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2023

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Earth Science

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Overview

José A. Jiménez is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to coastal and marine environments. Their main areas of work include Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Coastal and Marine Management, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, and Marine and Fisheries Research.

Some of José A. Jiménez's recent papers include the following:

  • How good are symmetric triangular synthetic storms to represent real events for coastal hazard modelling, 2020, Coastal Engineering
  • The economic impact of sea level rise-induced decrease in the carrying capacity of Catalan beaches (NW Mediterranean, Spain), 2022, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Impact of Relative Sea-Level Rise on Low-Lying Coastal Areas of Catalonia, NW Mediterranean, Spain, 2020, Water
  • Effects of Extreme Climatic Events on the Hydrological Parameters of the Estuarine Waters of the Amazon Coast, 2022, Estuaries and Coasts
  • Probabilistic characterisation of coastal storm-induced risks using Bayesian networks, 2021, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

José A. Jiménez frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Luci Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira, Marc Sanuy, Rauquı́rio Marinho da Costa, Rut Romero-Martín, and Herminia I. Valdemoro.

Their work is often published in journals such as:

  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Journal of Coastal Research
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Best Publications

  • The ability of societies to adapt to twenty-first-century sea-level rise

    Jochen Hinkel;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts;Sally Brown;Jose A. Jiménez

  • A Simple Formula to Estimate Settling Velocity of Natural Sediments

    José A. Jiménez;Ole S. Madsen

  • High-rate activated sludge system for carbon management – Evaluation of crucial process mechanisms and design parameters

    Jose Jimenez;Mark Miller;Charles Bott;Sudhir Murthy

  • Medium-term coastal response at the Ebro delta, Spain

    Jose A. Jiménez;Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla

  • An assessment of the non-market value of the ecosystem services provided by the Catalan coastal zone, Spain

    Jorge Brenner;José A. Jiménez;Rafael Sardá;Alvar Garola

  • Comparison of Coastal Vulnerability Index applications for Barcelona Province

    Aysun Koroglu;Aysun Koroglu;Roshanka Ranasinghe;Roshanka Ranasinghe;José A. Jiménez;Ali Dastgheib

  • The Ebro Delta: Morphodynamics and Vulnerability

    Augustin Sanchez-Arcilla;Jose A. Jimenez;Herminia I. Valdemoro

  • A critical assessment of beach management on the Catalan coast

    Eduard Ariza;José A. Jiménez;Rafael Sardá

  • Aeolian dune migration along the Ceará coast, north‐eastern Brazil

    Jose A. Jimenez;Luis P. Maia;Jordi Serra;Jader Morais

  • Processes reshaping the Ebro delta

    JoséA. Jiménez;Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla;Herminia I. Valdemoro;Vicente Gracia

  • Beach recreation planning using video-derived coastal state indicators

    J. A. Jiménez;A. Osorio;A. Osorio;I. Marino-Tapia;Michael Davidson

  • Shifting perspectives on coastal impacts and adaptation

    Sally Brown;Robert J. Nicholls;Susan Hanson;Geoff Brundrit

  • Modelling of coastal evolution on yearly to decadal time scales

    Hans Hanson;S Aarninkhof;M Capobianco;JA Jimenez

  • Proposal for an Integral Quality Index for Urban and Urbanized Beaches

    Eduard Ariza;Jose A. Jimenez;Rafael Sarda;Miriam Villares

  • A coastal storms intensity scale for the Catalan sea (NW Mediterranean)

    E. T. Mendoza;J. A. Jimenez;J. Mateo

  • Bioflocculation management through high-rate contact-stabilization: A promising technology to recover organic carbon from low-strength wastewater

    Arifur Rahman;Francis A. Meerburg;Shravani Ravadagundhi;Bernhard Wett

  • The Influence of Shoreline Dynamics on the Use and Exploitation of Mediterranean Tourist Beaches

    Herminia I. Valdemoro;José A. Jiménez

  • A Storm Classification Based on the Beach Erosion Potential in the Catalonian Coast

    E. Tonatiuh Mendoza;José A. Jiménez

  • Storm-induced damages along the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean) during the period 1958-2008

    José A. Jiménez;José A. Jiménez;Amanda Sancho-García;Eva Bosom;Eva Bosom;Herminia I. Valdemoro;Herminia I. Valdemoro

  • Probabilistic coastal vulnerability assessment to storms at regional scale – application to Catalan beaches (NW Mediterranean)

    E. Bosom;J. A. Jiménez

  • The Delta Flume '93 experiment

    A. S.-Arcilla;J. A. Roelvink;B. A. O'Connor;A. Reniers

  • The influence of the environmental status of Casa Caiada and Rio Doce beaches (NE-Brazil) on beaches users

    Luci Cajueiro Carneiro Pereira;José A Jiménez;Carmen Medeiros;Rauquı́rio Marinho da Costa

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Sardá
Rafael Sardá Spanish National Research Council
Jorge Guillén
Jorge Guillén Spanish National Research Council
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Albert Palanques
Albert Palanques Spanish National Research Council
Marcel J. F. Stive
Marcel J. F. Stive Delft University of Technology
Pere Puig
Pere Puig Spanish National Research Council
Nathaniel G. Plant
Nathaniel G. Plant United States Geological Survey
Óscar Ferreira
Óscar Ferreira University of Algarve
Jochen Hinkel
Jochen Hinkel Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Athanasios T. Vafeidis
Athanasios T. Vafeidis Kiel University

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