Title:
Associate Professor
Division:
The Applied Physics Division
Office:
Address:
Phone:
+30 2610 997281
Email:
kioutio@upatras.gr
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Courses

2nd Semester
  • Vector Calculus

    • Short Bio

    EDUCATION

    1. Ptychion in Physics, Α.U.Th., 1993.
      • Thesis Title: “Chaotic Cosmology”
    2. MSc in Environmental Physics, Α.U.Th, 1996.
      • Thesis Title: “Neural Network Models for predicting peak photochemical pollutant levels”
    3. PhD in Environmental Physics, A.U.Th. – Joint Research Centre, 2001.
      • Thesis Title: “Development of numerical models and application in the study of air quality”

    RESEARCH

    • Creation and verification of prognostic mathematical models for natural systems that are coupled to weather and climate
    • Reduction of forecast uncertainty in models
    • Extension of the forecast horizon in complex nonlinear dynamical systems and models

    Thematic areas

      • Numerical weather & climate prediction
      • Boundary layer meteorology
      • Atmospheric pollution
      • Climate change – climate extremes – impacts
      • Epidemics (respiratory viruses, vector borne diseases)

    RESEARCH PROJECTS

    INTERNATIONAL

    1. EYWA (EIC Horizon Prize): Early Warning System for Mosquito Borne Diseases (2019-25)
    2. EPICO: Epidemics: Dynamics and Control (2021-24)
    3. e-shape: EuroGEO Showcases – Applications Powered by Europe (2021-23)
    4. S3 (ERANET): Smart Solar System (2021-23)
    5. AQMEII: Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (2012-22)
    6. PROBE (CA): Profiling the atmospheric boundary layer at European scale (2018-23)
    7. ENORASIS (EU 7th FP): ENvironmental Optimization of IRrigAtion Management with the Combined uSe and Integration of High PrecisIon Satellite Data, Advanced Modeling, Process Control and Business Innovation (2011-14)
    8. PASODOBLE (EU 7th FP): Promote Air Quality Services integrating Observations – Development of Basic Localised Information for Europe (2005-08)
    9. GEMS (EU 6th FP): Global and Regional Earth-System Monitoring using Satellite and in-situ data (2006-11)
    10. PROMOTE (ESA): Protocol Monitoring for the GMES Service Element (2003-05)
    11. CECILIA (EU 6th FP): Central and Eastern Europe Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment (2008-10)
    12. UASA-COPERT (EU): Uncertainty estimates and guidance for road transport emission calculations (2008-09)
    13. TROUPE (EU): Uncertainty/Sensitivity  analysis  of  the  transport model  TREMOVE (2010-11)
    14. TRACCS (EU): Transport data collection supporting the quantitative analysis of measures relating to transport and climate change (2011-12)
    15. ARTEMIS (EU 5th FP): Assessment of Road Transport Emission Models and Inventory Systems (2000-02)
    16. AOPII (EU): European Auto-Οil II Programme (1998-2000)
    17. CRIMEA (EU 5th FP):  Contribution of high-intensity gas seeps in the Black Sea to methane emission to the atmosphere (2003-05)
    18. DIECOFIS (EU 5th FP):  Development Of A System Of Indicators On Competitiveness And Fiscal Impact On Enterprises Performance (2002-03)
    19. MEDDMAN (INTERREG): Integrated water resources management, development and comparison of common transnational methodologies to combat drought in the MEDOCC regions (2007-09)

