Browsing by Author "García León, Manuel"
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A methodological framework for selecting an optimal sediment source within a littoral cell
(2021-10)
Article
Open AccessOne of the most used measures to counteract coastal erosion is beach nourishment. It has advantages with respect to the use of rigid structures that sometimes entail non desired impacts on the surrounding areas. However, ... -
A multivariate model of NW Mediterranean extreme events at present and future climate: hydrodynamics, energy and duration
(International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG), 2015)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyA statistical model of the future wave-extreme-climate under the RCP8.5 Climatic-Change scenario was required. Some variables of interest are energy, unitary energy, peak wave-period, duration, wave direction and growth-decay ... -
A multivariate statistical model of extreme events: an application to the Catalan coast
(2016-11)
Article
Open AccessWave extreme events can be understood as the combination of Storm-intensity, Directionality and Intra-time distribution. However, the dependence structure among these factors is still unclear. A methodology has been developed ... -
A new generation of early warning systems for coastal risk: the iCoast project
(2014)
Conference lecture
Open AccessA new coastal early warning system CEWS called iCoast for the NW Mediterranean Sea is under development. It is composed of three numerical modules: meteorological, hydrodynamic and morphodynamic. The CEWS is designed for ... -
Assessing the coastal protection role of seagrass meadows along a barrier beach, southern Romanian coast
(2023-02)
Article
Open AccessThe presence of seagrass along the Romanian coast is currently seen as an important component of the marine ecosystem. Moreover, seagrass meadows play an additional wave energy dissipation role that has also to be considered ... -
Assessing the impact of sea level rise on port operability using LiDAR-derived digital elevation models
(2019-10)
Article
Open AccessOne of the main consequences of climate change is the sea level rise (SLR), which impacts coastal areas affecting many infrastructures, particularly seaports, whose operations may be jeopardized. In this paper, a methodological ... -
Assessment of green measures as coastal defences using numerical models
(2017)
Conference report
Open AccessClimate change may reduce the performance and design life of “grey” coastal engineering interventions. Green solutions can be combined with present infrastructures providing extra flexibility to adapt our present beaches ... -
Breaching of a barrier beach under extreme events: the role of morphodynamic simulations
(Coastal Education Research Foundation (CERF), Coastal Processes Research Group, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Plymouth University, 2013)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyA study of three breaching episodes of the Trabucador barrier beach (Spanish Mediterranean coast) is presented. The analysis is done from a modeling perspective using XBEACH and SWAN. The morphodynamic model (XBEACH) has ... -
Coastal flooding and erosion under a changing climate: implications at a low-lying coast (Ebro delta)
(2020-02)
Article
Open AccessEpisodic coastal hazards associated to sea storms are responsible for sudden and intense changes in coastal morphology. Climate change and local anthropogenic activities such as river regulation and urban growth are raising ... -
Coastal risk forecast system : fostering proactive management at the Catalan coast
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07-10)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe 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 flooding. Around one ... -
Coastal sustainability for uncertain futures: a Spanish Mediterranean case from the RISES-AM- project
(2015)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis document presents the impacts of future climatic conditions as a function of coastal typology. The impact assessment is carried out at decadal and storm scales showing how such a combination produces the worst levels ... -
Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 4
(2020-09)
Article
Open AccessThe 4th edition of the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report (OSR 4) published in 2020 provides information on changes and variations in the ocean over the past decades, with a focus on changes in the marine environment ... -
Erosion caused by propeller jets in a low energy harbour basin
(2017-01)
Article
Open AccessField data of a harbour basin are compared with analytical formulations for predicting maximum scouring depth due to propeller jets. Spatial data analysis of seven-year biannual bathymetries quantifies the evolution of the ... -
Evaluation of transient defence measures against storms
(2015)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyTransient Defence Measures (TDM) are defined as actions that can be taken in advance in the coastal zone in order to reduce the impacts of an specific forecasted storm event. The design of such transient works requires ... -
First considerations on environmental friendly solutions to protect the southern Romanian coast
(GeoEcoMar, 2018-12)
Article
Open AccessThe aim of this work is to assess the effect of a nature-based solution for reducing wave heights on the Southern Romanian coast. Apart from investigating the presence of seagrass from the environmental point of view, there ... -
Green measures for Mediterranean harbours under a changing climate
(2017-06)
Article
Open AccessHarbour operability may be hampered by climate change. Green solutions can be used to provide extra flexibility with respect to present grey infrastructure to adapt to, and mitigate, such functional disruptions with ... -
Hydro morphodynamic modelling in Mediterranean storms: errors and uncertainties under sharp gradients
(2014-02)
Article
Open AccessThis paper deals with the limits in hydrodynamic and morphodynamic predictions for semi-enclosed coastal domains subject to sharp gradients (in bathymetry, topography, sediment transport and coastal damages). It starts ... -
Impact of climate change on nearshore waves at a beach protected by a barrier reef
(2020-06)
Article
Open AccessBarrier reefs dissipate most incoming wind-generated waves and, as a consequence, regulate the morphodynamics of its inbounded shorelines. The coastal protective capacity of reefs may nevertheless be compromised by climate ... -
Improving operational ocean models for the Spanish Port Authorities: assessment of the SAMOA coastal forecasting service upgrades
(MDPI, 2022-02)
Article
Open AccessThe Puertos del Estado SAMOA coastal and port ocean forecast service delivers operational ocean forecasts to the Spanish Port Authorities since 01/2017 (originally set-up for 9 ports). In its second development phase ... -
Influencia de la turbulencia en el transporte de sedimentos, con aplicación a la erosión local de pilas y estribos de puente
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2008-06-01)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open Access
