LUIS FERNANDO LÓPEZ
Biography
Luis Fernando Lopez Arias is Civil Engineering by the University of Costa Rica (2016) and Master in Ports and Coasts at the Universidad de Cantabria (2019). Since 2020, he is doing his PhD at IHCantabria. His research focuses on quantifying the coastal protection services given by intertidal ecosystems for climate change adaptation.
Research Lines
Flow-vegetation-sediment interaction.
Coastal protection service provided by intertidal vegetation.
Publications
Lopez-Arias, F., Maza, M., Calleja, F., Govaere, G., Lara., J. L. (2024). Integrated drag coefficient formula for estimating the wave attenuation capacity of Rhizophora sp. mangrove forests. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1383368. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1383368
Lopez-Arias, F., Maza, M., Lara, J.L., Losada, I.J. (2023). A new predictive tool for modeling wave attenuation produced by saltmarshes in SWAN based on standing biomass. Coas. Eng.. 185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104380