Research Papers in Refereed Journals by Prof. C Varotsos
1. Research Papers in refereed Journals reported by SCI
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Katsambas A., Ch. Antoniou, J. Stratigos, I. Arvanitis, F. Zolota, C. Varotsos, C. Cartalis and D.N. Asimakopoulos: A simple algorithm for simulating the solar ultraviolet radiation at the earth's surface: An application in determining the minimumerythemadose. Earth, Moon, and Planets, 53(3), 191-204, 1991.
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Kalabokas P., Vlassi A. and Varotsos C.: Serie historique des donnes d'ozone au niveau du sol pour la region d' Athens, Grece (1931-1940), Publications de l’ Association Internationale de Climatologie, Vol. 6, 631-638, 1993.
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Von der Gathen P., M. Rex, N. R. P. Harris, D. Lucic, B. M. Knudsen, G. O. Braathen, H. De Backer, R. Fabian, H. Fast, M. Gil, E. Kyro, I. S. Mikkelsen, M. Rummukainen, J. Staehelin and C. Varotsos: Observational evidence for chemical ozonedepletion overthe Arctic in winter 1991–92. Nature, 375(6527), 131, 1995.
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Kondratyev K.Y. and Varotsos C.A.: Atmospheric ozone variability in the context of global change, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 16, No. 10, 1851-1881, 1995.
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Varotsos C., Alexandris D., Chronopoulos G., Katsambas A., Antoniou C. and Stratigos J.: Association of the vertical ozone structure with the solar ultraviolet radiation reaching the ground, Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 52, 121-127, 1995
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Reid S.J., M. Rex, P. von der Gathen, I. Floisand, F. Stordal, G. D. Carver,L. A. Beck, L. De Haan, E. Reimer, R. Kr(ger-Carstensen, E. Kyro, F. M. O’ Connor, G. O. Braathen, V. Doronkhov, H. Fast M. Gil, Z. Litynska. N. Molineux, Ravegnani F.,G. Murphy, C.& Braathen, G. A study of ozone laminae using diabatic trajectories, contour advection and photochemical trajectory model simulations. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 30(1), 187-207, 1998.
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M. Rex, P. von der Gathen, N. R. P. Harris, D. Lucic, B. M. Knudsen, G. O. Braathen, S. J. Reid, H. De Backer, H Claude, R. Fabian, H. Fast, M. Gil, E. Kyro, I. S. Mikkelsen, M. Rummukainen, H.G. Smit, J. Staehelin, C. Varotsos, I. Zaitcev: In-situ measurements of stratospheric ozone depletion rates in the Arctic Winter 1991/92: A Lagrangian Approach, J. Geophys. Res., V 103, D5, 5843-5853, 1998.
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Varotsos C., Chronopoulos G., Cracknell A.P., Johnson B.E., Katsambas A. and Philippou A.: Total ozone and solar ultraviolet radiation as derived from satellite and ground-based instrumentation at Dundee Scotland, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 19, No. 17, 3301-3305, 1999.
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Varotsos C., Katsikis S. and Cracknell A.P.:On the influence of stray light on the total ozone measurements made with Dobson spectrophotometer No. 118 in Athens, Greece,International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19, 17, 3307-3315, 1999.
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Sakellariou N., Catsambas A., Feretis E., Varotsos C. and Chronopoulos G.: The role of the cloud optical thickness in the attenuation of the solar ultraviolet radiation reaching the ground; Implications to the human health impacts, Tox. Envir. Chemistry", Vol. 69, 381-393, 1999.
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Schulz, A., M. Rex, J. Steger, N. Harris, G.O. Braathen, E. Remein, R. Alfier, A. Beck, M. Alpers, J. Cisneros, H. Claude, H. De Bakter, H. Dier, V. Dorokhov, H. Fast, S. Godin, G. Hansen, H. Kanzawa, B. Kois, Y. Kondo, E. Kosmidis, E. Kyro, Z. Litynska, M.J. Molyneux, G. Murphy, H. Nakane, C. Parrondo, F. Ravegnani, C. Varotsos, C. Vialle, P. Viatte, V. Yushkov, C. Zerefos, P. Von der Gathen: Match observations in the Arctic winter 1996/97: High stratospheric ozone loss rates correlate with low temperatures deep inside the polar vortex, Geophys. Res. Let., Vol. 27, No 02, p.205-208, 2000.
