Papers

@article{Bermúdez20204345,

title = {A Robust Method to Update Local River Inundation Maps Using Global Climate Model Output and Weather Typing Based Statistical Downscaling},

author = {María Bermúdez and Luis Cea-Gómez and Els Van Uytven and Patrick Willems and Juan F. Farfán-Durán and Jerónimo Puertas-Agudo},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85092131722&doi=10.1007%2fs11269-020-02673-7&partnerID=40&md5=dcaa061dbfd2065dc0ac5b230f033dd2},

doi = {10.1007/s11269-020-02673-7},

issn = {09204741},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

urldate = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Water Resources Management},

volume = {34},

number = {14},

pages = {4345-4362},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media B.V.},

abstract = {Global warming is changing the magnitude and frequency of extreme precipitation events. This requires updating local rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves and flood hazard maps according to the future climate scenarios. This is, however, far from straightforward, given our limited ability to model the effects of climate change on the temporal and spatial variability of rainfall at small scales. In this study, we develop a robust method to update local IDF relations for sub-daily rainfall extremes using Global Climate Model (GCM) data, and we apply it to a coastal town in NW Spain. First, the relationship between large-scale atmospheric circulation, described by means of Lamb Circulation Type classification (LCT), and rainfall events with potential for flood generation is analyzed. A broad ensemble set of GCM runs is used to identify frequency changes in LCTs, and to assess the occurrence of flood generating events in the future. In a parallel way, we use this Weather Type (WT) classification and climate-flood linkages to downscale rainfall from GCMs, and to determine the IDF curves for the future climate scenarios. A hydrological-hydraulic modeling chain is then used to quantify the changes in flood maps induced by the IDF changes. The results point to a future increase in rainfall intensity for all rainfall durations, which consequently results in an increased flood hazard in the urban area. While acknowledging the uncertainty in the GCM projections, the results show the need to update IDF standards and flood hazard maps to reflect potential changes in future extreme rainfall intensities. © 2020, Springer Nature B.V.},

note = {cited By 21},

keywords = {Atmospheric circulation; Circulation type classifications; Extreme precipitation events; Future climate scenarios; Global climate model; Rainfall intensity duration frequency; Statistical downscaling; Temporal and spatial variability, atmospheric circulation; climate change; climate modeling; downscaling; extreme event; flow field; future prospect; global climate; precipitation intensity; rainfall; river flow; weather forecasting, Climate models, Flood control; Floods; Global warming; Hazards; Rain, Spain},

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}

@article{Fraga2019160,

title = {Effect of rainfall uncertainty on the performance of physically based rainfall–runoff models},

author = {Ignacio Fraga and Luis Cea-Gómez and Jerónimo Puertas-Agudo},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85057832365&doi=10.1002%2fhyp.13319&partnerID=40&md5=8bbb0e74a81e6b2f7faed33c5596c9e0},

doi = {10.1002/hyp.13319},

issn = {08856087},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

urldate = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Hydrological Processes},

volume = {33},

number = {1},

pages = {160-173},

publisher = {John Wiley and Sons Ltd},

abstract = {This paper analyses the effect of rain data uncertainty on the performance of two hydrological models with different spatial structures: a semidistributed and a fully distributed model. The study is performed on a small catchment of 19.6 km2 located in the north-west of Spain, where the arrival of low pressure fronts from the Atlantic Ocean causes highly variable rainfall events. The rainfall fields in this catchment during a series of storm events are estimated using rainfall point measurements. The uncertainty of the estimated fields is quantified using a conditional simulation technique. Discharge and rain data, including the uncertainty of the estimated rainfall fields, are then used to calibrate and validate both hydrological models following the generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE) methodology. In the storm events analysed, the two models show similar performance. In all cases, results show that the calibrated distribution of the input parameters narrows when the rain uncertainty is included in the analysis. Otherwise, when rain uncertainty is not considered, the calibration of the input parameters must account for all uncertainty in the rainfall–runoff transformation process. Also, in both models, the uncertainty of the predicted discharges increase in similar magnitude when the uncertainty of rainfall input increase. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.},

note = {cited By 38},

keywords = {Catchments; Glues; Gluing; Rain; Runoff; Storms, Conditional simulations; Fully distributed modeling; Generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation; Hydrological models; Quantitative precipitation estimation; Rainfall uncertainties; Runoff modelling; Transformation process, discharge; estimation method; precipitation assessment; quantitative analysis; rainfall-runoff modeling; uncertainty analysis, Spain, Uncertainty analysis},

