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Assessment of a Sand Spit Morphodynamics Under Extreme Flood Events
Pinho, J; Iglesias, I; Melo, W; Bio, A; P. Avilez-Valente; Vieira, J; Bastos, L; Veloso-Gomes, F<jats:p><p>Spits are landforms that present a complex morphology, which depends on currents, waves, sediment transport, tidal range and anthropic-induced changes. Their position and shape is subject to extreme events like flood river discharges and storms. They can also respond to processes that take place at larger time scales, as plate tectonics, sea level rise or even climatological patterns with telec...
Future estuarine circulation patterns characterization based on a hydrodynamic ...
Iglesias, I; Pinho, JL; Bio, A; P. Avilez-Valente; Melo, W; Vieira, J; Bastos, L; Veloso-Gomes, F<jats:p><p>Estuarine regions are strategically important from an environmental, economic, and social point of view. To reduce vulnerability and increase resilience, it is crucial to know their dynamics that usually are poorly understood. Numerical models have proven to be an appropriate tool to improve this knowledge and simulate scenarios for future conditions. However, as the modelling results may be in...
Hydro- and Morphodynamic Impacts of Sea Level Rise: The Minho Estuary Case Study
Melo, W; Pinho, J; Iglesias, I; Bio, A; P. Avilez-Valente; Vieira, J; Bastos, L; Fernando Veloso GomesThe understanding and anticipating of climate change impacts is one of the greatest challenges for humanity. It is already known that, until the end of the 21st century, the mean sea level (MSL) will rise at a global scale, but its effects at the local scale need to be further analyzed. In this context, a numerical modelling tool and a methodological approach for the river Minho estuary (NW of the Iberian Penin...