George P. Petropoulos

@hua.gr

Department of Geogrpahy
Harokopio University of Athens

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Space and Planetary Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Computers in Earth Sciences
244

Scopus Publications

10210

Scholar Citations

52

Scholar h-index

153

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Analysis of wind data consistency derived from wind profile and L-band sounding radar based on ICC
    F Pang, YL Han, Y Pan, MY Gu, Y Bao, GP Petropoulos
    International Journal of Remote Sensing 47 (10), 4328-4353 , 2026
    2026
  • A Geospatial Database for Monitoring Arctic Coastline Dynamics: Mapping Shoreline Change in Iceland and Svalbard
    S Kapsokefalou, P Gartagani, E Plessas, C Nakos, I Kafouris, NG Tselos, ...
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Assessing the effect of different ground sampling distances for drone-based mapping of fractional cover: a case study from a vineyard field in Northern Greece
    GN Tselos, SE Detsikas, GP Petropoulos, K Grigoriadis, V Polychronos, ...
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Evaluating different methodological approaches for very high spatial resolution mapping of agricultural areas exploiting UAV data: a case study from Greek agricultural site
    P Charisoulis, GP Petropoulos, SE Detsikas, E Volianaki, A Litke
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Detecting vineyards using multispectral UAV imagery and artificial intelligence: A case study from Northern Greece
    C Asimakopoulos, GP Petropoulos, G Saitis, SE Detsikas, N Evelpidou, ...
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Litter detection and mapping from the combined use of multispectral UAV imagery and Deep Learning: A case study from Greece
    C Mitsopoulou, GP Petropoulos, SE Detsikas, C Lekka, K Grigoriadis, ...
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Assessing Socio-Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Arctic through Geoinformatics: the contribution of EO-PERSIST project
    M Starakis, N Myofa, E Volianaki, GN Tselos, K Petropoulou, SE Detsikas, ...
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Combining ENMAP Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning for Land Use/Cover Classification
    E Nikolaou-Alavanou, GP Petropoulos, K Kalogeropoulos
    Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences 9 (1), 19 , 2026
    2026
  • predicting the spatiotemporal variability of shortwave incoming
    C Lekka, SE Detsikas, GP Petropoulos
    Agricultural Applications of Earth Observation, 47 , 2026
    2026
  • Expanding the Ts–VI feature space for retrieving new parameters characterising the water and carbon cycle: proof-of-concept of a new methodological framework and its validation …
    GP Petropoulos, SE Detsikas, C Lekka
    Science of The Total Environment 1015, 181377 , 2026
    2026
  • Health geography insights into air quality dynamics during COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in Athens, Greece using Sentinel-5P and Google Earth Engine
    E Gkatsi, GP Petropoulos, K Kalogeropoulos
    Health Geography, 155-174 , 2026
    2026
  • Use of geoinformation technologies to study climate risk and socio-economic vulnerability in coastal Arctic regions: state of the art, challenges & future perspectives
    M Polychronaki, GP Petropoulos, N Evelpidou
    Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 41, 101917 , 2026
    2026
  • Coastal vulnerability mapping of the fjords in the Romsdal area, Norway using geoinformatics
    M Giannakoudakis, SE Detsikas, GP Petropoulos, K Tsanakas, GN Tselos, ...
    Satellite Remote Sensing for Forest and Environmental Monitoring, 515-532 , 2026
    2026
  • Mapping Arctic impervious surface changes with Earth observation and machine learning
    GP Petropoulos, K Dermosinoglou, SE Detsikas, K Kalogeropoulos, ...
    Data-Driven Earth Observation for Disaster Management, 679-695 , 2026
    2026
  • RegreSSM: A novel software tool for downscaling the SMAP L3 soil moisture operational product utilizing the Ts/VI feature space and Sentinel-3 data
    GP Petropoulos, SE Detsikas, V Anagnostopoulos, C Lekka
    Environmental Modelling & Software, 106836 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Developing state of the art web cartography tools to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of climate change in the Arctic
    GN Tselos, SE Detsikas, K Petropoulou, A Litke, GP Petropoulos
    Abstracts of the ICA 10, 285 , 2025
    2025
  • Developing state of the art geoinformation tools to enable an improved understanding of land surface interactions: the input of LISTEN-EO project
    GP Petropoulos, SE Detsikas, C Lekka
    Abstracts of the ICA 10, 228 , 2025
    2025
  • A Local Spectral Library from the Kopaida Plain, Greece, for Rapid Soil Property
    SE Detsikas, G Petropoulos
    MDPI , 2025
    2025
  • Coastal vulnerability assessment in Norway: a geoinformation-based approach
    C Asimakopoulos, GP Petropoulos, A Karkani, N Evelpidou, SE Detsikas
    Earth Science Informatics 18 (4), 555 , 2025
    2025
  • A Geoinformation-Based Approach for Mapping Coastal Vulnerability in Sweden
    E Achmakidou, GP Petropoulos, A Karkani, N Evelpidou, SE Detsikas, ...
    Water 17 (20), 3027 , 2025
    2025

