Risk assessment as tool for coastal erosion management

N Rangel-Buitrago, WJ Neal, VN de Jonge - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The coastal zone of Cartagena city, Colombia provides illustration for applying risk
assessments as a basis for guiding coastal management. Much of this coastal reach is …

Wind power assessment in the Caribbean region of Colombia, using ten-minute wind observations and ERA5 data

SAG Ruiz, JEC Barriga, JA Martínez - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Caribbean region of Colombia is a strategic source of wind energy for
Colombia's economic development. However, current estimates of wind energy potential for …

The impact of anthropogenic litter on Colombia's central Caribbean beaches

N Rangel-Buitrago, A Velez-Mendoza, A Gracia… - Marine pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
A total of 7563 anthropogenic litter (AL) items, grouped into twelve different typologies, were
collected along 25 beaches located on the central Caribbean coast of Colombia. The …

Assessment and validation of wind power potential at convection-permitting resolution for the Caribbean region of Colombia

SAG Ruiz, JEC Barriga, JA Martínez - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
High-resolution wind power assessments, validated with ground data, are key for wind
energy projects in regions of promising potential such as the Colombian Caribbean. This …

Dynamics of the land–sea breeze system and the surface current response in South-West Australia

S Rafiq, C Pattiaratchi, I Janeković - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The land–sea breeze (LSB) system, driven by the thermal contrast between the land and the
adjacent ocean is a widely known atmospheric phenomenon, which occurs in coastal …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of Fluvial Discharges and Tides on the Salt Wedge Position of a Microtidal Estuary: Magdalena River

JR Cordero-Acosta, LJ Otero Díaz, AE Higgins Álvarez - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The linkage between the salt wedge, tidal patterns, and the Magdalena River discharge is
established by assessing the ensuing parameters: stratification (ϵ), buoyancy frequency (β) …

Morphodynamic response to extreme wave events of microtidal dissipative and reflective beaches

J Cueto, L Otero - Applied Ocean Research, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, the morphodynamic response of microtidal dissipative and reflective beaches to
extreme wave events generated by hurricanes and cold fronts in the Colombian Caribbean …

[HTML][HTML] The role of morphodynamics in predicting coastal flooding from storms on a dissipative beach with sea level rise conditions

JE Cueto, LJ Otero Díaz… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
We investigate the role of morphodynamic changes in the flooding of a micro-tidal
dissipative beach for both current and sea level rise scenarios. By considering beach …

High Resolution WRF Simulations for the Tel‐Aviv Metropolitan Area Reveal the Urban Fingerprint in the Sea‐Breeze Hodograph

D Avisar, R Pelta, A Chudnovsky… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We implement and verify for the first time four Weather Research and Forecasting model
urban configurations, focused on the coastal metropolitan area of Tel‐Aviv (MTA) using …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and temporal variability of sea breezes and synoptic influences over the surface wind field of the Yucatán Peninsula

MA Cahuich-López, I Mariño-Tapia, AJ Souza… - Atmósfera, 2020 - scielo.org.mx
The balance between synoptic and sea breeze atmospheric phenomena can profoundly
influence atmospheric circulation in coastal regions. In this paper, a comprehensive study to …