Publications
Refereed Journal Publications:
2026
- Giannadaki D, Bezes A, Kotroni V, Lagouvardos K, Papagiannaki K, Oikonomou C, and Haralambous H (2026). Flood Susceptibility Assessment in Two Eastern Mediterranean Catchments Using a Multi-Indicator. Hydrology, 13(6), 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13060163
- Despina Giannadaki; Christina Oikonomou; Haris Haralambous; Vassiliki Kotroni; Konstantinos Lagouvardos. From historical flood impacts analysis to GNSS precipitable water vapour as a potential precursor to flood events. SPIE 2026 (accepted for publication in SPIE conference proceedings).
- Christos Giannaros; Antonis Bezes; Vassiliki Kotroni; Konstantinos Lagouvardos; Christina Oikonomou and Haris Haralambous. Calibration and validation of a WRF-Hydro flood forecasting system for the Koiliaris basin, Crete. SPIE 2026 (accepted for publication in SPIE conference proceedings).
- Despina Giannadaki, Christina Oikonomou, Haris Haralambous, Vassiliki Kotroni, Konstantinos Lagouvardos. (2026). Relation of the PWV Evolution to Flash and Prolonged Rainfall: Preliminary Findings from 14 Events in Cyprus (submitted to SPIE)
- Despina Giannadaki, Christina Oikonomou, Haris Haralambous, Nikolas Aristotelous. Evaluating Dynamic and Static GNSS-Derived PWV Metrics for Heavy Rainfall Characterization in Cyprus. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos17080793
2025
- Giannadaki D, Oikonomou C and Haralambous H (2025) Correlation of precipitable water vapor and heavy rainfall over Cyprus using GNSS sensors network. Front. Signal Process. 5:1622256. doi: 10.3389/frsip.2025.1622256.
- C. Oikonomou, H. Haralambous, D. Giannadaki, F. Tymvios, D. Charalambous, V. Kotroni, K. Lagouvardos, and E. Loizou (2025) First Results of Strategic Infrastructure Project CYGMEN: Cyprus GNSS Meteorology Enhancement. Environ. Earth Sci. Proc.
2025, 35(1), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/eesp2025035035. - C. Oikonomou, H. Haralambous and D. Giannadaki, (2025) Correlation between Precipitable Water Vapor and heavy rainfall over a semi-mountainous area in Cyprus. URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Meeting (AP-RASC), Sydney, Australia, 2025, IEEE, doi: 10.46620/URSIAPRASC25/LCLI8589
Refereed Conference Proceedings (Full papers):
2025
- C. Oikonomou, H. Haralambous and D. Giannadaki, (2025) Correlation between Precipitable Water Vapor and heavy rainfall over a semi-mountainous area in Cyprus, Published in the URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Meeting (AP-RASC), Sydney, Australia, 2025, IEEE, doi: 10.46620/URSIAPRASC25/LCLI8589
2023
- C. Oikonomou, I.-A. Karolos, S. Bitharis, C. Pikridas and H. Haralambous, (2023) Tropospheric Monitoring Using a Low-Cost GNSS Receiver, Published in the RSCy2023 SPIE conference proceedings
- C. Oikonomou, I.-A. Karolos, S. Bitharis, C. Pikridas and H. Haralambous, (2023) Ionospheric Monitoring Using a Low-Cost GNSS Receiver, Published in the RSCy2023 SPIE conference proceedings
- C. Oikonomou, I.-A. Karolos, S. Bitharis, C. Pikridas and H. Haralambous, (2023) Performance of a low-cost dual-frequency GNSS receiver for Near real-time water vapor estimation, Published in conference proceedings IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2023), DOI: 10.1109/ICASSPW59220.2023.10193342
- I.-A. Karolos, C. Oikonomou, S. Bitharis, C. Pikridas and H. Haralambous, (2023) Tropospheric Monitoring based on dual-frequency Android smartphone, high-grade multi-GNSS receiver and a Low-Cost GNSS Receiver, Accepted for publication at the conference proceedings of 16th International Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics (COMECAP 2023)
Proceedings of International Conferences published as abstracts:
2026
- Despina Giannadaki; Christina Oikonomou; Haris Haralambous; Vassiliki Kotroni; Konstantinos Lagouvardos. From historical flood impacts analysis to GNSS precipitable water vapour as a potential precursor to flood events. SPIE 2026 (accepted for publication in SPIE conference proceedings).
- Christos Giannaros; Antonis Bezes; Vassiliki Kotroni; Konstantinos Lagouvardos; Christina Oikonomou and Haris Haralambous. Calibration and validation of a WRF-Hydro flood forecasting system for the Koiliaris basin, Crete. SPIE 2026 (accepted for publication in SPIE conference proceedings).
- Despina Giannadaki, Christina Oikonomou, Haris Haralambous, Vassiliki Kotroni, Konstantinos Lagouvardos. (2026). Relation of the PWV Evolution to Flash and Prolonged Rainfall: Preliminary Findings from 14 Events in Cyprus (submitted to SPIE)
2025
- C. Oikonomou, H. Haralambous, Despina Giannadaki and Filippos Tymvios (2025) Investigation of Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV) and heavy rainfall relationship over coastal regions in Cyprus, CASE 25 Conference on the Advancements in Sustainable Engineering, 11-12 September 2025
- C. Oikonomou, R. Nebuloni, G. Venuti, X. Song, H. Haralambous, E. Realini and E. Nichidi (2025) Relationship between Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV) and heavy rainfall over Lombardy region in Northern Italy using GNSS and CML sensors network, 1st International Conference on Opportunistic Sensing of Precipitation, organised in Offenbach am Main (Deutscher Wetterdienst Headquarters, Germany)
- C. Oikonomou, H. Haralambous, Despina Giannadaki (2025) Investigation of Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV) and heavy rainfall relationship over Cyprus, “2nd FAIRNESS Conference on Advancing FAIR Data and Standardization in Micrometeorological and Environmental Networks, 8-9 April 2025, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023
- Oikonomou, I.-A. Karolos, S. Bitharis, C. Pikridas and H. Haralambous, (2023) Tropospheric Monitoring Using a Low-Cost GNSS Receiver, ‘Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment’, 3-5 April, 2023, Cyprus (RSCy2023, Oral Presentation)
- Oikonomou, I.-A. Karolos, S. Bitharis, C. Pikridas and H. Haralambous, (2023) Ionospheric Monitoring Using a Low-Cost GNSS Receiver, ‘Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment’, 3-5 April, 2023, Cyprus (RSCy2023, Oral Presentation)
- Oikonomou, I.-A. Karolos, S. Bitharis, C. Pikridas and H. Haralambous, (2023) Performance of a low-cost dual-frequency GNSS receiver for Near real-time water vapor estimation, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2023, Poster Presentation)
2022
- I.-A. Karolos, C. Oikonomou, S. Bitharis, C. Pikridas and H. Haralambous, (2022), Ionospheric Monitoring Using a Low-Cost GNSS Receiver, 16th International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy (ISEA), 12-16 September 2022, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (Hybrid event, Poster Presentation)
- I.-A. Karolos, C. Oikonomou, S. Bitharis, C. Pikridas and H. Haralambous, (2022) Low-Cost Ionospheric Monitoring in Cyprus, 18th European Space Weather Week October 24-28, 2022, Zagreb, Croatia (ESWW2022, Oral Presentation)

