NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS
PUBLICATIONS

2011

1. Amiridis, V., Balis, D., Giannakaki, E., Kazadzis, S., Arola, A., and Gerasopoulos, E., Characterization of the aerosol type using simultaneous measurements of the lidar ratio and estimations of the single scattering albedo. Atmospheric Research, 2011. 101(1-2): p. 46.

2. Angelou, N., Papayannis, A., Mamouri, R.E., Amiridis, V., and Tsaknakis, G., The relationship between aerosol backscatter coefficient and atmospheric relative humidity in an urban area over Athens, Greece, using Raman lidar and radiosonde data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2011. 32(24): p. 8983.

3. Balasis, G., Daglis, I.A., Anastasiadis, A., Papadimitriou, C., Mandea, M., and Eftaxias, K., Universality in solar flare, magnetic storm and earthquake dynamics using Tsallis statistical mechanics. Physica a-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 2011. 390(2): p. 341.

4. Balasis, G., Daglis, I.A., Papadimitriou, C., Anastasiadis, A., Sandberg, I., and Eftaxias, K., Quantifying Dynamical Complexity of Magnetic Storms and Solar Flares via Nonextensive Tsallis Entropy. Entropy, 2011. 13(10): p. 1865.

5. Balasis, G., Papadimitriou, C., Daglis, I.A., Anastasiadis, A., Athanasopoulou, L., and Eftaxias, K., Signatures of discrete scale invariance in D-st time series. Geophysical Research Letters, 2011. 38.

6. Balasis, G., Papadimitriou, C., Daglis, I.A., Anastasiadis, A., Sandberg, I., and Eftaxias, K., Similarities between extreme events in the solar-terrestrial system by means of nonextensivity. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 2011. 18(5): p. 563.

7. Belcheva, M.K., Livanou, E., Kontizas, M., Nikolov, G.B., and Kontizas, E., Spatial distribution of stellar populations in the Magellanic Clouds: implementation to Gaia. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 527.

8. Benmayor, D., Papaharalabos, S., Mathiopoulos, P.T., Tsiropoula, G., and Constantinou, P., Design of Efficiently Encodable Rate-Compatible LDPC Codes Using Vandermonde Extension Matrices. Wireless Personal Communications, 2011. 60(4): p. 695.

9. Bestenlehner, J.M., Vink, J.S., Graefener, G., Najarro, F., Evans, C.J., Bastian, N., Bonanos, A.Z., Bressert, E., Crowther, P.A., Doran, E., Friedrich, K., Henault-Brunet, V., Herrero, A., de Koter, A., Langer, N., Lennon, D.J., Maiz Apellaniz, J., Sana, H., Soszynski, I., and Taylor, W.D., The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey III. A very massive star in apparent isolation from the massive cluster R136. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 530.

10. Bianchi, S. and Xilouris, E.M., The extent of dust in NGC 891 from Herschel/SPIRE images. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 531.

11. Bonanos, A.Z., Castro, N., Macri, L.M., and Kudritzki, R.-P., The Distance To The Massive Eclipsing Binary LMC-Sc1-105 In The Large Magellanic Cloud. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2011. 729(1).

12. Boquien, M., Calzetti, D., Combes, F., Henkel, C., Israel, F., Kramer, C., Relano, M., Verley, S., van der Werf, P., Xilouris, E.M., and Team, H.E., Dust Heating Sources In Galaxies: The Case Of M33 (HERM33ES). Astronomical Journal, 2011. 142(4).

13. Boselli, A., Boissier, S., Heinis, S., Cortese, L., Ilbert, O., Hughes, T., Cucciati, O., Davies, J., Ferrarese, L., Giovanelli, R., Haynes, M.P., Baes, M., Balkowski, C., Brosch, N., Chapman, S.C., Charmandaris, V., Clemens, M.S., Dariush, A., De Looze, I., Alighieri, S.d.S., Duc, P.A., Durrell, P.R., Emsellem, E., Erben, T., Fritz, J., Garcia-Appadoo, D.A., Gavazzi, G., Grossi, M., Jordan, A., Hess, K.M., Huertas-Company, M., Hunt, L.K., Kent, B.R., Lambas, D.G., Lancon, A., MacArthur, L.A., Madden, S.C., Magrini, L., Mei, S., Momjian, E., Olowin, R.P., Papastergis, E., Smith, M.W.L., Solanes, J.M., Spector, O., Spekkens, K., Taylor, J.E., Valotto, C., van Driel, W., Verstappen, J., Vlahakis, C., Vollmer, B., and Xilouris, E.M., The GALEX Ultraviolet Virgo Cluster Survey (GUViCS) I. The UV luminosity function of the central 12 sq. deg. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 528.

