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Raúl Medina is affiliated with the University of Cantabria in Spain and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans a range of subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, with significant emphasis on Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Coastal and Marine Management, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Aeolian processes and effects, and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Raúl Medina has contributed to numerous publications in various respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering Proceedings
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Coastal Research

Their recent papers demonstrate a diverse array of research interests and findings:

  • "An equilibrium-based shoreline rotation model" (2020), published in Coastal Engineering
  • "Wave-induced cross-shore distribution of different densities, shapes, and sizes of plastic debris in coastal environments: A laboratory experiment" (2023), published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Identification of Dominant Hydrological Mechanisms Using Bayesian Inference, Multiple Statistical Hypothesis Testing, and Flexible Models" (2021), published in Water Resources Research
  • "Ocean Integration: The Needs and Challenges of Effective Coordination Within the Ocean Observing System" (2022), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Transformation of organic acids and sugars in the mucilage and coffee beans during prolonged fermentation" (2023), published in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Raúl Medina has also contributed to book publications, notably with World Scientific for the title Headland-Bay Beaches in 2020.

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Notable coauthors in their body of work include:

  • Mauricio González
  • Camilo Jaramillo
  • Paula Núñez
  • Cristina Prieto
  • Dmitri Kavetski

Best Publications

  • Analysis of clustering and selection algorithms for the study of multivariate wave climate

    Paula Camus;Fernando J. Mendez;Raul Medina;Antonio S. Cofiño

  • A hybrid efficient method to downscale wave climate to coastal areas

    Paula Camus;Fernando J. Mendez;Raul Medina

  • The CoastView project: Developing video-derived Coastal State Indicators in support of coastal zone management

    Mark Davidson;Mark Van Koningsveld;Arno de Kruif;Jane Rawson

  • On the application of static equilibrium bay formulations to natural and man-made beaches

    Mauricio González;Raul Medina

  • High resolution downscaled ocean waves (DOW) reanalysis in coastal areas

    Paula Camus;Fernando J. Mendez;Raul Medina;Antonio Tomas

  • Beach recreation planning using video-derived coastal state indicators

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

  • Impacts on the deep-sea ecosystem by a severe coastal storm

    Anna Sanchez-Vidal;Miquel Canals;Antoni M. Calafat;Galderic Lastras

  • Occurrence of Entomopathogenic Fungi from Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems in Saltillo, México, and their Virulence Towards Thrips and Whiteflies

    Sergio R. Sánchez-Peña;Jorge San-Juan Lara;Raúl F. Medina

  • A weather‐type statistical downscaling framework for ocean wave climate

    Paula Camus;Melisa Menéndez;Fernando J. Méndez;Cristina Izaguirre

  • An integrated coastal modeling system for analyzing beach processes and beach restoration projects, SMC

    M. González;R. Medina;J. Gonzalez-Ondina;A. Osorio

  • Effects of wave–current interaction on the current profile

    Maitane Olabarrieta;Raul Medina;Sonia Castanedo

  • Application of HF radar currents to oil spill modelling

    Ana J. Abascal;Sonia Castanedo;Raul Medina;Inigo J. Losada

  • Long-term changes in the frequency, intensity and duration of extreme storm surge events in southern Europe

    Alba Cid;Melisa Menéndez;Sonia Castanedo;Ana J. Abascal

  • Implications of climate change on the distribution of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis and risk for Lyme disease in the Texas-Mexico transboundary region.

    Teresa P Feria-Arroyo;Ivan Castro-Arellano;Guadalupe Gordillo-Pérez;Ana L Cavazos

  • The Prestige Oil Spill in Cantabria (Bay of Biscay). Part I: Operational Forecasting System for Quick Response, Risk Assessment, and Protection of Natural Resources

    Sonia Castanedo;Raúl Medina;Iñigo J. Losada;César Vidal

  • Dependence of coefficient K on grain size

    Ricardo del Valle;Raúl Medina;Miguel A. Losada

  • Temporal and spatial relationship between sediment grain size and beach profile

    R Medina;M.A Losada;I.J Losada;C Vidal

  • Calibration of a Lagrangian Transport Model Using Drifting Buoys Deployed during the Prestige Oil Spill

    Ana J. Abascal;Sonia Castanedo;Fernando J. Mendez;Raul Medina

  • Invasion of sorghum in the Americas by a new sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) superclone

    Samuel Nibouche;Laurent Costet;Jocelyn R. Holt;Alana Jacobson

  • Flow Prediction in Ungauged Catchments Using Probabilistic Random Forests Regionalization and New Statistical Adequacy Tests

    Cristina Prieto;Cristina Prieto;Cristina Prieto;Nataliya Le Vine;Nataliya Le Vine;Dmitri Kavetski;Eduardo García

  • Evolution of the indoor biome

    Laura J. Martin;Rachel I. Adams;Ashley Bateman;Holly M. Bik

  • Analysis of the reliability of a statistical oil spill response model

    Ana J. Abascal;Sonia Castanedo;Raul Medina;Maria Liste

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando J. Méndez
Fernando J. Méndez University of Cantabria
Miguel A. Losada
Miguel A. Losada University of Granada
Inigo J. Losada
Inigo J. Losada University of Cantabria
Alejandro Orfila
Alejandro Orfila Spanish National Research Council
Joaquín Tintoré
Joaquín Tintoré Spanish National Research Council
Giovanni Coco
Giovanni Coco University of Auckland
Javier L. Lara
Javier L. Lara University of Cantabria
Sebastià Monserrat
Sebastià Monserrat University of the Balearic Islands
Adalberto A. Pérez de León
Adalberto A. Pérez de León Agricultural Research Service
Dmitri Kavetski
Dmitri Kavetski University of Adelaide

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