Mireia Udina Sistach

Mireia Udina Sistach

Lecturer Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-8024-3293
Researcher ID: G-9775-2015
Knowledge area: Física de la Terra

Contact Information
Department of Applied Physics
Departament de Física Aplicada. C/Martí i Franquès, 1. Planta 7
934039229
mudina(a)ub.edu, mudina(a)meteo.ub.edu

My profile

Her main research activity has focused on the the study of the atmospheric boundary layer and the impact of meteorological factors at meso and micro-scales in air quality. The main research has ... + info

Academic training

Environmental Sciences . University Autònoma of Barcelona . 01/08/2007 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Meteorology . Faculty of Physics. University of Barcelona . 30/09/2009 . (Official Master)
Modeling the atmospheric boundary layer in stably stratified conditions and over complex terrain are . University of Barcelona . 10/12/2015 . (Ph.D.)

Teaching imparted

Contaminació Atmosfèrica (University Master's Degree) - Meteorología - Universidad de Barcelona.
Qualitat de l'Aire (University Master's Degree) - Energies Renovables i Sostenibilitat Energètica - Universidad de Barcelona.
Meteorologia i Climatologia (Bachelor's degree) - Física - Universidad de Barcelona.
Micrometeorologia (University Master's Degree) - Meteorología - Universidad de Barcelona.

Research interests

Meteorology, atmospheric boundary layer, mesoscale, microscale, modeling, numerical simulations, gravity waves, turbulence, mountain meteorology, air pollutant dispersion

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Elna Bagés Cid . (2020) . Study of the dynamic and thermal structure of the atmospheric boundary layer in Cerdanya valley (Master's Thesis) . .
Miguel Garcia Dalmau . (2020) . Urban daytime boundary layer height determination and its relationship with high pollutant concentrations in Barcelona (Master's Thesis) . .
Eric Peinó Calero . (2025) . A Comprehensive Validation of Global Precipitation Measurement satellite products over a Western Mediterranean Region (Ph.D. Thesis) . .

Participation in projects

Estudio de los sistemas mesoscalares ligados a efectos topográficos y su relación con la dispersión y distribución de contaminantes atmosféricos . 2010 - 2012 . Ref.CGL2009-12797-CO3-02 . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Maria Rosa Soler Duffour
Análisis de la interacción entre las ondas de gravedad y la capa límite atmosférica. Aplicación al estudio del transporte y dispersión de contaminantes atmosféricos . 2013 - 2015 . Ref.CGL2012-37416-C04-04 . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Maria Rosa Soler Duffour
Ondas de gravedad, precipitación orográfica y procesos asociados en áreas de montaña . 2016 - 2018 . Ref.CGL2015-65627-C3-2-R . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Maria Rosa Soler Duffour
RTI2018-098693-B-C32 Analysis of Precipitation Processes in the Eastern Ebro Sub-basin (WISE-PreP) . 2019 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Joan Bech
Análisis del impacto de la orografia en la microfísica de la precipitación y las estimaciones por satélite . 2022 - 2025 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Joan Bech

Journal Publications

Udina, Mireia; Sun, Jielun; Kosovic, Branko; Rosa Soler, Maria (2016). Exploring Vertical Turbulence Structure in Neutrally and Stably Stratified Flows Using the Weather Research and Forecasting-Large-Eddy Simulation (WRF-LES) Model. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 161(2), pp. 355 - 374 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-016-0171-8 . ISSN: 0006-8314
Udina, M.; Soler, M.R.; Olid, M.; Jiménez-Esteve, B.; Bech, J. (2020). Pollutant vertical mixing in the nocturnal boundary layer enhanced by density currents and low-level jets: two representative case studies. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 174, pp. 203 - 230 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-019-00483-y . ISSN: 0006-8314
Udina, M.; Bech, J.; Gonzalez, S.; Soler, M.R.; Paci, A.; Miro, J.R.; Trapero, L.; Donier, J.M.; Douffet, T.; Codina, B.; Pineda, N. (2020). Multi-sensor observations of an elevated rotor during a mountain wave event in the Eastern Pyrenees. Atmospheric Research, 234(104698) . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104698 . ISSN: 0169-8095
Jaén C; Udina M; Bech J (2021). Analysis of two heat wave driven ozone episodes in Barcelona and surrounding region: meteorological and photochemical modeling. Atmospheric Environment, 246(118037) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1352-2310
Udina, M.; Peinó, E.; Polls, F.; Mercader, J.; Guerrero, I.; Valmassoi, A.; Paci, A.; Bech, J. (2024). Irrigation impact on boundary layer and precipitation characteristics in Weather Research and Forecasting model simulations during LIAISE-2021. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, pp. 1 - 23 . https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4756 . ISSN: 0035-9009