Nacida en Villarmentero de Esgueva (Valladolid, España) en 1954. Licenciada en Física por la Universidad de Valladolid (UVa) en 1978, obteniendo el Título de Doctor en Ciencias en 1985. Ha ocupado una plaza de Profesor Ayudante en el Departamento de Física Aplicada de la Facultad de Ciencias desde 1978 a 1988. Profesor Titular Interino en el curso 88-89 para en 1989 obtener la plaza de PTEU adscrita a este mismo Dpto en la sección de Palencia de la E.T.S. de Ingenierías Agrarias (Universidad de Valladolid). En el año 2002 obtuvo la plaza de Catedrático de Escuela Universitaria (CAEU) y en 2011 la Cátedra de Universidad (CAU) en el área de Física Aplicada. Desde 2012 desarrolla su actividad en la Facultad de Educación y Trabajo Social (FEyTS) de la UVa, en el Dpto de Ciencias Experimentales, Sociales y de la Matemática dentro del área de Didáctica de la Ciencias Experimentales. Su docencia se ha realizado en las asignaturas básicas de Física de primeros cursos de las Licenciaturas de Física, Química (Facultad de Ciencias) y en las distintas especialidades de Ingeniería Agraria
de la ETSIA de Palencia. Otras asignaturas impartidas han sido Energías Renovables y Agrometeorologia así como diferentes asignaturas relacionadas con su actividad investigadora en los Master de la ETSIA y FEyTS.
La actividad investigadora se centra sobre los estudios relativos a la medida y modelización de la radiación solar con el desarrollo y aplicación de modelos de transferencia radiativa en la atmósfera, aplicándose a los estudios atmosféricos, teledetección y en el campo de la energía solar. En los estudios atmosféricos, las medidas mediante técnicas ópticas fotométricas y espectro-radiométricas se usan, tanto a nivel de suelo como sobre sensores satelitales para la determinación de los componentes atmosféricos, como las propiedades ópticas de los aerosoles y vapor de agua. Se estudia y analiza su variabilidad y climatología, comparando datos y comportamientos con otras técnicas. Dirige junto con el Dr. A.M. de Frutos el Grupo de
“Optica Atmosférica” de la Universidad de Valladolid, (GOA-UVA https://goa.uva.es/), que es una Unidad de Excelencia según la normativa de la Junta de Castilla y León y Grupo GIR de la UVa. Es la directora/responsable de la red RIMA-AERONET (https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/), red científica de medida y determinación de las propiedades ópticas de los aerosoles atmosféricos, gestionada por NASA (https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/) y la Universidad de Lille, donde el GOA-UVa es un Centro de Calibración de los fotómetros de esta red. Realiza una amplia colaboración científica con diversas instituciones, como la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), el Instituto de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), el Goddard Space Fligh Center de NASA en EEUU, la Universidad de Lille-Francia, el “Andoya Space Center” en Noruega, el “Finnish Meteorological Institute”, el Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) en Alemania y el Instituto de Meteorología de Cuba. Presenta como méritos 5 sexenios de investigación. Ha dirigido 14 tesis doctorales, más de 30 proyectos de investigación y más de 200 publicaciones (180 artículos “peer-review”), con un índice h=38 (Fuente WOS). Durante 2009-2012 ha sido Miembro del IAMAS-IRS (“Internacional Radiation Comission, https://www.iamas.org/irc) como representante español. Miembro del Consejo Asesor de Medioambiente de la Junta de Castilla y León (BOCYL, 15 Dic. 2005) desde 2005-2009, como experta de la comunidad científica. Actualmente es miembro del Pleno de la Cámara de Comercio de Valladolid como asesor en temas Medioambientales y de Cambio Climático.
Publications
2026
Impact of cloud presence in sky radiances and in the aerosol properties retrieved under partially cloudy scenarios Conference
RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026 Valladolid, Spain, 2026, (Oral presentation).
