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PhD in Physics in 2016 by Complutense University in Madrid, specialized in atmospheric physics. I started in 2008 as junior researcher in the environmental division of Tecnalia, focused on urban air quality and climate. I presented my PhD thesis in January 2016, with the title, ‘Development of urban parameterization and city-atmosphere coupling optimization’, where I tested improvements on the so called Building Effect Parameterization. I joined the department of Geography in the National University of Singapore in March 2016 as post doctoral researcher, focusing on the urban impact on storm development, in collaboration with the Centre of Climate Research from Singapore (CCRS). More precisely, I contributed to the development and evaluation of the uSINGV, and further use of the model to investigate city storms interaction.
In 2021 I started in the environmental unit of Tecnalia as urban air quality modeller. To date, I have contributed to several projects involving micro and mesoscale modelling, as well in the deployment of air quality sensor networks. Since May 2024, I am also part of the meteorology group of the university of Cantabria, contributing to the development of climate scenarios and the interactions with urban areas, and involved in the FPS-URB CORDEX initiative. During my career I have published several papers in Q1 journals as first and contributing author, and participated in various conferences. I am currently co advising my second master thesis.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Exposure to NO2 in children’s parks during a high pollution episode based on mesoscale simulations
Simón-Moral, A., Herranz-Pascual, K., Padró, A., Lertxundi, A., Yurrebaso, L. & Martilli, A., Nov 2025, In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 197, 11, 1171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Heat stress neighbourhood scale model combining urban simulations and deep neural network
Navarro Cueto, D., Simon Moral, A., Glodeanu, C. A., Peña Cerezo, N., Garcia Perez, I. & Feliu Torres, E., 2025, ICUC12 12th International Conference on Urban Climate. RotterdamResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Evaluation of 30 urban land surface models in the Urban-PLUMBER project: Phase 1 results
Lipson, M. J., Grimmond, S., Best, M., Abramowitz, G., Coutts, A., Tapper, N., Baik, J. J., Beyers, M., Blunn, L., Boussetta, S., Bou-Zeid, E., De Kauwe, M. G., de Munck, C., Demuzere, M., Fatichi, S., Fortuniak, K., Han, B. S., Hendry, M. A., Kikegawa, Y. & Kondo, H. & 25 others, , 1 Jan 2024, In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 150, 758, p. 126-169 44 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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MESOSCALE SIMULATIONS OF FUGITIVE PM10 EMISSION FROM HARBOUR ACTIVITIES IN COMPLEX TERRAIN
Simón-Moral, A., Padró, A., Arostegi, M., Gil-López, S., Aranguren-Ubierna, A. & Zafra-Pérez, A., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Propuesta de análisis de vulnerabilidad social a la calidad del aire basado en Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) y su aplicación en Vitoria-Gasteiz
Herranz-Pascual, K., Yurrebaso-Macazaga, L., Simón-Moral, A., Padró-Hernández, A., Zorraquino-Salvo, P. & Alonso-López, A., May 2024, In: Dyna (Spain). 99, 3, p. 283-288 6 p.Translated title of the contribution :Proposal for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based analysis of social vulnerability to air quality: application in Vitoria-Gasteiz Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Thesis
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Desarrollo de Parametrizaciones urbanas y optimización del acoplamiento ciudad-atmosfera
Simon Moral, A. (Author), 2016Doctoral thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Simon-Moral, A. (Creator), Zenodo, 28 Jul 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8192270, https://zenodo.org/records/8192270
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