Itia was a research team working on the fields of hydrology, hydrosystems management, hydroinformatics and hydroclimatic stochastics. It was launched in 1986 by initiative of Th. Xanthopoulos and D. Koutsoyiannis and ended its operation in the end of 2024. The name "Itia" is not an acronym; it is the Greek name of the willow tree.
During these years 76 members worked in Itia (each one for a different period); the last scientific leader was Nikos Mamassis and the former leader was Demetris Koutsoyiannis. Itia was an open team and collaborated with colleagues worldwide.
It was a central choice of Itia to make available on its website all research data and results, as well as some of its members' views or opinions. Its website is still active and maintaind by former members (Fivos Sargentis and Antonis Christofides). Its repository contains:
- all published research results
- the software products and
- the research projects conducted
Additional sites having been maintained by Itia are:
- the archive of Itia's meteorological station, including real time meteorological information
- the Hydroscope system with hydrological, meteorological and geographical information of Greece
- a data base of ancient hydraulic works
Other related sites:
- A static copy of the site of the School of Civil Engineering (NTUA) from the period in which D. Koutsoyiannis was its Dean (2014-2018) up to the end 2023; a significant portion of this contains the history of the School
- Deukalion project
- HK Climate
- Kephisos river
- Educate! postgraduate programme
- Filotis - database for the natural environment of Greece
- openmeteo.org (free software and free hydrometeorological data)
Itia's research-oriented education
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