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**++Climatology from Satellites Group++**
**++Postgraduate++**
++Current Research Assistants (and Doctorate Students):++
++Doctorate on Remote Sensing Students:++
++Master Postgraduate:++
++Master Students:++
++Advanced Undergraduate:++
++Practicum - Practical Training:++
++Current External:++
++Past ..., but very close to us ...:++
**++Publications++**
**++Links to Significant Meetings++**
''**++2015++**''
''**++2014++**''
**++Active Collaborations++**
**++Acknowledgments**++
**++Book suggestions++**
**++Link of the Day++** (in reality, ... every now and then)
2013
December
**++Teaching Subjects++**
Postgraduate Course on ''New Observation and Watching Systems in Meteorology and Climatology''
**Some Teaching Publications**
**++Research Lines++**
**''I Validation of low spatial resolution remote sensing data and products (GERB, SMOS, EPS/MetOp, SMAP)''**
**''II Radiative balance studies (GERB, CERES, SEVIRI, EarthCARE)''**
**''III Soil moisture from passive microwaves (SMOS)''**
**++Valencia & Alacant Anchor Stations++**
**What is an ''ANCHOR STATION''**? (from Professor H.-J. Bolle)/
**Rationale**/
**Desirable measurements at ''Anchor Stations''**/
How Representative are the ''Alacant and the Valencia Anchor Stations'' Measurements of their Respective Surrounding Meteorology?
Proposal for a ''Water Cycle Observatory'': The VALENCIA and the ALACANT ANCHOR STATIONS, Meteorological Reference Stations for Remote Sensing Data and Products
**Publications**
2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
2002
**++Involvement in Satellite Earth Observation Missions++**
**SMOS (''Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity'')**/
**SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign Activities at the Valencia Anchor Station**
**Scientific Team**
**Purpose**
**Activities
**SM Measurements**
**Vegetation Measurements**
**Soil texture**
**Airborne Operations during the SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign (Tauriainen, 2008)**
**Modelling**
**Publications**
2011
2010
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
**Projects**
**EarthCARE (''Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer'')**
**Publications**
2012
2011
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
2001
**Projects**
**GERB (''Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget'')**/
**Publications**
2011
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2000
**Projects**
**CERES (''Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System'')**/
**Publications**
2012
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2000
**Projects**
**EPS/MetOp (''EUMETSAT Polar System / MetOp'')**/
**Publications**
**Projects**
**++Other Significant Research Projects and Contracts++**
**Publications**
**++Field Campaigns++**
**++Supervision of Research Academic Work++**
**++Selected Significant Publications++**
**++Photographic Album: A Sample++**/
2014
2013
2012
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1988
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**++Photographic Album: A Sample++**/
(Inverse Order)
2014
40th COSPAR Assembly, Moscow, Russia, August 2014
2013
1st COSPAR Symposium on Planetary Systems of our Sun and other Stars, and the Future of Space Astronomy. Bangkok, Thailand, November 2013
Alcala de Henares, October 2013
2012
COSPAR Capacity Building Course on Remote Sensing of the Global Water Circulation to Climate Change, National Space Science Center (NSSC), Beijing, September 2012
COSPAR Assembly, Mysore, July 2012
2008
Album2008_AirNostrum_Panorama_Large_version2.gif/
It's really a pity that the limitations of the web page edition
do not allow the complete vision of this beautiful composite picture
developed by Patrick Wursteisen
SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign. Visit to the Skyvan at the Air Nostrum apron (28 April)
Part of the Team Leaders of the SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign. Visit to the Skyvan at the Air Nostrum apron (28 April)
I would not be able to work for SMOS if they would not be so fond of the Mission as I am ... at least
Many years campaigning together for SMOS ... so far
SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign. Visit to the Skyvan at the Air Nostrum apron (28 April)
With Jan Balling below the EMIRAD antennas (left) and close to the EMIRAD instrument onboard the Skyvan from TKK
SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign. Visit to the Skyvan at the Air Nostrum apron (28 April)
No Comments
27th GIST Meeting, University of Valencia, Jan 2008
2007
Talk at the Faculty of Physics (University of Valencia) on SMOS, Nov 2007
Talk at the Faculty of Physics (University of Valencia) on SMOS, Nov 2007
3 pictures on the Postgraduate Course (3rd Edition, Jun - Jul 2007). From the top: Visit to Valencia Meteorological Center, visit to the Meteorological Radar of Cullera, Valencia, and the Albufera Lagoon in the background
EarthCARE Workshop, ESTEC, 7-9 May
From left to right: Jennifer Grant, Alain Kruszewski, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Nicolas Guaita, Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, Cristina Millan, Aurelio Cano y Kauzar Saleh
From left to right: Jennifer Grant, Alain Kruszewski, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, Cristina Millan, Aurelio Cano, Javio Sanchis y Kauzar Saleh
Installation of EMIRAD-1 at the Valencia Anchor Station (Finca El Renegado, Caudete de las Fuentes) for the MELBEX-II Experiment. 19-24 March
16th March. SMOS payload module at ESA-ESTEC for testing. Thanks for the valuable picture, Adriano!