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Varotsos C., Kondratyev K.Y. and Cracknell A.P.: New evidence for ozone depletion over Athens, Greece, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 21, No. 15, 2951-2955, 2000.
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Varotsos C., Kondratyev K.Y., Alexandris D., Chronopoulos G.: Aircraft observations of the vertical gradient of biologically effective ultraviolet radiation,Radiation Prot. Dos. 91 (1-3): 161-163, 2000.
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Varotsos C., Feretis H., Kondratyev K.Y., Efstathiou M.: Human eye diseases resulting from SUVR exposure, Radiation Prot. Dos. 91 (1-3): 25-27, 2000.
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Ziemke J.R., Chandra S., Herman J., Varotsos C.: Erythemal weighted ultraviolet trends over northern latitudes,Radiation Prot. Dos. 91 (1-3): 157-160, 2000.
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Kondratyev K.Y. and Varotsos C.: Global Tropospheric Ozone Dynamics, Part II: Numerical Modelling of Tropospheric Ozone Variability, Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res, 8, No.2, 113-119, 2001.
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Schulz A., M. Rex, P., N.R.P. Harris, G.O. Braathen, E. Reimer, R. Alfier, L. Kilbane-Dawe, S. Eckermann, M. Allaart, M. Alpers, B. Bojkov, J. Cisneros, H. Claude, E. Guevas, J. Davies, H. De Backer, H. Dier, V. Dorokhov, H. Fast, S. Godin, B. Johnson, B. Kois, Y. Kondo, E. Kosmidis, E. Kyro, Z. Litynska, I.S. Mikkelsen, M.J. Molyneux, G. Murphy, H. T. Nagai, Nakane, F. O’Connor, G. Ρarrondo, F.J. Schmidlin, P. Shrivankova, C. Varotsos, G. Vialle, P. Viatte, V. Yushkov, C. Zerefos, and P. von der Gathen: Arctic ozone loss in threshold conditions:Match observations in 97/98 and 98/99, J. Geophys. Res.106, D 7495-7503, 2001.
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Varotsos C.: Why did a "no-ozone-hole" episode occur in Antarctica?,EOS, Trans., American Geophysical Union 84(19), 183, 2003.
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VarotsosC.: On the unprecedented event of the Antarctic ozone hole split in 2002, World Resource Review 15:2, 483-492, 2003.
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Varotsos C.: News on the Antarctic Ozone Hole, Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res 12 (6): 322-322, 2005.
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Zerefos,C., Nastos P., Balis D., Papayannis A., Kelepertsis A., Kanellopoulou E., Nikolakis D., Eleftheratos K., Thomas W. and VarotsosC.: A Complex study of Etna’s volcanic plume from ground-based, in situ and space-borne observation, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 27, No. 9, 1855-1864, 2006.
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Cracknell A. and Varotsos C., The Antarctic 2006 ozone hole(Editorial),Int J Remote Sens,28, 1-2, 1-2, 2007.
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Cracknell A. and Varotsos C., Fifty years after the first artificial satellite: from SPUTNIK 1 to ENVISAT (Editorial),IJRS 28 (10) 2071-2072, 2007.
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Varotsos C., Milinevsky G., Grytsai A., Efstathiou M.and Tzanis C., Scaling effect in planetary waves over Antarctica,International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, No. 9, 2697-2704, May, 2008.
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Varotsos C., Tzanis C., Tsitomeneas S., Assimakopoulos M.N. and Mammis A.,Surface Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance and Total Ozone during summertime,International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, No. 9, 2667-2673, 2008.
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Sukov A., Soldatov V.Y.U., Krapivin V.F., Cracknell A.P. and Varotsos C.A.:A Sequential Analysis Method for the Prediction of Tropical Hurricanes, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, No. 9, 2787-2798, May, 2008.
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Tzanis C., Varotsos C.A., Asimakopoulos D.N and Cracknell A.P.:Surface ultraviolet radiation and ozone content in Europe as indicators of environment quality,International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30,15-16,4123-4143,2009.
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Tzanis C., Christodoulakis J., Efstathiou M. and Varotsos C.:Comparison of the Athens Dobson spectrophotometer with World Standard Instruments, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 30, No. 15-16,3943-3950, 2009.
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Eleftheratos K, Zerefos CS, Varotsos C. et al.:Interannual variability of cirrus clouds in the tropics in El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) regions based on International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) satellite data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32 (21), 6395-6405, 2011.
