Sanuy Vázquez, Marc (Date of defense: 2019-11-05)
The impact of coastal storms is one of the costliest forms of natural disaster, as it affects a particularly valuable fringe both from the socioeconomic and ecologic perspectives. In addition, ...
Cordero Arias, Josbel Andreina (Date of defense: 2019-09-09)
This thesis presents an experimental approach on the subject of cracking in soils due to changes in environmental conditions, where research is mainly directed to the soil-air interface and the effect ...
Lamorena German, Arnel (Date of defense: 2020-09-17)
Ocean turbulence is a classic example of turbulent motion and observations of turbulence in the ocean lack in regions of complex topography since in-situ and experimental data are complicated to obtain. ...
García León, Manuel (Date of defense: 2018-07-10)
The action of sea storms is one of the most complex littoral processes with deep management implications. Along the Catalan shoreline which is about 700 km long, 190 km are subject to erosion and/or ...
Fernández López, Cristina (Date of defense: 2019-02-01)
Torrential flows have so far been studied less than have river flows, due to the difficulty of faithfully reproducing them in the laboratory, and the few field measurements available. For this reason, ...
Riba Porras, Sergi (Date of defense: 2022-06-14)
Over the last 40 years, in Europe in general and in many mountainous regions in particular, there have been major instances of severe flood episodes (more than 100) which have resulted in more than 700 ...
De Gaspari, Francesca (Date of defense: 2015-04-30)
Geochemical and reactive transport modelling are essential tools in hydrogeology. They help to identify and assess geochemical processes occurring in applications such as groundwater contamination, ...
Tubau Fernández, Isabel (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)
In the city of Barcelona and the townships situated in the deltaic area of the Besòs River, groundwater is recognized as an aspect of urban water cycle management. There is groundwater seepage into ...
Hernández Navarro, Olver Olfrey (Date of defense: 2018-02-22)
Rainfall nowcasting based on the extrapolation of most recent radar rainfall fields usually shows better skill than NWP models for short lead times, since it benefits from observations of the initial ...
Kuzmanović, Maja (Date of defense: 2017-06-23)
More than one-third of Earths available freshwater is used for anthropogenic purposes, which has led to its contamination by numerous chemical compounds. Their presence in the environment might have ...