    NATIONAL

    1. CLIMPACTII: Υποστήριξη της αναβάθμισης λειτουργίας του Εθνικού Δικτύου για την Κλιματική Αλλαγή (2023-26)
    2. ΕΜΠΡΟΣ: Προηγμένες Τεχνολογίες Παρατήρησης της Γης και Πληροφορικής για την Έγκαιρη Μελέτη και Προειδοποίηση Μεταδιδόμενων Νοσημάτων μέσω Κουνουπιών (ΕΣΠΑ, 2020-23)
    3. Smart–AQM: Ευφυές Σύστημα Παρακολούθησης και Καταγραφής Ποιότητας Αέρα (ΕΣΠΑ, 2019-21)
    4. ΓΕΩΚΛΙΜΑ: Ανάπτυξη Γεωγραφικού Συστήματος Κλιματικής Πληροφορίας (ΕΣΠΑ, 2009-11)
    5. Περιβαλλοντικές Επιδράσεις Μεταφερόμενων Αιωρούμενων Σωματιδίων (ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΑΣ Ι, 2004-05)
    6. Ερευνα ποιότητας της ατμόσφαιρας σε εσωτερικούς χώρους (ΤΕΕ, 2005-06)

    AWARDS

    1. EIC Horizon Prize “Early Warning for Epidemics“, 2022 (Factsheet)
    2. Marie Curie Fellowship, Joint Research Centre, Jun 1998 – June 2001
    Research Activities
    1. Kollas N, Gewehr S, Kioutsioukis I, Empirical dynamic modelling and enhanced causal analysis of short-length Culex abundance timeseries with vector correlation metrics, Scientific Reports, 14, 3597,  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54054-4, 2024
    2. Siouti E, Skyllakou K, Kioutsioukis I, Patoulias D, Apostolopoulos ID, Fouskas G, Pandis SN. Prediction of the Concentration and Source Contributions of PM2.5 and Gas-Phase Pollutants in an Urban Area with the SmartAQ Forecasting System, Atmosphere, 15(1):8, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010008, 2024
    3. Vasilakopoulou C, Matrali A, Skyllakou K, Georgopoulou M, Aktypis A, Florou K, Kaltsonoudis C, Siouti E, Kostenidou E,  Blaziak A, Nenes A, Papagiannis S, Eleftheriadis K, Patoulias D, Kioutsioukis I, Pandis S, Rapid transformation of wildfire emissions to harmful background aerosol, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 6, 218, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00544-7, 2023
    4. Ferraccioli F, Riccetti N, Fasano A, Mourelatos S, Kioutsioukis I, Stilianakis N, Effects of climatic and environmental factors on mosquito population inferred from West Nile virus surveillance in Greece, Scientific Reports, 13, 18803, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45666-3, 2023
    5. Pappa A, Siouti S, Pandis SN, Kioutsioukis I, High-resolution WRF forecasts in the SmartAQ system: Evaluation of the meteorological forcing used for PMCAMx predictions in an urban area, Atmospheric Research, 296, 107041, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.107041, 2023
    6. Siouti E, Kilafis K, Kioutsioukis I, Pandis SN, Simulation of the influence of residential biomass burning on air quality in an urban area, Atmospheric Environment, 309, 119897, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119897, 2023
    7. Pappa A, Theodoropoulos I, Galmarini S, Kioutsioukis I, Analog versus multi-model ensemble forecasting: A comparison for renewable energy resources, Renewable Energy, 205, 563-573, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.01.030, 2023
    8. Dinkelacker BT, Garcia Rivera P, Kioutsioukis I, Adams PJ, Pandis SN, Evaluation of high-resolution predictions of fine particulate matter and its composition in an urban area using PMCAMx-v2.0, Geoscientific Model Development, 15, 8899–8912, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-8899-2022, 2022
    9. Fasano A, Riccetti N, Angelou A, Gomez‐Ramirez J, Ferraccioli F, Kioutsioukis I, Stilianakis NI, An epidemiological model for mosquito host selection and temperature-dependent transmission of West Nile virus, Scientific Reports, 12, 19946, 2022
