Yolanda Sola Salvatierra

Yolanda Sola Salvatierra

Adjunct part-time
Knowledge area: Física de la Terra

Contact Information
Department of Applied Physics
Martí i Franquès 1 Planta 7
+34 93 403 92 30
ysola(a)meteo.ub.edu

Academic training

Doctora en Física . Universitat de Barcelona . 2009 . (Ph.D.)
Graduada superior en Meteorologia i Climatologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 06/10/2003 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Llicenciada en Física . Universitat de Barcelona . 16/11/2001 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Teaching imparted

Meteorologia i Climatologia (Bachelor's degree) - Física - Universidad de Barcelona.
Cambio climático (University Master's Degree) - Màster en Energies Renovables i Eficiència Energètica - Centro Universitario Internacional de Barcelona (UNIBA).
Cambio climático (University Master's Degree) - Master en Energies Renovables i Sostenibilitat Energètica - Universidad de Barcelona.
Meteorologia Urbana i Biometeorologia (University Master's Degree) - Meteorología - Universidad de Barcelona.
Astronomia i Meteorologia (Proposta Formativa per a la Gent gran) - Universitat de l'Experiència - Universidad de Barcelona.

Research interests

Solar radiation, radiative transfer models, stratospheric ozone and aerosols
Photobiology: characterization of the UV radiation and its effects
Atmospheric electric field

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Lorente, Alba . (2014) . Characterization of aerosol optical properties using a sunphotometer at the Southern Pyrenees (Master's Thesis) . .
Cepero, Cintia . (2014) . Determinació de la nuvolositat a partir de les mesures d'irradiància solar (Master's Thesis) . .
Montoliu, Joan . (2016) . The atmospheric electric field in Barcelona under different weather conditions (Degree work) . .
Gil, Carles . (2017) . Characterization of the aerosol optical properties as a function of the air mass origin in "El Montsec" background station (Master's Thesis) . .

Participation in projects

Variabilidad y tendencia futura de la radiación solar UV en España . 2010 - 2012 . Ref.CGL2009-08819 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Jeronimo Lorente Castello
Influencia de los patrones climáticos en las distribuciones de ozono y radiación solar ultravioleta en el suroeste de Europa . 2013 - 2015 . Ref.CGL2012-38945 . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Jeronimo Lorente Castello

Journal Publications

Sola, Y.; Lorente, J. (2014). Contribution of UVA irradiance to the erythema and photoaging effects in solar and sunbed exposures. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology, 143, pp. 5 - 11 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.photobiol.2014.10.024 . ISSN: 1011-1344
Bech, J.; Sola, Y.; Ossó, A.; Lorente, J. (2015). Analysis of 14 years of broadband ground-based solar UV index observations in Barcelona. International Journal of Climatology, 35, pp. 45 - 56 . https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3961 . ISSN: 0899-8418
Ossó, A.; Sola, Y.; Rosenlof, K. ; Hassler, B.; Bech, J.; Lorente, J. (2015). How robust are trends in the Brewer-Dobson circulation derived from observed stratospheric temperatures?. Journal of Climate, 28(8), pp. 3024 - 3040 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0894-8755
Montornès, A; Codina, B; Zack, J.; Sola, Y. (2016). Implementation of the Bessel's method for solar eclipses prediction in the WRF-ARW model. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics . ISSN: 1680-7316
Sola, Y.; Baeza, D.; Gómez, M.; Lorente, J. (2016). Ultraviolet spectral distribution and erythema-weighted irradiance from indoor tanning devices compared with solar radiation exposures. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B-Biology, 161, pp. 450 - 455 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.06.014 . ISSN: 1011-1344
Titos G. ; Pandolfi M. ; Ealo M. ; Pérez N. ; Sola Y. ; Sicard M. ; Comerón A. ; Querol X. ; Alastuey A. (2017). Spatio-temporal evolution of a severe winter dust event in the Western Mediterranean: aerosol optical and physical properties. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres . https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD026252 . ISSN: 2169-897X