Fully Distributed Water Balance Modelling in Large Agricultural Areas—The Pinios River Basin (Greece) Case Study

V Pisinaras, F Herrmann, A Panagopoulos, E Tziritis… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Robust assessments of variations in freshwater availability are essential for current and
future water resource management in the Pinios River Basin (PRB), which is one of the most …

Characterization and assessment of groundwater resources in a complex hydrological basin of central Greece (Kopaida basin) with the joint use of hydrogeochemical …

EP Tziritis, PS Datta, R Barzegar - Aquatic Geochemistry, 2017 - Springer
Combined assessments from different methodologies, including hydrogeochemical analysis,
multivariate statistics and stable isotopes, were used in order to characterize the …

Monitoring of snowpack dynamics with cosmic-ray neutron probes: A comparison of four conversion methods

HR Bogena, F Herrmann, J Jakobi, C Brogi, A Ilias… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Common snow monitoring instruments based on hydrostatic pressure such as snow pillows
are often influenced by various disturbing effects, which result in a reduced quality of the …

Assessment of the natural flow regime in a Mediterranean river impacted from irrigated agriculture

K Stefanidis, Y Panagopoulos, A Psomas… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, the natural flow regime of most rivers has been significantly
altered influencing the ecological integrity and functioning of river ecosystems. Especially in …

Increasing trends in discharge maxima of a Mediterranean River during early autumn

G Varlas, C Papadaki, K Stefanidis, A Mentzafou… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change has influenced the discharge regime of rivers during the past decades. This
study aims to reveal climate-induced interannual trends of average annual discharge and …

Operating small hydropower plants in Greece under intermittent flow uncertainty: The case of Tsiknias River (Lesvos)

O Tzoraki - Challenges, 2020 - mdpi.com
In arid and semi-arid parts of the world, river exploitation is intensive, involving water storage
for irrigation or hydropower generation. In Greece, 100 small hydropower plants (SHPs) take …

Simulation of future groundwater recharge using a climate model ensemble and SAR-image based soil parameter distributions—A case study in an intensively-used …

F Herrmann, N Baghdadi, M Blaschek, R Deidda… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
We used observed climate data, an ensemble of four GCM–RCM combinations (global and
regional climate models) and the water balance model mGROWA to estimate present and …

Hydrologic and geochemical research at Pinios Hydrologic Observatory: Initial results

V Pisinaras, A Panagopoulos, F Herrmann… - Vadose Zone …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Modeled ETo gradients present variations as a function of altitude, annual cycle,
and total amount. A very good match between different soil moisture monitoring devices has …

Groundwater vulnerability analysis of Tirnavos Basin, central Greece: An application of RIVA method

I Vrouhakis, E Tziritis, G Stamatis, A Panagopoulos - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
A novel index-based method (RIVA) for assessing intrinsic groundwater vulnerability was
applied to Tirnavos basin (central Greece) to assess the susceptibility to surface-released …

Projected impact of climate change on irrigation needs and groundwater resources in the metropolitan area of Hamburg (Germany)

F Herrmann, R Kunkel, U Ostermann… - Environmental Earth …, 2016 - Springer
Irrigated agriculture is an important economic factor in the rural parts of the metropolitan
area of Hamburg. It is commonly expected that climate change will reduce the groundwater …