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2024

Almansa, A. F., Barreto, Á., Kouremeti, N., González, R., Masoom, A., Toledano, C., Gröbner, J., García, R. D., González, Y., Kazadzis, S., Victori, S., Álvarez, Ó., Carreño, V., Cachorro, V. E., and Cuevas, E.: The Langley Ratio method, a new approach for transferring photometer calibration from direct sun measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 659–675, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-659-2024, 2024.

García, R. D., Barreto, Á., Rey, C. Fraile-Nuez, E., González-Vega, A., González-Vega, A., León-Luis, S.F., Alcantara, A., Almansa, A. F., Guirado-Fuentes, C., González-Sicilia, P., Cachorro, V.E., and and Bouchar, F.: Aerosol retrievals derived from a low-cost Calitoo sun-photometer taken on board a research vessel. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 341, 15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120888, 2024

González, Y., Sánchez-Barrero, M. F., Popovici, I., Barreto, Á., Victori, S., Welton, E. J., García, R. D., Sicilia, P. G., Almansa, F. A., Torres, C., and Goloub, P.: Optical Properties of North Atlantic Aerosols Through a compact dual-wavelength depolarization Lidar Observations, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2727, 2024.

Toledano, C., Taylor, S., Barreto, Á., Adriaensen, S., Berjón, A., Bialek, A., González, R., Woolliams, E., and Bouvet, M.: LIME: Lunar Irradiance Model of ESA, a new tool for absolute radiometric calibration using the Moon, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 3649–3671, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-3649-2024, 2024.

Zheng, J., Zhang, Z., DeSouza-Machado, S., Ryder, C. L., Garnier, A., Di Biagio, C., Yang, P., Welton, E.J., Yu, J., Barreto, A., Yela, M.: Assessment of Dust Size Retrievals Based on AERONET: A Case Study of Radiative Closure From Visible-Near-Infrared to Thermal Infrared, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL106808, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106808.

2023

Alvárez, Ó., Barreto, Á., García, O. E., Hase, F., García, R. D., Gröbner, J., León-Luis, S. F., Sepúlveda, E., Carreño, V., Alcántara, A., Ramos, R., Almansa, A. F., Kazadzis, S., Taquet, N., Toledano, C., and Cuevas, E.: Aerosol properties derived from ground-based Fourier transform spectra within the COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 4861–4884, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4861-2023, 2023.

Córdoba-Jabonero, C., M. Sicard, Á. Barreto, C. Toledano, M. Á. López-Cayuela, C. Gil-Díaz, O. García, C. V. Carvajal-Pérez, A. Comerón, R. Ramos, C. Muñoz-Porcar, A. Rodríguez-Gómez, Fresh volcanic aerosols injected in the atmosphere during the volcano eruptive activity at the Cumbre Vieja area (La Palma, Canary Islands): Temporal evolution and vertical impact, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 300, 2023, 119667, ISSN 1352-2310, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119667.

García, R.D.; García, O.E.; Cuevas-Agulló, E.; Barreto, Á.; Cachorro, V.E.; Marrero, C.; Almansa, F.; Ramos, R.; Pó, M. Spectral Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Efficiency of the La Palma Volcanic Plume over the Izaña Observatory. Remote Sens.,15, 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15010173,2023.

Romero-Campos P.M., García, R.D., Almansa, F.A., Barreto, A., García, O.E. and Ramos, R.: Medida del vapor de agua integrado en columna sobre el Observatorio Atmosférico de Izana mediante radiometría de microondas. Comparación con otras técnicas. Nota técnica de AEMET; N 40, NIPO: 666-23-008-5, https://doi.org/10.31978/666-23-008-5, 2023.

