Quantifying the impacts of land use/land cover change on the water balance in the afforested River Basin, Pakistan

N Saddique, T Mahmood, C Bernhofer - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Land use and land cover (LULC) change is one of the key driving elements responsible for
altering the hydrology of a watershed. In this study, we investigated the spatio-temporal …

Delineating the relative contribution of climate related variables to chlorophyll-a and phytoplankton biomass in lakes using the ERA5-Land climate reanalysis data

K Stefanidis, G Varlas, A Vourka, A Papadopoulos… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the climatic drivers of eutrophication is critical for lake management under
the prism of the global change. Yet the complex interplay between climatic variables and …

Unravelling precipitation trends in Greece since 1950s using ERA5 climate reanalysis data

G Varlas, K Stefanidis, G Papaioannou… - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
Precipitation is one of the most variable climatic parameters, as it is determined by many
physical processes. The spatiotemporal characteristics of precipitation have been …

Implementation of a nowcasting hydrometeorological system for studying flash flood events: The Case of Mandra, Greece

C Spyrou, G Varlas, A Pappa, A Mentzafou… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Severe hydrometeorological hazards such as floods, droughts, and thunderstorms are
expected to increase in the future due to climate change. Due to the significant impacts of …

Evaluating nature-based solution for flood reduction in spercheios river basin under current and future climate conditions

C Spyrou, M Loupis, Ν Charizopoulos, I Apostolidou… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are being deployed around the world in order to address
hydrometeorological hazards, including flooding, droughts, landslides and many others. The …

Evaluating nature-based solution for flood reduction in spercheios River Basin Part 2: early experimental evidence

C Spyrou, M Loupis, N Charizopoulos, P Arvanitis… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
A number of Nature Based Solutions (NBS) are being used around the world in order to
address various hydrometeorological hazards as a more environmentally friendly alternative …

Increasing trends in discharge maxima of a Mediterranean River during early autumn

G Varlas, C Papadaki, K Stefanidis, A Mentzafou… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change has influenced the discharge regime of rivers during the past decades. This
study aims to reveal climate-induced interannual trends of average annual discharge and …

Impact of future land use change on pluvial flood risk based on scenario simulation: a case study in Shanghai, China

R Quan - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
With the rapid process of urbanization, pluvial floods in the world are becoming more and
more serious due to land use change. Taking Shanghai as a case study, we developed a …

Flood generating mechanisms investigation and rainfall threshold identification for regional flood early warning

A Mentzafou, A Papadopoulos, E Dimitriou - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2023 - Springer
A cost effective and easily applied methodological approach for the identification of the main
factors involved in flood generation mechanisms and the development of rainfall threshold …

Investigating sea‐state effects on flash flood hydrograph and inundation forecasting

G Papaioannou, G Varlas… - Hydrological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A common source of uncertainty in flood inundation forecasting is the hydrograph used.
Given the role of sea‐air‐hydro‐land chain processes on the water cycle, flood hydrographs …