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@conference{Veloso2026,

title = {Optimal use of AERONET measurements in UV-SWIR for the development and validation of satellite aerosol products},

author = {M. Veloso and B. Torres and M. Momoi and O. Dubovik and C. Matar and D. Fuertes and P. Goloub and A. Lopatin and E. Lind and C. Toledano and I. Slutsker and S. Jafariserajehlou and S. Victori

},

year  = {2026},

date = {2026-07-01},

address = {Valladolid, Spain},

organization = {RICTA – 9th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-3 July 2026},

note = {Poster presentation},

keywords = {AERONET, aerosol retrieval, climate, satellite validation, sun-photometry},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Goloub2024,

title = {European contribution to AERONET},

author = {P. Goloub and C. Toledano and A. Barreto and B. Torres and S. Kazadsis},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-09-17},

address = {College Park, EEUU},

organization = {AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024, 17-19 Sep 2024},

keywords = {AERONET},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Bazo2022,

title = {Evaluation of the aerosol radiative effects based on GAME model and GRASPpac retrievals applied to AERONET/ICENET stations},

author = {Elena Bazo and María José Granados-Muñoz and Roberto Román and Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda and Alberto Cazorla and Antonio Valenzuela and Francisco José Olmo and Lucas Alados-Arboledas},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-05},

address = {Athens, Greece},

organization = {11th International Aerosol Conference (IAC2022)},

keywords = {AERONET, Aerosol radiative effects, GRASP},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{González2021bb,

title = {Monitoring of long-range transported smoke in polar regions with remote sensing instruments},

author = {R. González and C. Toledano and R. Román Diez and D. Mateos and E. Asmi and E. Rodriguez and J.C. Antuña-Sánchez and S. Herrero-Anta and V.E. Cachorro and A. Calle and A.M. de Frutos},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-04-29},

booktitle = {EGU21},

address = {Online},

organization = {European Geosciences Union (EGU)},

abstract = {Long range transported aerosol from biomass burning affects polar regions, especially the Arctic. The frequency and intensity of bushfires in the context of a warming climate has been pointed out in the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In high latitudes, these events impact large areas through long-range transport of the smoke particles in the troposphere or even the stratosphere. The lifetime and radiative impact are related with the height of the plumes and the processes that modify particle size and absorptive properties during the transport. Several recent publications have shown the impact of the Australian smoke in the southern hemisphere, including Antarctica, in January-March 2020. The tools that were used to monitor that extraordinary event can be used in the Arctic to investigate similar effects in the frequent biomass burning events that generate smoke plumes in boreal regions. In this work, we present the results derived from ground-based instrumentation as well as satellite and model data. The change of the smoke properties after several days of transport is also provided, namely an increase in the fine mode particle size and the single scattering albedo, as well as a decrease in the coarse mode particle concentration. These features are relevant for radiative forcing calculations and therefore the impact of long range transported smoke in the radiative balance over polar regions.},

keywords = {AERONET, Aerosol Properties, biomass burning, long-range transport, Polar Regions},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Herrero-Anta2021b,

title = {Inventory of aerosol episodes in Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard) in the period 2017-2020 by sun photometry},

author = { S. Herrero-Anta and D. Mateos and C. Toledano and R. Román and R. González and C. Ritter and J.C. Antuña-Sanchez and D. González-Fernández and A. Calle and V.E. Cachorro and A.M. de Frutos},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-04-29},

booktitle = {EGU21},

address = {Online},

organization = {European Geosciences Union (EGU)},

abstract = {Atmospheric aerosols are an important forcing agent in the estimation of radiative budget, being the Arctic an area of special weakness. The Group of Atmospheric Optics, University of Valladolid and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, installed in 2017 a CE-318T Sun-sky-Moon  photometer (Cimel Electronique S.A.S) in the Arctic station Ny-Ålesund (79ºN, 12ºE). This study presents an inventory of all high-turbidity aerosol episodes recorded in the period 2017-2020 (data of level 1.5-validated from AERONET). This inventory is based on the separate analysis of coarse and fine mode aerosol optical depth. Aerosol episodes are attributed to coarse, fine or mixture of aerosols. Complementary information provided by HYSPLIT air mass back trajectories, MODIS images, forecast aerosol models, CALIOP/CALIPSO satellite data, and other collocated instruments on the station are also used. Special focus is given to long-range transport of aerosols from big forest fires in Canada, United States and Russia},

keywords = {AERONET, Arctic Haze, High turbidity episodes, Svalbard},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Herrero-Anta2021,

title = {Long range transported aerosol events over Ny-Alesund (Svalbard) in 2020 observed with Sun-Sky-Moon photometry},