    10. Markantonis I, Vlachogiannis D, Sfetsos A, Kioutsioukis I, Investigation of the extreme wet–cold compound events changes between 2025–2049 and 1980–2004 using regional simulations in Greece, Earth System Dynamics, 13, 1491–1504, 2022
    11. Siouti E, Skyllakou K, Kioutsioukis I, Patoulias D, Fouskas G, Pandis SN, Development and Application of the SmartAQ High-Resolution Air Quality and Source Apportionment Forecasting System for European Urban Areas, Atmosphere, 13, 1693, 2022
    12. Rivera PG, Dinkelacker B, Kioutsioukis I, Adams PJ, Pandis SN, Source-Resolved Variability of Fine Particulate Matter and Human Exposure in an Urban Area, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 2011-2027, 2022
    13. Skyllakou K, Rivera PG, Dinkelacker B, Karnezi E, Kioutsioukis I, Hernandez C, Adams PJ, Pandis SN, Changes in PM2.5 concentrations and their sources in the US from 1990 to 2010, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 17115–17132, 2021
    14. Galmarini S, Makar P, Clifton OE, Hogrefe C, Bash JO, Bellasio R, Bianconi R, Bieser J, Butler T, Ducker J, Flemming J, Hodzic A, Holmes CD, Kioutsioukis I, Kranenburg R, Lupascu A, Perez-Camanyo JL, Pleim J, Ryu Y-H, San Jose R, Schwede D, Silva S, Wolke R, Technical note: AQMEII4 Activity 1: Evaluation of wet and dry deposition schemes as an integral part of regional-scale air quality models, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 15663-15697, 2021
    15. Angelou A, Kioutsioukis I, Stilianakis N, A climate-dependent spatial epidemiological model for the transmission risk of West Nile virus at local scale, One Health, 13: 100330, 2021
    16. Siouti E, Skyllakou K, Kioutsioukis I, Ciarelli G, Pandis S, Simulation of the cooking organic aerosol concentration variability in an urban area, Atmospheric Environment, 265: 118710, 2021
    17. Pappa A, Kioutsioukis I, Forecasting Particulate Pollution in an Urban Area: From Copernicus to Sub-Km Scale, Atmosphere, 12: 881, 2021
    18. Roukounakis N, Katsanos D, Briole P, Elias P, Kioutsioukis I, Argiriou A, Retalis A, Use of GNSS Tropospheric Delay Measurements for the Parameterization and Validation of WRF High-Resolution Re-Analysis over the Western Gulf of Corinth, Greece: The PaTrop Experiment, Remote Sensing, 13: 1898, 2021
    19. Roukounakis N, Elias P, Briole P, Katsanos D, Kioutsioukis I, Argiriou A, Retalis A, Tropospheric correction of Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar interferograms using a high-resolution weather model validated by GNSS measurements, Remote Sensing, 13: 2258, 2021
    20. Solomou ES, Pappa A, Kioutsioukis I, Poupkou A, Liora N, Kontos S, Giannaros C, Melas D, Analog Ensemble technique to post-process WRF-CAMx ozone and particulate matter forecasts, Atmospheric Environment, 256: 118439, 2021
    21. Kioutsioukis I, Stilianakis N, On the Transmission Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in a Temperate Climate, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18: 1660, 2021
    22. Kioutsioukis I, Stilianakis N, Assessment of West Nile virus transmission risk from a weather-dependent epidemiological model and a global sensitivity analysis framework, Acta Tropica, 193: 129-141, 2019
    23. Parselia E, Kontoes C, Tsouni A, Hadjichristodoulou C, Kioutsioukis I, Magiorkinis G, Stilianakis N, Satellite Earth Observation data in epidemiological modeling of malaria, dengue and West Nile Virus: A scoping review, Remote Sensing, 11, 1862, 2019
