Laboratory of Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering

Books & Monographs

  • Mertikas, S. P. (2011). Geodesy, ground positioning and levelling, Encyclopaedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, edited by Professor Harsh K. Gupta, Springer, New York (to appear).
  • Mertikas S. P.(2010, editor). Gravity, Geoid and Earth Observation, Springer, 1st Edition., 2010, XII, 538 p. 100 illus., ISBN: 978-3-642-10633-0.
  • Mertikas S. P. (editor, 1993). Global Positioning Systems in Geosciences, Proceedings of the International Workshop, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, 8-10 June, 1992, Access soft, Athens, ISBN: 960-220-519-9.
  • Mertikas S.P. (1994). Failure Detection in the Measurements of the Global Positioning System, Monograph, Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada.
  • Mertikas, S. P. (1999). Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis, ION Publishing House, Athens, Greece. ISBN 960-405-949-1 (In Greek).
  • Agioutantis & Mertikas (2003). A Practical Guide for Technical Writing, ION Publishing House, Athens, Greece. ISBN 960-411-394-1 (In Greek).

Journal Papers & Presentations

  • Papadaki, S. E., S. P. Mertikas, A. Sarris (2011). Identification of Lineaments with Possible Structural Origin Using ASTER Images and DEM Derived Products in Western Crete, Greece. European Remote Sensing Laboratories, eProceedings, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 9-26.
  • Mertikas, S.P., R. T. Ioannides, I. N. Tziavos, G. S. Vergos, W. Hausleitner, X. Frantzis, A. Tripolitsiotis, P. Partsinevelos, D. Andrikopoulos (2010). Statistical Models and Latest Results in the Determination of the Absolute Bias for the Radar Altimeters of Jason Satellites using the Gavdos facility. Marine Geodesy, 33: 1, 114-149, doi: 10.1080/01490419.2010.488973.
  • Mertikas S. P., A. Daskalakis, V. Tserolas, W. Hausleitner, I. N. Tziavos; G. S. Vergos, V. Zervakis, X. Frantzis, A. Tripolitsiotis, P. Partsinevelos, D. Andrikopoulos (2010). Absolute calibration of Jason satellite radar altimeters at Gavdos Cal/Val facility using independent techniques." SPIE Symposium on Remote Sensing, Paper Number: 7825-12, "Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, and Large Water Regions 2010", Toulouse, France.
  • Mertikas, S. P., A. Daskalakis, W. Hausleitner, I.N. Tziavos, G.S. Vergos, V. Zervakis, P. Partsinevelos, X. Frantzis, D. Andrikopoulos, A. Tripolitsiotis (2010). Calibration of satellite radar altimeters at Gavdos Cal/Val facility using three different methodologies, Proceedings of European Space Agency Living Planet 2010, Bergen, Norway, 28 Jun–2 Jul 2010 (in Press).
  • Mertikas, S. P., E. Papadaki, Ev. Paleologos (2010). Radar Interferometry Techniques for monitoring subsidence induced by excessive groundwater pumping in Crete, Greece, Proceedings of European Space Agency Living Planet 2010, Bergen, Norway, 28 Jun–2 Jul 2010 (in Press).
  • Mertikas S.P., E. S. Papadaki (2009). Radar Intererferometry for Monitoring Land Subsidence due to over-pumping Ground Water in Crete, Greece", Proceedings of the European Space Agency Finge 2009 Workshop, Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry, Frascati, Italy, 30 Nov- 4 Dec, 2009.
  • Mertikas S.P., E.S. Papadaki. "Radar Interferometry for Monitoring Land Subsidence due to Over-Pumping Ground Water in Crete, Greece", Submitted.
  • Mertikas S. P., R. T. Ioannides, X. Frantzisa, A. Tripolitsiotisa, P. Partsinevelosa, I. N. Tziavos , G. S. Vergos , Walter Hausleitner (2009. Recent Developments for the Estimation of the altimeter bias for the Jason-1 & 2 satellites using the dedicated calibration site at Gavdos. SPIE Proceedings, Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea, Ice and Large Water Regions, Vol. 7473, 7473 0C, doi:10.1117/12.830403.
