Nikos Benas

1.0k total citations
25 papers, 624 citations indexed

About

Nikos Benas is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikos Benas has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 624 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nikos Benas's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (18 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (10 papers). Nikos Benas is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (18 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (10 papers). Nikos Benas collaborates with scholars based in Greece, Netherlands and Germany. Nikos Benas's co-authors include Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Jan Fokke Meirink, Martin Stengel, I. Vardavas, Rainer Hollmann, Stephan Finkensieper, Gerd‐Jan van Zadelhoff, Timo Hanschmann, C. Matsoukas and Anton Beloconi and has published in prestigious journals such as Atmospheric Environment, Atmospheric chemistry and physics and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Nikos Benas

24 papers receiving 616 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nikos Benas Greece 12 482 405 127 102 87 25 624
Raquel Lorente‐Plazas Spain 16 515 1.1× 505 1.2× 92 0.7× 80 0.8× 39 0.4× 30 736
Oluwagbemiga O. Jegede Nigeria 11 271 0.6× 201 0.5× 106 0.8× 38 0.4× 69 0.8× 25 368
Young‐Jean Choi South Korea 10 246 0.5× 257 0.6× 158 1.2× 81 0.8× 26 0.3× 70 450
R. Posselt Switzerland 11 542 1.1× 462 1.1× 38 0.3× 47 0.5× 175 2.0× 16 688
Keith D. Hutchison United States 13 470 1.0× 413 1.0× 90 0.7× 79 0.8× 60 0.7× 29 554
Yinjun Wang China 15 435 0.9× 438 1.1× 118 0.9× 128 1.3× 11 0.1× 28 591
Zhanshan Ma China 12 349 0.7× 359 0.9× 73 0.6× 51 0.5× 22 0.3× 26 451
Swagata Payra India 16 801 1.7× 765 1.9× 223 1.8× 234 2.3× 24 0.3× 44 981
C. D. Papadimas Greece 12 527 1.1× 531 1.3× 48 0.4× 69 0.7× 77 0.9× 19 636
José Luís Gómez-Amo Spain 13 403 0.8× 406 1.0× 74 0.6× 88 0.9× 91 1.0× 42 559

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nikos Benas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nikos Benas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nikos Benas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nikos Benas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nikos Benas. Nikos Benas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Karlsson, Karl‐Göran, Martin Stengel, Jan Fokke Meirink, et al.. (2023). CLARA-A3: The third edition of the AVHRR-based CM SAF climate data record on clouds, radiation and surface albedo covering the period 1979 to 2023. Earth system science data. 15(11). 4901–4926. 23 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, Martin Stengel, Karl‐Göran Karlsson, et al.. (2023). CLAAS-3: the third edition of the CM SAF cloud data record based on SEVIRI observations. Earth system science data. 15(11). 5153–5170. 9 indexed citations
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Hünerbein, Anja, Martin Stengel, Jan Fokke Meirink, et al.. (2022). CRAAS: A European Cloud Regime dAtAset Based on the CLAAS-2.1 Climate Data Record. Remote Sensing. 14(21). 5548–5548. 6 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, Jan Fokke Meirink, Karl‐Göran Karlsson, Martin Stengel, & Piet Stammes. (2020). Satellite observations of aerosols and clouds over southern China from 2006 to 2015: analysis of changes and possible interaction mechanisms. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(1). 457–474. 16 indexed citations
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Hatzianastassiou, N., C. D. Papadimas, C. Matsoukas, et al.. (2020). Global Dimming and Brightening Features during the First Decade of the 21st Century. Atmosphere. 11(3). 308–308. 32 indexed citations
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Hatzianastassiou, Nikos, Nikos Benas, Jan Fokke Meirink, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of CLARA-A2 and ISCCP-H Cloud Cover Climate Data Records over Europe with ECA&D Ground-Based Measurements. Remote Sensing. 11(2). 212–212. 23 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, Jan Fokke Meirink, Martin Stengel, & Piet Stammes. (2019). Sensitivity of liquid cloud optical thickness and effective radius retrievals to cloud bow and glory conditions using two SEVIRI imagers. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 12(5). 2863–2879. 12 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, Jan Fokke Meirink, Karl‐Göran Karlsson, Martin Stengel, & Piet Stammes. (2018). Satellite observations of aerosols and clouds over South China from2006 to 2015: analysis of changes and possible interactions. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Karl‐Göran, Kati Anttila, Jörg Trentmann, et al.. (2017). CLARA-A2: the second edition of the CM SAF cloud and radiation data record from 34 years of global AVHRR data. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(9). 5809–5828. 193 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, Stephan Finkensieper, Martin Stengel, et al.. (2017). The MSG-SEVIRI-based cloud property data record CLAAS-2. Earth system science data. 9(2). 415–434. 69 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, Jan Fokke Meirink, Rainer Hollmann, Karl‐Göran Karlsson, & Martin Stengel. (2017). Changes in cloud properties over East Asia deduced from the CLARA-A2 satellite data record. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12359. 1 indexed citations
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Mitraka, Zina, Nikos Benas, Noel Gorelick, & Nektarios Chrysoulakis. (2016). Global land surface albedo maps from MODIS using the Google Earth Engine. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts.
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Benas, Nikos & Nektarios Chrysoulakis. (2015). Estimation of the Land Surface Albedo Changes in the Broader Mediterranean Area, Based on 12 Years of Satellite Observations. Remote Sensing. 7(12). 16150–16163. 8 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, et al.. (2014). WRF input parameter updates based on recent and long-term satellite observations. 2 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, Nektarios Chrysoulakis, & Dimitris Poursanidis. (2014). The Surface Urban Heat Island in large Mediterranean cities during the last decade: annual characteristics and trends based on EO data. 1 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, Anton Beloconi, & Nektarios Chrysoulakis. (2013). Estimation of urban PM10 concentration, based on MODIS and MERIS/AATSR synergistic observations. Atmospheric Environment. 79. 448–454. 59 indexed citations
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Matsoukas, C., Nikos Benas, N. Hatzianastassiou, et al.. (2011). Potential evaporation trends over land between 1983–2008: driven by radiative fluxes or vapour-pressure deficit?. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(15). 7601–7616. 45 indexed citations
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Benas, Nikos, N. Hatzianastassiou, C. Matsoukas, et al.. (2011). Aerosol shortwave direct radiative effect and forcing based on MODIS Level 2 data in the Eastern Mediterranean (Crete). Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(24). 12647–12662. 21 indexed citations
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Matsoukas, C., Nikos Benas, N. Hatzianastassiou, et al.. (2011). Potential evaporation trends over land between 1983–2008: driven by radiative or turbulent fluxes?. 5 indexed citations

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