My current research mixes cloud physics and solar resource knowledge areas. I mostly work running LES and then doing data analysis of both model outputs and observational datasets. Open to collaborations on:
If you’re interested in studying here, there are doctoral and postdoc fellowships available in Chile.
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Kari Lappalainen, Adam Kankiewicz, Jan Kleissl “Comparing solar inverter design rules to subhourly solar resource simulations” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 15(5), 2023 (Featured Article). Link Code Preprint
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Jan Kleissl “Dependence of sub-hourly solar variability statistics on time interval and cloud vertical position” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 14(3), 2022. Link Code Preprint
Avik Ghosh, Mónica Zamora Zapata, Sushil Silwal, Adil Khurram, Jan Kleissl “Effects of number of electric vehicles charging/discharging on total electricity costs in commercial buildings with time-of-use energy and demand charges” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 14(3), 2022. Link Preprint
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Thijs Heus, Jan Kleissl. “Effects of surface and top wind shear on the spatial organization of marine Stratocumulus-topped boundary layers” JGR Atmospheres 126(11), June 2021. Link Code
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Joel R. Norris, Jan Kleissl. “Coastal stratocumulus dissipation dependence on initial conditions and boundary forcings in a Mixed-Layer Model” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 77(8), pp. 2717-2741, August 2020. Link
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Elynn Wu, Jan Kleissl. “Irradiance enhancement events in the coastal Stratocumulus dissipation process” Solar World Congress. Santiago, 2019 Link Code Slides
Elynn Wu, Mónica Zamora Zapata, Luca Delle Monache, Jan Kleissl. “Observation-Based Analog Ensemble Solar Forecast in Coastal California” 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC). Chicago, June 2019. Link Code
Marcelo Matus A., Gonzalo Bustos T., Tomás Cox O., Ignacio Ceballos, Mónica Zamora Z., Williams Calderón-Muñoz, María del Pilar Buitrago-Villada, Carlos García B., Bárbara Silva, Marisa de Martini, Catalina López, Leonardo Camus, Alejandro Tirachini, Lorenzo Reyes-Chamorro, Chariel Chávez M., Fernando Peña C., Eduardo Fernández S., Gianluca Falcone A., Luis di Stefano “A multi-model platform for sustainable electromobility analysis and planning” LA SDEWES 2024, Viña del Mar, Chile. Link
Gabriela Pallauta, Ricardo Muñoz, Mónica Zamora Z. “Features of sea breeze during coastal Stratocumulus breakup events in Antofagasta and San Diego” AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, CA. Link
Francisco Rojas, Mónica Zamora Z. “Response of a coastal Stratocumulus-topped boundary layer to idealized variations of sea breeze” AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, CA. Link
Marcelo Matus-Acuña, Gonzalo Bustos-Turu, Tomás Cox, Mónica Zamora Zapata, Williams Calderón-Muñoz, Ignacio Ceballos, Bárbara Silva, Lorenzo Reyes-Chamorro, Chariel Chávez Mancilla, María Del Pilar Buitrago-Villada, Fernando Peña Cortés, Eduardo Fernández Soto, Alejandro Tirachini, Leonardo Camus, Carlos García Bujanda, Gianluca Falcone Araya, Luis Di Stefano. “Integrating MATSim into a Comprehensive Multi-Model Platform for Analysis and Planning of Sustainable Electromobility Scenarios” MatSim User Meeting 2023, Zurich, Switzerland. Program
Mónica Zamora Z. “Observing Seabreeze Features during Coastal Stratocumulus Breakup and Dissipation Events” 24th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, AMS 2023 103rd Annual meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract
Mónica Zamora Z., Thijs Heus. “The Role of Surface Fluxes on the Dissipation Transition of A Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer” AGU Fall meeting 2022, Chicago, IL. Link
Mónica Zamora Z., Thijs Heus. “The response of a Stratocumulus-topped boundary layer to changes in surface fluxes” ASR-DOE virtual workshop “The future of Atmospheric LES”, April 2022 (virtual).
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Thijs Heus “Modeling the Response of Coastal Stratocumulus Clouds to Sudden and Gradual Variations of Surface Heat Fluxes” AGU Fall meeting 2021 (virtual). Link
Mónica Zamora. “Approaching coastal Stratocumulus through variations of surface heat fluxes.” Ameriflux. Land-Atmosphere Interactions 2021 virtual workshop. Link
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Thijs Heus, Jan Kleissl. “Dynamics of the coastal Stratocumulus cloud dissipation” AGU Fall Meeting, December 2020. Link ePoster
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Thijs Heus, Jan Kleissl. “Shear and buoyancy effects in the spatial organization of Stratocumulus clouds” 72nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, 2019 Link Poster
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Jan Kleissl. “The effect of surface rolls and cells in the spatial organization of stratocumulus clouds” 13th Southern California Flow Physics Symposium (SoCal Fluids XIII). Santa Barbara, May 2019. Link
Mónica Zamora Zapata, Joel R. Norris, Jan Kleissl. “Stratocumulus Dissipation Dependence on Initial and Boundary Conditions in a Mixed Layer Model” 15th Conference in Cloud Physics, American Meteorological Society. Vancouver, July 2018. Link Poster
Mónica N. Zamora Zapata. “Dissipation time and spatial organization of coastal Stratocumulus clouds” PhD Dissertation, University of California San Diego, 2020. Advisor: Jan Kleissl. Link
Mónica N. Zamora Zapata. “Análisis fluidodinámico en una turbina helicoidal GHT para generación de energía mareo-motriz” Undergraduate thesis, Universidad de Chile, 2012. Advisors: Alejandro Ortiz and Williams Calderón. Link