Publications
Papers Under Review or In Preparation
- Optical Properties and Shape-Dependent Complex Refractive Index Retrievals of Freshly Emitted Saharan Dust
Yus-Díez, J., Escribano, J., Pandolfi, M., Alastuey, A., González-Flórez, C., Gonzalez-Romero, A., Gonçalves Ageitos, M., Ivančič, M., Klose, M., Kandler, K., Obiso, V., Panta, A., Reche, C., Rigler, M., Querol, X., and Perez García-Pando, C.
EGUsphere [preprint], (2025). https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2571. Unver Review. - Atmospheric heating by mineral dust particles over the Atlantic
Yus-Díez, J., Bervida, M., Drinovec, L., Jagodič, U., Žibert, B., Lenarčič, M., Marinou, E., Paschou, P., Siomos, N., Baars, H., Engelmann, R., Skupin, A., Zenk, C., Fehr, T., and Močnik, G.
In preparation (2026) - Validation of the ground and satellite lidar-derived aerosol light extinction coefficient with airborne in-situ measurements
Bervida Mačak, M., Yus-Díez, J., Gautam, S., Drinovec, L., Jagodič, U., Žibert, B., Lenarčič, M., Marinou, E., Paschou, P., Siomos, N., Baars, H., Engelmann, R., Skupin, A., Floutsi, A. A., Fehr, T., and Močnik, G.
In preparation (2026) - The heating rate of black carbon and desert dust in the regional atmosphere of the Western Mediterranean
Gautam, S., Pandolfi, M., Pérez, N., Alastuey, A., Ivančič, M., Gregorič, A., Ježek Brecelj, I., Rigler, M., Drinovec, L., Močnik, G., and Yus-Díez, J.
In preparation (2026)
Published Papers
2025
Unveiling single-particle composition, size, shape, and mixing state of freshly emitted Icelandic dust via electron microscopy analysis
Panta, A., Kandler, K., Schepanski, K., Alastuey, A., Dagsson Waldhauserova, P., Dupont, S., Eknayan, M., González-Flórez, C., González-Romero, A., Klose, M., Montag, M., Querol, X., Yus-Díez, J., and Pérez García-Pando, C.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 10457–10478 (2025).https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-10457-2025.Characterization of filter photometer artifacts in soot and dust measurements – laboratory and ambient experiments using a traceably calibrated aerosol absorption reference
Yus-Díez, J., Drinovec, L., Alados-Arboledas, L., Titos, G., Bazo, E., Casans, A., Patrón, D., Querol, X., Gonzalez-Romero, A., Perez García-Pando, C., and Močnik, G.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 18, 3073–3093 (2025). https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3073-2025.A European aerosol phenomenology – 9: Light absorption properties of carbonaceous aerosol particles across surface Europe
Rovira, J., Savadkoohi, M., Chen, G. I., Močnik, G., Aas, W., Alados-Arboledas, L., Artiñano, B., Aurela, M., Backman, J., Banerji, S., Beddows, D., Brem, B., Chazeau, B., Collaud Coen, M., Colombi, C., Conil, S., Costabile, F., Coz, E., de Brito, J. F., Eleftheriadis, K., Pandolfi, M.
Environment International, 195, 109185 (January 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.109185.
