Petros Kanaginis, his contribution in the improvement of agricultural environment of Greece during the period between the two World Wars

The foundation assigned the writing of the biography to Dimitris G. Panagiotopoulos researcher and historian of the Documentation Agricultural University of Athens. The author successfully used the extensive archives of Petros Kanaginis which are treasured at the Foundation. The publication contains the landmarks of the spiritual, professional and public service of P. Kanaginis during a most disturbed period… Read More »

Examination of the Atmospheric Conditions Associated with Ozone in the Lower Troposphere and the Boundary Layer Over the Eastern Mediterranean

Collaboration with the Academy of Athens, Institut fuer Chemie and Dynamik der Geosphaere, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany and Laboratoire d’Aerologie, UMR 5560, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. The aim of this project is the study of the physical and chemical mechanisms leading to high summertime surface ozone levels in the Mediterranean basin and especially in its Eastern part, which… Read More »

Development of a station recording Schumann Resonances

The construction of a sensor measuring extremely low frequencies (ELF) which is going to serve in the MKF program entitled “Development of a station recording Schumann Resonances and utilization of the measurements in the study of neuro-physiological and climatic parameters”, has already started. The study and the construction of the sensor has been subcontracted to the laboratory of… Read More »

The indoor Air Quality in coaches of the Athens Metro

Abstract The indoor air quality in the mass transportation media is not as good as expected and in many cases worse than that of the outdoor environment. Recently, following reports of the international press, much concern was expressed about the state of the indoor air quality in the metro of large metropolitan cities, especially during the warm period… Read More »

Research program Ulysse

Scientific Director: M. Sachpazi The objective of the research program Ulysse is the imaging of the subducted African plate below the SW Hellenic Trench. The research conducted by the Geodynamics Institute of the National Observatory of Athens in collaboration with the French University of Nice-Sofia Antipolis aims at explorating the seismogenic potential of this large mega thrust fault… Read More »