). A global climatology of tropopause folds in CAMS and MERRA‐2 reanalyses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD034115. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034115 [url]

16. Nabih, S.; Tzoraki, O.; Zanis, P.; Tsikerdekis, T.; Akritidis, D.; Kontogeorgos, I.; Benaabidate, L. Alteration of the Ecohydrological Status of the Intermittent Flow Rivers and Ephemeral Streams due to the Climate Change Impact (Case Study: Tsiknias River). Hydrology 2021 [url] 

17. Dafka, S., Akritidis, D., Zanis, P., Pozzer, A., Xoplaki, E., Luterbacher, J., & Zerefos, C.: On the link between the Etesian winds, tropopause folds and tropospheric ozone over the Eastern Mediterranean during summer. Atmospheric Research, 248, 105161, 2021 [url]

18. Kampouri, A.; Amiridis, V.; Solomos, S.; Gialitaki, A.; Marinou, E.; Spyrou, C.; Georgoulias, A.K.; Akritidis, D.; Papagiannopoulos, N.; Mona, L.; Scollo, S.; Tsichla, M.; Tsikoudi, I.; Pytharoulis, I.; Karacostas, T.; Zanis, P. Investigation of Volcanic Emissions in the Mediterranean: “The Etna–Antikythera Connection”. Atmosphere 2021, 12, 40, 2020 [url]

19. Akritidis, D., Katragkou, E., Georgoulias, A. K., Zanis, P., Kartsios, S., Flemming, J., Inness, A., Douros, J., and Eskes, H.: A complex aerosol transport event over Europe during the 2017 Storm Ophelia in CAMS forecast systems: analysis and evaluation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 13557–13578, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-13557-2020, 2020 [url]

20. Allen, R. J., Turnock, S., Nabat, P., Neubauer, D., Lohmann, U., Olivie, D., Oshima, N., Michou, M., Wu, T., Zhang, J., Takemura, T., Schulz, M., Tsigaridis, K., Bauer, S. E., Emmons, L., Horowitz, L., Naik, V., van Noije, T., Bergman, T., Lamarque, J.-F., Zanis, P., Tegen, I., Westervelt, D. M., Le Sager, P., Good, P., Shim, S., O'Connor, F., Akritidis, D., Georgoulias, A. K., Deushi, M., Sentman, L. T., Fujimori, S., and Collins, W. J.: Climate and air quality impacts due to mitigation of non-methane near-term climate forcers, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-1209, in review, 2020 [url]

21. Zanis, P., Akritidis, D., Georgoulias, A. K., Allen, R. J., Bauer, S. E., Boucher, O., Cole, J., Johnson, B., Deushi, M., Michou, M., Mulcahy, J., Nabat, P., Olivié, D., Oshima, N., Sima, A., Schulz, M., Takemura, T., and Tsigaridis, K.: Fast responses on pre-industrial climate from present-day aerosols in a CMIP6 multi-model study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 8381–8404, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8381-2020, 2020 [url]

22. Georgoulias, A.K.; Marinou, E.; Tsekeri, A.; Proestakis, E.; Akritidis, D.; Alexandri, G.; Zanis, P.; Balis, D.; Marenco, F.; Tesche, M.; Amiridis, V. A First Case Study of CCN Concentrations from Spaceborne Lidar Observations. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 1557 [url]

23. Akritidis, D., Pozzer, A., and Zanis, P.: On the impact of future climate change on tropopause folds and tropospheric ozone, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 14387–14401, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14387-2019, 2019 [url]

24. Akritidis, D., Katragkou, E., Zanis, P., Pytharoulis, I., Melas, D., Flemming, J., Inness, A., Clark, H., Plu, M., and Eskes, H.: A deep stratosphere-to-troposphere ozone transport event over Europe simulated in CAMS global and regional forecast systems: analysis and evaluation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 15515-15534, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15515-2018, 2018 [url]

25. Ojha, N., Pozzer, A., Akritidis, D., and Lelieveld, J.: Secondary ozone peaks in the troposphere over the Himalayas, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 6743-6757, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6743-2017, 2017 [url]

26. Flemming, J., Benedetti, A., Inness, A., Engelen, R. J., Jones, L., Huijnen, V., Remy, S., Parrington, M., Suttie, M., Bozzo, A., Peuch, V.-H., Akritidis, D., and Katragkou, E.: The CAMS interim Reanalysis of Carbon Monoxide, Ozone and Aerosol for 2003–2015, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 1945-1983, doi:10.5194/acp-17-1945-2017, 2017 [url]

27. Akritidis, D., Pozzer, A., Zanis, P., Tyrlis, E., Škerlak, B., Sprenger, M., and Lelieveld, J.: On the role of tropopause folds in summertime tropospheric ozone over the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 14025-14039, doi:10.5194/acp-16-14025-2016, 2016 [url]

28. Akritidis D., Zanis P., Pytharoulis I., Karacostas Th.,: Near-surface ozone trends over Europe in RegCM3/CAMx simulations for the time period 1996-2006, Atmospheric Environment, DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.002, 2014 [url]

29. Akritidis D., P. Zanis, E. Katragkou, M. Schultz, I. Tegoulias, A. Poupkou, K. Markakis I. Pytharoulis, Th. Karacostas,: Evaluating the impact of chemical boundary conditions on near surface ozone in regional climate-air quality simulations over Europe, Atmospheric Research, 134, 116-130, 2013 [url]

30. Akritidis D., P. Zanis, I. Pytharoulis, A. Mavrakis and Th. Karacostas,: A deep stratospheric intrusion event down to the earth’s surface of the megacity of Athens, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 109 (1-2), 9-18, DOI: 10.1007/s00703-010-0096-6, 2010 [url]

Book Chapters

1. Zanis, P., Georgoulias, A.K. and Akritidis, D., 2024. Advances in Dynamical and Statistical Downscaling of Global Climate Change Projections at Local Catchment Scale. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Water Policy, Economics and Management (pp. 5-11). Edward Elgar Publishing

2. Kalabokas, P., P. Zanis, D. Akritidis, A. K. Georgoulias, J. Kapsomenakis, C. S. Zerefos, G. Dufour,  A. Gaudel, P. Sellitto, A. Armengaud,  G. Ancellet, F. Gheusi &  F. Dulac. Ozone in the Mediterranean Atmosphere. In: Dulac, F., Sauvage, S., Hamonou, E. (eds) Atmospheric Chemistry in the Mediterranean Region. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12741-0_13, 2023