• Ecology and diversity of cultured bacteria from frozen red lagoon sediments in the Antarctic Vapour Col penguin colony 

      Bundó Ruiz, Raimon (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-06)
      Treball Final de Grau
      Accés obert
      Realitzat a/amb:   Institut de Ciències del Mar
      Els microorganismes exerceixen papers fonamentals en els cicles biogeoquímics, actuen com a valuosos indicadors de la salut del medi ambient, funcionant com a sentinelles del canvi global fins i tot en les remotes i delicades ...
    • Influence of ice thickness on SMOS and Aquarius brightness temperature over Antarctica 

      Pablos Hernández, Miriam; Piles Guillem, Maria; Gonzalez Gambau, Verónica; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)
      Text en actes de congrés
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      The Dome-C region, in the East Antarctic Plateau, has been used for calibration/validation of satellite microwave radiometers since the 1970's. However, its use as an independent external target has been recently questioned ...
    • Potential ash impact from Antarctic volcanoes: Insights from Deception Island’s most recent eruption 

      Geyer, A.; Marti, Alejandro; Giralt, S.; Folch, Arnau (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-11-28)
      Article
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      Ash emitted during explosive volcanic eruptions may disperse over vast areas of the globe posing a threat to human health and infrastructures and causing significant disruption to air traffic. In Antarctica, at least five ...
    • Rain amplification of persistent organic pollutants 

      Casas Papell, Gemma; Martínez Varela, Alicia; Vila-Costa, Maria; Jimenez, Begoña; Dachs Marginet, Jordi (2021-09-23)
      Article
      Accés obert
      Scavenging of gas- and aerosol-phase organic pollutants by rain is an efficient wet deposition mechanism of organic pollutants. However, whereas snow has been identified as a key amplification mechanism of fugacities in ...
    • SMOS and aquarius radiometers: inter-comparison over selected targets 

      Pablos Hernández, Miriam; Piles Guillem, Maria; González Gambau, Veronica; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Martinez, Justino (2014-09-01)
      Article
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      Passive microwave remote sensing at L-band is considered to be the most suitable technique to measure soil moisture and ocean salinity. These two variables are needed as inputs of predictive models, to improve climate and ...