Browsing by Subject "Oceanography"
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2000 days of SMOS at the Barcelona Expert Centre: a tribute to the work of Jordi Font
(2016-09-01)
Article
Open AccessSoil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) is the first satellite mission capable of measuring sea surface salinity and soil moisture from space. Its novel instrument (the L-band radiometer MIRAS) has required the development ... -
A downscaling approach to combine SMOS multi-angular and full-polarimetric observations with MODIS VIS/IR data into high resolution soil moisture maps
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyA downscaling algorithmfor SMOS which combines MODIS Visible/Infrared data and SMOS horizontal brightness temperatures at 42.5◦ incidence angle into high-resolution soil moisture maps has been shown to nicely reproduce ... -
A new space technology for ocean observation: the SMOS mission
(2012)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyCapability for sea surface salinity observation was an important gap in ocean remote sensing in the last few decades of the 20th century. New technological developments during the 1990s at the European Space Agency led to ... -
Acoustic system for physical oceanography research in deep ocean
(SARTI, 2016)
Conference lecture
Open AccessMarine multichannel seismic (MCS) data, used to obtain structural reflection images of the Earth’s subsurface, can also be used in physical oceanography exploration. This method provides vertical and lateral resolutions of ... -
An assessment of ten ocean reanalyses in the polar regions
(Springer, 2019-02)
Article
Open AccessGlobal and regional ocean and sea ice reanalysis products (ORAs) are increasingly used in polar research, but their quality remains to be systematically assessed. To address this, the Polar ORA Intercomparison Project ... -
Anàlisi experimental de l’agitació al port de Blanes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-01)
Minor thesis
Open AccessEstudi experimental de l'agitació al interior del port de Blanes, mitjançant un mareògraf RADAC, que ens permet calcular l'agitació al interior, i d'una boia direccional, que ens indica l'estat de la mar en aquell moment. ... -
Análisis del régimen general de vientos en el Mediterráneo : Su relación con episodios meteorológicos extremos
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-02)
Bachelor thesis
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Análisis y validación de modelos numéricos de predicción de corrientes en el Puerto de Bilbao
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-09-29)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessEl objetivo de este trabajo es establecer una metodología de validación para un sistema de predicción de corrientes operacional en el puerto de Bilbao. Se dispondrá de acceso a los datos del modelado numérico, así como las ... -
ANTEIA System: cost-effective solution for extense wave monitoring
(SARTI, 2018)
Article
Open AccessBearing in mind the growing importance of reliable temporal data series for scientific surveys and monitoring related to climate change and extreme events, among other things, the ANTEIA System was developed as a cost-effective ... -
Aplicaciones de los sistemas de predicción oceanográfica a la gestión portuaria del puerto de Tarragona
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09)
Master thesis
Open AccessDesde el año 2017, en el contexto del proyecto SAMOA; Puertos del Estado y el LIM/UPC han puesto en marcha un sistema de predicción oceanográfica en el puerto de Tarragona. Una de las informaciones de mayor interés en este ... -
Bares 2.0 wave buoy and sustainable buoy network
(SARTI, 2016)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe aim of this article is to show the operation of the Bares 2.0 wave buoy and the Bares network developed by HCTech. In the marine sector it is highly important to know the state of the sea for applications such as the ... -
Buoyancy model for Guanay II AUV
(2014)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe AUV Guanay II is a vehicle developed by SARTI research group of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya with the objective of providing a platform for measuring oceanographic variables, such as the temperature and ... -
Calibration of aperture synthesis radiometers: the MIRAS/SMOS case
(2012-07-22)
External research report
Restricted access - publisher's policySMOS is the acronym for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission by the European Space Agency (ESA). Its single payload, the Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS), was launched in November 2009. ... -
Caracterización oceanográfica de la Bahía de Inhambane (Mozambique)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-06)
Master thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Universidade Pedagógica da MaxixeCaracterizar diferentes variables meteo-oceanograficas obtenidas a partir de medidas "in situ" y datos de satélite. Obtener patrones de comportamiento diario y estacional. -
Characterization of coastal upwelling events during the generation of the water column stratification in spring (Vilanova i la Geltrú, NW Mediterranean)
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)
Conference report
Open AccessThis article presents some preliminary results on the characterization of inputs of offshore waters (upwelling events) in the coast off Vilanova i la Geltrú (NW Mediterranean) in the spring of the years 2010, 2012 and 2014. ... -
Contrast de resultats numèrics d'agitació portuària amb dades reals
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-06-17)
Bachelor thesis
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Deep-Sea Bioluminescence Blooms after Dense Water Formation at the Ocean Surface
(2013-07-10)
Article
Open AccessThe deep ocean is the largest and least known ecosystem on Earth. It hosts numerous pelagic organisms, most of which are able to emit light. Here we present a unique data set consisting of a 2.5-year long record of light ... -
Desarrollo de un sistema de oceanografía operacional para zonas costeras: PORT21
(Elsevier, 2020-08)
Article
Open AccessEl objetivo de este artículo es la presentación del Sistema PORT 21 de previsión de oleaje y Oceanografía Operacional (OO) de aplicación en la Región Sudamericana. Para la comprensión integral del sistema se citan los ... -
Desenvolupament de mètodes per minimitzar els efectes de salinity spiking en dades oceanogràfiques
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-03-31)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessAquest projecte se situa en l'àmbit del tractament i processament de dades oceanogràfiques provinents de diversos tipus de sondes. Aquest camp està adquirint cada cop més importància de cara a l'anàlisi dels processos ... -
Determination of sea surface salinity and wind speed by L-band microwave radiometry from a fixed platform
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2004-01-31)
Article
Open AccessThe European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission aims at obtaining global maps of soil moisture and sea surface salinity from space for large-scale and climatic studies. It uses an L-band ...