  • Pavlis, E. C., S. Mertikas (2007). ”JASON-1 Absolute Calibration Results from the Eastern Mediterranean GAVDOS Project”, Presentation, Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting, Wrest Point, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  • Ieronimidi, E. S. P. Mertikas, D. Hristopoulos (2006). Fusion of Quickbird satellite images for vegetation monitoring in previously mined reclaimed areas, Proceedings of SPIE Conference, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Volume 6366, SPIE Paper Number: 6366-39,11-13 September 2006, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Mertikas S, Palamartchouk K., Frantzis X (2006). Permanent GPS sites over Crete for precise geodynamics applications, International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Service 2006 Workshop, 8-11 May, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Mertikas, S. P. and K. Damianidis (2006). Real–time monitoring of GPS coordinate time series, International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Service 2006 Workshop, 8-11 May, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Mertikas, S. P. and K. Damianidis (2006). “Monitoring the Quality of GPS Station Coordinates in Real Time”, GPS Solutions. DOI: 10.1007/s10291-006-0044-6, Springer.
  • Papadopoulos Th. S. P. Mertikas and E. C. Pavlis (2006). The effects of seasonal and atmospherically induced sea level variability in satellite altimeter calibration. Results from the GAVDOS Cal/Val experiment, Symposium on the 15 years of progress in Radar Altimetry, Venice, Italy, 13-18 March 2006, Poster Presentation.
  • Pavlis E.C., S. P. Mertikas and the GAVDOS TEAM (2006). Eastern Mediterranean Dynamics and JASON-1 Altimeter Calibration Results from the GAVDOS Project, presented at the “The Ocean Surface Topography Science Team” (OSTST) meeting, Venice, Italy, March 16-18. Papadopoulos Th. S. P. Mertikas, M. N. Tsimplis (2006). Extreme Sea Levels in the Southern Aegean Sea from a Tide Gauge Record and a Surge Model, Poster Presntation, European Geosciences Union 2006, Wien, Austria, 3-7 April.
  • Hristopulos, D. T., S. P. Mertikas, I. Arhontakis, Brownjohn J. M.W. (2006). “Using GPS for monitoring tall-building response to wind loading: filtering of abrupt changes and low-frequency noise, variography and spectral analysis of displacements”, GPS Solutions. DOI 10.1007/s10291-006-0035-7, Springer.
  • Mertikas, S P. and K. Damianidis (2005). “Performance Evaluation of Algorithms for the On-line GPS Quality Control”, Institute of Navigation Conference Proceedings, ION-GNSS-2005 Proceedings, Long Beach, California, USA, 13-16 September.
  • Mertikas, S. P. and the GAVDOS Team (2004). A Permanent Facility for Calibration/Validation of Satellite Altimetry: GAVDOS, European Geophysical Union, 1st General Assembly, Poster Presentation, EGU04-A-2441 April 2004, Nice, France.
  • Pavlis C. E, Κ. Evans, Β. Beckley, S. P. Mertikas (2004). Eastern Mediterranean sea level, tectonics, environmetal monitoring and altimeter calibration from the GAVDOS EU/NASA project. European Geophysical Union, 1st General Assembly, Poster Presentation, EGU04-A-04272, April 2004, Nice, France.
  • Pavlis C. E, S. P. Mertikas and the GAVDOS Team (2004). The GAVDOS Mean Sea Leval and Altimeter Calibration Facility: Results for Jason-1, Marine Geodesy, Vol. 27, pp 631-655.
  • Mertikas S. P. E. C. Pavlis, I. N. Tziavos, E. Koutroulis, K. Palamartchoul, T. Papadopoulos and G. S. Vergos (2004). Permanenet facility for calibration/Validation of satellite altimetry: GAVDOS, Proceedings of SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Sea Ice 2004, Edited by Charles R. Bostater, Jr., and Rosalia Santoreli, Vol. 5569, pp. 14-25.
  • Mertikas, S. P., Ε.C. Pavlis, P. G. Drakopoulos, K. Palamartchouk and E. Koutroulis (2003). GAVDOS: A satellite radar altimeter calibration and se-level monitoring site on theisland of Gavdos, Crete, Elsevier Oceanography Series, Vol. 69, Building the European Cpacity in Operational Oceanography, Proceeding of the 3rd Ineternational Conference on EuroGOOS, 3-6 December 2002, Athens, Greece, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
  • Mertikas, S. P. and / for the GAVDOS TEAM (2002).GAVDOS: A European radar altimeter calibration and sea-level monitoring site for Jason-1 and Envisat. European Geophysical Society XXVII General Assembly», Nice, France, 21-26 April, 2002.
