Man

Boris Barja Gonzalez

Investigador Asociado

Universidad de Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Atmospheric constituents measurements, clouds and aerosols. Lidar remote sensing of aerosols and clouds in the atmosphere. atmospheric radiation, measurements. Aerosols and clouds effects on solar radiation.

Educación

  •  Meteorología, Instituto de Meteorología de Cuba, Comisión Nacional de Grado Científico.. Cuba, 2011
  •  Optica, Instituto Superior Politécnico "Jose Antonio Hechevarria". Cuba, 2004
  •  Física, Universidad de Oriente. Cuba, 1997
  •  Técnico Medio en Meteorología, Centro Meteorológico de Camagüey. Instituto de Meteorología de Cuba.. Chile, 2001

Experiencia Académica

  •   INVESTIGADOR ASOCIADO Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES

    FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS

    Punta Arenas, Chile

    2016 - A la fecha

  •   Profesor Part Time

    Instituto Superior de Ciencias y Tecnologías Aplicadas

    Facultad de Medio Ambiente

    Camaguey, Cuba

    2009 - 2012

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Research Assistant Full Time

    Camagüey Lidar Station. Atmospheric Physic Department, Meteorological Center of Camagüey.

    Camagüey, Cuba

    1997 - 2000

  •   Junior Researcher Full Time

    Camagüey Lidar Station. Atmospheric Physic Department, Meteorological Center of Camagüey.

    Camagüey, Cuba

    2000 - 2004

  •   Assistant Researcher Full Time

    Camagüey Lidar Station. Atmospheric Physic Department, Meteorological Center of Camagüey.

    Camagüey, Cuba

    2004 - 2011

  •   Researcher Full Time

    Atmospheric Optics Group of Camagüey. Atmospheric Physic Department, Meteorological Center of Camagüey.

    Camagüey, Cuba

    2011 - 2016

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time

    Physics Institute, São Paulo University.

    São Paulo, Brasil

    2013 - 2016

  •   Associated Researcher Full Time

    Atmospheric Research Laboratory, University of Magallanes.

    Punta Arenas, Chile

    2016 - A la fecha

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Recognition as a group of founders of the Series of Workshop “Lidar Measurements in Latin America”

    Lalinet

    Cuba, 2015

    Premio recibido como fundador de los los talleres de lidar en Latinoamerica (WLMLA)

  •   Award to Best Dissertation from PhD student

    OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

    Estados Unidos, 2005

    Premio otorgado en 3rd Workshop “Lidar Measurements in Latin America”, Popayán, Colombia, Julio, 2005. al trabajo “Cirrus Clouds Optical Properties Measured With Lidar at Camagüey, Cuba” B. Barja, J. C. Antuña. como la mejor disertacion de estudiante de doctorado

  •   Prize from the Regional Office from the Cuban Ministry of Sicence, Technology and the Environment to Results of Scientific-Technical Research

    CITMA Camaguey

    Cuba, 2009

    Premio a resultado cientifico relevante en la region de camaguey

  •   Annual National Prize from the Cuban Academy of Science to Results of Scientific-Technical Research.

    Academia de Ciencias de Cuba

    Cuba, 2009

    Premio Nacional de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, otorgado a los resultados científicos relevantes a nivel nacional e internacional


 

Article (10)

A Long and Fruitful Cooperation in Atmospheric Aerosol Research between Cuba and Spain
Chemical composition and trajectories of atmospheric particles at the Machu Picchu Peruvian Antarctic scientific station (62.09° S, 58.47° W)
Spatio-temporal estimations of ultraviolet erythemal radiation in Central Chile
Advection of Biomass Burning Aerosols towards the Southern Hemispheric Mid-Latitude Station of Punta Arenas as Observed with Multiwavelength Polarization Raman Lidar
The dual-field-of-view polarization lidar technique: a new concept in monitoring aerosol effects in liquid-water clouds - case studies
Aerosol optical depth retrievals in central Amazonia from a multi-filter rotating shadow-band radiometer calibrated on-site
Simultaneous dimming and brightening under all and clear sky at CamagUey, Cuba (1981-2010)
Vertical aerosol distribution in the southern hemispheric midlatitudes as observed with lidar in Punta Arenas, Chile (53.2 degrees S and 70.9 degrees W), during ALPACA
Latin American Lidar Network (LALINET) for aerosol research: Diagnosis on network instrumentation
The first ALINE measurements and intercomparison exercise on lidar inversion algorithms

ConferencePaper (6)

Aerosol monitoring with a lidar observation network in the southern South America
Aerosols Observations with a new lidar station in Punta Arenas, Chile
Application of a multiple scattering model to estimate optical depth, lidar ratio and ice crystal effective radius of cirrus clouds observed with lidar.
Lalinet status - Station expansion and lidar ratio systematic measurements
Saver.net lidar network in southern South America
Towards an instrumental harmonization in the framework of LALINET: Dataset of technical specifications

Proyecto (1)

MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CIRRUS CLOUDS IN PUNTA ARENAS USING LIDAR DATA. STUDY OF LATITUDINAL AND HEMISPHERIC DIFFERENCES IN CIRRUS CLOUD OPTICAL PROPERTIES.
3
Félix Zamorano

Academic

Depto. Mat. y Fís.

UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES

Punta Arenas, Chile

4
Antonieta Silva

Profesional Grado 3

Departamento de Ciencias Físicas

Universidad de La Frontera

Temuco, Chile

17
Boris Barja

Investigador Asociado

Departamento de Matemática y Física

Universidad de Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

1
Lien Rodríguez

Investigador

Ingeniería y Tecnología

Universidad San Sebastián

Concepción, Chile

1
Iongel Durán

Investigador/Profesor Asistente

Facultad de Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile