Thanasis Georgiou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, National Observatory of Athens
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About
Thanasis Georgiou is a leading researcher in atmospheric aerosol science, with a primary focus on the remote sensing and climatology of mineral dust. His work is centered on disentangling the complex optical and microphysical properties of dust aerosols to improve climate and radiative forcing models. Georgiou’s major contributions include the development of a pioneering near-global, multiyear climate data record that separates atmospheric pure dust into fine-mode and coarse-mode components. This high-impact dataset, detailed in his most-cited 2024 paper (13 citations), provides a critical new resource for understanding dust’s role in the Earth system. He has also advanced the accuracy of satellite retrievals by systematically assessing the impact of lidar ratio assumptions on CALIPSO data, particularly for estimating aerosol shortwave radiative effects across North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe (6 citations). By refining how we distinguish dust particle sizes and their radiative impacts, Georgiou’s work is essential for reducing uncertainties in climate models and improving predictions of dust transport and its effects on weather, health, and ecosystems.
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