Ruben Delgado
Assistant Research Professor
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
Physics 428
Education
Ph D University of Puerto Rico 2011
MS University of Puerto Rico 2004
MS University of Wisconsin 1998
BS University of Puerto Rico 1995
About
Dr. Delgado, holds a doctoral degree in Chemistry, and is experienced in remote sensing technology for air quality, wind energy, and meteorology applications. His interest and experience in active and passive remote sensing measurements has allowed him to participate in numerous field campaigns with NASA, NOAA, NSF and DOE. Dr. Delgado has mentored undergraduate and
graduates students from diverse majors (Math, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Geography and Environmental Systems) in atmospheric and remote sensing topics, and serves on graduate committees.
Research Interests
Dr. Delgado research interests focus in atmospheric chemistry and physics, and laser remote sensing technology. Elastic, Raman, and Doppler wind lidar measurements are integrated with satellite retrievals, ground based concentration measurements of gases and aerosols and numerical weather prediction models to reach a thorough understanding of the coupling of chemistry and dynamics in air-land-marine interactions.
Teaching Interests
Chemistry and Physics
Selected Classes
- Spring 2022 PHYS 650 – Atmospheric Measurements
Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research
Delgado, Ruben (Principal). “UMBC Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollution: The Ozone Water Land Environmental Transition Study Part 2 (OWLETS-2),” (Funded). Sponsored By: Maryland Department of the Environment. (May 1, 2018 – Oct 31, 2019).
Delgado, Ruben, Caicedo, Vanessa (Co-Principal). “Unified Ceilometer Network: Mixing Layer Height, Database, and Webportal,” Cooperative Agreement Sponsored By: EPA/NASA. (Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 30, 2021).
Intellectual Contributions
Caicedo, Vanessa, Delgado, Ruben, Sakai, R, Knepp, T, Williams, D, Cavender, K, Lefer, B, Szykman, J. (2020). An automated common algorithm for planetary boundary layer retrievals using aerosol lidars in support of the U.S. EPA Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations Program. 10. 37 1847–1864 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
Knepp, T N., Szykman, J J., Long, R, Duvall, R M., Krug, J, Beaver, M, Cavender, K, Kronmiller, K, Wheeler, M, Delgado, Ruben, Hoff, R M., Berkoff, T, Olson, E, Clark, R, Wolfe, D, Van Gilst, D, Neil, D. (2017). Assessment of mixed-layer height estimation from single-wavelength ceilometer profiles. 10 3963-3983 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.
Bianco, L, Friedrich, K, Wilczak, J M., Hazen, D, Wolfe, D, Delgado, Ruben, Oncley, S P., Lundquist, J K. (2017). Assessing the accuracy of microwave radiometers and radio acoustic sounding systems for wind energy applications. 10 1707-1721 Atmospheric Measurement Terchniques.
Lundquist, Julie, Wilczak, J, Ashton, R, Bianco, Laura, Brewer, A, Choukulkar, Aditya, Clifton, Andrew, Debnath, M, Delgado, Ruben, Friedrich, K, Gunter, S, Hamidi, A, Valerio, G, Kaushik, A, Kosovic, B, Langan, P, Lass, A, Lavin, J, Lee, Y, McCaffrey, K, Newsom, R, Noone, D, Oncley, S, Quelet, P, Sandberg, Scott, Schroeder, J, Shaw, William, Sparling, Lynn C., St. Marin, C, St. Pe, Alexandra, Strobach, Edward, Tay, K, Vanderwende, Brian, Weickmann, A, Wolfe, D, Worsnop, R. (2017). Assessing State-of-the-Art Capabilities for Probing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer : the XPIA Field Campaign. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Orozco, Daniel, Delgado, Ruben, Wesloh, Daniel, Powers, Richard J., Hoff, Raymond M. (2015). Aerosol particulate matter in the Baltimore metropolitan area: Temporal variation over a six-year period. 9. 65 1050-1061 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association.
