Graduate in Physics at Universidad de Valladolid (2007) and PhD at University of Valladolid in 2012. For one year he was postdoctoral fellow at the AIRE research group, Universidad de Extremadura (Spain), where he participated in several projects and studies mainly about radiative effects of different atmospheric factors and atmospheric ozone column. After this period, he started to work at the Group of Atmospheric Optics in the Universidad de Valladolid since 2014. He obtained a postdoctoral researcher position at the same group, within the “Juan de la Cierva – Incorporación” program of the Spanish Research Council (since 2016). His research is now concentrated in the investigation of the atmospheric aerosols by optical methods, in particular: identification of atmospheric high turbidity episodes, emphasis of mineral dust outbreaks and polar environments; aerosol characterization; radiative budget, among others. He has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in SCI journals. Currently, he is member of the calibration team of Valladolid site in the AERONET-Europe framework, co-director of two PhD theses, and he continues the main research lines of the GOA-UVa group.
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).
A multi-instrumental analysis of the exceptional aerosol load observed in the Arctic during summer 2019 Conference
RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026 Valladolid, Spain, 2026, (Poster 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).
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.
Exceptional high AOD over Svalbard in summer 2019: a multi-instrumental approach Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 1435–1457, 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.
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.
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).
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.
Exceptional aerosol load observed in the arctic during summer 2019 Conference
Oral 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.
Perfiles verticales de propiedades de los aerosoles atmosféricos: CAECENET Conference
Oral presentation 10 Jonadas de Investigadoras de Castilla y León, 18-19 Apr 2024 Valladolid, Spain, 2024.