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Surface soil moisture retrievals from remote sensing: Current status, products & future trends
    GP Petropoulos, G Ireland, B Barrett
    Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts a/b/c 83, 36-56 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 609
  • The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade
    W Dorigo, I Himmelbauer, D Aberer, L Schremmer, I Petrakovic, L Zappa, ...
    Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 2021, 1-83 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 528
  • A review of Ts/VI remote sensing based methods for the retrieval of land surface energy fluxes and soil surface moisture
    G Petropoulos, TN Carlson, MJ Wooster, S Islam
    Progress in Physical Geography 33 (2), 224-250 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 375
  • Support vector machines and object-based classification for obtaining land-use/cover cartography from Hyperion hyperspectral imagery
    GP Petropoulos, C Kalaitzidis, KP Vadrevu
    Computers & Geosciences 41, 99-107 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 330
  • Hyperspectral remote sensing in precision agriculture: Present status, challenges, and future trends
    P Singh, PC Pandey, GP Petropoulos, A Pavlides, PK Srivastava, ...
    Hyperspectral remote sensing, 121-146 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 262
  • Land use/land cover in view of earth observation: Data sources, input dimensions, and classifiers—A review of the state of the art
    PC Pandey, N Koutsias, GP Petropoulos, PK Srivastava, E Ben Dor
    Geocarto International 36 (9), 957-988 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 259
  • A new synergistic approach for monitoring wetlands using Sentinels-1 and 2 data with object-based machine learning algorithms
    A Whyte, KP Ferentinos, GP Petropoulos
    Environmental Modelling & Software 104, 40-54 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 256
  • Co-Orbital Sentinel 1 and 2 for LULC mapping with emphasis on wetlands in a mediterranean setting based on machine learning
    A Chatziantoniou, GP Petropoulos, E Psomiadis
    Remote Sensing 9 (12), 1259 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 216
  • Surface soil moisture retrievals over partially vegetated areas from the synergy of Sentinel-1 and Landsat 8 data using a modified water-cloud model
    Y Bao, L Lin, S Wu, KAK Deng, GP Petropoulos
    International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation 72, 76-85 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 202
  • Burnt area delineation from a uni-temporal perspective based on Landsat TM imagery classification using Support Vector Machines
    GP Petropoulos, C Kontoes, I Keramitsoglou
    International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 13 (1 … , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 194
  • A comparison of spectral angle mapper and artificial neural network classifiers combined with Landsat TM imagery analysis for obtaining burnt area mapping
    GP Petropoulos, KP Vadrevu, G Xanthopoulos, G Karantounias, ...
    Sensors 10 (3), 1967-1985 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 174
  • Actual evapotranspiration in drylands derived from in-situ and satellite data: Assessing biophysical constraints
    M García, I Sandholt, P Ceccato, M Ridler, E Mougin, L Kergoat, L Morillas, ...
    Remote Sensing of Environment 131, 103-118 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 167
  • Hyperion hyperspectral imagery analysis combined with machine learning classifiers for land use/cover mapping
    GP Petropoulos, K Arvanitis, N Sigrimis
    Expert systems with Applications 39 (3), 3800-3809 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 166
  • Exploring the relationships between post-fire vegetation regeneration dynamics, topography and burn severity: A case study from the Montane Cordillera Ecozones of Western Canada
    G Ireland, GP Petropoulos
    Applied Geography 56, 232-248 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 164
  • Towards improved spatio-temporal resolution soil moisture retrievals from the synergy of SMOS and MSG SEVIRI spaceborne observations
    M Piles, GP Petropoulos, N Sánchez, Á González-Zamora, G Ireland
    Remote Sensing of Environment 180, 403-417 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 162
  • Landscape transform and spatial metrics for mapping spatiotemporal land cover dynamics using Earth Observation data-sets
    SK Singh, PK Srivastava, S Szabó, GP Petropoulos, M Gupta, T Islam
    Geocarto international 32 (2), 113-127 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 160
  • Quantifying land use/land cover spatio-temporal landscape pattern dynamics from Hyperion using SVMs classifier and FRAGSTATS ®
    S Lamine, GP Petropoulos, SK Singh, S Szabó, NEI Bachari, ...
    Geocarto international 33 (8), 862-878 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 148
  • Determining the use of Sentinel-2A MSI for wildfire burning & severity detection
    C Amos, GP Petropoulos, KP Ferentinos
    International journal of remote sensing 40 (3), 905-930 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 131
  • Examining the capability of supervised machine learning classifiers in extracting flooded areas from Landsat TM imagery: a case study from a Mediterranean flood
    G Ireland, M Volpi, GP Petropoulos
    Remote sensing 7 (3), 3372-3399 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 130
  • Geoinformation technologies in support of environmental hazards monitoring under climate change: An extensive review
    A Tsatsaris, K Kalogeropoulos, N Stathopoulos, P Louka, K Tsanakas, ...
    ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10 (2), 94 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 127