Graduate in Physics at Complutense University in Madrid (1999) and PhD at University of Valladolid in 2005. For 2 years he was postdoctoral fellow at the Meteorological Institute, University of Munich (Germany), where he participated in projects such as SAMUM and EARLINET. Then he obtained a postdoctoral researcher position at the Group of Atmospheric Optics, University of Valladolid (Spain) within the “Juan de la Cierva” program of the Spanish Research Council (2008). His research is concentrated in the investigation of the atmospheric aerosol by optical methods, regarding aerosol characterization, data quality assurance and field campaigns. Especial interest is devoted to desert dust and polar regions. He has more than 90 peer-reviewed publications in SCI journals and received the 3M Foundation Award 2006 for Environmental science. Currently he is in charge of the operations, calibration and quality assurance of the Iberian Network for Sun photometer Aerosol Measurements (RIMA), federated to AERONET and integrated into ACTRIS. In 2011 he obtained a researcher position at GOA-UVA within the “Ramon y Cajal” program of the Spanish Research Council. Since 2023 is full professor at University of Valladolid.
Publications
2006
Validation of TOMS UV irradiance with Brewer ground-based measurements at Southwestern Spain Conference
vol. 6362, 2006.
2005
Universidad de Valladolid, 2005.
2004
Análisis y corrección del falso ciclo diurno del espesor óptico de aerosoles: el método KCICLO Journal Article
In: Optica Pura y Aplicada, vol. 37, pp. 49-60, 2004.
The fictitious diurnal cycle of aerosol optical depth: A new approach for Journal Article
In: Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, pp. L12106, 2004.
The PHOTONS-AERONET sites in Spain. Calibration problems and KCICLO correction method Journal Article
In: Optica Pura y Aplicada, vol. 37, pp. 3401-3406, 2004, (Special Issue For The Proceeding Of The AERONET-PHOTONS Workshop 2004. El Arenosillo-Huelva, Spain.).
2003
Aerosol Arctic Campaign at ALOMAR (69N, 16E, Norway) in June-July 2002 Conference
vol. 4, 2003.
A local climatology of aerosol based on spectral characteristics and air masses analysis at Conference
vol. 2, 2003.
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Campañas del Grupo de Óptica Atmosférica de la Universidad de Valladolid (GOA-UVA) en el Ártico Conference
Madrid, España, 0000, (I Congreso Nacional Sobre Cambio Global).
Campaña experimental de estudio de los aerosoles atmosféricos ''El Arenosillo: verano 2004'' --- resultados preliminares Conference
Sevilla, Espanha, 0000, (5ª Assembleia Luso-Espanhola de Geodesia e Geofísica).