NEC: Recent submissions

  • Multi-source flood risk analysis for safe coastal communities and sustainable development 
    Freire, P.; Fortunato, A. B.; Tavares, A.; Oliveira, A.; Silva-Santos, P. M. (Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 2019-06)
    To increase the response capability to coastal flooding events in an accelerating sea level rise context, the ability to predict floods has to improve and be integrated with other components of ...
  • Morphodynamic modeling of the tagus estuary inlet 
    Fortunato, A. B. (Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 2019-06)
    Existing knowledge on the evolution of the Tagus estuary inlet morphology derives mostlyfrom analyses of bathymetric surveys and aerial images. The limitations of this approachprevent a detailed ...
  • Infragravity wave energy changes on a dissipative barred beach: a numerical study 
    Mendes, D.; Pinto, J. P.; Pires Silva, A.; Fortunato, A. B. (Elsevier, 2018-10)
    The influence of bars on the infragravity wave energy changes in dissipative beaches is analysed through numerical simulations of random wave propagation. The analysis of the simulated data includes the cross-shore evolution ...
  • UBEST field campaigns - 5th Campaign: Tagus Estuary, September 27, 2018 
    Santos, D.; Freire, P.; Rodrigues, M.; Cravo, A. (2018-12)
    The present report summarizes the 5th field campaign of the project UBEST, performed in the Tagus estuary on September 27, 2018. This campaign was the second in the Tagus estuary and was representative of summer conditions. ...
  • Evolução da praia da Nazaré após a construção do porto de pesca 
    Portela, L. I.; Teixeira, S.; Sancho, F. E. (Departamento de Ciências da Terra da Universidade de Coimbr, 2018-09)
    Evolution of Nazaré beach after the construction of the fishing harbour • The evolution of Nazaré beach from the establishment of the fishing harbour in the early 1980s to the present is examined based on aerial images and ...
  • Monitoring the implementation of a dredging plan in the Óbidos Lagoon (Portugal) 
    Freire, P.; Fortunato, A. B.; Portela, L. I.; Azevedo, A. (Instituto Hidrogrâfico, 2018-06)
    The Óbidos lagoon (central west coast of Portugal) is a small coastal system exposed to intense wave action. Because its inlet is highly dynamic and closes occasionally, frequent interventions have been carried out by ...
  • Relationship between the mean periods of wind-generated and infragravity waves: a sensitivity analysis 
    Mendes, D.; Pires Silva, A.; Pinto, J.; Fortunato, A. B. (Instituto Hidrogrâfico, 2018-06)
    A sensitivity analysis was performed on the mean infragravity wave period by varying five input parameters associated to short-waves. The mean infragravity wave period was estimated from the short-wave directional spectrum ...
  • Bound and free infragravity waves over a bar 
    Mendes, D.; Pires Silva, A.; Pinto, J.; Fortunato, A. B. (Instituto Hidrogrâfico, 2018-06)
    This study aims to investigate the changes in the infragravity wave energy under partial short-wave breaking conditions induced by a longshore bar. Field observations of near-bottom pressure records on a cross-shore array ...
  • Taxas de acumulação sedimentar no porto de pesca da Nazaré 
    Portela, L. I. (Instituto Hidrogrâfico, 2018-06)
    O conhecimento dos processos de transporte sedimentar na enseada da Nazaré apresenta ainda algumas limitações. O presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar as taxas de sedimentação no porto de pesca, construído no início ...
  • Dinâmica sedimentar e evolução a longo prazo do porto da Praia, ilha de Santiago, Cabo Verde 
    Portela, L. I. (Instituto Hidrogrâfico, 2018-06)
    Resumo: Os processos de evolução costeira em Cabo Verde, resultantes de fatores naturais e de atividades humanas, são ainda pouco conhecidos. Analisa-se neste trabalho a evolução morfológica da baía do porto da Praia, ...
