• Occasional reviewer for:
    • Journal of Hydrometeorology, 
    • Water Resources Research,
    • Water,
    • Remote Sensing of Environment, 
    • Remote Sensing,
    • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS), 
    • Meteorological Applications,
    • Climate Dynamics,
    • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
    • Hydrological Processes, 
    • Journal of Hydrology, 
    • IEEE JSTARS, 
    • Journal of Geophysical Research,
    • International Journal of Digital Earth,
    • Journal of Climate,
    • Advances in Water Resources,
    • Geophysical Research Letters,
    • Geoscientific Model Development
    • Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
    • International Journal of Geo-Information
    • Hydrological Sciences Journal
    • Hydrology (MDPI)
    • Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
    • Atmosphere (MDPI)
    • Sensors (MDPI)
    • Land (MDPI)
    • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (EGU)
    • Environmental International
    • International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformations
    • Agricultural Water Management
    • International Journal ofEnvironmental Research and Public Health
    • Agronomy (MDPI)
    • Earth System Science Data (ESSD)
    • MethodsX
    • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
    • The Cryosphere
    • IEEE-Access
    • Journal of Environmental Management
    • Geo-Spatial Information Science
    • The Statistical Journal of the International Association of Official Statistics (IAOS) 
    • International Journal of Climatology
    • Journal of Atmospherics and Solar-Terrestrial Physics




  • Scientific conferences:
    • Organiser:
      • IGARSS-2010 invited session FR1-2.L10: « SMOS: The Beginning of a L-band Generation of Global Remote Sensed Soil Moisture Observations». Hawaii, USA, 2010.
      • ISSI Workshop on Remote Sensing in Climatology -- Essential Climate Variables and their Uncertainties, 13-17 Nov 2023, Bern, Switzerland. 
    • Deputy organizer :
      • Scientific Subcomission A-3 ”Remote sensing Observations of Land Processes, Resources and Natural Hazards”, COSPAR Assembly, July 2012, Mysore, India.
    • Chairman / convener:
      • TU3.O6 « Data Assimilation session into Numerical Models ».  IGARSS 2009, Cape Town.
      • HS6.2: « Remote Sensing of soil moisture », EGU Assembly, 2011, Vienna.
      •  A3.1: “Earth Observation of the Water Cycle. Water Resources, Soil Moisture and Precipitation”. COSPAR Assembly, 14-22 July 2012, Mysore, India.
      • “Water Cycle: Assimilation and applications”. Understanding the carbon and water cycles using SMOS data and models Workshop, 13-14 Nov, CESBIO, Toulouse, France.
      • “H-SAF and HEPEX workshops on coupled hydrology”. 3-7 Nov 2014, ECMWF, UK.
      • Session-3 "Assimilation Methods". 2nd International Surface Working Group (ISWG) & 8th Land Surface Analysis Satellite Application Facility (LSA-SAF)s Workshop, 26-28 June 2018, Lisboa, Portugal.
      • Session 18F: "Quantifying Impact of Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate: Precipitation and Storms ", 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, 28 Sept – 04 Oct 2019, Boston, US
      • Session 19E: "Quantifying Impact of Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate", 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, 28 Sept – 04 Oct 2019, Boston, US
      • Session 2: "Observations", 2022 C3S 5th General Assembly, 13-15 Sept 2022, The Hague, The Netherlands


  • Memberships:
    • SMOS Quality Working Group (2010-2016).
    • SMOS-NEXT Scientific Advisory Group (Sept.2012 - Feb. 2013).
    • Steering Committee Member of HYDRAS+ project, Gent, Belgium (from 2014)
    • Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). (2008-2015)
    • Chair and member of the cross Climate Data Record (CDR) of Essential Climate Variables (ECV) Group (since 2016)
    • European Geosciences Union (Dec. 2018-Dec 2019, Apr 2023-Apr 2024).
    • Member of the Mission Advisory Group (MAG) of the TRUTHS mission of the ESA Earth Watch Programme (2021)
    • Member of the Sentinel-3 Quality Working Group (QWG)  (from Dec 2021)
    • Member of the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) of the ESA's HydroGNSS-R scout mission (from Oct 2021)


  • Participation in International Boards:
    • EU Polar Expert Working Group for the definition of a pan-European high resolution snow and ice service (May 2017 & 2018)
    • ESA CCI+ (phase I) Tender Evaluation Board for new ECVs: Snow, Permafrost, Land Surface Temperature, High-Resolution Land Cover, Above-Ground Biomass, Lakes
    • Fond National de la Recherche Luxembourg: Review final report of the project "HYDRAS+ (BELSPO STEREO III)", Oct 2019.
    • Copernicus Marine Service Tender Evaluation Board of the Sea Level, Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Colour and Sea Ice Thematic Assembly Centre (TAC)- Nov 2021
    • ESA's Fiducial Reference Measurements for Soil Moisture project; member of the Science Advisory Group (SAG) - 2022


  • Interviews:
    • BBC Berkshire Radio, May 2011. “Exceptional drought in UK”,
    • ABC journal, Feb 2017 "What is Copernicus?"
    • Canal Sur Radio, 5 Sept 2022, program "El Mirador de Andalucía". Interview by journalist Natalia Barnés about 'Extreme weather during the summer in Europe'. Audio here. Mp3 - Free interface icons
    • Castilla la Mancha TV, 13 Sept 2022, Castilla La Mancha despierta. Interview by journalist Ana Isabel Albares about 'Extreme Heats and Droughts in the summer'. Video here
    • Podcast "Carne Cruda", from eldiario.es. Interview by Javier Gallego about 'Extreme droughts in Spain'. Audio here Mp3 - Free interface icons


  • Outreach presentations:
    • "Climate Change", May 2016. Edelweis Secondary School, Valencia
    • "Copernicus C3S and CAMS Services for Ozone monitoring". Conmemoración 30th anniversary Montreal Protocol, 14 Sept 2017, Agencia Nacional de Meteorología, Madrid, Spain
      Youtube video here. Media article here.
    • "El Servicio de Cambio Climático (C3S) de Copernicus. Indicadores de Cambio Climático & Productos para medios de comunicación." VI Seminario de la Asociación de Comunicadores de Meteorología ACOMET: "La Comunicación del Cambio Climático en España: Atribuciones", 9-10 June 2018, Fundación CaixaForum, Madrid, Spain. (Full presentation webcasted: , Web article ).
    • Climathon Burjassot, Valencia, July 2018
    • Webinario "C3S: El Servicio de Cambio Climático de Copérnicus", Copernicus Central America Initiative, 09 Feb 2022. Full presentation


  • Other contributions:
    • Launch of the Copernicus Health Hub; contribution of the Climate Change Service, 14 Jun 2023, Valencia, Spain. Video here (from 3:13:10)