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Varotsos, C. A.; Cracknell, A. P.; Tzanis, C.: Major atmospheric events monitored bydeep, underground muon data (vol 1, pg 169, 2010) Remote Sensing Letters 2 (2) 175, 2011
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Varotsos, C. Efstathiou, M.; Tzanis, C; et al. On the limits of the air pollution predictability: the case of the surface ozone at Athens, Greece, Environ Sci. Pollut. Res : 19 (1) 295-300, 2012.
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Varotsos, C. A.; Cracknell, A. P.; Tzanis, C. The exceptional ozone depletion over the Arctic in January-March 2011, Rem. Sens. Lett.: 3 (4) 343-352, 2012.
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Efstathiou, M.; Tzanis, C.; Varotsos, C.; et al.The gutenberg-richter law for earthquakes in air pollution episodes: A case study for Athens, Greece, ACTA GEOPHYSICA 60 (1) 280-290, 2012.
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Varotsos, C. A.; Tzanis, C., .A new tool for the study of the ozone hole dynamics over Antarctica, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT Volume: 47 Pages: 428-434, 2012
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Efstathiou, M N.; Varotsos, C A, Intrinsic properties of Sahel precipitation anomalies and rainfall, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 109 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 627-633, 2012.
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Varotsos, C.; Ondov, J.; Tzanis, C.; et al.An observational study of the atmospheric ultra-fine particle dynamics, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT Volume: 59 Pages: 312-319 Published: NOV 2012.
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Krapivin, V F.; Soldatov, V Yu; Varotsos, C A.; et al., .An adaptive information technology for the operative diagnostics of the tropical cyclones; solar-terrestrial coupling mechanisms, JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS 89 Pages: 83-89, 2012
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Varotsos, C. A.; Efstathiou, M. N.; Cracknell, A. P. On the scaling effect in global surface air temperature anomalies, ATMOS CHEM AND PHYSICS 13 Issue: 10 Pages: 5243-5253, 2013.
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Varotsos, C. A.; Melnikova, I; Efstathiou, M N.; et al., 1/f noise in the UV solar spectral irradiance, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 111 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 641-648, 2013.
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Efstathiou, M N.; Varotsos, C A., On the 11 year solar cycle signature in global total ozone dynamics, METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: 72-79, 2013.
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Varotsos, C. A The global signature of the ENSO and SST-like fields, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 113 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 197-204 Published: JUL 2013.
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Varotsos, CA.; Efstathiou, M N.; Cracknell, A P., Plausible reasons for the inconsistencies between the modeled and observed temperatures in the tropical troposphere, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS : 40 (18) Pages: 4906-4910, 2013.
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Varotsos, C. A.; Melnikova, I. N.; Cracknell, A. P.; et al., New spectral functions of the near-ground albedo derived from aircraft diffraction spectrometer observations, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS Volume: 14 Issue: 13 Pages: 6953-6965 Published: 2014.
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Varotsos, C. A.; Ondov, J. M.; Efstathiou, M. N.; et al. The local and regional atmospheric oxidants at Athens (Greece) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH 21 4430-4440, 2014.
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Varotsos, C A.; Franzke, C L. E.; Efstathiou, M N.; et al. Evidence for two abrupt warming events of SST in the last century, THEOR & APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY 116, 1-2, 51-60 Published: APR 2014
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Varotsos, C.; Christodoulakis, J.; Tzanis, C.; et al. Signature of tropospheric ozone and nitrogen dioxide from space: A case study for Athens, Greece, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT 89, 721-730 2014.
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Cracknell, A. P.; Varotsos, C. A. Satellite systems for atmospheric ozone observations, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING 3, 15, 5566-5597, 2014.
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Varotsos, C. A.; Efstathiou, M. N.; Cracknell, A. P. Sharp rise in hurricane and cyclone count during the last century, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 119 (3-4),: 629-638, 2015.
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Varotsos, C A.; Efstathiou, M N. Symmetric scaling properties in global surface air temperature anomalies,THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY 121 Issue: 3-4, 767-773, 2015.
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Varotsos, C A.; Tzanis, C G.; Sarlis, N V. On the progress of the 2015-2016 El Nino event, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Pages: 2007-2011, 2016
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Lovejoy, S; Varotsos, C Scaling regimes and linear/nonlinear responses of last millennium climate to volcanic and solar forcings EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS 7 (1) Pages: 133-150, 2016.