author = {S. Herrero-Anta and C. Toledano and R. Román and R. González and C. Rtitter and J.C. Antuña-Sánchez and D. González-Fernández and A. Calle and V.E. Cachorro and A.M. de Frutos},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-03-26},

booktitle = {Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW2021)},

address = {Lisbon, Portugal (online)},

organization = {International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)},

abstract = {The recent development of the of Sun-sky-Moon photometers allows using both Sun and Moon as light sources to retrieve columnar aerosol properties. In this framework, the Group of Atmospheric optics, University of Valladolid and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, installed in 2017 a CE-318T Sun-sky-Moon photometer (Cimel Electronique S.A.S) in the Arctic station Ny-Ålesund (79oN, 12oE). This instrument contributes to the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET), and it is recording a continuous (summer +winter) database of columnar aerosol properties. This study presents an inventory of all high-turbidity aerosol episodes recorded in 2020 based on the mentioned photometer measurements. Complementary information provided by HYSPLIT air mass back trajectories, MODIS images, forecast aerosol models, CALIOP/CALIPSO satellite data, and other collocated instruments on the station are also used. Special focus is given to long-range transport of aerosols from forest fires in Canada, United States and Russia.},

keywords = {AERONET, Aerosol Properties, Arctic Haze, biomass burning, Svalbard},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{González2021b,

title = {Monitoring of long-range transported smoke in polar regions with remote sensing instruments},

author = {R. González and C. Toledano and R. Román and D. Mateos and E. Asmi and E. Rodríguez and J.C. Antuña-Sánchez and S. Herrero-Anta and V.E. Cachorro and A. Calle and A.M. de Frutos},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-03-26},

booktitle = {Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW2021)},

address = {Lisbon, Portugal (online)},

organization = {International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)},

abstract = {Long range transported aerosol from biomass burning affects polar regions, especially the Arctic. The frequency and intensity of bushfires in the context of a warming climate has been pointed out in the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In high latitudes, these events impact large areas through long-range transport of the smoke particles in the troposphere or even the stratosphere. The lifetime and radiative impact are related with the height of the plumes and the processes that modify particle size and absorptive properties during the transport. Several recent publications have shown the impact of the Australian smoke in the southern hemisphere, including Antarctica, in January-March 2020. The tools that were used to monitor that extraordinary event can be used in the Arctic to investigate similar effects in the frequent biomass burning events that generate smoke plumes in boreal regions. In this work, we present the results derived from ground-based instrumentation as well as satellite and model data. The change of the smoke properties after several days of transport is also provided, namely an increase in the fine mode particle size and the single

scattering albedo, as well as a decrease in the coarse mode particle concentration. These features are relevant for radiative forcing calculations and therefore the impact of long range transported smoke in the radiative balance over polar regions.},

keywords = {AERONET, Aerosol Properties, biomass burning, Polar Regions, Transport},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Herreras2018c,

title = {Characterization of Saharan and Arabian dust episodes by sun photometry in the A-LIFE field experiment in Cyprus },

author = {M. Herreras and D. Mateos and C. Velasco-Merino and C. Toledano and A. Calle and R. González and C. Guirado and R. Román and J. C. Antuña and V.E. Cachorro and A.M. de Frutos},

url = {RICTA 2018},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-06-20},

address = {Bilbao, Spain},

organization = {UPV and UNED},

keywords = {AERONET, aerosol optical depth},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Mateos2017c,

title = {Detection of high turbidity atmospheric events and evaluation of European aerosol load background},

author = {D. Mateos, V. E. Cachorro, N. T. O’Neill, C. Toledano, M.A. Burgos, R. Gonzalez, C. Velasco-Merino, A. Calle, A.M. de Frutos},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-07-04},

address = {Barcelona, Spain},

organization = {Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC)},

note = {5th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology},

keywords = {?ngström exponent, AERONET, aerosol optical depth},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Velasco-Merino2017b,

title = {Overview of sun photometer measurements of aerosol radiative properties in a pristine Sub-Arctic area},

author = {C. Velasco-Merino, D. Mateos, C. Toledano, V. Cachorro, R. González, M.A. Burgos, S. Blindheim, M. Gausa, A. Berjón, C. Guirado, A. Calle, and A.M. de Frutos},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-07-04},

note = {5th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology},

keywords = {AERONET, aerosol optical depth, Arctic},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Cachorro2017b,

title = {Similarities and discrepancies when surface and columnar aerosol data are jointly analysed in a background environment},

author = {V.E. Cachorro, D. Mateos, M.A. Burgos, Y.S. Bennouna, C. Toledano, R. González, C. Velasco-Merino, C. Guirado, A. Berjón, A. Calle, A.M. De Frutos},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-07-04},