    24. Im U, Brandt J, Geels C, Hansen KM, Christensen JH, Andersen MS, Solazzo E, Kioutsioukis I, Alyuz U, Balzarini A, Baro R, Bellasio R, Bianconi R, Bieser J, Colette A, Curci G, Farrow A, Flemming J, Fraser A, Jimenez-Guerrero P, Kitwiroon N, Liang CK, Nopmongcol U, Pirovano G, Pozzoli L, Prank M, Rose R, Sokhi R, Tuccella P, Unal A, Vivanco MG, West J, Yarwood G, Hogrefe C, Galmarini S, Assessment and economic valuation of air pollution impacts on human health over Europe and the United States as calculated by a multi-model ensemble in the framework of AQMEII3, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18: 5967-5989, 2018
    25. Astitha M, Kioutsioukis I, Fisseha GA, Bianconi R, Bieser J, Christensen JH, Cooper OR, Galmarini S, Hogrefe C, Im U, Johnson B, Liu P, Nopmongcol U, Petropavlovskikh I, Solazzo E, Tarasick DW, and Yarwood G, Seasonal ozone vertical profiles over North America using the AQMEII3 group of air quality models: model inter-comparison and stratospheric intrusions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18: 13925-13945, 2018
    26. Galmarini S, Kioutsioukis I, Solazzo E, Alyuz U, Balzarini A, Bellasio R, Benedictow AMK, Bianconi R, Bieser J, Brandt J, Christensen JH, Colette A, Curci G, Davila Y, Dong X, Flemming J, Francis X, Fraser A, Fu J, Henze DK, Hogrefe C, Im U, Garcia Vivanco M, Jiménez-Guerrero P, Jonson JE, Kitwiroon N, Manders A, Mathur R, Palacios-Peña L, Pirovano G, Pozzoli L, Prank M, Schultz M, Sokhi RS, Sudo K, Tuccella P, Takemura T, Sekiya T and Unal A, Two-scale multi-model ensemble: is a hybrid ensemble of opportunity telling us more?, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18: 8727-8744, 2018
    27. Kioutsioukis Ι, de Meij Α, Jakobs Η, Katragkou Ε, Vinuesa J-F, Kazantzidis A, High resolution WRF ensemble forecasting for irrigation: Multi-variable evaluation, Atmospheric Research, 167: 156-174, 2016
    28. Kioutsioukis I, Im U, Solazzo E, Bianconi R, Badia A, Balzarini A, Baró R, Bellasio R, Brunner D, Chemel C, Curci G, Van Der Gon HD, Flemming J, Forkel R, Giordano L, Jiménez-Guerrero P, Hirtl M, Jorba O, Manders-Groot A, Neal L, Pérez JL, Pirovano G, San Jose R, Savage N, Schroder W, Sokhi RS, Syrakov D, Tuccella P, Werhahn J, Wolke R, Hogrefe C, Galmarini S, Insights into the deterministic skill of air quality ensembles from the analysis of AQMEII data, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16: 15629-15652, 2016
    29. Im U, Bianconi R, Solazzo E, Kioutsioukis I, Badia A, Balzarini A, Baro R, Bellasio R, Brunner D, Chemel C, Curci G, Flemming J, Forkel R, Giordano L, Jimenez-Guerrero P, Hirtl M, Hodzic A, Honzak L, Jorba O, Knote C, Kuenen J, Makar P, Manders-Groot A, Neal L, Perez J, Pirovano G, Pouliot G, San Jose R, Savage N, Schroder W, Sokhi R, Syrakov D, Torian A, Tuccella P, Werhahn J, Wolke R, Yahya K, Zabkar R, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Hogrefe C, Galmarini S, Evaluation of operational on-line-coupled regional air quality models over Europe and North America in the context of AQMEII phase 2. Part I: Ozone, Atmospheric Environment, 115: 404-420, 2015
    30. Im U, Bianconi R, Solazzo E, Kioutsioukis I, Badia A, Balzarini A, Baro R, Bellasio R, Brunner D, Chemel C, Curci G, van der Gon H, Flemming J, Forkel R, Giordano L, Jimenez-Guerrero P, Hirtl M, Hodzic A, Honzak L, Jorba O, Knote C, Makar P, Manders-Groot A, Neal L, Perez J, Pirovano G, Pouliot G, San Jose R, Savage N, Schroder W, Sokhi R, Syrakov D, Torian A, Tuccella P, Wang K, Werhahn J, Wolke R, Zabkar R, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Hogrefe C, Galmarini S, Evaluation of operational online-coupled regional air quality models over Europe and North America in the context of AQMEII phase 2. Part II: Particulate matter, Atmospheric Environment , 115: 421-441, 2015