14. Comastri, A., Ranalli, P., Iwasawa, K., Vignali, C., Gilli, R., Georgantopoulos, I., Barcons, X., Brandt, W.N., Brunner, H., Brusa, M., Cappelluti, N., Carrera, F.J., Civano, F., Fiore, F., Hasinger, G., Mainieri, V., Merloni, A., Nicastro, F., Paolillo, M., Puccetti, S., Rosati, P., Silverman, J.D., Tozzi, P., Zamorani, G., Balestra, I., Bauer, F.E., Luo, B., and Xue, Y.Q., The XMM Deep survey in the CDF-S I. First results on heavily obscured AGN. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 526.

15. Evans, C.J., Taylor, W.D., Henault-Brunet, V., Sana, H., de Koter, A., Simon-Diaz, S., Carraro, G., Bagnoli, T., Bastian, N., Bestenlehner, J.M., Bonanos, A.Z., Bressert, E., Brott, I., Campbell, M.A., Cantiello, M., Clark, J.S., Costa, E., Crowther, P.A., de mink, S.E., Doran, E., Dufton, P.L., Dunstall, P.R., Friedrich, K., Garcia, M., Gieles, M., Graefener, G., Herrero, A., Howarth, I.D., Izzard, R.G., Langer, N., Lennon, D.J., Maiz Apellaniz, J., Markova, N., Najarro, F., Puls, J., Ramirez, O.H., Sabin-Sanjulian, C., Smartt, S.J., Stroud, V.E., van Loon, J.T., Vink, J.S., and Walborn, N.R., The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I. Introduction and observational overview. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 530.

16. Georgakakis, A., Coil, A.L., Willmer, C.N.A., Nandra, K., Kocevski, D.D., Cooper, M.C., Rosario, D.J., Koo, D.C., Trump, J.R., and Juneau, S., Observational constraints on the physics behind the evolution of active galactic nuclei since z similar to 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2011. 418(4): p. 2590.

17. Georgakakis, A. and Nandra, K., A serendipitous XMM survey of the SDSS: the evolution of the colour-magnitude diagram of X-ray AGN from z=0.8 to 0.1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2011. 414(2): p. 992.

18. Georgakakis, A., Tsamis, Y.G., James, B.L., and Aloisi, A., Searching for an intermediate-mass black hole in the blue compact dwarf galaxy MRK 996. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2011. 413(3): p. 1729.

19. Georgantopoulos, I., Dasyra, K.M., Rovilos, E., Pope, A., Wu, Y., Dickinson, M., Comastri, A., Gilli, R., Elbaz, D., Armus, L., and Akylas, A., X-ray observations of highly obscured tau(9.7)(mu m)> 1 sources: an efficient method for selecting Compton-thick AGN? Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 531.

20. Georgantopoulos, I., Rovilos, E., Akylas, A., Comastri, A., Ranalli, P., Vignali, C., Balestra, I., Gilli, R., and Cappelluti, N., On the L-x – L-6 (mu m) ratio as a diagnostic for Compton-thick AGN. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 534.

21. Georgantopoulos, I., Rovilos, E., and Comastri, A., X-ray observations of sub-mm LABOCA galaxies in the eCDFS. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 526.

22. Georgantopoulos, I., Rovilos, E., Xilouris, E.M., Comastri, A., and Akylas, A., X-ray detected infrared excess AGN in the Chandra deep fields: a moderate fraction of Compton-thick sources. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 526.

23. Gerasopoulos, E., Amiridis, V., Kazadzis, S., Kokkalis, P., Eleftheratos, K., Andreae, M.O., Andreae, T.W., El-Askary, H., and Zerefos, C.S., Three-year ground based measurements of aerosol optical depth over the Eastern Mediterranean: the urban environment of Athens. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2011. 11(5): p. 2145.

24. Gomez-Herrero, R., Malandraki, O., Dresing, N., Kilpua, E., Heber, B., Klassen, A., Mueller-Mellin, R., and Wimmer-Schweingruber, R.F., Spatial and temporal variations of CIRs: Multi-point observations by STEREO. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2011. 73(4): p. 551.

