Jose Horrillo-Caraballo

Dr Jose Horrillo-Caraballo

Job title: Research Fellow, School of Marine Science and Engineering (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: Room 102, Reynolds, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752586130
Alternative telephone: +44 (0) 7985489248
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 586101
Email: Jose.Horrillo-Caraballo@plymouth.ac.uk

Role

I am a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the University of Plymouth. I am working in the project "Flood Risk Management Research Consortium" (FRMRC) Phase 2, under the supervision of Prof. Dominic Reeve.

The Consortium is funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under grant, GR/S76304/01 jointly with NERC, the Joint Defra/EA Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management R&D programme, the Scottish Executive, the Rivers Agency (Northern Ireland) and UK Water Industry Research. Further information is available from the project website http://www.floodrisk.org.uk/index.htm

Our work will focus on predicting coastal flooding due to wave overtopping and on testing the performance of statistical techniques for characterising changes in beach morphology in a manner to support the structured analysis of defence performance.

Qualifications & background

PhD in Civil Engineering (University of Nottingham, U.K.), 2001-2005. Thesis: Investigation of the long-term evolution of the offshore sandbanks at Great Yarmouth, U.K.
MSc. in Port and Coastal Engineering. (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain), 1993-1994.
BEng. in Civil Engineering. (University of Cartagena, Colombia), 1987-1992.

Research interests

Long-term changes in coastal morphology, hydrodynamic modelling and development of tools to improve prediction of the reliability of flood defences.

Grants & contracts

International Travel Grant (ITG 09-682) from The Royal Academy of Engineering - Coastal Dynamics 2009 Conference. Tokyo, Japan.
Scholarship Award (2001-2004). The Overseas Research Students (ORS) Award Scheme, used to partially fund my PhD study at the University of Nottingham, UK.
EPSRC PhD studentship (GR/R37180/01) to fund my PhD at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Publications

JOURNALS

Horrillo-Caraballo J.M., A. Pedrozo-Acuña, B. Onandia (accepted) Pronóstico del perfil de playas de grava usando Análisis de correlación Canónica - Forecast of gravel beach profiles using Canonical Correlation Analysis. Revista de Ingeniería Hidráulica en México, IMTA (in Spanish).

Ruiz de Alegria-Arzaburu, A., A. Pedrozo-Acuña, J.M. Horrillo-Caraballo, G. Masselink, D.E. Reeve (in review) Medium-term shoreline predictions on a gravel beach using Canonical Correlation Analysis. Coastal Engineering.

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M.,D.E. Reeve (2008) Morphodynamic behaviour of a nearshore sandbank system: the Great Yarmouth Sandbanks, U.K. Marine Geology, 254 (1-2), 91-106.

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M., D.E. Reeve (2008) An investigation of the link between beach morphology and wave climate at Duck, North Carolina, USA. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 1 (2), 110-122.

Reeve, D.E., J.M. Horrillo-Caraballo and V. Magar, (2008) Statistical Analysis and Forecasts of Long-term Sandbank Evolution at Great Yarmouth, UK. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 79 (3), 387-399.

Guitart, C., P. Frickers, J.M. Horrillo-Caraballo, R.J. Law and J.W. Readman (2008) Characterization of sea surface chemical contamination after shipping accidents. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42 (7), 2275–2282.

Reeve, D.E., J.M. Horrillo-Caraballo and R. Young (2003) Quantitative analysis of morphological changes in the Humber Estuary over a 150-year epoch. Singapore Maritime & Port Journal, 156: 137-150.

CONFERENCES

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M., V. Magar, D.E. Reeve (2009) Forecasting and uncertainty estimation of nearshore bathymetric evolution over annual timescales. In: Mizuguchi, M. and Sato, S. (Eds.) Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2009. Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 7^th – 11^th/2009. ISBN: 978-981-4282-46-8.

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M., D.E. Reeve (2008) Predicting beach morphology as part of flood risk assessment. In: Samuels, P., Huntington, W., Allsop, W. and Harrop, J. (Eds.) FLOODRisk 2008: Flood Rsik Management. Research and Practice. Oxford, UK, Sept. 30^th – Oct. 2^nd/2008. ISBN: 978-0-415-48507-4.

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M., D.E. Reeve, A. Pedrozo-Acuña (2008) Análisis de Correlación Canónica aplicado al pronóstico de perfiles de playas en la costa suroeste de Inglaterra, Reino Unido. In: Proceedings XXIII Latin-American Conference in Hydraulics, IAHR. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, Sept. 2^nd – 6^th/2008. ISBN: 978-958-719-075-5 (in Spanish).

Pedrozo-Acuña, A., D.J. Simmonds, D.E. Reeve, J.M. Horrillo-Caraballo (2008) Características de los impactos de oleaje en playas de grava: El rol de las presiones impulsivas. In: Proceedings XXIII Latin-American Conference in Hydraulics, IAHR. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, Sept. 2^nd – 6^th/2008. ISBN: 978-958-719-075-5 (in Spanish).

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M. and D.E. Reeve (2008) Forecasting of mixed beach profiles in the New Forest District (UK) using canonical correlation analysis method. 4th Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference, Oxford University, St Edmund Hall.

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M. and D.E. Reeve (2007) The use of Canonical Correlation Analysis to determine the relationship between beach profiles, waves and storm surges in the southeastern coast of England, U.K. In: Proceedings of the 2^nd IMA International Conference on Flood Risk Assessment. Plymouth, U.K., September 4^th – 5^th, 2007. ISBN 978-0-905091-20-4.

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M. and D.E. Reeve (2005) Long-term evolution of offshore sandbank morphology. Case Study: Great Yarmouth sandbanks, U.K. In: Coastal Dynamics 05. Barcelona, April 4^th – 8^th, 2005.