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Varotsos, C. A.; Tzanis, C.; Cracknell, A. P. Precursory signals of the major El Nino Southern Oscillation eventsTHEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY 124 (3-4). 903-912, 2016
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Krapivin, V F.; Varotsos, C A.; Christodoulakis, J Mission to Mars: Adaptive Identifier for the Solution of Inverse Optical Metrology TasksEARTH MOON AND PLANETS 118 (1) Pages: 1-14, 2016
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Varotsos, C A.; Mazei, Y A.; Burkovsky, I; et al. Climate scaling behaviour in the dynamics of the marine interstitial ciliate communityTHEOR APPL CLIMATOL 125 (3-4), 439-447, 2016.
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Krapivin, V. F., Varotsos, C. A., & Soldatov, V. Y. The Earth’s Population Can Reach 14 Billion in the 23rd Century without Significant Adverse Effects on SurvivabilityInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 14(8), 885; 2017 doi:10.3390/ijerph14080885
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Varotsos, C. A., Efstathiou, M. N., & Cracknell, A. P. On the association of aerosol optical depth and total ozone fluctuations with recent earthquakes in Greece. Acta Geophysica : 65 (4), 659-665, Publ: AUG 2017.
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Krapivin, V. F., Varotsos, C. A., & Soldatov, V. Y..Simulation results from a coupled model of carbon dioxide and methane global cycles. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING 359, 69-79 Published: SEP 2017.
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Krapivin, V. F., Varotsos, C. A., & Nghia, B. Q. ,A Modeling System for Monitoring Water Quality in Lagoons. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION 228 (10) Article Number: 397 Published: OCT 2017.
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Varotsos, C. A. & Ghosh, S. Impacts of climate warming on atmospheric phase transition mechanisms. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY 130 (3-4), 1111-1122 Publ NOV 2017
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Krapivin, V. F. & Varotsos, C. A. Nature-society system survivability model: Simulations of the principal natural and anthropogenic processes. ENVIRON DEVEL 24, 170-178 Publ DEC 2017.
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Varotsos, C. A. & Efstathiou, M. N. The observational and empirical thermospheric CO2 and NO power do not exhibit power-law behavior; an indication of their reliability. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS 168 Pages: 1-7 Published: MAR 2018.
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Krapivin, V. F., Varotsos, C. A., & Marechek, S. V. The Dependence of the Soil Microwave Attenuation on Frequency and Water Content in Different Types of Vegetation: an Empirical Model. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION Volume: 229 Issue: 4 Article Number: 110 Published: APR 2018.
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Varotsos, C.A., Sarlis, N.V., Efstathiou, M.On the association between the recent episode of the quasi-biennial oscillation and the strong El Niño event.Theoretical and Applied Climatology 133(1-2), pp. 569-577, 2018.
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Christodoulakis, J., Varotsos, C.A.,Cracknell, A.P., Kouremadas, G.A. The deterioration of materials as a result of air pollution as derived from satellite and ground based observations. Atmospheric Environment, 185, pp. 91-99, 2018.
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Varotsos, C.A., Cracknell, A.P., Efstathiou, M.N.The global signature of the El Niño/La Niña Southern Oscillation.International Journal of Remote Sensing, pp. 1-13 (in press).
2. Research Papers in refereed Russian Journals
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Kondratyev K.Y. and Varotsos C.: Annual, semi-annual and seasonal ozone variations for the St. Petersburg area as derived from TOMS data, Studing the Earth from Space, 5, 18-26, 1993.
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Kondratyev K.Y. and Varotsos C.: Ozone depletion over St. Petersburg region as deduced from Nimbus-7 TOMS observations, Doklady Akad. NAUK, 331, N5, 622-24, 1993.
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: Changes in solar ultraviolet radiation reaching the ground due to tropospheric and stratospheric ozone variations, Earth Research from Space, 12, N1, 3-9, 1994.
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: Athens environmental dynamics: From a rural to an urban region, Optics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, 7, N3, 346-362, 1994.
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: Mean zonal temperature field in the global middle atmosphere and its periodicity, Earth Research from Space, N2, 3-13, 1994.
