Licenciado en Física en la Universidad de Valladolid (1978). Doctor en Ciencias en la misma (1982). Becario de Investigación y Prof. Ayudante (1979-82). Prof. Adjunto Interino (1982-86). Prof. Titular de Universidad numerario (1986-2003). Catedrático de Universidad (2003 en adelante). Propuso la creación del Centro de Tecnología Láser, en el Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo y fue su Director de I+D desde su creación, en 1992 hasta enero de 1996. Miembro de la Comisión de Doctorado (oct. 2003-abril 2007). Miembro de la Comisión de Postgrado (junio 2005-julio 2008). Presidente de la Sección de Óptica de la Facultad de Ciencias y responsable de los estudios de Diplomatura y Grado en Óptica y Optometría, desde abril de 2004 en adelante. Miembro del Comité de Ciencias Experimentales, desde octubre de 2007 en adelante. Representante por España en el Grupo de Trabajo Atmósfera de IASC (International Artic Science Committee). Ha sido responsable de un total de nueve campañas en el Ártico noruego dentro de diferentes proyectos del programa de la UE “Capital Humano y Movilidad”. Director del Grupo de Óptica Atmosférica (GOA-UVA), Grupo de Investigación Reconocido de la UVA y Grupo de Excelencia de la Junta de Castilla y León (actualmente Unidad de Investigación Consolidada UIC 101). Director del Departamento de Física Teórica, Atómica y Óptica desde mayo de 2012 a 2016. Es experto en técnicas ópticas espectrorradiométricas, holografía y técnicas laser. Participación en más de 50 proyectos nacionales, autonómicos y europeos, siendo investigador principal en 17 de ellos.
Publications
2019
Preliminary validation of CIMEL water vapor product against GPS data in Spain Conference
7th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology (RICTA'19) Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
Uncertainty on the ceilometer retrievals of aerosol extinction profiles using synthetic data Conference
7th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology (RICTA'19) Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
Columnar aerosol properties in the Arctic: emphasis in nocturnal photometry Conference
The SSC16 conference, Scandinavian Symposium on Chemometrics Oslo, Norway, 2019.
In: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 77–96, 2019.
Comparison of integrated water vapor from GNSS and radiosounding at four GRUAN stations Journal Article
In: Science of the Total Environment, vol. 2019-01-01, no. 648, pp. 1639-1648, 2019.
Sun photometer retrievals of Saharan dust properties over Barbados during SALTRACE Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 19, no. 23, pp. 14571–14583, 2019.
Evaluation of retrieved aerosol extinction profiles using as reference the aerosol optical depth differences between various heights Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Research, vol. 230, pp. 104625, 2019.
Spectral dependence of aerosol light absorption over Camagüey obtained from an integrating sphere spectral system Proceedings Article
In: Fourth International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, pp. 112070F, International Society for Optics and Photonics 2019.
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.
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).
Sun photometer and lidar collocated aerosol measurements at ALOMAR: a long-term comparison Conference
ISF Kiruna, Sweden, 2018, (45th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods).
CÆLIS: A SYSTEM FOR AEROSOL MEASUREMENT NETWORK Conference
IEEE Valencia, Spain, 2018, (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium).
INTEGRATED AEROSOL EXTINCTION PROFILES FROM CEILOMETER AND SUNPHOTOMETER COMBINATION AGAINST SUNPHOTOMETER MEASUREMENTS AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS Conference
GRSS and IEEE Valencia, Spain, 2018, (IGARSS 2018, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium).
Aerosol optical depth characterization in middle and polar latitudes Conference
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) Valencia, Spain, 2018.
Impact of long-range transport over the Atlantic Ocean on Saharan dust optical and microphysical properties based on AERONET data Conference
ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA FEDERAL DE LAUSANA LA HABANA, CUBA, 2018, (CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL SOBRE LA GESTIÓN DE ENERGÍA, CLIMA Y AIRE PARA UNA SOCIEDAD SOSTENIBLE).
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).
Comparison between the SSolar_GOA model and a 35-year solar radiation series at Camagüey. Conference
Bilbao, Spain, 2018, (Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology ).
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.
UPV and UNED 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.
POLARUBI field campaign: individual particle analysis of atmospheric aerosols Conference
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR and the International Arctic Science Committee IASC. Davos, 2018, (XXXV SCAR Biennial Meetings Arctic Science Summit Week 2018 & IASC Business Meetings SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference 2018 Arctic Observing Summit).
Columnar aerosol observations by sun-sky-lunar photometry in Ny-Alesund (79ºN) Conference
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR and the International Arctic Science Committee IASC. Davos, 2018, (XXXV SCAR Biennial Meetings Arctic Science Summit Week 2018 & IASC Business Meetings SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference 2018 Arctic Observing Summit).