    31. Zyrichidou I, Koukouli ME, Balis D, Markakis K, Poupkou A, Katragkou E, Kioutsioukis I, Melas D, Boersma KF, van Roozendael M, Identification of surface NOx emission sources on a regional scale using OMI NO2, Atmospheric Environment, 101: 82-93, 2015
    32. Kioutsioukis I and Galmarini S, De praeceptis ferentis: good practice in multi-model ensembles, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14: 11791–11815, 2014
    33. Galmarini S, Kioutsioukis I, Solazzo E, E pluribus unum: ensemble air quality predictions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13: 7153-7182, 2013
    34. Zyrichidou I, Koukouli ME, Balis DS, Kioutsioukis I, Poupkou A, Katragkou E, Melas D, Boersma KF, van Roozendael M, Evaluation of high resolution simulated and OMI retrieved tropospheric NO2 column densities over South-Eastern Europe, Atmospheric Research, 122: 55-66, 2013
    35. Solazzo E, Riccio A, Kioutsioukis I, Galmarini S, Pauci ex tanto numero: reducing redundancy in multi-model ensembles, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13: 8315-8333, 2013
    36. Zyryanov D, Foret G, Eremenko M, Beekmann M, Cammas JP, D’Isidoro M, Elbern H, Flemming J, Friese E, Kioutsioukis I, Maurizi A, Melas D, Meleux F, Menut L, Moinat P, Peuch V-H, Poupkou A, Razinger M, Schultz M, Stein O, Suttie AM, Valdebenito A, Zerefos C, Dufour G, Bergametti G, Flaud J-M, 3-D evaluation of tropospheric ozone simulations by an ensemble of regional Chemistry Transport Model, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12: 3219-3240, 2012
    37. Kukkonen J, Olsson T, Schultz DM, Baklanov A, Klein T, Miranda AI, Monteiro A, Hirtl M, Tarvainen V, Boy M, Peuch V-H, Poupkou A, Kioutsioukis I, Finardi S, Sofiev M, Sokhi R, Lehtinen K, Karatzas K, San José R, Astitha M, Kallos G, Schaap M, Reimer E, Jakobs H, Eben K, A review of operational, regional-scale, chemical weather forecasting models in Europe, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12: 1-87, 2012
    38. Ebel A, Melas D, Ganev K, Banja M, Sandu I, Friese E, Giannaros T, Jakobs H, Kioutsioukis I, Markakis K, Memmesheimer M, Miloshev N, Pescaru V, Poupkou A, Assessment of Impacts and Risks of Air Pollution Applying Two Strategies of Numerical Chemistry Transport Modelling, Journal of Environmental Protection, 3: 26-40, 2012z
    39. Katragkou E, Zanis P, Kioutsioukis I, Tegoulias I, Melas D, Krüger BC, Coppola E, Future climate change impacts on summer surface ozone from regional climate-air quality simulations over Europe, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D22307, doi:10.1029/2011JD015899, 2011
    40. Poupkou A, Giannaros T, Markakis K, Kioutsioukis I, Curci G, Melas D, Zerefos C, A model for European Biogenic Volative Organic Compounds Emissions: Software Development and First Validation, Environmental Modelling & Software, 25: 1845-1856, 2010
    41. Huijnen V, Eskes H, Poupkou A, Elbern H, Boersma K, Foret G, Sofiev M, Valdebenito A, Flemming J, Stein O, Gross A, Robertson L, , D’Isidoro M, Kioutsioukis I, Friese E, Amstrup B, Bergstrom R, Strunk A, Zyryanov D, Maurizi A, Melas D, Peuch V-H, Zerefos C, Comparison of OMI NO2 tropospheric columns with an ensemble of global and European regional air quality models, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10: 3273-3296, 2010
