The Cyprus Institute

About: The Cyprus Institute is a other organization based out in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Aerosol & Environmental science. The organization has 418 authors who have published 1252 publications receiving 32586 citations.

Revised mineral dust emissions in the atmospheric chemistry-climate model EMAC (based on MESSy 2.52)

Abstract: To improve the aeolian dust budget calculations with the global ECHAM/MESSy atmospheric chemistry-climate model (EMAC) we have implemented new input data and updates of the emission scheme. The data set comprises landcover classification, vegetation, clay fraction and topography. It is based on up-to-date observations, which is crucial to account for the rapid changes of deserts and semi-arid regions in recent decades. The new Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) based landcover and vegetation data is time dependent, and the effect of long-term trends and variability of the relevant parameters is therefore considered by the emission scheme. All input data has a spatial resolution of at least 0.1° compared to 1° in the previous version, equipping the model for high resolution simulations. We validate the updates by comparing results for the aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm wavelength from a one year simulation at T106 (about 1.1°) resolution with Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) and MODIS observations, and results for 10 μm dust AOD (DAOD) with Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) retrievals. The update significantly improves agreement with the observations and is therefore recommended to be used in future simulations.

Climate and human health: the impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases, Paphos, Cyprus (17-19 October 2012).

Abstract: Climate change is expected to impact widely upon human health, including changes in the geographic distribution of vectors that carry severe diseases such as malaria, Dengue fever, Chikungunya, and...

Semantic enrichment of geographic data and 3D models for the management of archaeological features

Abstract: The present paper describes various technologies to link semantic information to 3D models during the process of management of 3D data and geometries used by the archaeologists for the reconstruction of ancient monuments or sites. This is an important requirement for the purposes of modern research since, although we have a lot of good 3D models of topographic objects, it is often difficult to make computers aware of the nature of the related real object (buildings, sites or landscapes) or parts of them (e.g. a column capitel and its various elements). The same difficulties occur when it is necessary to link geographic information to 3D models or to deal with metadata and annotations concerning the same elements, for which semantic technologies are required. We propose a possible way to integrate 3D data in a geographic environment and in addition to enrich 3D models by providing a set of semantic descriptions for each geometrical component of a given object, extended with semantic annotations of the model as a whole or of specific parts of it. The proposed technology is based on the use of various standards, including GML and one of its application schema, CityGML, specifically designed for the representation of 3D urban objects, and CIDOC-CRM, the cultural heritage ontology suitable for every non-structural description of each topograhic object or building, including temporal entities (events).