Salgueiro,V., J.L. Guerrero-Rascado, M.J. Costa, R. Román, A. Cazorla, A. Serrano, F. Molero, M. Sicard, C. Córdoba-Jabonero, D. Bortoli, A. Comerón, F.T. Couto, M.Á. López-Cayuela, D. Pérez-Ramírez, M. Potes, J.A. Muñiz-Rosado, M.A. Obregón, R. Barragán, D.C.F.S. Oliveira, J. Abril-Gago, R. González, C. Gíl-Díaz, I. Foyo-Moreno, C. Muñoz-Porcar, M.J. Granados-Muñoz, A. Rodríguez-Gómez, M. Herreras-Giralda, J.A. Bravo-Aranda, C.V. Carvajal-Pérez, A. Barreto, L. Alados-Arboledas, Characterization of Tajogaite volcanic plumes detected over the Iberian Peninsula from a set of satellite and ground-based remote sensing instrumentation, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 295, 2023, 113684, ISSN 0034-257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113684.

2022

Barreto, Á., García, R. D., Guirado-Fuentes, C., Cuevas, E., Almansa, A. F., Milford, C., Toledano, C., Expósito, F. J., Díaz, J. P., and León-Luis, S. F.: Aerosol characterisation in the subtropical eastern North Atlantic region using long-term AERONET measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 11105–11124, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11105-2022, 2022.

Barreto, Á., Cuevas, E., García, R. D., Carrillo, J., Prospero, J. M., Ilić, L., Basart, S., Berjón, A. J., Marrero, C. L., Hernández, Y., Bustos, J. J., Ničković, S., and Yela, M.: Long-term characterisation of the vertical structure of the Saharan Air Layer over the Canary Islands using lidar and radiosonde profiles: implications for radiative and cloud processes over the subtropical Atlantic Ocean, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 739–763, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-739-2022, 2022.

Bedoya-Velásquez, A.E.; Hoyos-Restrepo, M.; Barreto, A.; García, R.D.; Romero-Campos, P.M.; García, O.; Ramos, R.; Roininen, R.; Toledano, C.; Sicard, M.; Ceolato, R. Estimation of the Mass Concentration of Volcanic Ash Using Ceilometers: Study of Fresh and Transported Plumes from La Palma VolcanoRemote Sens. 14, 5680. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14225680, 2022.

Sicard, M.; Córdoba-Jabonero, C.; Barreto, A.; Welton, E.J.; Gil-Díaz, C.; Carvajal-Pérez, C.V.; Comerón, A.; García, O.; García, R.; López-Cayuela, M.-Á.; Muñoz-Porcar, C.; Prats, N.; Ramos, R.; Rodríguez-Gómez, A.; Toledano, C.; Torres, C. Volcanic Eruption of Cumbre Vieja, La Palma, Spain: A First Insight to the Particulate Matter Injected in the Troposphere. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 2470.

2021

García, R.D., Cuevas, E., Cachorro, V.E., García, O.E., Barreto, Á., Almansa, A.F., Romero-Campos, P.M., Ramos, R.; Pó, M.,Hoogendijk, K. and Gross, J: Water Vapor Retrievals from Spectral Direct Irradiance Measured with an EKO MS-711 Spectroradiometer-Intercomparison with Other Techniques, . Remote Sens. 13, 350. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030350, 2021

2020

Almansa, A.F.; Cuevas, E.; Barreto, Á.; Torres, B.; García, O.E.; Delia García, R.; Velasco-Merino, C.; Cachorro, V.E.; Berjón, A.; Mallorquín, M.; López, C.; Ramos, R.; Guirado-Fuentes, C.; Negrillo, R.; de Frutos, Á.M: Column Integrated Water Vapor and Aerosol Load Characterization with the New ZEN-R52 Radiometer, Remote Sens., 12, 1424, 2020

Barreto, Á.; García, O.E.; Schneider, M.; García, R.D.; Hase, F.; Sepúlveda, E.; Almansa, A.F.; Cuevas, E.; Blumenstock, T. Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals by Ground-Based Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry. Remote Sens. 12, 3148, 2020

García-Cabrera, R. D., Cuevas-Agulló, E., Barreto, Á., Cachorro, V. E., Pó, M., Ramos, R., and Hoogendijk, K.: Aerosol retrievals from the EKO MS-711 spectral direct irradiance measurements and corrections of the circumsolar radiation, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 2601–2621, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2601-2020, 2020.

