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Heraklion Kornarou

Imagine a city’s emissions visualised, mapped, and analyzed to pinpoint areas for improvement. In the Greek city of Heraklion at the island of Crete, this is a reality. Here, researchers are creating a detailed map of the city’s urban footprint. This “emission mapping” is a crucial tool for developing and implementing effective strategies to reduce the city’s environmental impact and create a more sustainable urban environment.
Greece
30 m
Altitude
20.7 °C
Mean annual temperature
495.7 mm
Mean annual precipitation
Hot-summer mediterranean (Csa)
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GR-HeK
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2023-11-15
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The site Heraklion Kornarou (ICOS code GR-HeK) is located in the city center of Heraklion, on the island of Crete, Greece, and is therefore classified as an urban site, mainly compact low rise LCZ3 in the Local Climate Zone (LCZ) scheme. The business areas and Heraklion's main thoroughfares, which are used for both commercial activity and commuter traffic, are concentrated in the northern part of HECKOR. The southern part is distinguished by residential districts with high building density and sparse, small scale vegetation areas, as well as by roadways with low traffic loads. Additionally, in an approximately 400m distance away but also inside the flux footprint, there is another notable feature of Heraklion's urban landscape, the Venetian walls (16th century). Commercial activity is a major contributor to the yearly carbon dioxide fluxes, especially during morning rush hours on weekdays and at lower levels at night and on weekends.
Hot-summer mediterranean (Csa)
Urban and Built-Up Lands
20.7 °C
495.7 mm
216.5 W/m2
35.33613, 25.1328
30 m
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Acknowledgements

Funder Award number Award Start date End date Comment
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space Grant agreement ID: 637519 H2020-EO-2014 2015-01-01 2017-12-31
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space Grant agreement ID: 870337 H2020-SPACE-2018-2020 2020-01-01 2023-04-30
European Research Council (ERC) Grant agreement ID: 855005 ERC-SyG - Synergy grant 2020-04-01 2027-03-31

Current staff

Name Role (ICOS vocabulary) Start date
Nektarios Chrysoulakis Principal Investigator 2023-03-02
Giorgos Kogxylakis Data Manager 2023-04-26
Konstantinos Politakos Administrator 2023-03-02
Nektarios Spyridakis Engineer 2023-04-26
Stavros Stagakis Researcher 2023-04-26