Badia i Moragas, Alba (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)
Air pollution is a serious issue that affects human health, the environment and the climate at levels from local to global scales. The main processes that affect air pollution levels are: emissions, ...
Jiménez Franco, Ma. Abigail (Date of defense: 2017-10-05)
The Santa Fe mining district is located in the Central Andean tin belt and contains several Sn-Zn-Pb-Ag deposits. From the economic point of view, the most important deposits of the district are Japo, ...
Mazón, Jordi (Date of defense: 2015-04-21)
The main goal of this thesis is to investigate the formation of nocturnal coastal fronts (hereafter CF) in the Mediterranean basin producing nocturnal offshore precipitation near the coastline. After ...
Hamid, Sarbast Ahmad (Date of defense: 2019-12-18)
With the general trend across all commodities towards the treatment of lower grade and medium grade ores, it is becoming increasingly important to develop the proper design for comprehensive mineralogical ...
Ribas Fargas, David (Date of defense: 2017-03-14)
Freshwater is a scarce resource, threatened by an ongoing pollution, global climate change and industrialization. Among other freshwater sources, groundwater is by far the most important source of usable ...
Muñoz Porcar, Constantino (Date of defense: 2013-02-22)
This thesis is the initial stage in the development of a range-resolving Doppler wind lidar. Atmospheric lidars emit pulsed laser radiation that after being scattered by air molecules and suspended ...
Barcons Roca, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-11-21)
Near-surface wind fields are typically obtained from mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. These models describe the physics and dynamics of atmospheric phenomena with characteristic ...
Carreras Pons, Normandino (Date of defense: 2016-04-11)
Volcanic eruptions result of the energy stored within the planet are a danger to both populations and to the towns. As inevitable natural events, it is necessary to continue evolving in the study of the ...
Lin Ye, Jue (Date of defense: 2018-05-22)
Wave-storms are the responsible of the main changes in the Coast. Their detailed characterization results in a better design of any marine structure. The most common approach to describe wave-storms is ...
Cabrera Vélez, Esteban Marcelo (Date of defense: 2023-02-16)
(English) In post-seismic scenarios, the rapid and safe evaluation of structural damage is essential to develop an effective response during the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction stages. The ...