Fries, Aidan (Date of defense: 2013-01-21)
Java is a very commonly used computer programming language, although its use amongst the scientific and High Performance Computing (HPC) communities remains relatively low. In this thesis, the option ...
Udina Sistach, Mireia (Date of defense: 2015-12-10)
The atmospheric boundary layer in stably-stratified conditions and over non-homogeneous terrain becomes a complex system with many interactions of physical processes occurring in a wide range of different ...
Domingo Garau, Albert (Date of defense: 2011-11-24)
El trabajo que presentamos en esta tesis tiene como finalidad la operación, calibración y análisis de datos ópticos del instrumento OMC (Optical Monitoring Camera) a bordo del satélite INTEGRAL ...
Pastor Guzmán, Francisco Juan (Date of defense: 2012-06-08)
Una característica propia de las precipitaciones en el área del Mediterráneo Occidental es la torrencialidad. En el marco de unas precipitaciones anuales no muy abundantes, típicas del clima mediterráneo, ...
Zabalza de Torres, Victor (Date of defense: 2011-05-13)
Gamma-ray binaries are systems that comprise a young, massive star and a compact object that can be either a young pulsar or a black hole. They emit radiation from radio up to tens of TeV and show flux ...
Rodríguez Gasén, Rosa (Date of defense: 2011-05-06)
Gradual SEP events is one of the greatest hazards in space environment, particularly for the launch and operation of spacecraft and for manned exploration. Predictions of their occurrence and intensity ...
Fortuny, Didac (Date of defense: 2015-07-13)
According to climate projections for the end of the twenty-first century, regional responses to global warming include a strong and widespread drying over the northern Mediterranean, particularly intense ...
Antoja Castelltort, M. Teresa (Date of defense: 2010-04-30)
One of the most intriguing features of the stellar velocity distribution in the solar neighbourhood is the existence of moving groups. At present, the origin of these kinematic structures is far from ...
Marcos Matamoros, Raül (Date of defense: 2016-02-09)
This thesis studies the benefits of different calibration approaches on seasonal forecasting and the improvement of seasonal prognosis of water resources and forest fires. Droughts and wildfires are an ...
Shinde, Mahesh (Date of defense: 2016-02-01)
The investigation of climate variability in different timescales such as daily, monthly, seasonal and inter-annual has utmost importance for managing the socio-economic processes on regional to global ...