  • Mertikas, S. P. and / for the GAVDOS TEAM (2002). Procedures for Establishing an Altimetry Calibration and Sea-Level Monitoring Facility on the isle of Gavdos, Crete, Greece. Jason-1 Science Working Team Meeting, 10-12 June 2002, Biarritz, France.
  • Mertikas, S. P. and / for the GAVDOS TEAM (2002). Procedures for Establishing an Altimetry Calibration and Sea-Level Monitoring Facility on the isle of Gavdos, Crete, Greece. 11th WEGENER Assembly, Athens, Greece, 12-14 June 2002.
  • Mertikas, S. P., E. C. Pavlis, P. Drakopoulos and K. Palamartchouk (2002). A European radar altimeter calibration and sea-level monitoring site for Jason-1 and ENVISAT at the island of Gavdos, 9th SPIE International Symposium on Remote Sensing”, Agia Pelagia, Crete, Greece, 24-27 September 2002.
  • Mertikas, S. P. and / for the GAVDOS TEAM (2002). "Recent Developments in the Calibration-Validation Site of Gavdos, Greece.”, Jason-1/TOPEX/Poseidon, Science Working Team (SWT) Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 21-23 October 2002.
  • Hatziordanou, L., A. Sarris, S.P. Mertikas (2002). Risk analysis of archeological sites of Lassithi Prefecture of Eastern Crete for environmental phenomena using Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, 7th National Conference on Island Cartography, Mitilini, Greece, 23-25 October 2002.
  • Mertikas, S, E. Pavlis, Th. Papadopoulos, X. Frantzis (2001). Preparatory Steps for the establishment of a European radar altimeter calibration and sea-level monitoring site for Jason, Envisat and Euro-GLOSS, International Association of Geodesy, 2001 Scientific Assembly, 2-7 September, Budapest.
  • Mertikas, S, E. Pavlis, Th. Papadopoulos, X. Frantzis (2001). Preparatory Steps for the establishment of a European radar altimeter calibration and sea-level monitoring site for Jason, Envisat and Euro-GLOSS, International Association of Geodesy, 2001 Scientific Assembly, 2-7 September, Budapest.
  • Topouzi, S., A. Sarris, Y. Pikoulas, S. Mertikas, X. Frantzis, A. Giourou (2001). Ancient Mantineia’s Defense Network Reconsidered through a GIS Approach, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archeology 2001, Gotland, Sweden, 25-29 April, 2001.
  • Topouzi, S., A. Tripolitsiotis, A. Sarris, S. Mertikas and S. Soetens (2001). Compatibility Issues in Repositioning of Archeological Sites, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archeology 2001, Gotland, Sweden, 25-29 April, 2001.
  • Pischl, W., S. Mertikas (2001). The Development of an Integrated System for the Management of Wild Forest Fires, Earth Space Review, Vol. 10, Νο.3, pp.57-63.
  • Mertikas S. P. (2001). Automatic and Online Detection of Small but Persistent Shifts in GPS Station Coordinates by Statistical Process Control, GPS Solutions, Vol. 5, No.1., pp 39-50.
  • Mertikas S. P. and E. C. Pavlis (1999). A Sea-Level Monitoring and Altimeter Calibration Site in Eastern Mediterranean, presented at the Topex/Poseidon (NASA, CNES) Special Working Group, St Raphael, France, October 25-27, 1999 and at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting at San Francisco, California, 13-17 December, 1999.
  • Mertikas, S. P. (1999). “The development of a surveillance system for oil spills in the Greek seas using Remote Sensing”, Earth Space Review, Vol. 8, No.3, pp.9-18.
  • Pavlis E. C.; S. Mertikas (1999). “Interdisciplinary applications of the GPS array “CRETE”, Presented at the Joint Symposium on Sea-Level Changes and Vertical Ground Movements at the 22nd General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, July 19-30, 1999, Birmingham, United Kingdom (Abstract & presentation only).
  • Pavlis E. C.; S. Mertikas, F. Kouroumbali and P. Drakopoulos (1998). “Tectonics, sea-level monitoring and altimeter calibration with regional GPS array”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Marine Positioning, INSMAP 98, Nov 30-Dec 4, 1998, Melbourne, Florida, USA, edited by G. Maul.
  • Mertikas S. P. and M. Zervakis (1999). “Exemplifying the Theory of Evidence in Remote Sensing Images”, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 22, No.6, pp. 1081-1095.