González, R., Toledano, C., Román, R., Fuertes, D., Berjón, A., Mateos, D., Guirado-Fuentes, C., Velasco-Merino, C., Antuña-Sánchez, J. C., Calle, A., Cachorro, V. E., and de Frutos, Á. M.: Daytime and nighttime aerosol optical depth implementation in CÆLIS, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 417–433, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-417-2020, 2020.

Román, R., González, R., Toledano, C., Barreto, Á., Pérez-Ramírez, D., Benavent-Oltra, J. A., Olmo, F. J., Cachorro, V. E., Alados-Arboledas, L., and de Frutos, Á. M.: Correction of a lunar-irradiance model for aerosol optical depth retrieval and comparison with a star photometer,, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 6293–6310, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6293-2020, 2020.

2019

Barreto, A., R. Román, E. Cuevas, D. Pérez-Ramírez, A.J. Berjón, N. Kouremeti, S. Kazadzis, J. Gröbner, M. Mazzola, C. Toledano, J.A. Benavent-Oltra, L. Doppler, J. Juryšek, A.F. Almansa, S. Victori, F. Maupin, C. Guirado-Fuentes, R. González, V. Vitale, P. Goloub, L. Blarel, L. Alados-Arboledas, E. Woolliams, S. Taylor, J.C. Antuña, M. Yela: Evaluation of night-time aerosols measurements and lunar irradiance models in the frame of the first multi-instrument nocturnal intercomparison campaign, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 202, Pages 190-211, ISSN 1352-2310, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.01.006, 2019.

Benavent-Oltra, J. A., Román, R., Casquero-Vera, J. A., Pérez-Ramírez, D., Lyamani, H., Ortiz-Amezcua, P., Bedoya-Velásquez, A. E., de Arruda Moreira, G., Barreto, Á., Lopatin, A., Fuertes, D., Herrera, M., Torres, B., Dubovik, O., Guerrero-Rascado, J. L., Goloub, P., Olmo-Reyes, F. J., and Alados-Arboledas, L.: Different strategies to retrieve aerosol properties at night-time with the GRASP algorithm, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 14149–14171, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14149-2019, 2019

Berjón, A., Barreto, A., Hernández, Y., Yela, M., Toledano, C., and Cuevas, E.: A 10-year characterization of the Saharan Air Layer lidar ratio in the subtropical North Atlantic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6331-6349, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6331-2019, 2019.

Cuevas, E., Romero-Campos, P. M., Kouremeti, N., Kazadzis, S., Räisänen, P., García, R. D., Barreto, A., Guirado-Fuentes, C., Ramos, R., Toledano, C., Almansa, F., and Gröbner, J.: Aerosol optical depth comparison between GAW-PFR and AERONET-Cimel radiometers from long-term (2005–2015) 1 min synchronous measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 4309–4337, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4309-2019, 2019.

García, R. D., Cuevas, E., Ramos, R., Cachorro, V. E., Redondas, A., and Moreno-Ruiz, J. A.: Description of the Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) station at the Izaña Observatory (2009–2017): measurements and quality control/assurance procedures, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 8, 77-96, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-8-77-2019, 2019

2018

García, R. D., Barreto, A., Cuevas, E., Gröbner, J., García, O. E., Gómez-Peláez, A., Romero-Campos, P. M., Redondas, A., Cachorro, V. E., and Ramos, R.: Comparison of observed and modeled cloud-free longwave downward radiation (2010–2016) at the high mountain BSRN Izaña station, Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 2139-2152, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2139-2018, 2018.

Kazadzis, S., Kouremeti, N., Diémoz, H., Gröbner, J., Forgan, B. W., Campanelli, M., Estellés, V., Lantz, K., Michalsky, J., Carlund, T., Cuevas, E., Toledano, C., Becker, R., Nyeki, S., Kosmopoulos, P. G., Tatsiankou, V., Vuilleumier, L., Denn, F. M., Ohkawara, N., Ijima, O., Goloub, P., Raptis, P. I., Milner, M., Behrens, K., Barreto, A., Martucci, G., Hall, E., Wendell, J., Fabbri, B. E., and Wehrli, C.: Results from the Fourth WMO Filter Radiometer Comparison for aerosol optical depth measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 3185-3201, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3185-2018, 2018.

