Dr. Jesús Pernas Canadell

Dr. Jesús Pernas Canadell

Dr. Jesús Pernas Canadell
Fluvalps Project Investigator
Department of Hydraulics & Environment
OFITECO
C/Guzmán el Bueno, 133. Edificio Britannia, 1st floor
E-28003 Madrid
Spain

Phone: +34 91 535 22 10
Fax: +34 91 535 22 10
E-mail: jpernas@ofiteco.es

Dr. Jesús Pernas Canadell - Curriculum vitae

Academical Education

2006 MSc Occupational Hazard Prevention
2002 PhD Physical Geography The Geomorphological Unit Hydrograph and its application to three catalan watersheds. University of Barcelona
1998 MSc Hydrology. CEDEX. Madrid
1995 MSc Geographic Information Systems, Technical University of Catalonia. Barcelona
1978-92 Physical Geography Degree. University of Barcelona. Degree Project: Meteorological causes of seiches in catalan-balearic coast

Professional experience

2006 Project Manager. OFITECO. Department of Hydraulics & Environment
2002 Superior Technician in Climatology
1998 Teaching and Research in the University of Barcelona

Research Interests

Hydrology, Hydrometry, Modelling.

Research areas

Miño-Sil, Muga, Fluvià, Ter, Tordera and Tagus Basins.

Relevant publications

Schulte, L. et al. 2019.

Integration of multi-archive datasets towards the development of a four-dimensional paleoflood model in alpine catchments.

Global and Planetary Change 180, 66-88.


Peña, J.C.; Schulte, L., 2020.

Simulated and reconstructed atmospheric variability and their relation with large Pre-industrial summer floods in the Hasli-Aare catchment (Swiss Alps) since 1300 CE.

Global and Planetary Change 190, 103191.


Schulte, L. et al., 2019.

Pluridisciplinary analysis and multi-archive reconstruction of paleofloods: societal demand, challenges and progress.

Global and Planetary Change 177, 225-238.


Blöschl, G. et al. 2020.

Current European flood-rich period exceptional compared with past 500 years.

Nature 583, 560–566 (2020).


Sánchez-García et al. 2019.

500-year flood history in the arid environments of south-eastern Spain. The case of the Almanzora River.

Global and Planetary Change, 102987.


Schulte, L. et al. 2015.

A 2600-year history of floods in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland: frequencies, mechanisms and climate forcing.

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19, 3047-3072.


Peña, J.C. et al. 2015.

Influence of solar forcing, climate variability and atmospheric circulation patterns on summer floods in Switzerland.

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19, 3807-3827.

Universitat de BarcelonaICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis AvançatsUniversität BernServei Meteorològic de CatalunyaGobierno de España - Ministerio de Educación y CienciaAlexander von Humboldt Foundation