25. Gordon, K.D., Meixner, M., Meade, M.R., Whitney, B., Engelbracht, C., Bot, C., Boyer, M.L., Lawton, B., Sewilo, M., Babler, B., Bernard, J.P., Bracker, S., Block, M., Blum, R., Bolatto, A., Bonanos, A., Harris, J., Hora, J.L., Indebetouw, R., Misselt, K., Reach, W., Shiao, B., Tielens, X., Carlson, L., Churchwell, E., Clayton, G.C., Chen, C.H.R., Cohen, M., Fukui, Y., Gorjian, V., Hony, S., Israel, F.P., Kawamura, A., Kemper, F., Leroy, A., Li, A., Madden, S., Marble, A.R., McDonald, I., Mizuno, A., Mizuno, N., Muller, E., Oliveira, J.M., Olsen, K., Onishi, T., Paladini, R., Paradis, D., Points, S., Robitaille, T., Rubin, D., Sandstrom, K., Sato, S., Shibai, H., Simon, J.D., Smith, L.J., Srinivasan, S., Vijh, U., Van Dyk, S., van Loon, J.T., and Zaritsky, D., Surveying The Agents Of Galaxy Evolution In The Tidally Stripped, Low Metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud (SAGE-SMC). I. Overview. Astronomical Journal, 2011. 142(4).

26. Hillaris, A., Malandraki, O., Klein, K.L., Preka-Papadema, P., Moussas, X., Bouratzis, C., Mitsakou, E., Tsitsipis, P., and Kontogeorgos, A., The 17 January 2005 Complex Solar Radio Event Associated with Interacting Fast Coronal Mass Ejections. Solar Physics, 2011. 273(2): p. 493.

27. Humphreys, R.M., Bond, H.E., Bedin, L.R., Bonanos, A.Z., Davidson, K., Monard, L.A.G.B., Prieto, J.L., and Walter, F.M., The Photometric And Spectral Evolution Of The 2008 Luminous Optical Transient In NGC 300. Astrophysical Journal, 2011. 743(2).

28. Ivison, R.J., Papadopoulos, P.P., Smail, I., Greve, T.R., Thomson, A.P., Xilouris, E.M., and Chapman, S.C., Tracing the molecular gas in distant submillimetre galaxies via CO(1-0) imaging with the Expanded Very Large Array. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2011. 412(3): p. 1913.

29. Jacobs, L., Alexandropoulos, G.C., Moeneclaey, M., Bruneel, H., and Mathiopoulos, P.T., Analysis and Efficient Evaluation of the BER of OSTBCs With Imperfect Channel Estimation in Arbitrarily Correlated Fading Channels. Ieee Transactions on Signal Processing, 2011. 59(6): p. 2720.

30. Kaskaoutis, D.G., Kharol, S.K., Sifakis, N., Nastos, P.T., Sharma, A.R., Badarinath, K.V.S., and Kambezidis, H.D., Satellite monitoring of the biomass-burning aerosols during the wildfires of August 2007 in Greece: Climate implications. Atmospheric Environment, 2011. 45(3): p. 716.

31. Keramitsoglou, I., Kiranoudis, C.T., Ceriola, G., Weng, Q., and Rajasekar, U., Identification and analysis of urban surface temperature patterns in Greater Athens, Greece, using MODIS imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2011. 115(12): p. 3080.

32. Khan, R., Stanek, K.Z., Kochanek, C.S., and Bonanos, A.Z., Object X: The Brightest Mid-Infrared Point Source In M33. Astrophysical Journal, 2011. 732(1).

33. Klein, K.L., Trottet, G., Samwel, S., and Malandraki, O., Particle Acceleration and Propagation in Strong Flares without Major Solar Energetic Particle Events. Solar Physics, 2011. 269(2): p. 309.

34. Kontogiannis, I., Tsiropoula, G., and Tziotziou, K., Hinode SOT/SP and SoHO/MDI quiet Sun magnetic field. Implications of their differences on the extrapolated chromospheric field and the height of the magnetic canopy. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 531.

35. Lilensten, J. and Belehaki, A., Editorship at SWSC. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 2011. 1(1).

36. Mandellos, N.A., Keramitsoglou, I., and Kiranoudis, C.T., A background subtraction algorithm for detecting and tracking vehicles. Expert Systems with Applications, 2011. 38(3): p. 1619.

37. Nieves-Chinchilla, T., Gomez-Herrero, R., Vinas, A.F., Malandraki, O., Dresing, N., Hidalgo, M.A., Opitz, A., Sauvaud, J.A., Lavraud, B., and Davila, J.M., Analysis and study of the in situ observation of the June 1st 2008 CME by STEREO. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2011. 73(11-12): p. 1348.