López-Solano, J., Redondas, A., Carlund, T., Rodriguez-Franco, J. J., Diémoz, H., León-Luis, S. F., Hernández-Cruz, B., Guirado-Fuentes, C., Kouremeti, N., Gröbner, J., Kazadzis, S., Carreño, V., Berjón, A., Santana-Díaz, D., Rodríguez-Valido, M., De Bock, V., Moreta, J. R., Rimmer, J., Smedley, A.R.D, Boulkelia, L., Jepsen, N., Eriksen, P., Bais, A. F., Shirotov, V., Vilaplana, J. M., Wilson, K. M., and Karppinen, T.: Aerosol optical depth in the European Brewer Network, Atmos. Chem. Phys., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3885-2018, 2018.

Toledano, C., González, R., Fuertes, D., Cuevas, E., Eck, T. F., Kazadzis, S., Kouremeti, N., Gröbner, J., Goloub, P., Blarel, L., Román, R., Barreto, Á., Berjón, A., Holben, B. N., and Cachorro, V. E.: Assessment of Sun photometer Langley calibration at the high-elevation sites Mauna Loa and Izaña, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 14555-14567, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14555-2018, 2018.

2017

Almansa, A. F., Cuevas, E., Torres, B., Barreto, Á., García, R. D., Cachorro, V. E., de Frutos, Á. M., López, C., and Ramos, R.: A new zenith-looking narrow-band radiometer-based system (ZEN) for dust aerosol optical depth monitoring, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 565-579, doi:10.5194/amt-10-565-2017, 2017.

Barreto, Á., Román, R., Cuevas, E., Berjón, A. J., Almansa, A. F., Toledano, C., González, R., Hernández, Y., Blarel, L., Goloub, P., Guirado, C., and Yela, M.: Assessment of nocturnal aerosol optical depth from lunar photometry at the Izaña high mountain observatory, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 3007-3019, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3007-2017, 2017.

Cuevas, E., A.J. Gómez-Peláez, S. Rodríguez, E. Terradellas, S. Basart, R.D. García, O.E. García, S. Alonso-Pérez: The pulsating nature of large-scale Saharan dust transport as a result of interplays between mid-latitude Rossby waves and the North African Dipole Intensity , Atmospheric Environment, 167, 586-602, ISSN 1352-2310, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.08.059, 2017.

Román, R., B. Torres,D. Fuertes,V.E. Cachorro,O. Dubovik,C. Toledano,A. Cazorla,A. Barreto,J.L. Bosch,T. Lapyonok,R. González,P. Goloub,M.R. Perrone,F.J. Olmo,A. de Frutos,L. Alados-Arboledas: Remote sensing of lunar aureole with a sky camera: Adding information in the nocturnal retrieval of aerosol properties with GRASP code, Remote Sensing of Environment, 196, 238-252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.013, 2017.

2016

Barreto, A., Cuevas, E., Granados-Muñoz, M. J., Alados-Arboledas, L., Romero, P. M., Gröbner, J., Kouremeti, N., Almansa, A. F., Stone, T., Sorokin, M., Holben, B., Canini, M., and Yela, M.: The new sun-sky-lunar Cimel CE318-T multiband photometer – a comprehensive performance evaluation , Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 631-654, doi:10.5194/amt-9-631-2016, 2016.

García, R. D., García, O. E., Cuevas, E., Cachorro, V. E., Barreto, A., Guirado-Fuentes, C., Kouremeti, N., Bustos, J. J., Romero-Campos, P. M., and de Frutos, A. M.: Aerosol optical depth retrievals at the Izaña Atmospheric Observatory from 1941 to 2013 by using artificial neural networks, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 53-62, doi:10.5194/amt-9-53-2016, 2016.

2015

Mateos, D. ; V. E. Cachorro; C. Toledano; M. A. Burgos; Y. Bennouna; B. Torres; D. Fuertes; R. Gonzalez; C. Guirado; A. Calle; A. M. d. Frutos. Columnar and surface aerosol load over the Iberian Peninsula establishing annual cycles, trends, and relationships in five geographical sectors. Science of The Total Environment, 518-519 , pp. 378-392, 2015.

