Poster presentations
Since 2009 the EMS has been highlighting high-quality poster presentations at the EMS Annual Meetings through an Outstanding Poster Award.
This site is a compilation of the selected posters, including the citation on why a specific poster was selected for the award, a link to the abstract and a link to download the poster.
Highlight: Award Poster at the EMS 2023
Theodoros Economou from Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, and his colleagues Daphne Parliari (Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece), Jonilda Kushta (also (CARE-C, Cyprus) and Jos Lelieveld (CARE-C, Cyprus and MPI for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany) have been selected to receive the Outstanding Poster Award 2023 for their poster
‘Quantifying the synergy of environmental stressors on human mortality (abstract)
The work by Theodoros Economou and his colleagues presents results from a study that considers the compound effects of heat and air pollution on mortality. The authors took a novel approach to investigate a growing societal problem in this study, also reflecting the 2023 conference theme of ‘Europe and droughts: Hydrometeorological processes, forecasting and preparedness‘, and informs on strategies for combating these environmental stresses.
The Outstanding Poster Award is attributed to a poster which stands out for its clear communication. The committee pays particular attention to the design of the posters looking at attractive graphical representation, clear and concise text, and intuitive structure. The poster content was judged based on its scientific quality, potential impact of the results and the innovativeness of the approach.