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}

@article{Regueiro-Picallo2017115,

title = {Monitoring accumulation sediment characteristics in full scale sewer physical model with urban wastewater},

author = {Manuel Regueiro-Picallo and Juan Naves-García-Rendueles and Jose Anta-Álvarez and Joaquín Suárez-López and Jerónimo Puertas-Agudo},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85024872599&doi=10.2166%2fwst.2017.118&partnerID=40&md5=7280368c1551d84771ea1ddd03a3b72d},

doi = {10.2166/wst.2017.118},

issn = {02731223},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

urldate = {2017-01-01},

journal = {Water Science and Technology},

volume = {76},

number = {1},

pages = {115-123},

publisher = {IWA Publishing},

abstract = {A series of experiments were carried out with real wastewater in a pilot flume located at A Coruña wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) (Spain). A full scale model was developed to test a circular (300 mm inner diameter) and an equivalent area egg-shaped plastic pipe under controlled experimental conditions (pipe slope 2-5‰, averaged discharge Q = 4 L/s). Velocity profiles and sediment accumulation in the pipe invert was daily measured. Within the 7-11 days, the average sediment accumulation rate found in the circular pipe was between 1.4 and 3.8 mm/d. The sediment height depended on the input wastewater sediment distribution and organic content. The eggshaped pipe presented no sediment deposit for the same downstream boundary conditions, although biofilms were attached to the walls of both pipes. Besides, wastewater quality was monitored continuously and sediment composition was studied at the end of experiments. Two types of sediment were recorded: a granular bed deposit (ρ = 1,460 kg/m3},

note = {cited By 15},

keywords = {accumulation rate; deposition; flume experiment; monitoring; pipe; plastic; sedimentation; sewer network; urban area; wastewater; wastewater treatment plant, biofilm; experimental model; height; human; monitoring; physical model; sediment; sewer; Spain; velocity; waste water management; chemistry; city; devices; sediment; sewage; theoretical model; waste water; water management, Biofilms; Combined sewers; Deposition; Deposits; Plastic pipe; Sewers; Wastewater treatment, Cities; Geologic Sediments; Models, Experimental conditions; Full-scale modeling; Sediment accumulation; Sediment characteristic; Sediment composition; Sediment distribution; Sewer sediments; Wastewater treatment plants, Sediments, Spain, Theoretical; Sewage; Spain; Waste Water; Water Purification},

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}

@article{DelRío2013189,

title = {PPCPs wet weather mobilization in a combined sewer in NW Spain},

author = {Héctor del Río and Joaquín Suárez-López and Jerónimo Puertas-Agudo and Pablo Ures},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874356314&doi=10.1016%2fj.scitotenv.2013.01.049&partnerID=40&md5=a0c430b1d17a23d9f89082b2a4f4ea1d},

doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.049},

issn = {00489697},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

urldate = {2013-01-01},

journal = {Science of the Total Environment},

volume = {449},

pages = {189-198},

publisher = {Elsevier B.V.},

abstract = {An intense campaign was carried out over a 14. month period to characterize concentrations and loads of 7 well-known Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs), during dry and wet weather conditions, in an urban combined catchment in the northwest of Spain, a geographical zone with an average annual rainfall over 1500. mm. The main objective was to gather more in-depth knowledge of the mobilization of these "micropollutants" in an urban combined sewer and the possible pressures on water receiving bodies due to combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Hydrographs and pollutographs of these substances in dry weather flows (DWF), on weekdays and weekends, and wet weather flows (WWF) during 10 rain events have been characterized to obtain data that are sufficiently representative for statistical analysis. The research findings show that there is a considerable mobilization of these substances during rain events, mainly in the first part of the hydrographs, especially HHCB galaxolide, ibuprofen and paracetamol with maximum concentrations of 9.76, 8.51 and 5.71. μg/L respectively, whereas these concentrations in dry weather only reached 2.57, 2.11 and 0.72. μg/L respectively. There is a good correlation between the degree of mobilization in wet weather flows and the percentage of dry weather particulate phase of each studied substance, indicating that such mobilization may be associated with adsorption on the sediments deposited on the collectors during the antecedent dry period. These results are in good agreement with removal in conventional WWTP, especially for compounds that tend to adsorb onto sewage sludge. © 2013 Elsevier B.V..},

