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VALERO, FRANCISCO

Research Scientist

Degrees:

• B.S., University of La Plata, Argentina
• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests:

• Climate
• Atmospheric radiative transfer
• Solar system exploration
• Astrophysics

Honors and Awards:

• International Academy of Astronautics, elected Academician, 2003
• NASA Ames Research Center, Associate Fellow, 1992
• NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, 1991

Mentoring:

• Marsden, David (Post Doc; 2003-2005)
• Moustaoui, Mohamed (Post Doc; 2003-2005)
• Nguyen, Q (Undergrad; 1999-2001)
• Bush, Brett (Post Doc; 1995-2006)
• Platnik, Stephen (Post Doc; 1995-1997)
• Bucholtz, Anthony (Post Doc; 1994-2001)
• Lane, Lisa (Graduate; 1994-1996)
• Pope, Shelly (Post Doc; 1994-2005)
• Hammer, Phillip (Post Doc; 1991-1994)
• Gasster, Samuel (Graduate; 1986-1988)
• Miller, Ann (Undergrad; 1986-1987)
• Weil, Melinda (Graduate; 1985-1987)
• Suarez, Carlos (Post Doc; 1984-1986)
• Clua, Alicia (Graduate; 1964-1966)

Valero, F.P.J., W.D. Collins, P. Pilewskie, A. Bucholtz, P.J. Flatau, Direct Radiometric Observations of the Water Vapor Greenhouse Effect Over the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Science 275, 1773-1776, 1997.

Conant, W.C., V. Ramanathan, F.P.J. Valero, and J. Meywerk, An Examination of the Clear-Sky Solar Absorption over the Central Equatorial Pacific: Observations Versus Models. J. Climate, 10, 1874-1884 1997.

Zender, C.S., B. Bush, S.K. Pope, A. Bucholtz, W.D. Collins, J.T. Kiehl, F.P.J. Valero, and J. Vitko, Jr., Atmospheric absorption during ARESE, J. Geophys. Res., 102 D25, 29,901-29,915 1997.

Valero, F.P.J., R.D. Cess, M. Zhang, S.K. Pope, A. Bucholtz, B. Bush and J. Vitko, Jr., Absorption of solar radiation by the cloudy atmosphere: Interpretations of collocated aircraft measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 102 D25, 29,917-29,927, 1997.

Valero, F.P.J., A. Bucholtz, B.C. Bush, S.K. Pope, W.D. Collins, P.J. Flatau, A. Strawa and W. Gore, Atmospheric Radiation Measurements Enhanced Shortwave Experiment (ARESE): Experimental and Data Details, J. Geophys. Res., 102 D25, 29,929-29,937, 1997.

Heymsfield, A.J., G.M. McFarquhar, W.D. Collins, J.A. Goldstein, F.P.J. Valero, J Spinhirne, W. Hart and P. Pilewskie, Cloud properties leading to highly reflective tropical cirrus: Interpretations from CEPEX, TOGA-COARE, and Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, J. Geophys. Res., 103, D8, 8805, 1998.

Bush, B.C., S.K. Pope, A. Bucholtz, F.P.J. Valero, and A. Strawa, Surface radiation measurements during the ARESE campaign, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 61, 237-247, 1999.

Bush, B.C., and F.P.J. Valero, Comparison of ARESE clear sky surface radiation measurements, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 61, 249-264, 1999.

Cess, R.D., M. Zhang, F.P.J. Valero, S.K. Pope, A. Bucholtz, B. Bush, C.S. Zender, and J. Vitko, Jr., Absorption of solar radiation by the cloudy atmosphere: Further interpretations of collocated aircraft measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 2059-2066, 1999.

Bush, B.C., F.P.J. Valero, A.S. Simpson, and L. Bignone, Characterization of Thermal Effects in Pyranometers: A Data Correction Algorithm for Improved Measurements of Surface Insolation, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17, No. 2, 165-175, 2000.

