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 ...
Vicente de Bobes, Joana (Date of defense: 2013-11-14)
Coastal areas are very susceptible to contamination due to the interaction of marine and anthropogenic processes. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds very resistent to photolysis ...
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 ...
Rosell-Fieschi, Miquel (Date of defense: 2014-07-03)
The velocity fields inferred from the trajectories of Argo floats have proven to be a valuable tool for observing the major ocean currents. The velocity fields can be used to examine statistical properties ...
Reñé Vicente, Albert (Date of defense: 2014-02-28)
Dinoflagellates are one of the most abundant and diverse groups of microalgae. Many dinoflagellates are covered with cellulose plates, whereas others lack these plates and are hence referred to as ...
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 ...
Pascal, Nicolas (Date of defense: 2013-11-11)
Economic approaches through ecosystem services (ES) valuation are increasingly recommended by conservation organisations to face main market externalities affecting biodiversity in general and coral ...
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 ...
Morell Ybarz, Maria (Date of defense: 2012-05-04)
The morphological study of the Odontocete organ of Corti including possible pathological features resulting from sound over-exposure, represent a key conservation issue to assess the effects of acoustic ...