note = {cited By 28},

keywords = {article; controlled study; dry weather flow; environmental parameters; hydrography; pollution transport; priority journal; sediment; sewer; Spain; statistical analysis; water pollution; weather; wet weather flow, caffeine; carbamazepine; diclofenac; environmental, catchment; concentration (composition); dry season; mobilization; sewage treatment; sewer network; urban pollution; waste management; wastewater; wet season, Catchments; Drug products; Rain; Sewage sludge, Combined sewers, industrial and domestic chemicals; galaxolide; ibuprofen; paracetamol; pharmaceutical and personal care product; rain; tonalide; unclassified drug, Spain},

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tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Anta2013189,

title = {A bedload transport equation for the Cerastoderma edule cockle},

author = {Jose Anta-Álvarez and Enrique Peña-González and Jerónimo Puertas-Agudo and Luis Cea-Gómez},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84872278028&doi=10.1016%2fj.jmarsys.2012.10.014&partnerID=40&md5=0d221ba3a33524bca596eff2b6df1847},

doi = {10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.10.014},

issn = {09247963},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

urldate = {2013-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Marine Systems},

volume = {111-112},

pages = {189-195},

abstract = {Hydrodynamics play an important role in the structure of many marine ecosystems of bivalves. After severe storm periods, large amounts of the Cerastoderma edule stocks were transported from the Lombos do Ulla shellfish bed (Spain). This paper presents the results of laboratory experiments carried out to analyze the bedload transport of this bivalve emulating the stormy shellfish bed conditions. Flow velocities were measured using particle image velocimetry and the double averaged methodology was applied to determine the main flow characteristics over different cockle patches. The flow structure exhibits properties of skimming and isolated flows depending on the density of bivalves. Bed shear stress was determined from the log-law and the cockles were geometrically characterized in order to derive specific bedload transport equations in a conventional deterministic sediment transport framework. The obtained formulas can be implemented in common numerical codes to further analyze mollusk stability, bedload transport and dispersal in their aquatic systems. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.},

note = {cited By 7},

keywords = {Bed-load transport; CITEEC; DA; Double averaged methodology; Flume; Marine mollusk; Particle image velocimetries; PIV; RMS, bedload; bivalve; dispersal; ecosystem structure; flow structure; flow velocity; hydrodynamics; imaging method; laboratory method; sediment transport; shear stress, Bivalvia; Cerastoderma edule; Mollusca, Flow visualization; Imaging techniques; Sediment transport; Storms; Velocimeters; Velocity measurement, Shellfish, Spain},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{ÁlvarezEnjo200167,

title = {Regional flood analysis at the Atlantic coast of Galicia, northwest of Spain [Anĺisis regional de avenidas en la zona atlántica de galicia, noroeste de España]},

author = {Manuel Álvarez-Enjo and Jerónimo Puertas-Agudo and Francisco Díaz-Fierros-Viqueira},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0034980347&partnerID=40&md5=219095030add0df13635a64544be98f2},

issn = {01864076},

year  = {2001},

date = {2001-01-01},

urldate = {2001-01-01},

journal = {Ingenieria Hidraulica en Mexico},

volume = {16},

number = {2},

pages = {67-76},

abstract = {This paper includes a regional flood frequency analysis within an area above 8,000 km 2, located in the northwest of Spain, in the Atlantic coast of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, known as "Rías Baixas ". The index flood method was used together with the General Extreme Value distribution adjusted to the region by the method of Probability Weighted Moments. The region's water homogeneity has been verified by measuring discharges of several regional rivers for the last three years. Homogeneity has also been demonstrated by applying the statistical regional homogeneity test. The basin area has proved a good variable to predict the mean annual flood in catchments where hydrologic information is scarce. The obtained regional flood frequency curve was compared with the curves developed for other humid worldwide regions with similar climatological characteristics. The developed method constituted a good tool for the estimation and analysis of frequency of extreme floods in the Galician region of Rías Baixas.},

note = {cited By 1},

keywords = {Catchments; Climatology; Floods; Hydrology; Rivers, Flood frequency, flood frequency; homogeneity; hydrology; statistical analysis, flood frequency; hydrology; statistical analysis, Hydraulics, Spain},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}