    42. Katragkou E, Zanis P, Tegoulias I, Melas D, Kioutsioukis I, Krüger BC, Huszar P, Halenka T, Rauscher S, Decadal regional air quality simulations over Europe in present climate: Near surface ozone sensitivity to external meteorological forcing, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10: 11805-11821, 2010
    43. Kioutsioukis I, Melas D, Zerefos C, Statistical Assessment of changes in Climate Extremes over Greece (1955-2002), International Journal of Climatology, 30: 1723-1737, 2010
    44. Zanis P, Douvis C, Kapsomenakis I, Kioutsioukis I, Melas D, Pal J, A sensitivity study of the Regional Climate Model RegCM3 to the convective scheme with emphasis in CE and SE Europe, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 97:327-337, 2009
    45. Zyrichidou I, Koukouli ME, Balis DS, Katragkou E, Melas D, Poupkou A, Kioutsioukis I, van der A R, Boersma FK, van Roozendael M, Richter A, Satellite NO2 observations and model simulations of tropospheric columns over South-eastern Europe, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9: 6119-6134, 2009
    46. Georgoulias AK, Kioutsioukis I, Symeonidis P, Kourtidis K, AMFIC Web Data Base – A Satellite System for the Monitoring and Forecasting of Atmospheric Pollution, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review, 1: 58-61, 2008
    47. Kioutsioukis I, Melas D, Zanis P, Statistical Downscaling of Daily Precipitation over Greece, International Journal of Climatology, 28: 679-691, 2008
    48. Papanastasiou D, Melas D, Kioutsioukis I, Development and Assessment of Neural Network and Multiple Regression Models in order to predict PM10 levels in a medium-sized Mediterranean city, Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 182: 325-334, 2007
    49. Loupa G, Kioutsioukis I, Rapsomanikis S, Indoor-Outdoor Atmospheric Particulate Matter Relationships in Naturally Ventilated Offices, Indoor and Built Environment, 16: 63-69, 2007
    50. Kourtidis C, Kioutsioukis I, Rapsomanikis S, Effects of methane outgassing on the Black Sea Atmosphere, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6: 5173-5182, 2006
    51. Loupa G, Charpantidou E, Kioutsioukis I, Rapsomanikis S, Indoor O3, NOx and microclimatic conditions in two medieval churches in Cyprus, Atmospheric Environment , 40: 7457-7466, 2006
    52. Kioutsioukis I, Rapsomanikis S, Loupa G, Robust Stochastic Seasonal Precipitation Scenarios, International Journal of Climatology, 26: 2077-2095, 2006
    53. Kioutsioukis I, Melas D, Zerefos C, Ziomas I, Efficient Sensitivity Computations in 3D Air Quality Models, Computer Physics Communications, 167: 23-33, 2005
    54. Kioutsioukis I, Tarantola S, Saltelli A, Gatelli D, Uncertainty and Global Sensitivity Analysis of Road Transport Emission Estimates, Atmospheric Environment , 38: 6609-6620, 2004
    55. Kioutsioukis I, Melas D, Zerefos C, Ziomas I, Evolution of perturbations in 3D Air Quality Models, Annals of Geophysics, 46: 353-362, 2003
    56. Melas D, Kioutsioukis I, Ziomas I, Neural Network Model for Predicting Peak Photochemical Pollutant Levels, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 50: 495-501, 2000
    57. Kioutsioukis I, Melas D, Ziomas I, Skouloudis A, Predicting Peak Photochemical Pollutant Concentrations with a combination of Neural Network Models, Neural Network World, 10: 909-916, 2000
    58. Melas D, Ziomas I, Kioutsioukis I, Real Time Calculation of the Dispersion of Air Pollutants from Industrial Stacks using a personal computer, Fresenius Env. Bulletin, 7: 134-140, 1998