Goudarzi, Navid, Zhu, Weidong, Delgado, Ruben, St. Pé, Alexandra E. (2014). An Assessment on the Wind Energy Potential and Possible Solutions for Power Generation in Baltimore County in Maryland, USA. 1D 10 ASME Proceedings.
Presentations
Sleeman, Jennifer (Author & Presenter), Caicedo, Vanessa, Halem, Milton, Demoz, Belay B., Delgado, Ruben. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Poster. "Using Lidar and Machine Learning to Identify Planetary Boundary Layer Heights," American Geophysical Union. (Dec 1, 2019).
Delgado, Ruben (Author & Presenter), Caicedo, Vanessa, Westfall, Jenna, Taylor, Daniel, Sleeman, Jennifer, Demoz, Belay B., Sakai, Ricardo, Moshary, Fred, Welton, Ellsworth, Lefer, Barry, Woodman, Michael, Krask, David, Szykman, James, Cavender, Kevin. 2019 MARAMA Air Quality Monitoring Training Workshop. Oral Presentation. "EPAMS Profiler and Ceilometer Network," MARAMA. (Nov 1, 2019).
Battaglia, Michael (Author & Presenter), Ball, Katherine, Balasus, Nicholas, Delgado, Ruben, Hennigan, Christopher J. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Poster. "The Impact of Bay Breeze Circulations on Aerosol Chemistry," American Geophysical Union. (Dec 1, 2018).
Delgado, Ruben (Author & Presenter), Caicedo, Vanessa, Demoz, Belay B., Carroll, Brian, Kironji, Wambugu, Sakai, Ricardo, Szykman, James. 2018 MARAMA Air Quality Monitoring Training Workshop. Oral Presentation. "Evaluation of Lidars/Ceilometers, and Determination of Mixing Layer Heights for PAMS," MARAMA. (Dec 1, 2018).
Sperling, Meredith (Author & Presenter), St. Pé, Alexandra, Choukulkar, Aditya, Archer, Crisitina L., Delgado, Ruben. 8th International Partnership Forum on Offshore Wind. Poster. "Evaluating Wind Power Prediction Uncertainty Using Scanning Doppler Wind Lidar," Business Network for Offshore Wind. (Apr 1, 2018).
Sperling, Meredith (Author & Presenter), St. Pé, Alexandra, Choukulkar, Aditya, Archer, Crisitina L., Delgado, Ruben. 98th American Meteorological Society Meeting. Poster. "Evaluating Wind Power Prediction Uncertainty Using Scanning Doppler Wind Lidar," American Meteorological Society. (Jan 1, 2018).
Rabenhorst, Scott D. (Author), Delgado, Ruben (Author), Sparling, Lynn C (Author). AMS/Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications. Poster. "Validating Model Simulations using Wind Lidar Profiles over the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Area," UMBC/JCET. (Jan 7, 2015).
St. Pe, Alexandra (Author & Presenter), Delgado, Ruben (Author), Rabenhorst, Scott D. (Author), Daham, Farrah (Author), Antoszewski, Graham (Author), Wesloh, Daniel (Author). AMS/Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; and the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy. Oral Presentation. "Using Doppler Wind Lidar to Assess Meteorological Controls on Offshore Wind Power Generation," UMBC/JCET. (Jan 7, 2015).
Daham, Farrah (Author & Presenter), Delgado, Ruben (Author), Demoz, Belay B. (Author), Rabenhorst, Scott D (Author). AMS 14th Annual Student Conference. Poster. "Determining Planetary Boundary Layer Heights with Ground-Based Lidar and Wind Profiler on Short Spatial and Temporal Scales," UMBC/JCET. (Jan 4, 2015).
Wesloh, Daniel (Author & Presenter), Rabenhorst, Scott (Author), Delgado, Ruben (Author). AMS 14th Annual Student Conference. Poster. "Comparison of RAP Forecast Wind Data with LIDAR Measurements in the Maryland Wind Energy Area," UMBC/JCET. (Jan 4, 2015).