2006
During a working visit at the Meteorological Observatory Lindenberg, with Franz Berger, Director of the Observatory
Group dinner 31 August 2006
Ernesto, Almudena and Geraldo with some of their relatives at a break of the SCALES/MIDAS-4 August 2006 Campaign visiting the Hoces del Cabriel area, near the validation site
Almudena and Geraldo checking the data loggers at La Cubera Mobile Station during the SCALES/MIDAS-4 August 2006 Campaign
3rd MSG RAO Workshop. Helsinki, 15 June 2006
Note that the picture was taken at about 23:30 h
EARSeL 2006. Warsaw, 29 May - 2 June 2006
Emilia Wisniewska explains her poster by
Krystyna Stankiewicz & Emilia Wisniewska:
Sensitivity of ENVISAT ASAR image classification accuracy to spatial variability of selected environmental parameters in rural area
The first EUMETSAT Polar System/MetOp Research Announcement of Opportunity (EPS/MetOp RAO) workshop was organised by ESA and EUMETSAT from 15-17 May 2006 at ESRIN, ESAï¿˝s Earth observation centre in Frascati, Italy (Credits: ESA)
Well!. This is a bit closer (29 January)
This is part of the Group in Sevilla for the Geophysics and Geodesy Assembly:
Josï¿˝, Sara, Almudena, Carmen, Ernesto, ... (Where is Carlos?) (29 January)
SMOS Science Team members enjoying the products of the Valencia region
after an exciting day of working in the field (7 February)
SMOS Science Team members visiting the Valencia Anchor Station (8 February)
2005
Science Week, University of Valencia, November 2005
First Experimenter's Meeting: SMOS Validation and Retrieval Team (SVRT), Avila, 21-24 November 2005
With Antonio Caselles and Rafael Pla (University Golden Medal Ceremony for professor Lorenzo Ferrer)
Postgraduate Course on New Observation and Watching Systems in Meteorology and Climatology. Visiting the Cullera Meteorological Radar from the Spanish Institute for Meteorology (Valencia Center), May 2005. The picture was taken by Victor Alcover (July 2005)
RED IBERICA MM5 Meeting in Valencia (June 2005)
The EMIRAD L-band microwave radiometer from TUD is ready for the MELBEX Experiment
From top left and clockwise: Alain Kruszewski and Jean-Pierre Wigneron from INRA (Bordeaux), Jan Balling from Technical University of Denmark, and Antonio Sanchis from the University of Valencia. The picture was taken by E. Lopez-Baeza (28 May 2005)
2004
Workshop on Inter-Comparison of Large Scale Optical and Infrared Sensors
ESA / ESTEC Noordwijk, The Netherlands (12ï¿˝14 October 2004)
ADM-BBR Contract Mid-term meeting, ESTEC (September 2004). With Patrick Raberanto, Sylvain Lassaut and Carlos Domenech. Michel Viollier took the picture
Earth Explorer User Consultation Meeting, ESRIN (19-20 April 2004)
Joint CERES-GIST Meeting at NCAR, Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado, USA, March 29 - April 2, 2004
With the occasion of the Joint CERES-GIST Meeting at NCAR, Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado, USA, March 29 - April 2, 2004. Visiting The Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado with David Levellyn-Jones. Brian Stewart took the picture
With the occasion of the Joint CERES-GIST Meeting at NCAR, Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado, USA, March 29 - April 2, 2004. Visiting The Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado with Lou Smith. Brian Stewart took the picture
RED IBERICA MM5 Meeting in Lisbon (11 March 2004)
Showing the Valencia Anchor Station to the School of Caudete de las Fuentes (9-12 February 2004)
2nd GERB Ground Validation Campaign (SCALES Project) at the Valencia Anchor Station. Caudete de las Fuentes (9-12 February 2004)
Festkolloquium Festvortrï¿˝ge aus Anlass des 75. Geburtstages von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans-Jï¿˝rgen Bolle am 9. Feber 2004
in der Aula der Univ. Innsbruck, Hauptgebï¿˝ude, Christoph-Probst-Platz 1
2003
SMOS-REFLEX'03 Campaign at the Valencia Anchor Station (July 2003)
First Summer Course of the Spanish Association for Climatology, Montserrat, (3-5 July 2003)
First Summer Course of the Spanish Association for Climatology, Montserrat, (3-5 July 2003)
First Summer Course of the Spanish Association for Climatology, Montserrat, (3-5 July 2003)
1st GERB Ground Validation Campaign (SCALES Project) at the Valencia Anchor Station. Caudete de las Fuentes (21-24 June 2003)
Visiting the Valencia Anchor Station with the occasion of the GIST-18 Meeting in Valencia, May 2003
GIST-18 Meeting in Valencia, May 2003
2002
EarthCARE Mission Advisory Group Meeting, ESTEC (January 2002) (Courtesy, J.-P. Blanchet)
EarthCARE Mission Advisory Group Meeting, ESTEC (January 2002) (Courtesy, J.-P. Blanchet)
2001
Inauguration of the Valencia Anchor Station by the Regional Ministry for Environment, Mr Fernando Modrego (18 December 2001)
2000
Preparing a proposal for EU FP IV in Brussels
1988
With Ann Henderson-Sellers and her Group (June 1988)
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