Changes of optical and microphysical Saharan dust properties caused by long-range transport over the Atlantic Ocean Conference
IZAÑA ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH CENTRE – AEMET LA LAGUNA, CANARIAS, ESPAÑA, 2018, (THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SAND / DUST STORM AND ASSOCIATED DUSTFALL).
INTEGRATED AEROSOL EXTINCTION PROFILES FROM CEILOMETER AND SUNPHOTOMETER COMBINATION AGAINST SUNPHOTOMETER MEASUREMENTS AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS Conference
IZAÑA ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH CENTRE – AEMET LA LAGUNA Tenerife, Spain, 2018, (9th Internat?onal Workshop on Sand/Duststorms and Assoc?ated Dustfall).
Retrieval of aerosol profiles combining sunphotometer and ceilometer measurements in GRASP code Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Research, vol. 204, pp. 161-167, 2018.
Climatology of solar radiation in the actinometrical station of Camagüey, Cuba, 1981-2016. Conference
La Habana, Cuba, 2018, (International Conference on the Management of Energy, Climate and Air for a Sustainable Society ).
Data rescue and calibration facilities to support sustainable scientific research on solar radiation in Cuba. Conference
La Habana, Cuba, 2018, (International Conference on the Management of Energy, Climate and Air for a Sustainable Society ).
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.
Inter-comparison of integrated water vapor from satellite instruments using reference GPS data at the Iberian Peninsula Journal Article
In: Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 204, pp. 729-740, 2018, ISSN: 0034-4257.
Water vapor radiative effects on short-wave radiation in Spain Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Research, vol. 205, pp. 18-25, 2018.
Impact of long-range transport over the Atlantic Ocean on Saharan dust optical and microphysical properties based on AERONET data Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 18, no. 13, pp. 9411–9424, 2018.
In: Atmospheric Environment, vol. 2018, no. 184, pp. 191-202, 2018.
Comparison of observed and modeled cloud-free longwave downward radiation (2010–2016) at the high mountain BSRN Izaña station Journal Article
In: Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 2018, no. 11, pp. 2139-2152, 2018.
Comparison of aerosol optical depth from satellite (MODIS), sun photometer and broadband pyrheliometer ground-based observations in Cuba Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 2018, no. 11, pp. 2279-2293, 2018.
Aerosol optical depth characterization in middle and polar latitudes Proceedings Article
In: IGARSS 2018-2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. , pp. 9138 - 9140, 2018, ISBN: 978-1-5386-7150-4.
Integrated aerosol extinction profiles from ceilometer and sunphotometer combination against sunphotometer measurements at various heights Proceedings Article
In: IGARSS 2018-2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. , pp. 7564 - 7567, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 2018, ISBN: 978-1-5386-7150-4.
Validation of atmospheric water vapor from several satellite instruments using GPS measurements at Spanish stations under cloud-free conditions Proceedings Article
In: IGARSS 2018-2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. , pp. 1176 - 1179, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 2018, ISBN: 978-1-5386-7150-4.
Aerosol profiles from GRASP code using ceilometer and sunphotometer measurements Conference
9th International Workshop on Sand/Duststorms and Associated Dustfall (DUST9), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Sand and Dust Stomr Warning Advisory and Assesment System (SDS-WAS) 2018, (Participativo - Ponencia oral (comunicación oral)).
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
Validation of MODIS integrated water vapor product against reference GPS data at the Iberian Peninsula Journal Article
In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 63, no. Supplement C, pp. 214 - 221, 2017, ISSN: 0303-2434.
Starting long-term aerosol observations in the Arctic Ny-Ålesund base (Svalbard, 79ºN) by a sun-sky-lunar photometer Conference
Universidade Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal, 2017, (9th Portuguese Polar Sciences Conference).
In situ characterization of aerosol particles at the ALOMAR station, Andenes, Norway Conference
Covilhã, Portugal, 2017, (9a Conferência Portuguesa de Ciências Polares).
Starting of new Sun-Sky-Lunar photometer aerosol observations in the Artic Ny-Ålesund base Conference
Research Council of Norway & Svalbard Science Forum Oslo, Norway, 2017, (Svalbard Science Conference).
Comparison of aerosol optical depth from satellite (MODIS), Sun photometer and pyrheliometer ground-based measurements in Cuba Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, vol. 2017, pp. 1–29, 2017.
Aerosol Characterization Over Cyprus During A-Life Conference
Universitat de València Valencia, Spain, 2017, (5th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing).
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain, 2017, (44th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods).
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain, 2017, (44th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods).
Starting of new sun-sky-lunar aerosol observations in the Artic Ny-Ålesund base Conference
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain, 2017, (44th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods).
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).