Aerosol monitoring during the 2025 extreme wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula Conference
RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026 Valladolid, Spain, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Impact of Spectral Aerosol Radiative Forcing at the Izaña Observatory during the August 2023 Extreme Wildfires Conference
RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026 Valladolid, Spain, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Daytime and nighttime Cloud Cover retrieval from all-sky images based on neural networks: spatial generalization analysis Conference
RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026 Valladolid, Spain, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Characterisation of clouds over Valladolid (Spain) from ceilometer measurements Conference
RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026 Valladolid, Spain, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Retrieval of nighttime AOD values with all-sky cameras Conference
RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026 Valladolid, Spain, 2026, (Poster presentation).
3D cloud reconstruction and analysis of their impact on sky radiances for the retrieval of aerosol properties Conference
RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026 Valladolid, Spain, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Implementation of an all-sky camera network for automatic and continuous cloud height mapping Conference
RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026 Valladolid, Spain, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Retrieval of Solar Shortwave Irradiance from All-Sky Camera Images Conference
EGU General Assembly 2026, 3-8 May 2026 Vienna, Austria, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Retrieval of nighttime AOD values with all-sky cameras Conference
EGU General Assembly 2026, 3-8 May 2026 Vienna, Austria, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Cloud-height mapping from all-sky camera network Conference
EGU General Assembly 2026, 3-8 May 2026 Vienna, Austria, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Extreme Aerosol Loadings from Iberian Peninsula Wildfires Conference
EGU General Assembly 2026, 3-8 May 2026 Vienna, Austria, 2026, (Poster presentation).
EGU General Assembly 2026, 3-8 May 2026 Vienna, Austria, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Retrieval of nighttime AOD values with all-sky cameras Conference
ACTRIS Science Conference 2026, 20-23 April 2026 Oslo, Norway, 2026, (Poster presentation).
All-Sky Camera Network for Stereoscopic Cloud-Height Mapping Conference
ACTRIS Science Conference 2026, 20-23 April 2026 Vienna, Austria, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Retrieval of Solar Shortwave Irradiance from All-Sky Camera Images Conference
ACTRIS Science Conference 2026, 20-23 April 2026 Oslo, Norway, 2026, (Poster presentation).
Saharan and Arabian dust optical properties registered by sun photometry during A-LIFE field experiment in Cyprus Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1993–2005, 2026.
2025
Star photometry with all-sky cameras to retrieve aerosol optical depth at nighttime Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 18, no. 13, pp. 2847–2875, 2025.
Comparing Integrated Water Vapor Sun Photometer Observations Over the Arctic With ERA5 and MERRA-2 Reanalyses Journal Article
In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 130, no. 6, pp. e2024JD041120, 2025, (e2024JD041120 2024JD041120).
A Long and Fruitful Cooperation in Atmospheric Aerosol Research between Cuba and Spain Journal Article
In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 106, no. 2, pp. E364 - E377, 2025.
Impact of cloud presence on sky radiances and the retrieval of aerosol properties Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Research, vol. 317, pp. 107938, 2025, ISSN: 0169-8095.
Aerosol retrievals derived from a low-cost Calitoo sun-photometer taken on board a research vessel Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Environment, vol. 341, pp. 120888, 2025, ISSN: 1352-2310.
Comparing Integrated Water Vapor Sun Photometer Observations Over the Arctic With ERA5 and MERRA-2 Reanalyses Journal Article
In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 130, no. 6, pp. e2024JD041120, 2025, (e2024JD041120 2024JD041120).
2024
In: PloS one, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. e0311990, 2024.
Improvement on the retrieval of aerosol properties when accounting for light polarization in inversion algorithms Conference
Advancement of POLarimetric Observations (APOLO) Kyoto, Japan, 2024, (Poster presentation).
Comparison of Polarization for Sky Radiance Simulations with two Radiative Transfer Models Conference
Advancement of POLarimetric Observations (APOLO) Kyoto, Japan, 2024, (Poster presentation).
Evaluation of the improvements in the aerosol retrieval adding polarization information in the sky radiances Conference
Advancement of POLarimetric Observations (APOLO) Kyoto, Japan, 2024, (Poster presentation).
Retrieval of Solar Shortwave Irradiance from All-Sky Camera Images Journal Article
In: Remote Sensing, vol. 16, no. 20, 2024, ISSN: 2072-4292.