2024
Characterization of the particle size distribution, mineralogy, and Fe mode of occurrence of dust-emitting sediments from the Mojave Desert, California, USA
González-Romero, A., González-Flórez, C., Panta, A., Yus-Díez, J., Córdoba, P., Alastuey, A., Moreno, N., Hernández-Chiriboga, M., Kandler, K., Klose, M., Clark, R. N., Ehlmann, B. L., Greenberger, R. N., Keebler, A. M., Brodrick, P., Green, R., Ginoux, P., Querol, X., and Pérez García-Pando, C.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, 9155–9176 (2024).https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-9155-2024.Characterization of brown carbon absorption in different European environments through source contribution analysis
Navarro-Barboza, H., Rovira, J., Obiso, V., Pozzer, A., Via, M., Alastuey, A., Querol, X., Perez, N., Savadkoohi, M., Chen, G., Yus-Díez, J., Ivancic, M., Rigler, M., Eleftheriadis, K., Vratolis, S., Zografou, O., Gini, M., Chazeau, B., Marchand, N., Prevot, A. S. H., Dallenbach, K., Ehn, M., Luoma, K., Petäjä, T., Tobler, A., Necki, J., Aurela, M., Timonen, H., Niemi, J., Favez, O., Petit, J.-E., Putaud, J.-P., Hueglin, C., Pascal, N., Chauvigné, A., Conil, S., Pandolfi, M., and Jorba, O.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 2667–2694 (2025). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-2667-2025.Impact of Dust Source Patchiness on the Existence of a Constant Dust Flux Layer During Aeolian Erosion Events
Dupont, S., Klose, M., Irvine, M. R., González-Flórez, C., Alastuey, A., Bonnefond, J.-M., Dagsson-Waldhauserova, P., Gonzalez-Romero, A., Hussein, T., Lamaud, E., Meyer, H., Panta, A., Querol, X., Schepanski, K., Vergara Palacio, S., Wieser, A., Yus-Díez, J., Kandler, K., Pérez García-Pando, C.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD040657 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040657.Probing Iceland’s dust-emitting sediments: particle size distribution, mineralogy, cohesion, Fe mode of occurrence, and reflectance spectra signatures
González-Romero, A., González-Flórez, C., Panta, A., Yus-Díez, J., Córdoba, P., Alastuey, A., Moreno, N., Kandler, K., Klose, M., Clark, R. N., Ehlmann, B. L., Greenberger, R. N., Keebler, A. M., Brodrick, P., Green, R. O., Querol, X., and Pérez García-Pando, C.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, 6883–6910 (2024). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6883-2024.Uncertainties in source allocation of carbonaceous aerosols in a Mediterranean region
Navarro-Barboza, H., Pandolfi, M., Guevara, M., Enciso, S., Tena, C., Via, M., Yus-Díez, J., Reche, C., Pérez, N., Alastuey, A., Querol, X., Jorba, O.
Environment International, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108252.
2023
Variability in sediment particle size, mineralogy, and Fe mode of occurrence across dust-source inland drainage basins: the case of the lower Drâa Valley, Morocco
González-Romero, A., González-Flórez, C., Panta, A., Yus-Díez, J., Reche, C., Córdoba, P., Moreno, N., Alastuey, A., Kandler, K., Klose, M., Baldo, C., Clark, R. N., Shi, Z., Querol, X., and Pérez García-Pando, C.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 15815–15834 (2023). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15815-2023.Characterizing the sources of ambient PM10 organic aerosol in urban and rural Catalonia, Spain
van ’t Veld, M., Khare, P., Hao, Y., Reche, C., Pérez, N., Alastuey, A., Yus‑Díez, J., Marchand, N., Prevôt, A. S. H., Querol, X., Daellenbach, K. R.
Science of the Total Environment, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166440.An Overview of the ASKOS Campaign in Cabo Verde
Marinou, E., Paschou, P., Tsikoudi, I., Tsekeri, A., Daskalopoulou, V., Kouklaki, D., Siomos, N., Spanakis-Misirlis, V., Voudouri, K. A., Georgiou, T., Drakaki, E., Kampouri, A., Papachristopoulou, K., Mavropoulou, I., Mallios, S., Proestakis, E., Gkikas, A., Koutsoupi, I., Raptis, I. P., Kazadzis, S., Baars, H., Floutsi, A., Pirloaga, R., Nemuc, A., Marenco, F., Kezoudi, M., Papetta, A., Močnik, G., Yus-Díez, J., Ryder, C. L., Ratcliffe, N., Kandler, K., Sudharaj, A., Amiridis, V.
Environ. Sci. Proc., 26(1), 200 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026200.Towards a better understanding of fine PM sources: Online and offline datasets combination in a single PMF
Via, M., Yus-Díez, J., Canonaco, F., Petit, J.-E., Hopke, P., Reche, C., Pandolfi, M., Ivančič, M., Rigler, M., Prevôt, A. S. H., Querol, X., Alastuey, A., Minguillón, M. C.
Environment International, 177, 108006 (July 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108006.Insights into the size-resolved dust emission from field measurements in the Moroccan Sahara
González-Flórez, C., Klose, M., Alastuey, A., Dupont, S., Escribano, J., Etyemezian, V., Gonzalez-Romero, A., Huang, Y., Kandler, K., Nikolich, G., Panta, A., Querol, X., Reche, C., Yus-Díez, J., and Pérez García-Pando, C.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 7177–7212 (2023). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-7177-2023.
