Graduate in Physics (1998) and PhD at University of Valladolid in 2007. He worked as assistant professor of the Department of Optics and Applied Physics of the UVa during 4 years, teaching in Fourier Optics and Photography. During this time he worked on the development of the Iberian Network for Sun photometer Aerosol Measurements in the Group of Atmospheric Optics. For 2 years he was postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique at the University of Lille/CNRS (France). Then he obtained a 3 years postdoctoral researcher position at the Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC) of the Meteorological State Agency of Spain, AEMET, within the “Juan de la Cierva” program of the Spanish Research Council. He has worked at different projects related to the investigation of the atmospheric composition (aerosol and ozone) by optical methods, and the spectral analysis of satellite images for the study of vegetation. Currently he work for the Group of Atmospheric Optics at the IARC facility in calibration and quality assurance of the AERONET-Europe Network for Sun photometer Aerosol Measurements, with especial interest devoted to polar aerosol and moon photometry.
Publications
2020
The Lunar Irradiance Model of ESA (LIME) Conference
GSICS Lunar calibration workshop, GSICS Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System Darmstadt, Germany, 2020.
Aerosol Profiles From MPL-Lidar And Photometric Measurements Using GRASP In A Subtropical North Atlantic Site. Evaluation With In-Situ Data. Conference
European Lidar Conference 2020 (ELC 2020), University of Granada Granada, Spain, 2020.
Column Integrated Water Vapor and Aerosol Load Characterization with the New ZEN-R52 Radiometer Journal Article
In: Remote Sensing, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 1424, 2020.
Daytime and nighttime aerosol optical depth implementation in CÆLIS Journal Article
In: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 417–433, 2020.
2019
In: Atmospheric Environment, vol. 202, pp. 190-211, 2019, ISSN: 1352-2310.
2018
Research on aerosols, clouds, and water vapour in Polar Regions Conference
10th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences , University of Aveiro Portugal, 2018.
Assessment of Sun photometer Langley calibration at the high-elevation sites Mauna Loa and Izaña Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 18, pp. 14555-14567, 2018.
Lunar irradiance measurement and modelling for absolute radiometric calibration of EO sensors Conference
Remote sensing photogrammetry society Birmingham, Reino Unido, 2018, (UK National Earth Observation Conference 2018).
Observación atmosférica en zonas polares llevada a cabo por el grupo GOA-Uva Conference
SCAR, CSIC, IGME Madrid, Spain, 2018, (IX Simposio Español de Estudios Polares).
CÆLIS: A SYSTEM FOR AEROSOL MEASUREMENT NETWORK Conference
IEEE Valencia, Spain, 2018, (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium).
Internal consistency of the Regional Brewer Calibration Centre for Europe triad during the period 2005-2016 Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 4059-4072, 2018.
Wavelength calibration of Brewer spectrophotometer using a tunable pulsed laser and implications to the Brewer ozone retrieval Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 3759–3768, 2018.
Radiometric and photometric measurements (solar and lunar) in the A-LIFE field campaign in Cyprus Conference
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO 2018, (REUNIÓN IBÉRICA DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE AEROSOLES).
Effect of city light in the recorded Moon signal Conference
6th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology (RICTA'18), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Bilbao, Spain, 2018.
Atmospheric observation in Polar Regions carried out by GOA-UVa Conference
6th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology (RICTA2018), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Bilbao, Spain, 2018.
Characterization of the instrument temperature dependence of Brewer total ozone column measurements Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 3323–3337, 2018.
Saharan Air Layer profiling at the Canary Islands using MPL and radiosondes Conference
Tenerife, Spain, 22-24 May de 2018, 2018, (9th International Workshop on Sand/Duststorms and Associated Dustfall).
UV Aerosol Optical Depth in the European Brewer Network Conference
Tenerife, Spain, 22-24 May de 2018, 2018, (9th International Workshop on Sand/Duststorms and Associated Dustfall).
Lunar irradiance measurement and modelling for absolute radiometric calibration of EO sensors Conference
European Space Agency - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Noordwijk, Netherlands, 2018, (Infrared and Visible Optical Sensors Subgroup Meeting - IVOS30).
Aerosol optical depth in the European Brewer Network Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 3885-3902, 2018.
CÆLIS: Software for assimilation, management and processing data of an atmospheric measurement network Journal Article
In: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 67-81, 2018.
CÆLIS: software for assimilation, management and processing data of an atmospheric measurement network Journal Article
In: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 67–81, 2018.
2017
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center Activity Report 2015-2016 Technical Report
no. 236, 2017.