38. Papaharalabos, S., Benmayor, D., Mathiopoulos, P.T., and Fan, P., Performance Comparisons and Improvements of Channel Coding Techniques for Digital Satellite Broadcasting to Mobile Users. Ieee Transactions on Broadcasting, 2011. 57(1): p. 94.

39. Petropoulos, G.P., Kontoes, C., and Keramitsoglou, I., Burnt area delineation from a uni-temporal perspective based on Landsat TM imagery classification using Support Vector Machines. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2011. 13(1): p. 70.

40. Ropokis, G.A., Rontogiannis, A.A., and Berberidis, K., BER Performance Analysis of Cooperative DaF Relay Networks and a New Optimal DaF Strategy. Ieee Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2011. 10(4): p. 1044.

41. Sifakis, N.I., Iossifidis, C., Kontoes, C., and Keramitsoglou, I., Wildfire Detection and Tracking over Greece Using MSG-SEVIRI Satellite Data. Remote Sensing, 2011. 3(3): p. 524.

42. Sykioti, O., Paronis, D., Stagakis, S., and Kyparissis, A., Band depth analysis of CHRIS/PROBA data for the study of a Mediterranean natural ecosystem. Correlations with leaf optical properties and ecophysiological parameters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2011. 115(2): p. 752.

43. Symeonidis, M., Georgakakis, A., Seymour, N., Auld, R., Bock, J., Brisbin, D., Buat, V., Burgarella, D., Chanial, P., Clements, D.L., Cooray, A., Eales, S., Farrah, D., Franceschini, A., Glenn, J., Griffin, M., Hatziminaoglou, E., Ibar, E., Ivison, R.J., Mortier, A.M.J., Oliver, S.J., Page, M.J., Papageorgiou, A., Pearson, C.P., Perez-Fournon, I., Pohlen, M., Rawlings, J.I., Raymond, G., Rodighiero, G., Roseboom, I.G., Rowan-Robinson, M., Scott, D., Smith, A.J., Tugwell, K.E., Vaccari, M., Vieira, J.D., Vigroux, L., Wang, L., and Wright, G., Herschel/HerMES: the X-ray-infrared correlation for star-forming galaxies at z similar to 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2011. 417(3): p. 2239.

44. Taylor, W.D., Evans, C.J., Sana, H., Walborn, N.R., de Mink, S.E., Stroud, V.E., Alvarez-Candal, A., Barba, R.H., Bestenlehner, J.M., Bonanos, A.Z., Brott, I., Crowther, P.A., de Koter, A., Friedrich, K., Graefener, G., Henault-Brunet, V., Herrero, A., Kaper, L., Langer, N., Lennon, D.J., Maiz Apellaniz, J., Markova, N., Morrell, N., Monaco, L., and Vink, J.S., The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey II. R139 revealed as a massive binary system. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 530.

45. Teixeira, R., Galli, P.A.B., Benevides-Soares, P., Le Campion, J.F., Fidencio, M., Krone-Martins, A., Ducourant, C., and Sinachopoulos, D., Proper motion and densification of the International Celestial Reference Frame in the direction of the Galactic bulge. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011. 534.

46. Tsagouri, I., Evaluation of the performance of DIAS ionospheric forecasting models. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 2011. 1(1).

47. Tsaknakis, G., Papayannis, A., Kokkalis, P., Amiridis, V., Kambezidis, H.D., Mamouri, R.E., Georgoussis, G., and Avdikos, G., Inter-comparison of lidar and ceilometer retrievals for aerosol and Planetary Boundary Layer profiling over Athens, Greece. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2011. 4(6): p. 1261.

48. Vogiatzis, I.I., Malandraki, O.E., Zong, Q.G., Zhou, X.Z., Sarris, T.E., Sarris, E.T., Zhang, H., and Fritz, T.A., THEMIS observations of earthward convected flux ropes triggering field dipolarization/substorm expansion and associated particle energization. Annales Geophysicae, 2011. 29(11): p. 2117.

49. Yan, R., Ho, L.C., Newman, J.A., Coil, A.L., Willmer, C.N.A., Laird, E.S., Georgakakis, A., Aird, J., Barmby, P., Bundy, K., Cooper, M.C., Davis, M., Faber, S.M., Fang, T., Griffith, R.L., Koekemoer, A.M., Koo, D.C., Nandra, K., Park, S.Q., Sarajedini, V.L., Weiner, B.J., and Willner, S.P., AEGIS: Demographics Of X-Ray And Optically Selected Active Galactic Nuclei. Astrophysical Journal, 2011. 728(1).