2022
Insights into the single-particle composition, size, mixing state, and aspect ratio of freshly emitted mineral dust from field measurements in the Moroccan Sahara using electron microscopy
Panta, A., Kandler, K., Alastuey, A., González-Flórez, C., González-Romero, A., Klose, M., Querol, X., Reche, C., Yus-Díez, J., and Pérez García-Pando, C.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 3861–3885 (2023). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3861-2023.Absorption enhancement of black carbon particles in a Mediterranean city and countryside: effect of particulate matter chemistry, ageing and trend analysis
Yus-Díez, J., Via, M., Alastuey, A., Karanasiou, A., Minguillón, M. C., Perez, N., Querol, X., Reche, C., Ivančič, M., Rigler, M., and Pandolfi, M.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 8439–8456 (2022). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8439-2022.
2021
Intercomparison and characterization of 23 Aethalometers under laboratory and ambient air conditions: procedures and unit-to-unit variabilities
Cuesta-Mosquera, A., Močnik, G., Drinovec, L., Müller, T., Pfeifer, S., Minguillón, M. C., Briel, B., Buckley, P., Dudoitis, V., Fernández-García, J., Fernández-Amado, M., Ferreira De Brito, J., Riffault, V., Flentje, H., Heffernan, E., Kalivitis, N., Kalogridis, A.-C., Keernik, H., Marmureanu, L., Luoma, K., Marinoni, A., Pikridas, M., Schauer, G., Serfozo, N., Servomaa, H., Titos, G., Yus-Díez, J., Zioła, N., and Wiedensohler, A.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14, 3195–3216 (2021). https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3195-2021.Aircraft vertical profiles during summertime regional and Saharan dust scenarios over the north-western Mediterranean basin: aerosol optical and physical properties
Yus-Díez, J., Ealo, M., Pandolfi, M., Perez, N., Titos, G., Močnik, G., Querol, X., and Alastuey, A.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 431–455 (2021). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-431-2021.Determination of the multiple-scattering correction factor and its cross-sensitivity to scattering and wavelength dependence for different AE33 Aethalometer filter tapes: a multi-instrumental approach
Yus-Díez, J., Bernardoni, V., Močnik, G., Alastuey, A., Ciniglia, D., Ivančič, M., Querol, X., Perez, N., Reche, C., Rigler, M., Vecchi, R., Valentini, S., and Pandolfi, M.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14, 6335–6355 (2021). https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6335-2021.Applicability of benchtop multi-wavelength polar photometers to off-line measurements of the Multi-Angle Absorption Photometer (MAAP) samples
Sara Valentini, Vera Bernardoni, Ezio Bolzacchini, Davide Ciniglia, Luca Ferrero, Alice Corina Forello, Dario Massabó, Marco Pandolfi, Paolo Prati, Francesca Soldan, Gianluigi Valli, Jesús Yus-Díez, Andrés Alastuey, Roberta Vecchi
Journal of Aerosol Science, 152, 105701 (2021).Aircraft vertical profiles during summertime regional and Saharan dust scenarios over the north-western Mediterranean basin: aerosol optical and physical properties
Yus-Díez, J., Ealo, M., Pandolfi, M., Perez, N., Titos, G., Močnik, G., Querol, X., and Alastuey, A.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 431–455 (2021). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-431-2021.Changes in black carbon emissions over Europe due to COVID-19 lockdowns
Evangeliou, N., Platt, S. M., Eckhardt, S., Lund Myhre, C., Laj, P., Alados-Arboledas, L., Backman, J., Brem, B. T., Fiebig, M., Flentje, H., … Yus-Díez, J., Prats, N., Putaud, J. P., Sellegri, K., Sorribas, M., Eleftheriadis, K., Vratolis, S., Wiedensohler, A., and Stohl, A.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 2675–2692 (2021). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2675-2021
2020
- A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories
Laj, P., Bigi, A., Rose, C., Andrews, E., Lund Myhre, C., Collaud Coen, M., Lin, Y., Wiedensohler, A., … , Yus-Díez, J., Zdimal, V., Zieger, P., and Zikova, N.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13, 4353–4392 (2020). https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4353-2020.
2019
- Nocturnal boundary layer turbulence regimes analysis during the BLLAST campaign
Yus-Díez, J., Udina, M., Soler, M. R., Lothon, M., Nilsson, E., Bech, J., and Sun, J.
Atmospheric Chemistry Physics, 19, 9495–9514 (2019). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9495-2019
Theses
- Understanding the measurements and variability of aerosol optical properties in NE Spain
PhD Thesis, University of Barcelona (2022). - Classification of the turbulent regimes within the Planetary Boundary Layer in complex orography environments
MSc in Meteorology, University of Barcelona (2017). - Relajación clásica y cuántica de imanes moleculare
BSc in Physics, University of Zaragoza (2016).