E. Gerasopoulos, P. Zanis, C. Papastefanou, C. S. Zerefos, A. Ioannidou, and H. Wernli Nuclear Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece Research Center for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, Geology Department, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Institute of A...

Abstract. The retrieval of continuous ice core records more than 1 Myr is an important challenge in palaeo-climatology. For identifying suitable sites for drilling such ice, knowledge the subglacial topography and englacial layering crucial. this purpose, extensive ground-based radar surveys were carried out over Dome Fuji East Antarctic plateau during 2017/18 2018/19 austral summers by Japanes...

Climatology is a comparatively new science which has been progressing rapidly in recent decades. Essentially, conceptualization of its subject—“climate”—is not yet complete. The concept of climate has been transforming along with the development of climatology. At the beginning of the new century climatology is in front of necessity to extend the sense of the concept of climate as compared to t...

The wind/wave climatology for the Arctic Seas will be developed based on altimeter observations. It will have a major scientific and applied significance as presently there is no reference climatology for this region of the ocean available. The new versions of wave models for the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas will include new physics that is already under development, and the novel physics presentl...

Based on genetic studies, a Pleistocene Kalahari “palaeo-wetland”, which spanned the region of Okavango Delta and Makgadikgadi Basin, was recently considered geographic origin evolutionary modern humans. It proposed that subsequent out-of-homeland migration induced by climate shifts. The Tsodilo Hills, are in relative proximity to Delta, represent site ancient human occupation since at least 10...

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Solar surface irradiance is an important variable in many different fields, e.g., climate monitoring and solar energy. Remote sensing data are nowadays well established and the only observational data source in many regions of the world. Aerosols significantly affect the clear sky radiation and hence also the all sky radiation. In order to achieve the optimal accuracy for surface radiation, inf...

Hispaniola is a geotectonically complex island consisting of two palaeo-islands that docked c. 10 Ma, with a further geological boundary subdividing the southern palaeo-island into eastern and western regions. All three regions have been isolated by marine barriers during the late Cenozoic and possess biogeographically distinct terrestrial biotas. However, there is currently little evidence to ...

The inter-comparison of different soil moisture (SM) products over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) reveals the inconsistency among different SM products, when compared to in situ measurement. It highlights the need to constrain the model simulated SM with the in situ measured data climatology. In this study, the in situ soil moisture networks, combined with the classification of climate zones over the...