Valero, F.P.J., and Bush, B.C., Measured and calculated clear-sky solar radiative fluxes during the Subsonic Aircraft Contrail and Cloud Effects Special Study (SUCCESS), J. Geophys. Res., 104, No. D22, 27,387-27,398, 1999.

Collins, W.D., A, Bucholtz, P. Flatau, D. Lubin, F.P.J. Valero, C.P. Weaver, and P. Pilewski, Determination of surface heating by convective cloud systems in the central equatorial Pacific from surface and satellite measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 105, No. D11, 14,807-14,821, 2000.

Pope, S.K., and F.P.J. Valero, Observations and models of irradiance profiles, column transmittance, and column reflectance during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurements Enhanced Shortwave Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 105, No. D10, 12,521-12,528, 2000.

Valero, F.P.J, P. Minnis, S.K. Pope, A. Bucholtz, B.C. Bush, D.R. Doelling. W.L. Smith, Jr., and X. Dong, Absorption of solar radiation by the atmosphere as determined using satellite, aircraft, and surface data during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Enhanced Shortwave Experiment (ARESE), J. Geophys. Res., 105, No. D4, 4743-4758, 2000.

Doelling, D.R., P. Minnis, D.A. Spangenberg, V. Chakrapani, A. Mahesh, S.K. Pope, and F.P.J. Valero, Cloud radiative forcing at the top of the atmosphere during FIRE ACE derived from AVHRR data, J. Geophys. Res., 106, No. D14, 15,279-15,296, 2001.

Ramanathan, V., P.J. Crutzen, J. Lelieveld, A.P. Mitra, D. Althausen, J. Anderson, M.O. Andreae, W. Cantrell, G.R. Cass, C.E. Chung, A.D. Clarke, J.A. Coakley, W.D. Collins, W.C. Conant, F. Dulac, J. Heintzenberg, A.J. Heymsfield, B. Holben, S. Howell, J. Hudson, A. Jayaraman, J.T. Kiehl, T.N. Krishnamurti, D. Lubin, G. McFarquhar, T. Novakov, J.A. Ogren, I.A. Podgorny, K. Prather, K. Priestley, J.M. Prospero, P.K. Quinn, K. Rajeev, P. Rasch, S. Rupert, R. Sadourny, S.K. Satheesh, G.E. Shaw, P. Sheridan, and F.P.J. Valero, Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze, J. Geophys. Res., 106, No. D22, 28371-28,398, 2001.

Pope, S.K., F.P.J. Valero, W.D. Collins, and P. Minnis, Comparison of ScaRaB, GOES-8, aircraft, and surface observations of the absorption of solar radiation by clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 107, No. D11, 10.1029/2001JD001139, 5 June 2002.

Bush, B.C., and F.P.J. Valero, Spectral aerosol radiative forcing at the surface during the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX), J. Geophys. Res., 107, No. D19, 10.1029/2000JD000020, 17 August 2002.

Michalsky, J., P. Kiedron, J. Berndt, T. Stoffel, D. Myers, I. Reda, J. Treadwell, A. Andreas, S. Asano, A. Uchiyama, A. Yamazaki, M. Haeffelin, T. Tooman, R. McCoy, A. Bucholtz, B.C. Bush, S.K. Pope, A.S. Leitner, and F.P.J. Valero, Broadband shortwave calibration results from the atmospheric radiation measurement enhanced Shortwave Experiment II, J. Geophys. Res., 107, No. D16, 4287, 23 August 2002.

Valero, F.P.J., S.K. Pope, B.C. Bush, Q. Nguyen, D. Marsden, R.D. Cess, A.S. Simpson-Leitner, A. Bucholtz, and P.M. Udelhofen, Absorption of solar radiation by the clear and cloudy atmosphere during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Enhanced Shortwave Experiments (ARESE) I and II: Observations and models, J. Geophys. Res., 108, No. D1,10.1029/2001JD001384, 10 January 2003.

Bush, B.C., and F.P.J. Valero, Surface aerosol radiative forcing at Gosan during the ACE-Asia campaign, J.Geophys.Res., 108, No. D23, 8660, doi: 10.1029/2002JD003233, 26 August 2003.