Orozco, Daniel (Author & Presenter), Delgado, Ruben, Espinosa, Reid, Martins, Jose V., Hoff, Raymond M. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Poster. "Hygroscopic Measurements of Aerosol Particles in Colorado during the Discover AQ Campaign 2014," American Geophysical Union. (Dec 16, 2014).
Delgado, Ruben, Demoz, Belay B., Hoff, Raymond M., McCormick, M. Patrick, Moshary, Fred, Parsiani, Hamed, Rabenhorst, Scott D., Wu, Yonghua, St. Pé, Alexandra E., Han, Zaw. 7th NOAA EPP Biennial Education and Science Forum. Poster. "CREST Lidar Network Observations for Air Quality and Wind Energy Research," NOAA Office of Education. (Nov 1, 2014).
Daham, Farrah, Antoszewski, Graham, Wesloh, Daniel, St. Pé, Alexandra E., Delgado, Ruben. Seventeen Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF). Poster. "Measurements of Offshore Wind Resources over Maryland for Strategic Planning and Development of Offshore Wind Energy Projects," UMBC. (Aug 1, 2014).
Goudarzi, Navid (Author & Presenter), Zhu, Weidong (Author), Delgado, Ruben (Author), Pe, A. St (Author). ASME 2014 4th Joint US-European Fluid Engineering Division Summer Meeting (FEDSM 2014), August 3-7, Chicago, IL, 2014.. Oral Presentation. "An Assessment on the Wind Energy Potential and Potential and Possible Solutions for Power Generation in Baltimore County in Maryland, USA," ASME. (Aug 1, 2014).
Hoff, Raymond M. (Author & Presenter), Sawamura, Patricia, Holben, Brent, Schafer, J., Kondragunta, S., Ferrare, R., Scarino, A. J., Rogers, R., Obland, M., Hostetler, C., Hair, J., Berkoff, Timothy A., Delgado, Ruben, Follette-Cook, M., Pickering, K.. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Oral Presentation. "Evaluation of Extinction Profiles and Aerosol Optical Depth from Lidar and DRAGON in the Baltimore-Washington DISCOVER-AQ Experiment," American Geophysical Union. (Dec 11, 2013).
Daham, Farrah (Author & Presenter), Antoszewski, Graham, Wesloh, Daniel, St.Pé, Alexandra, Delgado, Ruben. Sixteen Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF). Poster. "Measurements of Offshore Wind Resources over Maryland for Strategic Planning and Development of Offshore Wind Energy Projects," UMBC. (Aug 1, 2013).
Sullivan, John (Author & Presenter), Hoff, Raymond M., McGee, Thomas, Delgado, Ruben. 8th NOAA CREST Annual Symposium. Poster. "Initial Results Obtained from a Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) to MeasureTropospheric Ozone in Maryland," NOAA CREST. (Jun 1, 2013).
Scarino, Amy (Author & Presenter), Burton, Sharon, Ferrare, Richard, Hostetler, Chris, Obland, Michael, Rogers, Raymond, Cook, Anthony, Hair, Johnathan, Harper, Dave, DaSilva, Arlindo, Holben, Brent, Hoff, Raymond M., Berkoff, Timothy A., Delgado, Ruben, Thompson, Anne, Joseph, Everette. 2013 AMS Annual Symposium. Poster. "Mixed Layer Heights and Aerosol Products derived from the NASA LaRC airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar during the First DISCOVER-AQ Field Mission," American Meteorological Society. (Jan 8, 2013).
Delgado, Ruben (Author & Presenter), Sawamura, Patricia, Orozco, Daniel, Sullivan, John, Berkoff, Timothy A., Hoff, Raymond M., Leavor, Kevin, Lee, Robert B., III, Lei, L., Boyouk, N., Su, J., McCormick, M. Patrick, Galicia, S., Nieves, J., Parsiani, Hamid, Cordero, L., Gross, Barry, Moshary, Fred. 2013 AMS Annual Symposium. Oral Presentation. "CREST Lidar Network Observations of Particle Pollution across the Eastern United States and Caribbean," American Meteorological Society. (Jan 8, 2013).