University of Patras Faculty of Science Department of Geology Graduate program “Geosciences and Environment” M.Sc. Environmental Oceanography M.Sc. Dissertation TITLE: CLIMATOLOGY VIA APPLIED SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING CHLOROPHYLL BLOOMS IN THE NORTH AEGEAN SEA AUTHOR: Georgakas D. Konstantinos B.Sc.(Marine Sciences). University of Aegean, School of Environment, Dept. of Marine Sciences, Greece, 2006 M.Eng.c.(Maritime-Naval Technology&Sea Science). National Technical University of Athens, School of Naval Architecture&Marine Engineering, 2010 M.Sc.(Environmental Oceanography). University of Patras, Dept. of Geology Graduate, 2014 Oceanographer E-mail:
[email protected] Contact phone: 30 6942473924 2014 “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment” “What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Henry David Thoreau, American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862 “Life is the hesitation between an exclamation mark and a question mark. After doubt, there is a full stop” Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese Poet, Writer, 1888-1935 Dedicated to those led a lonely path, either by clear choice or by lack of choices due to moral dispute. Dreamers and visualizers of everyday living Not too many, not too few. Georgakas Konstantinos. M.Sc. Environmental Oceanography Thesis. University of Patras, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology 1 Thesis examining committee: 1. Dr. George Ferentinos, Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Patras, Greece 2. Dr. George Papatheodorou, Chairman of the Department, Professor (M.Sc. Program Coordinator), Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Patras, Greece 3.