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Lucas Alados-Arboledas

Lucas Alados-Arboledas

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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
77
Citations
16466
World Ranking
1153
National Ranking
32

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Lucas Alados-Arboledas is affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields of study include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work encompasses a wide range of topics related to atmospheric and environmental sciences. Key areas of focus include:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies

Lucas Alados-Arboledas has contributed to several recent publications in the domain of atmospheric science. Selected papers include:

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories (2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques)
  • Atmospheric boundary layer height from ground-based remote sensing: a review of capabilities and limitations (2023, Atmospheric measurement techniques)
  • The variability of mass concentrations and source apportionment analysis of equivalent black carbon across urban Europe (2023, Environment International)
  • Changes in black carbon emissions over Europe due to COVID-19 lockdowns (2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • Quantifying traffic, biomass burning and secondary source contributions to atmospheric particle number concentrations at urban and suburban sites (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as Juan Luís Guerrero-Rascado, Gloria Titos, Pablo Ortiz-Amezcua, Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda, and F.J. Olmo.

Their research has been published in multiple scientific venues, notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Research
  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Best Publications

  • EARLINET: towards an advanced sustainable European aerosol lidar network

    G. Pappalardo;A. Amodeo;A. Apituley;A. Comeron

  • Photosynthetically active radiation: measurements and modelling

    I. Alados;I. Foyo-Moreno;L. Alados-Arboledas

  • EARLINET correlative measurements for CALIPSO: First intercomparison results

    Gelsomina Pappalardo;Ulla Wandinger;Lucia Mona;Anja Hiebsch

  • Development of a sky imager for cloud cover assessment

    A. Cazorla;F. J. Olmo;L. Alados-Arboledas

  • Effect of hygroscopic growth on the aerosol light-scattering coefficient: A review of measurements, techniques and error sources

    G. Titos;A. Cazorla;Paul Zieger;E. Andrews

  • Physical and optical properties of aerosols over an urban location in Spain: seasonal and diurnal variability

    H. Lyamani;F. J. Olmo;L. Alados-Arboledas

  • On shadowband correction methods for diffuse irradiance measurements

    F.J. Batlles;F.J. Olmo;L. Alados-Arboledas

  • Extreme Saharan dust event over the southern Iberian Peninsula in september 2007: active and passive remote sensing from surface and satellite

    J. L. Guerrero-Rascado;F. J. Olmo;I. Avilés-Rodríguez;F. Navas-Guzmán

  • Optical and microphysical properties of fresh biomass burning aerosol retrieved by Raman lidar, and star-and sun-photometry

    L. Alados-Arboledas;D. Müller;J. L. Guerrero-Rascado;J. L. Guerrero-Rascado;F. Navas-Guzmán

  • The new sun-sky-lunar Cimel CE318-T multiband photometer-a comprehensive performance evaluation

    África Barreto;Emilio Cuevas;María-José Granados-Muñoz;Lucas Alados-Arboledas

  • Spatial and temporal variability of carbonaceous aerosols: Assessing the impact of biomass burning in the urban environment.

    G. Titos;G. Titos;A. del Águila;A. Cazorla;H. Lyamani

  • Evaluation of AERONET Precipitable Water Vapor Versus Microwave Radiometry, GPS, and Radiosondes at ARM Sites

    Daniel Pérez-Ramírez;Daniel Pérez-Ramírez;Daniel Pérez-Ramírez;David N. Whiteman;Alexander Smirnov;Hassan Lyamani

  • Prediction of global irradiance on inclined surfaces from horizontal global irradiance

    F.J Olmo;J Vida;I Foyo;Y Castro-Diez

  • Empirical modeling of hourly direct irradiance by means of hourly global irradiance

    F.J. Batlles;M.A. Rubio;J. Tovar;F.J. Olmo

  • Atmospheric aerosols during the 2003 heat wave in southeastern Spain I: Spectral optical depth

    H. Lyamani;F.J. Olmo;A. Alcántara;L. Alados-Arboledas

  • Light scattering and absorption properties of aerosol particles in the urban environment of Granada, Spain

    H. Lyamani;F.J. Olmo;L. Alados-Arboledas

  • Lidar-Radiometer Inversion Code (LIRIC) for the retrieval of vertical aerosol properties from combined lidar/radiometer data: development and distribution in EARLINET

    Anatoli Chaikovsky;Oleg Dubovik;Brent Holben;Andrey Bril

  • Overview of the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment/Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing on the Mediterranean Climate (ChArMEx/ADRIMED) summer 2013 campaign

    Marc Mallet;François Dulac;Paola Formenti;Pierre Nabat

  • Multi-spectral Lidar characterization of the vertical structure of Saharan dust aerosol over southern Spain

    J.L. Guerrero-Rascado;B. Ruiz;L. Alados-Arboledas

  • The unprecedented 2017–2018 stratospheric smoke event: decay phase and aerosol properties observed with the EARLINET

    Holger Baars;Albert Ansmann;Kevin Ohneiser;Moritz Haarig

  • Can flux tower research neglect geochemical **CO2** exchange?

    Andrew S. Kowalski;Penélope Serrano-Ortiz;Ivan A. Janssens;Sergio Sánchez-Moral

  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories

    Paolo Laj;Paolo Laj;Alessandro Bigi;Clémence Rose;Elisabeth Andrews;Elisabeth Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

F.J. Olmo
F.J. Olmo University of Granada
Hassan Lyamani
Hassan Lyamani University of Granada
Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado
Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado University of Granada
Roberto Román
Roberto Román University of Valladolid
Michaël Sicard
Michaël Sicard Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Gelsomina Pappalardo
Gelsomina Pappalardo National Research Council (CNR)
Victoria E. Cachorro
Victoria E. Cachorro University of Valladolid
Andrés Alastuey
Andrés Alastuey Spanish National Research Council
Ulla Wandinger
Ulla Wandinger Leibniz Association
Ina Mattis
Ina Mattis German Meteorological Service

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