CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Production and characterization of microalgal biomass from dairy wastewater
Iliopoulou A., Zkeri E., Panara A., Dasenaki M., Aloupi M., Fountoulakis M., Thomaidis N., (Corresponding) Stasinakis A.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
During the last decade, a large scientific effort has been directed towards the cultivation of microalgae in dairy wastewater. Among different microalgal species, Chlorella sorokiniana is a small, fast-growing, robust microalgae that can be grown under mixotrophic conditions. In the current study,...Read more
Life cycle assessment of the use of biomass as energy source in Northern Greece
Dounavis A., Karamanos L., Lekkas D., (Corresponding) Klontza E.
Topic:
Life cycle analysis (lca)
Decrease of fossil fuel consumption in the energy sector is an important step towards more sustainable energy production. On the other hand, domestic and imported biomass or biofuels which are used as energy sources play an important role in many future energy scenarios and national policies...Read more
Keywords:
biomass, Life cycle analysis, pellet, energy, Western Macedonia
Effect of heavy metals accumulation on the growth and essential oils content of Rose Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L.)
Patrolea E., Nikoli T., Loupasaki S., Grigorakis S., (Corresponding) Lydakis-Simantiris N.
Topic:
Heavy metals in the environment
The objective of this study was to investigate the accumulation of Cd, Ni and Pb and their distribution in the aboveground and underground biomass of Rose Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L.), as well as the effect on the plant’s content and quality of essential oils. For this purpose, a pot...Read more
Keywords:
accumulation, essential oils, heavy metals, rose geranium, Pelargonium graveolens
How to identify a representative subset of hydro-climatic simulations for impact modelling studies?
(Corresponding) PECHLIVANIDIS I., Gupta H., Bosshard T.
Topic:
Estimation and prediction under past and future conditions (climate, population, land use change)
Uncertainties in hydro-climatic projections are (in part) related to different components of the modeling chain. Although a combination of numerous projections (ensemble) would be needed to characterize the overall uncertainty, in practice a small set of scenario combinations are constructed to...Read more
Keywords:
Representative projections, information theory, climate change impacts, maximum information minimum redundancy, model ensembles
What is the impact of earth observation and in-situ data assimilation on seasonal hydrological predictions?
(Corresponding) Pechlivanidis I., Musuuza J.
Topic:
Process understanding through innovative sensors and remote sensing
Earth Observations (EO) have become popular in hydrology because they provide information in locations where direct measurements are either unavailable or prohibitively expensive to make. Recent scientific advances have enabled the assimilation of EOs into hydrological models to improve the...Read more
Keywords:
earth observations, hydrology, forecasting, data assimilation
Large sample hydrology and its importance in hydrological forecasting
(Corresponding) Pechlivanidis I., Crochemore L., Girons Lopez M.
Topic:
Hydrology and water resources
Catchment scale investigations are indeed valuable for detailed process investigation and therefore to understand the local conditions that affect forecast skill. However these are limited when it comes to scaling up the underlying hydrometeorological hypotheses. To advance knowledge on the drivers...Read more
Keywords:
large sample, seasonal forecasting, hydrology, machine learning, attribution
The effect of Boundary Layer Meteorology in GHGs concentrations –The case study over 3 European cities using an aerial platform
(Corresponding) MAGGOS T., FLOCAS H., SOULOS T., Lenarčič M., PANAGOPOULOS P., Gotti A., Karakitsios S., Sarigiannis D.
Topic:
Atmospheric chemistry and physics
In the frame of an EC Horizon2020 project named “ICARUS” (Integrated Climate forcing and Air pollution reduction in Urban Systems), a newly constructed N.A.S.A Awarded light aircraft equipped with high-tech scientific instrumentation was used to perform an aerial mapping over Athens, Thessaloniki...Read more
Precipitation variability, trends and extremes for the region of the Arabian Peninsula
Patlakas P., Stathopoulos C., Kallos G., (Corresponding) Flocas H.
Topic:
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
The Arabian Peninsula is generally known as a region characterized by low annual precipitation amounts and a great seasonal and spatial variability. However, its location and geomorphological characteristics lead to diverse climatic conditions in different sub-regions and smaller scales. At the...Read more
Keywords:
climate, precipitation, Arabian peninsula, RAMS/ICLAMS model
Investigating the water, energy, marine land use, food, climate interlinkages in marine environment
(Corresponding) Papadopoulou M., Vlachou A.
Topic:
Spatial environmental planning
The conflicts observed in the marine environment between the installation of renewable energy production, aquaculture activities and tourism, highlight the need for a more coherent management. To this end, maritime spatial planning is being developed at the cross-sectoral level, so that human...Read more
Bacterial inactivation and study of damages in subcellular level during disinfection of aqueous samples
(Corresponding) Gounaki I., Lironi M., Venieri D.
Topic:
Advanced oxidation processes
The objectives of the current study were i) to investigate the effectiveness of ozonation and UVA photocatalysis for the inactivation rate of representative bacterial strains, which are considered important for public health and ii) to study damages in subcellular level, in terms of disinfection...Read more