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Varotsos C., Kondratyev K.Y., Katsambas A., Stratigos J. and Antoniou C.: On the risk of human skin from the solar ultraviolet radiation, Doklady Akad. NAUK, Vol. 338, N2, 262-263, 1994.
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: Interrelationship between Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Total Ozone Content: Observations in Greece, Optics of the Atmosphere and Ocean 8, 4, 608-613, 1995.
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: The Tropospheric Pollution and the Solar Ultraviolet Radiation, Optics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Vol. 8, No 4, 614-618, 1995.
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: On the underestimation of the total ozone in the region of Athens (Greece) obtained from satellite observations, Doklady Akad. NAUK., 340, No. 2, 247-249, 1995.
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Kondratyev K.Y., Asimakopoulos D.N. and Varotsos C.: European Ecodynamics in the Context of Global Change, Earth Research from Space, 4(3), 243-255, 1995
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Kondratyev K.Y. and Varotsos C.A.: Variability of Total Ozone in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer of Athens, Doklady Akad. NAUK, Vol. 344, No. 3, 385-386, 1995.
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Kondratyev K.Y., Varotsos C.A. and Fedchenko P.P.: Global total ozone dynamics, its impact on surface solar ultraviolet radiation variability and ecosystems, Earth Research from Space, 5, N4, 228-239, 1995.
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Varotsos C., Ghosh S., Katsambas A., Katsikis A., Kondratyev K.Y., Siokis D. and Chronopoulos G.: On the level of illumination by ultraviolet solar radiation of flying crews in a cabin, Doklady Akad. NAUK, v 348/3, 387-389, 1996.
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Varotsos C., Ghosh S. and Kondratyev K.Y.: On the uptake of ozone by aerosol particles and cloud droplets under Athens atmospheric conditions, Doklady Akad. NAUK, 1996,v. 347, N 5, 677-680.
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Varotsos C., Ghosh S., Katsikis S., Kondratyev K.Y. and Cracknell A.P.: Intercomparison of the observation data for total ozone content with the use of satellite and surface observations (the Athens city as an example), Earth Obs. Rem. Sens., Vol 4, 18-23, 1996.
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Borrell P., Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: Key problems of chemistry and photochemistry of the troposphere: the completion of the first phase of EUROTRAC, Ecol Chemistry, 7 (1), 1-12, 1997.
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Varotsos C., Kondratyev K.Y. and Chronopoulos G.: On total ozone content decrease in middle latitudes of Northern hemisphere from satellite observations data in Athens region (Greece), Doklady Akad, NAUK, 355, N1, 104-105, 1997.
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: The potential interconnection between the vertical ozone concentration distribution in mid-latitudes and processes in the polar stratosphere, Doklady Akad. NAUK, Vol.360, No.1, p. 107-110, 1998.
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: Total Ozone Dynamics in mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, Doklady Akad. NAUK, Vol. 359, No.6, 1998
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: The impact of lower stratospheric circulation on the vertical distribution of ozone concentration: a case study of Athens, Greece, Doklady Akad. NAUK, 360, No.3, 394-396, 1998
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Varotsos C. and Kondratyev K.Y.: Vertical profiles of ultraviolet solar radiation in the troposphere, Doklady Akad.NAUK Vol. 360, No.2, 254-256, 1998.
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Varotsos C. and K. Ya. Kondratyev: An experience of complex interpretation of remote sensing and in-situ ozone observation data, Earth Research from Space, 4, 3-13, 1998.
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Kondratyev K. Y. and Varotsos C.A.: Investigation of tropospheric ozone in Europe, Ecological Chemistry, 9, 3-9, 2000.
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Kondratyev K.Y. and Varotsos C.: Observed and calculated variability of SUVR due to TOZ variations, Studying the Earth from Space, No 2, 23-36, 2000.
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Varotsos C.A. and Krapivin VF: Modeling the CO2 atmosphere-ocean flux in the upwelling zones. Reports of the Moscow A. S. Popov Scientific-Technical Society of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Communications. Ser "Ecoinformatiсs Problems", Issue XII, Moscow, 2016, pp. 17-26.
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Krapivin V.F., Varotsos C.A., Cracknell A.P., and Soldatov V.Y.:Constructive methodology for the tropical cyclone monitoring, Reports of the Moscow A. S. Popov Scientific-Technical Society of Radio Engineering Electronics & Communications. Ser "Ecoinformatics Problems", Issue XII, Moscow, 2016, 191-198