Lange Vega, Diego (Date of defense: 2014-07-17)
This Ph.D. thesis addresses remote sensing of the atmosphere by means of lidar and S-band clear-air weather radar, and related data signal processing. Active remote sensing by means of these instruments ...
Bedynek, Agnieszka (Date of defense: 2014-03-31)
Tapered plate girders often form part of large-scale structures such as long continuous bridges or industrial buildings where due to considerable loads the higher resistance is required. There are several ...
Soriano Zaragoza, Sergi (Date of defense: 2004-12-06)
La interacció dels organismes bentònics amb el sediment es relaciona, bàsicament, amb els processos de bioturbació i els de rugositat de fons. Els principals factors implicats en la mobilització de ...
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 ...
Vázquez Suñé, Enric (Date of defense: 2003-07-17)
Cuando se estudian las aguas subterráneas en zonas urbanas deben tenerse en cuenta una serie de cuestiones específicas. La urbanización del territorio afecta significativamente al ciclo del agua tanto ...
Carles Brangarí, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)
Most of the microorganisms on Earth are found in sophisticated colonies called biofilms. Such microbial communities may proliferate everywhere life can exist as long as nutrients are available and surface ...
Villarraga Díaz, Claudia Juliana (Date of defense: 2018-02-28)
The environmental conditions may play a relevant role in the stability of rock slopes. In fact, weathering can contribute to the reduction of strength of the material, while atmospheric actions may ...
Gonzalez‐Blanco, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-05-31)
Deep geological disposal remains the preferred option at present for the management of long-living and heat-emitting radioactive waste, which consists of confining the waste during a very long period ...
Rodríguez Giner, Caterina (Date of defense: 2017-09-27)
The oceans are microbial-dominated ecosystems, where protists (single-celled eukaryotes) play fundamental roles performing multiple functions as primary producers, consumers, decomposers as well as ...
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, ...