  • Metodologia de avaliação da inundação de margens estuarinas: validação e aplicação ao estuário do Mondego 
    Azevedo, A.; Fortunato, A. B.; Rodrigues, M.; Freire, P.; Oliveira, A. (APRH, 2017-03)
    As inundações de margens estuarinas são causadas pela maré, o vento, a pressão atmosférica, a agitação marítima e o caudal fluvial. Esta combinação de agentes forçadores dificulta os estudos de inundação estuarina, no que ...
  • Impacte do prolongamento do quebra-mar norte do porto de Leixões na dinâmica sedimentar 
    Fortunato, A. B.; Freire, P.; Oliveira , F.; Azevedo, A.; Pinheiro, L. (PIANC, 2017-11)
    Caracteriza-se a dinâmica sedimentar na zona do Porto de Leixões e avalia-se o impacte do prolongamento do quebra-mar norte através da análise de dados de campo e de resultados de modelos numéricos. Sedimentos provenientes ...
  • Assessment of a three-dimensional baroclinic circulation model of the tagus estuary (Portugal) 
    Rodrigues, M.; Fortunato, A. B. (AIMS Press, 2017-12)
    Circulation patterns and physical regimes play a major role in estuarine ecosystems. Understanding how different drivers, like climate change, may affect the estuarine dynamics is thus fundamental to guarantee the ...
  • The contribution of historical information to flood risk management in the Tagus estuary 
    Rilo, Ana; Tavares, A.; Freire, P.; Santos, P.; Zêzere, J. L. (Elsevier, 2017-07-22)
    Estuarine areas are often affected by flood episodes with significant infrastructural and human damages caused by the overlap of different triggering factors. Currently flood risk management practices are subject to increased ...
  • Cera: an open-source tool for coastal erosion risk assessment 
    Narra, P.; Coelho, C.; Sancho, F. E.; Palalane, J. (Elsevier, 2017-06)
    Coastal zones are socially and economically very important, leading to a high pressure for its permanent development. Simultaneously, these zones are subject to several maritime hazards, able to cause coastal erosion. ...
  • Numerical study on infragravity waves over a barred beach 
    Mendes, D.; Pinto, J. P.; Pires Silva, A.; Fortunato, A. B. (Universidade de Cantabria, 2017-10)
    This study evaluates the impact of bars on the dynamics of infragravity waves on a dissipative beach. Numerical simulations were performed with the SWASH model with a setup previously validated on a laboratory experiment. ...
  • A numerical study of the February 15, 1941 storm in the Tagus estuary 
    Fortunato, A. B.; Freire, P.; Bertin, X.; Rodrigues, M.; Ferreira, J.; Liberato, M. (Elsevier, 2017-07)
    On February 15, 1941, a storm caused one of the major natural disasters in the Iberian Peninsula in the past century. The storm made landfall in the north of Portugal, leading to a large surge in the Tagus estuary. Adverse ...
  • Infragravity wave dynamics on an embayed beach 
    Mendes, D.; Pinto, J. P.; Pires Silva, A.; Fortunato, A. B. (Não disponivel, 2017-06)
    Field observations were performed at an embayed beachto investigate infragravity (IG) wave (0.005-0.04 Hz) dynamics. Offshore short-wave conditions measured by the Cabo Sillero buoy (323 m depth) were characterized by ...
  • Online monitoring in the Tagus estuary: Parque das Nações station - Installation and operation between January 2016 and February 2017 
    Rodrigues, M.; Freire, P.; Rogeiro, J.; Fortunato, A. B. (2017-03)
    This report describes the design and installation of the Parque das Nações online monitoring station and the procedures relative to its maintenance and data verification undertaken between January 2016 and February 2017. ...
  • Operational forecast framework applied to extreme sea levels 1 at regional and 2 local scales 
    Fortunato, A. B.; Oliveira, A.; Rogeiro, J.; Costa, R.; Gomes, J. L.; Li., K; Jesus, G.; Freire, P.; Rilo, Ana; Mendes, A.; Rodrigues, M.; Azevedo, A. (Taylor & Francis, 2017-02)
    The design, implementation and demonstration of a novel and generic computational forecast framework for multi-scale prediction of extreme sea levels and associated flooding is presented. Denoted Water Information Forecast ...

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