Alomar Domínguez, Marta (Date of defense: 2012-12-03)
The main objective of this study is to improve wind wave forecasting in the NW Mediterranean Sea while focusing on the characteristic sharp gradients of the wind and wave conditions. This work was ...
López Fernández, Laura (Date of defense: 2013-10-24)
Wave storms and river inputs have been found to be the dominant forcing mechanism of sediment transport in continental shelves dominated by medium to large rivers around the world (e.g. Drake and ...
Castellanos Ossa, Paola (Date of defense: 2012-11-12)
During the last two decades the scientific community has recognised the importance of the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the upwelling regions on the Earth's climate. This recognition has opened new questions ...
Cardoso Mohedano, José Gilberto (Date of defense: 2013-03-21)
Con el objetivo de desarrollar una herramienta de gestión para la reducción del impacto de los efluentes sobre los ecosistemas receptores de una granja camaronícola en el Estero de Urías, Mazatlán, ...
Ferrer Boix, Carles (Date of defense: 2011-03-23)
This Thesis deals with incision (bed degradation or general bed scouring) in rivers. More specifically it deals with the incision caused by gravel mining and by dam removal. The main goal of the ...
Umbert Ceresuela, Marta (Date of defense: 2015-10-23)
Les imatges de teledetecció de la superfície oceànica proporcionen una vista sinòptica de la complexa geometria de la circulació oceànica, dominada per la variabilitat de mesoescala. Estructures com ...
Sancho García, Amanda (Date of defense: 2012-11-16)
The predictability of beach inundation is mainly related to wave runup and most of the formulations that have been developed focus on the hydrodynamics, disregarding the morphological changes caused ...
Cerralbo Peñarroya, Pablo (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)
Using both observations and modelling tools, it is investigated the main hydrodynamic response mechanisms of a microtidal and shallow bay in the Mediterranean Sea: Alfacs Bay. Main objectives are ...
Ahumada Sempoal, Miguel Angel (Date of defense: 2014-12-11)
A high-resolution (~1.2km) 3D circulation model nested in one-way to a coarse-resolution (~4km) 3D regional model was used to examine the interaction between the Northern Current and the Blanes submarine ...
Medina Iglesias, Vicente (Date of defense: 2011-01-24)
The main target of this research is to develop a numerical model for debris flow simulations. As it is known, in general, this kind of flows occur in steeped mountain slopes. When dealing with the ...