Román, R.; M. Antón; V. E. Cachorro; D. Loyola; J. P. O. d. Galisteo; A. d. Frutos; P. M. Romero-Campos. Comparison of total water vapour column from GOME-2 on MetOp-A against ground-based GPS measurements at the Iberian Peninsula. Science of Total Environment, 533 , 317-328, 2015.

2014

Barreto, A., Cuevas, E., Pallé, P., Romero, P. M., Guirado, C., Wehrli, C. and Almasa, F.: Recovering Long-term Aerosol Optical Depth Series (1976–2012) from an Astronomical Potassium-based Resonance Scattering Spectrometer, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7, 4103-4116, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4103-2014, 2014.

García, R. D., Cuevas, E., García, O. E., Cachorro, V. E., Pallé, P., Bustos, J. J., Romero-Campos, P. M., and de Frutos, A. M.: Reconstruction of global solar radiation time series from 1933 to 2013 at the Izaña Atmospheric Observatory, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 3139-3150, doi:10.5194/amt-7-3139-2014, 2014.

García, R.D., O.E, García, E. Cuevas, V.E. Cachorro, P.M. Romero-Campos, R. Ramos and A.M. de Frutos, Solar radiation measurements compared to simulations at the BSRN Izaña station. Mineral dust radiative forcing and efficiency study, JGR-Atmospheres, Vol 119, 1-16, DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020301, 2014

Guirado, C., Cuevas, E., Cachorro, V. E., Toledano, C., Alonso-Pérez, S., Bustos, J. J., Basart, S., Romero, P. M., Camino, C., Mimouni, M., Zeudmi, L., Goloub, P., Baldasano, J. M., and de Frutos, A. M.: Aerosol characterization at the Saharan AERONET site Tamanrasset, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 11753-11773, doi:10.5194/acp-14-11753-2014, 2014.

2013

Barreto, A., Cuevas, E., Damiri, B., Romero, P. M., and Almansa, F.: Column water vapor determination in night period with a lunar photometer prototype, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 2159-2167, doi:10.5194/amt-6-2159-2013, 2013.

Barreto, A., Cuevas, E., Damiri, B., Guirado, C., Berkoff, T., Berjón, A. J., Hernández, Y., Almansa, F., and Gil, M.: A new method for nocturnal aerosol measurements with a lunar photometer prototype , Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 585-598, doi:10.5194/amt-6-585-2013, 2013.

PhD theses:

Fernando Almansa: Atmospheric aerosols detection by measuring the scattered solar radiation and emission in the thermal infrared spectral range, University of Valladolid, 14th July 2021, Supervisors: Dr Emilio Cuevas (IARC-AEMET), Dr. Benjamín Torres (GRASP-LOA; University of Lille, France) and Prof. Dr Ángel de Frutos (University of Valladolid)

Carmen Yballa Hernández Pérez; Vertical structure characterization of aerosols above the eastern subtropical region of the North Atlantic; CIAI-AEMET; 19th September 2017; Supervisors: Dr. África Barreto (Cimel Electronique –University of Valladolid), Dr. Alberto Berjón (University of Valladolid) and Dr. Manuel Arbelo (University of La Laguna).

Carmen Guirado Fuentes; Characterization of the total column aerosol properties in the subtropical region; University of Valladolid; June 19, 2015; Supervisors: Emilio Cuevas (IARC-AEMET) and Ángel de Frutos (University of Valladolid).

Benjamín Torres; Study on the influence of different error sources on sky radiance measurements and inversion-derived aerosol products in the frame of AERONET; University of Valladolid, 2012; Supervisors: Alberto J. Berjón (IARC-AEMET-University of Valladolid) and Carlos Toledano (University of Valladolid).

Rosa Delia García Cabrera; Aplicación de Modelos de Transferencia Radiativa para el Control Operativo del programa BSRN (Baseline Surface Radiation Network) del Centro de Investigación Atmosférica de Izaña; University of Valladolid; 16 de Diciembre de 2011; Supervisors: Victoria Cachorro Revilla (University of Valladolid) and Emilio Cuevas (IARC-AEMET).