Temperature dependence of the Brewer global UV measurements Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 4491–4505, 2017.
Lunar irradiance measurement and modelling for absolute radiometric calibration of EO sensors Conference
GSICS / IVOS Xi'an, China, 2017, (2nd Lunar Calibration Workshop).
Aerosol Characterization Over Cyprus During A-Life Conference
Universitat de València Valencia, Spain, 2017, (5th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing).
15-year measurements of aerosol optical and microphysical properties in Andenes (69ºN, 16ºE) site Conference
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain, 2017, (44th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods).
Assessment of nocturnal aerosol optical depth from lunar photometry at the Izaña high mountain observatory Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 3007–3019, 2017.
Overview of sun photometer measurements of aerosol radiative properties in a pristine Sub-Arctic area Conference
2017, (5th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology).
Similarities and discrepancies when surface and columnar aerosol data are jointly analysed in a background environment Conference
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) Barcelona, Spain, 2017, (5th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology).
City light against Moon signal Conference
Lunar Photometry Workshop 2017, Grupo de Óptica Atmosférica de la Unviersidad de Valladolid (GOA/UVA) y Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMet) Izaña (Tenerife), España, 2017, (Lunar Photometry Workshop 2017).
Nocturnal aerosol monitoring using CE318 at Izaña high-mountain Observatory (2011-2017) Conference
Agencia Estatal de Meteorología Tenerife, Spain, 2017, (Lunar photometry workshop 2017).
Lunar Photometry Campaign Izaña 2017. Field campaign status. Conference
Agencia Estatal de Meteorología Tenerife, Spain, 2017, (Lunar photometry workshop 2017).
Aerosol radiative effect in the shortwave range for the extreme aerosol events registered with Sun photometry in a pristine subarctic area Conference
Consortium for Aerosol Science and Technology Lund, Sweden, 2017, (NOSA Aerosol Symposium 2017).
Long-term aerosol characterization in a sub-Arctic area using sun photometer data: columnar optical and microphysical properties Conference
Consortium for Aerosol Science and Technology Lund, Sweden, 2017, (NOSA Aerosol Symposium 2017).
2016
Characterization of the Temperature Dependence of Brewer Spectrophotometer Conference
International Ozone Commission Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2016, (Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 2016).
Brewer direct irradiance measurements: polarization effects and model simulation Conference
International Ozone Commission Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2016, (Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 2016).
Preliminar results on the operative cosine correction in Eubrewnet Conference
International Ozone Commission Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2016, (Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 2016).
Temperature characterisation of Brewer determined in the laboratory Conference
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2016, (Brewer Ozone Spectrophotometer/Metrology Open Workshop 2016).
Brewer Spectrophotometer laboratory wavelength characterization with a tunable-laser. Implications to the Brewer ozone retrieval Conference
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 2016, (Brewer Ozone Spectrophotometer/Metrology Open Workshop 2016).
2015
The MACC-II 2007–2008 reanalysis: atmospheric dust evaluation and characterization over northern Africa and the Middle East Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 3991–4024, 2015.
An empirical equation to estimate mineral dust concentrations from visibility observations in Northern Africa Journal Article
In: Aeolian Research, vol. 16, pp. 55 - 68, 2015, ISSN: 1875-9637.
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center Activity Report 2012-2014 Technical Report
no. 219, 2015.
2014
Activities of the Izaña Atmospheric Research Center within the Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) Conference
Asociación Meteorológica Española Oviedo, Spain, 2014, (XXXIII Jornadas Científicas de la AME, Tiempo Clima y Sociedad).
MACC-II Brussels, Belgium, 2014, (MACC-II Open Science Conference).
Sensitivity of aerosol retrieval to geometrical configuration of ground-based sun/sky radiometer observations Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 14, pp. 847-875, 2014.
2013
A first comparison between almucantar and principal plane retrieval products within AERONET network Conference
Proceedings (ISBN: 978-989-20-3962-6), Evora, Portugal, 2013, (1st Iberian Meeting Aerosol Science and Technology (RICTA) 2013).
Pointing error and field of view of AERONET Cimel-318 Sun photometers Conference
Proceedings (ISBN: 978-989-20-3962-6), Evora, Portugal, 2013, (1st Iberian Meeting Aerosol Science and Technology (RICTA) 2013).
Sensitivity of inversion-derived aerosol properties to the observation geometry of ground-based sun/sky-radiometers. Conference
Lille, France, 2013, (Electromagnetic & Light Scattering XIV).
The Izaña Atmospheric Research Center: GAW activities Conference
World Meteorological Organization Geneva, Switzerland, 2013, (GAW2013 Symposium).