Research interests
- Land and atmospheric reanalysis
- Essential Climate Variables
- Climate Change and socio-economical impact
- Land surface data assimilation
- Numerical Weather Prediction
- Remote sensing and microwave emission modelling
Professional pathway
- Technical Officer / Reanalysis Scientist, Copernicus Climate Change Service, ECMWF, UK (Feb 2016 - Present)
- Research Scientist, Data Assimilation Section, ECMWF, UK (2008 - Jan 2016)
- Post-doctoral, Climate Change and Modeling Unit, CERFACS, France (2007-2008)
- Doctorate (PhD), Meteorology at the Medium Scale Group, Météo-France (2004-2007)
- Research Assistant / PhD, Mathematical and Geodesy Positioning Group, TU Delft (2002-2003)
- Young Graduate Trainee, Earth Observation Section, European Space Agency, ESTEC (2001-2002)
- Junior fellowship at University of Valencia (1999 - 2000)
Committees and projects
- SMOS Quality Working Group
- SMOS-NEXT Scientific Advisory Group
- HYDRAS+ Steering Committee Member
- Copernicus Cross-CDR of Essential Climate Variables (ECV) member & chair
- European Commission Polar Expert Group member for Sentinel Expansion
Publications (here)
CV (here)
Contact
Dr. Joaquin Muñoz Sabater
ECMWF, Shinfield Park, RG29AX, Reading, UK.
Email: joaquin.munoz at ecmwf.int
Telephone: +44(0)1189499817
About
Joaquín Muñoz-Sabater was born in Valencia, Spain. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in April 2007, in France, with "mention très honorable". In 2016 he joined the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) entrusted to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, Reading, UK) on behalf of the European Commission (EC). There, Joaquín is currently working and taking responsibility on two main activities: 1/ land surface reanalyses, 2/ involved as technical officer in the management of Climate Data Records of land surface Essential Climate Variables (ECV) contracts .
Prior to his Ph.D., Joaquín worked firstly at the European Space Agency (ESA), ESTEC, The Netherlands, involved in feasibility studies for the EARTHcare mission, and secondly at the Delft University of Technology, where he carried out research in radar interferometry. His thesis took place entirely at Météo France, and it was issued by the Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse III), Toulouse, France. His main topic was the assimilation of remote sensing data for the characterization of land surfaces. Following his PhD he also worked at the European Centre for Research and Advanced Training in Scientific Computation (CERFACS), Toulouse. There, he was responsible for a project of the French National Hydrometeorological and Flood Forecasting Centre, studying the impact of assimilating streamflow observations for flood forecasting applications. Finally, in 2008 he joined ECMWF, where he firstly worked in the Data Assimilation Section, mainly focusing on the assimilation of passive remote sensing data (with special emphasis on Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) data), for soil moisture analysis and the impact on the weather forecast.