address = {Barcelona, Spain},

organization = {Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC)},

note = {5th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology},

keywords = {?ngström exponent, AERONET, aerosol optical depth, Quality Assurance},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Mateos2017c,

title = {Aerosol radiative effect in the shortwave range for the extreme aerosol events registered with Sun photometry in a pristine subarctic area},

author = {D. Mateos, V. Cachorro, C. Toledano, C. Velasco-Merino, M.A. Burgos, R. González, S. Blindheim, M. Gausa, A. Berjón, C. Guirado, A. Calle, and A.M. de Frutos},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-03-20},

address = {Lund, Sweden},

organization = {Consortium for Aerosol Science and Technology},

note = {NOSA Aerosol Symposium 2017},

keywords = {?ngström exponent, AERONET, aerosol optical depth, Arctic},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Velasco-Merino2017b,

title = {Long-term aerosol characterization in a sub-Arctic area using sun photometer data: columnar optical and microphysical properties},

author = {C. Velasco-Merino, D. Mateos, C. Toledano, V. Cachorro, R. González, M.A. Burgos, S. Blindheim, M. Gausa, A. Berjón, C. Guirado, A. Calle, and A.M. de Frutos },

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-03-20},

address = {Lund, Sweden},

organization = {Consortium for Aerosol Science and Technology},

note = {NOSA Aerosol Symposium 2017},

keywords = {AERONET, aerosol optical depth, Arctic},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Burgos2017,

title = {Quantification of high turbidity atmospheric episodes at the subarctic site Andenes (Norway)},

author = {M.A. Burgos, D. Mateos, V.E. Cachorro, C. Toledano, C. Velasco-Merino, R. Gonzalez, A. Calle, A.M. De Frutos, S. , Blindheim, M. Gausa},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-03-20},

note = {NOSA Aerosol Symposium 2017},

keywords = {AERONET, aerosol optical depth, Arctic, Quality Assurance},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Cachorro2007,

title = {RIMA: Red Ibérica de Medida Fotométrica de Aerosoles (Iberian Network for Photometric Aerosol Measurements)},

author = {V.E. Cachorro, A.M. de Frutos, A. Berjón, M. Sorribas, B. de la Morena, A. Labajo, E. Cuevas, L. Alados, J.A. Matínez, J.P. Díaz, J. Lorente, M. Cancillo, M. Pujadas, J.M. Baldasano, A.M. Silva},

url = {http://www.bsc.es/wmo/?q=node/21},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-11-07},

address = {Barcelona, Spain},

organization = {World Meteorological Organization},

note = {WMO/GEO Expert Meeting on an International Sand and Dust Storm Warning System},

keywords = {AERONET},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}

@conference{Prats2006_01,

title = {Characterization of the aerosol columnar microphysical and radiative properties during "El Arenosillo campaign" 2004 summer},

author = { N. Prats and V. E. Cachorro and S. Mogo and M. Sorribas and C. Toledano and A. Berjon and A. M. de Frutos and J. de la Rosa and N. Laulainen and B. A. de la Morena},

editor = {Atmospheric Environment},

doi = {10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.07.041},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-09-01},

address = {Vienna, Austria},

abstract = {A detailed analysis of the columnar optical aerosol properties has been carried out for data collected during the “El Arenosillo 2004” summer campaign. These data are derived from a Cimel sun-photometer, as part of the PHOTONS-AERONET network at the El Arenosillo site in south-western Spain, over the period 1 June to 31 October 2004. Version 1 AERONET inversion products are used in the analysis. The aim of this campaign was to obtain a more complete set of data on aerosol particle microphysical, optical/radiative, absorbing and chemical properties for use in closure studies. In this paper we focus on the characterization of the AOD-alpha parameters, and the particle size distribution together with their associated microphysical parameters, such as volume concentration, effective radius, etc., in order to define the features and ranges of these physical parameters associated with both fine and coarse particle modes. The requirement of high aerosol optical depth (AOD) values for using the inversion technique puts significant constraints on the estimation of the single scattering albedo SSA and refractive index, and thus requires great care in the analysis. As a result, only the characterizations of optical parameters for desert dust events are considered reliable. Moreover, summer 2004 had the most frequent desert dust intrusions, including the most intense event (22-28 July and 31July-2August) ever recorded at the El Arenosillo site since the start of the measurements in February 2000. We summarize the results for the intensive summer campaign in terms of the range of values of the physical and optical parameters of the different aerosol types present in this area of Spain.},

note = {Conference on Visibility, Aerosols, and Atmospheric Optics 2006},

keywords = {AERONET, aerosol optical depth, Aerosol particles, columnar optical properties},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {conference}

}