Graduate in Physics at University of La Laguna in Tenerife and PhD at University of Valladolid. She has been research scientist at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and University of Valladolid in the framework of several research projects on atmospheric composition (column aerosols, water vapor and ozone), spectral ultraviolet radiation, and calibration of optical radiation instruments. Currently she is working for the Group of Atmospheric Optics in the Izaña Atmospheric Research Center facilities (IARC, State Meteorological Agency of Spain – AEMET). She is in charge of the master sun-photometers belonging to AERONET-Europe infrastructure (ACTRIS-2 project) during their calibration at the IARC facility. She is carrying out calibration activities (direct sun/lunar and radiance measurements), quality control and quality assurance, troubleshooting, maintenance and repair works, training courses on photometer operation, and participation in field campaigns. At present her research focuses on the study of atmospheric aerosols by optical methods, with particular emphasis on mineral dust aerosols.
Publications
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
Aerosol Optical Depth comparison between GAW-PFR and AERONET-Cimel radiometers from long term (2005--2015) 1-minute synchronous measurements Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 4309-4337, 2019.
Aerosol radiative properties in a pristine subartic area using long-term columnar records 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: 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.
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).
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).
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.
Validation of Calitoo hand-held sun photometer for aerosol characterization under background and dust conditions Conference
Tenerife, Spain, 22-24 May de 2018, 2018, (9th International Workshop on Sand/Duststorms and Associated Dustfall).
Aerosol characterization using Calitoo hand-held sunphotometer at the District 22 of Tehran Conference
Tenerife, Spain, 22-24 May de 2018, 2018, (9th International Workshop on Sand/Duststorms and Associated Dustfall).
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).
Short-term variations of the Saharan Air Layer atmospheric properties over the North Atlantic driven by NAFDI: Summer 2017 case analysis Conference
Tenerife, Spain, 22-24 May de 2018, 2018, (9th International Workshop on Sand/Duststorms and Associated Dustfall).
Aerosol optical depth in the European Brewer Network Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 3885-3902, 2018.
2017
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center Activity Report 2015-2016 Technical Report
no. 236, 2017.
Análisis de la trazabilidad en los valores del AOD obtenidos a partir de las medidas de las redes AERONET-CIMEL y GAW-PFR durante el período 2005-2015 en el Observatorio Atmosférico de Izaña Technical Report
2017, (Nota técnica 23 de AEMET. NIPO: 014-17-008-X).
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).
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).
Nocturnal aerosol monitoring using CE318 at Izaña high-mountain Observatory (2011-2017) 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
WMO-CIMO Testbed for Aerosols and Water Vapor Remote Sensing Instruments (Izaña, Spain) Conference
World Meteorological Organization Madrid, Spain, 2016, (2016 WMO CIMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (CIMO TECO-2016)).
Identification of atmospheric high turbidity episodes using different aerosol measurement techniques Conference
4th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, Aveiro, Portugal, 2016.
Impact of long-range transport on Saharan dust aerosol optical and microphysical properties Conference
4th Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, Aveiro, Portugal, 2016.
Long-term recovering of aerosol optical depth from 1941 to 2013 at the Izaña Atmospheric Observatory Conference
Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon, Portugal, 2016, ISBN: 978-989-98342-6-2, ( 8th International Workshop on Sand/Duststorms and Associated Dustfall).
Aerosol optical depth retrievals at the Izaña Atmospheric Observatory from 1941 to 2013 by using artificial neural networks Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 53–62, 2016.
Detecting moisture transport pathways to the subtropical North Atlantic free troposphere using paired H2O-?D in situ measurements Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 4251–4269, 2016.
2015
Climatological study about columnar and surface aerosol load in the Iberian Peninsula Conference
3rd Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology, Elche, Spain, 2015.
Climatological classification of five sectors in the Iberian Peninsula using columnar (AOD, alpha) and surface (PM10, PM2.5) aerosol data supported by air mass apportioning Conference
EGU General Assembly 2015, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015-12368, Vienna, Austria, 2015.
Aerosol optical depth retrieval at the Izaña Atmospheric Observatory from 1941 to 2013 Conference
Comité Nacional CLIVAR-España Tortosa, Spain, 2015, (International Symposium CLIMA-ES 2015).
Caracterización de las propiedades de los aerosoles en columna en la región subtropical PhD Thesis
Universidad de Valladolid, 2015.
Columnar and surface aerosol load over the Iberian Peninsula establishing annual cycles, trends, and relationships in five geographical sectors Journal Article
In: Science of The Total Environment, vol. 518-519, pp. 378-392, 2015.
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center Activity Report 2012-2014 Technical Report
no. 219, 2015.
Empirical validation and proof of added value of MUSICA's tropospheric ?D remote sensing products Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 483–503, 2015.
2014
Vertical distribution of the mineral dust radiative forcing in Tenerife Conference
Universitat Rovira i Virgili Tarragona, Spain, 2014, (2nd Iberian Meeting on Aerosol Science and Technology).
Intercomparison of in-situ and remote sensing ?D signals in tropospheric water vapour Conference
EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 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).
Aerosol characterization at the Saharan AERONET site Tamanrasset Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 14, no. 21, pp. 11753—11773, 2014.
Recovering long-term aerosol optical depth series (1976–2012) from an astronomical potassium-based resonance scattering spectrometer Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 4103–4116, 2014.
2013
The Izaña Atmospheric Research Center: GAW activities Conference
World Meteorological Organization Geneva, Switzerland, 2013, (GAW2013 Symposium).
A new method for nocturnal aerosol measurements with a lunar photometer prototype Journal Article
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, vol. 6, pp. 585-598, 2013.
The Sunphotometer Airborne Validation Experiment 2012: Preliminary Results Conference
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, vol. 15, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 2013.
2012
The AERONET-Europe calibration facility: access within the ACTRIS project Conference
European Aerosol Assembly Granada, Spain, 2012, (European Aerosol Conference 2012).
Characterization of nocturnal AOD and Water Vapour using lunar photometer CE318U2012 Conference
European Aerosol Assembly Granada, Spain, 2012, (European Aerosol Conference (EAC-2012)).