Moustaoui, M., H. Teitelbaum, and F.P.J. Valero, On vertical displacements induced by quasi-stationary waves in the southern hemisphere stratosphere during spring, Mon. Weather Rev., 131, 2279-2289, 2003.

Moustaoui, M., H. Teitelbaum, and F.P.J. Valero, Ozone laminae inside the Antarctic vortex produced by poleward filaments, Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 129, 3121-3136, 2003.

F.P.J. Valero, R.D. Cess, and S.K. Pope; Disagreements over cloud absorption, Science 305:1239 27 August, 2004

Marsden D. and F.P.J. Valero; Observation of water vapor greenhouse absorption over the Gulf of Mexico using aircraft and satellite data J. Atmos. Sci., 61(6), 745-753, 15 March 2004.

Kim S. W., A. Jefferson , S.C. Yoon, E.G. Dutton, J.A. Ogren, F.P.J. Valero, J. Kim, B.N. Holben; Comparisons of aerosol optical depth and surface shortwave irradiance and their effect on the aerosol surface radiative forcing estimation. J.Geophys. Res. 110, D07204, APR 6 2005

R. J. Charlson R. J., F.P.J. Valero, J.H. Seinfeld; In Search of Balance, Science 308 (5723): 806-807 MAY 6 2005

Garrett T. J. , B.C. Navarro, C.H. Twohy, E.J. Jensen, D.G. Baumgardner, P.T. Bui, H. Gerber, R.L. Herman, A.J. Heymsfield, P. Lawson, P. Minnis, L. Nguyen, M. Poellot, S.K. Pope, F.P.J. Valero, E.M. Weinstock; Evolution of a Florida Cirrus Anvil; J. Atmos. Sci., 62(7): 2352-2372 Part 2, JUL 2005

Marsden D. C., F.P.J. Valero and B.C. Bush; Continental aerosol properties inferred from measurements of direct and diffuse solar irradiance, J.Geophys. Res., 61, No. D20204, OCT 26 2005

Valero F P. J. and J. Herman, NATO Science Series: Series I Live and Behavioral Sciences Vol 371. IOS Press, 2006. Edited by Yaroslav Blume, Don J. Durzan and Petro Smertenko;

Valero, Francisco P. J.; Keeping the DSCOVR Mission Alive, Science 311 (5762): 775-776 Feb 10 2006

Bush B. C., F.P.J. Valero, S.K. Pope; Atmospheric radiative forcing at the surface derived from aircraft irradiance and spectral optical depth measurements, J. Geophys. Res. 111 1029/2005JD006321, 22 June 2006

Valero F. P. J.; Keeping the DSCOVR Mission Alive, Science 311 (5762): 775-776 Feb 10 2006

Bush B. C., Francisco P. J. Valero and J. A. Haggerty Clear-Sky Column Water Vapor Retrievals Using the Airborne Imaging Microwave Radiometer (AIMR), J. Geophys.Res., in press 2007.

G. A. Paulikas, The Aerospace Corporation (ret.), Chair, C. M. Pieters, Brown University, Vice Chair, W B. Banerdt, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, J. L. Burch, Southwest Research Institute, A. Chaikin, Science Journalist, Arlington, Vermont, B. A. Cohen, University of New Mexico, Michel Duke, Colorado School of Mines, A. W. England, University of Michigan, H. Hiesinger, University of Münster, N. W. Hinners, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, A. M. Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology, D. J. Lawrence, Los Alamos National Laboratory, D. F. Lester, McDonald Observatory, P. G. Lucey, University of Hawaii, S. A. Stern, Southwest Research Institute, S. Tompkins, Science Applications International Corporation, F. P. Valero, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, J. W. Valley, University of Wisconsin-Madison, C. Walker, Independent Consultant, Annandale, Virginia, N. J. Woolf, University of Arizona; National Academy of Sciences Press (in press, 2007)