Roberto Fernández is a civil engineer and geoscientist who is interested in the ways in which natural processes interact with the built environment and the landscapes around us.
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Influence of cohesive clay on wave-current ripple dynamics captured in a 3D phase diagram
Wu, X., Malarkey, J., Fernández, R., Baas, J. H., Pollard, E. & Parsons, D. R., Jan 30 2024, In: Earth Surface Dynamics. 12, 1, p. 231-247 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Streamwise Turbulence Modulation in Non-Uniform Open-Channel Clay Suspension Flows
de Vet, M. G. W., Fernández, R., Baas, J. H., McCaffrey, W. D. & Dorrell, R. M., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 128, 8, e2022JF006781.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Inadequacy of fluvial energetics for describing gravity current autosuspension
Fukuda, S., de Vet, M. G. W., Skevington, E. W. G., Bastianon, E., Fernández, R., Wu, X., McCaffrey, W. D., Naruse, H., Parsons, D. R. & Dorrell, R. M., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 2288.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Author Correction: Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity (Communications Earth & Environment, (2023), 4, 1, (30), 10.1038/s43247-023-00690-z)
Mendrik, F., Fernández, R., Hackney, C. R., Waller, C. & Parsons, D. R., Dec 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 264.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity
Mendrik, F., Fernández, R., Hackney, C. R., Waller, C. & Parsons, D. R., Dec 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Plastic pollution in riverbeds fundamentally affects natural sand transport processes
Russell, C. E., Fernández, R., Parsons, D. R. & Gabbott, S. E., Dec 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 255.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Changes in Ripple Migration Rates and Hydraulic Resistance with Increasing Mud-to-Sand Ratios
Fernandez, R., Kassem, H., Wu, X. & Parsons, D. R., 2022, In: Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress. p. 5671-5676 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Discontinuity in Equilibrium Wave-Current Ripple Size and Shape and Deep Cleaning Associated With Cohesive Sand-Clay Beds
Wu, X., Fernandez, R., Baas, J. H., Malarkey, J. & Parsons, D. R., Sep 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 127, 9, e2022JF006771.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hydraulic resistance in mixed bedrock-alluvial meandering channels
Fernández, R., Vitale, A. J., Parker, G. & García, M. H., 2021, In: Journal of Hydraulic Research. 59, 2, p. 298-313 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Laboratory observations on meltwater meandering rivulets on ice
Fernández, R. & Parker, G., Mar 30 2021, In: Earth Surface Dynamics. 9, 2, p. 253-269 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
ASSESMENT AND APPLICATION OF BEDLOAD TRANSPORT EQUATIONS IN A COSTA RICAN RIVER
Fernández, R., Vargas, C. W., Zúñiga, J. A. & García, M. H., 2019, In: Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress. p. 2997-3005 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Experiments on patterns of alluvial cover and bedrock erosion in a meandering channel
Fernández, R., Parker, G. & Stark, C. P., Oct 9 2019, In: Earth Surface Dynamics. 7, 4, p. 949-968 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Upper Mississippi River flow and sediment characteristics and their effect on a harbor siltation case
Fernández, R., García, M. H. & Parker, G., Oct 1 2018, In: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 144, 10, 04018066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Input-variable sensitivity assessment for sediment transport relations
Fernández, R. & Garcia, M. H., Sep 2017, In: Water Resources Research. 53, 9, p. 8105-8119 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review