The Langley ratio method, a new approach for transferring photometer calibration from direct sun measurement Conference
AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024, 17-19 Sep 2024 College Park, EEUU, 2024.
Evaluation of the impact of clouds on the retrieval of aerosol properties Conference
AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024, 17-19 Sep 2024 College Park, EEUU, 2024, (Poster presentation).
CAECENET: Continuous and automatic columnar and vertical aerosol properties Conference
AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024, 17-19 Sep 2024 College Park, EEUU, 2024, (Poster presentation).
Analysis of daytime and night-time aerosol optical depth from sun and lunar photometry at North Central Iberian Peninsula Conference
AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024, 17-19 Sep 2024 College Park, EEUU, 2024, (Poster presentation).
Neural Network Model to Retrieve Solar Shortwave Irradiance from All-sky Camera Images Conference
AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024, 17-19 Sep 2024 College Park, EEUU, 2024, (Poster presentation).
RIMO Correction Factor: a correction of a lunar irradiance model to estimate accurate AOD values Conference
AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024, 17-19 Sep 2024 College Park, EEUU, 2024, (Poster presentation).
Retrieval of night-time AOD values with all-sky cameras Conference
AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024, 17-19 Sep 2024 College Park, EEUU, 2024, (Poster presentation).
Saharan and Arabian dust episodes during A-LIFE experiment in Cyprus Conference
AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024, 17-19 Sep 2024 College Park, EEUU, 2024, (Poster presentation).
A neural network to retrieve cloud cover from all-sky cameras: A case of study over Antarctica Journal Article
In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. n/a, no. n/a, 2024.
CAECENET: Continuous and automatic columnar and vertical aerosol properties Conference
Poster presentation The European Aerosol Conference EAC2024 Tampere, Finland, 2024.
Multi-instrumental observations for the analysis of aerosol optical properties at the cumbre vieja volcanic eruption Conference
Oral presentation RICTA - 8th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology A Coruña, Spain, 2024.
CAECENET: Continuous and automatic columnar and vertical aerosol properties Conference
Poster presentation RICTA - 8th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology A Coruña, Spain, 2024.
Analysis of mineral dust episodes during a-life experiment in cyprus Conference
Poster presentation RICTA - 8th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology A Coruña, Spain, 2024.
Puesta en operación, de instrumentación, en la Base Antártica de Marambio Conference
XX Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección AET2024, 4-7 Jun 2024 Cádiz, Spain, 2024.
Caracterización de eventos de alta turbiedad por fotometría solar en el Ártico europeo entre 2017-2020 y su correspondiente efecto radiativo Conference
Poster presentation X Simposio de estudios polares 15-17 May 2024 Salamanca, Spain, 2024.
Development and application over an Antarctic station of a neural network model to retrieve cloud cover from all-sky cameras Conference
Poster presentation X Simposio de estudios polares 15-17 May 2024 Salamanca, Spain, 2024.
Seguimiento de una pluma de aerosol originado por la quema de biomasa desde Australia hasta la Antártida Conference
Poster presentation X Simposio de estudios polares 15-17 May 2024 Salamanca, Spain, 2024.
Aerosol properties retrieved under high turbidity conditions and the corresponding aerosol radiative effect in the European Arctic in the period 2017-2022 by sun photometry Conference
Poster presentation ACTRIS Science Conference 13-16 May 2024 Rennes, France, 2024.
Application in an Antarctic site of a neural network for cloud cover retrieval from all-sky cameras Conference
Poster presentation ACTRIS Science Conference 13-16 May 2024 Rennes, France, 2024.
CAECENET: Automatic and continuous columnar and vertical aerosol properties from photometer and ceilometer measurements Conference
Poster presentation ACTRIS Science Conference 13-16 May 2024 Rennes, France, 2024.
Set-up instrumentation in the Antarctic Station of Marambio to detect atmospheric events: case of forest fires in Chile Conference
Poster presentation XII International Workshop on Long-Term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere Ourense, Spain, 2024.
Identificación de eventos de alta turbiedad de aerosol en el Ártico europeo mediante fotometría solar Conference
Oral presentation 10 Jonadas de Investigadoras de Castilla y León, 18-19 Apr 2024 Valladolid, Spain, 2024.