Wang, B.; J.W. van der Meer; A.K. Otta; A.J. Chadwick and J.M. Horrillo-Caraballo (2005) Reflection of obliquely incident wave at low-crested structures. In: Coastal Dynamics 05. Barcelona, April 4^th – 8^th, 2005.

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M. (2005) Analysis and prediction of long-term fluctuation in the morphology of the Humber Estaury. 1st UK Young Coastal Scientists' & Engineers' Meeting, UK. (Poster)

Reeve, D.E. and J.M. Horrillo-Caraballo (2003) Analysis and prediction of complex estuary morphology. In: Proceedings of COPEDEC VI 2003. Sri Lanka. Paper 117, Ch 17, 14pp.

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M. and D.E. Reeve (2002) Eigenfunction analysis of complex estuary morphology. In: Proceedings 5th International Conference on Hydroinformatics. Cardiff. IWA Publishing. p.777-784.

Moreno, D.; D. Blanco; A. Puello and J.M. Horrillo-Caraballo (2000) The sediment transport in the coastal inlets an Environmental problem. Study case: El Laguito (Cartagena, Colombia). Environmental Forum Colombia – Canada. FOROCOLCA 2000. May 2000. Cartagena, Colombia. CD-ROM (in spanish).

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M.; D. Moreno, and A. Arrieta (2000) Mathematical modelling as a tool for environmental evaluation. Case study: Ciénaga de la Virgen (Cartagena, Colombia), Environmental Forum Colombia – Canada. FOROCOLCA 2000, May 2000. Cartagena, Colombia. CD-ROM (in spanish).

Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M.; P. Rejtman and M. Maza (1999) Waves Analysis with Poor Information for the Colombian Caribbean Zone. IV International Congress on Hydraulic Engineering. October 1999. Havana City, Cuba (in Spanish).

Arrieta, A.; J.M. Horrillo-Caraballo and P. Rejtman (1999) Equilibrium Profiles of Pozos Colorados Beach, Santa Marta (Colombia). IV International Congress on Hydraulic Engineering. October 1999. Havana City, Cuba (in Spanish).

Additional information

The projects that I had been part of, are detailed below:

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Flood Risk Management Research Consortiums Phase 2 (October 2007 – Present). My work focus on developing applications of ensemble methods for case studies of relevance to coastal flood risk management and defining guidelines for use ensemble techniques for estimating uncertainty in various aspects of coastal flood risk management.

Statistical analysis of past and future nearshore morphology of Great Yarmouth Sandbanks (2006). Co-investigator for this project to perform an analysis of historical chart data, and its extrapolation into the future using statistical techniques, to provide estimates of the likely dredging frequency and quantities for periods up to 50 years ahead. This work was requested by International Port Holdings Ltd.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Flood Risk Management Research Consortiums (July 2004 – September 2007). My work focus on predicting coastal flooding due to wave overtopping and on testing the performance of statistical techniques for characterising changes in beach morphology in a manner to support the structured analysis of defence performance.

Historic analysis of the Humber Estuary morphology (2001-2002). Co-investigator for this project to perform an analysis of historical chart data of the Humber morphology to identify trends and patterns in estuary behaviour over a period of ~150 years, funded by the Environment Agency. Nottingham,

U.K.

Dynamic study of beaches and marine currents in the influence area of the monobuoy system of Pozos Colorados oil terminal (1998-1999). Coordinator for this project to perform an study of the currents in the zone to anticipate the location of barriers in the case of an accidental oil spill in the monobuoy system. Project funded by the Colombian Oil Company - ECOPETROL. Santa Marta, Colombia.

Control and monitoring of hydric ecosystem from ‘Cienaga de la Virgen’, ‘Dique’ channel, lakes and channels in Cartagena city: ‘Cienaga de la Virgen’ case (1996-1998). Coordinator of hydraulic modelling for ‘Ciénaga de la Virgen’ with MIKE21 HD, MIKE21 AD. Project funded by the environmental agency CARDIQUE. Agreement 306/96. Cartagena, Colombia.

Shoreline study in Cartagena city from ‘El Laguito’ to ‘La Boquilla’ (1993-1998). Responsible for the design of protection structures and providing technical modelling support. Project funded by the Ministry of Transport. Agreement 998/93. Cartagena, Colombia.

Mathematical modelling and sedimentology and hydrodynamic studies for the study of beach recovery in Santa Marta city (1996-1997). Responsible for the design of the coastal structures and providing technical modelling support. Ingenieros Ltd. Cartagena, Colombia.

Study of sedimentation phenomenon in ‘El Laguito’ inlet (1996-1997). Responsible for the analysis of wave propagation and sediment transport in the zone and the study of possible solution to avoid the sedimentation of the inlet. Project funded by the environmental agency CARDIQUE. Agreement 211/96. Cartagena, Colombia.

Design of coastal structures for shoreline protection and stabilization, ‘El faro de Cartagena Condominium’ (1995). Responsible for the design of coastal structures to protect the shoreline and to protect a cliff zone. W.W. Ingenieros, Ltd. Cartagena, Colombia.

Response of the system ‘Ciénaga de la Virgen - Lakes of Cartagena’ to changes in the cross sections (1992 – 1993). Responsible for providing IT supports and using mathematical models. The project involved analysis of different cross sections for the coastal inlets to improve the water flow between the ‘Cienaga de la Virgen’ and the lakes of Cartagena. Project funded by the University of Cartagena. Cartagena, Colombia.

Environmental and hydraulic modelling of the lakes and channels of Cartagena, Colombia (1991-1992). Responsible for the IT implementation of the project and the use of mathematical models. The project involved the use of mathematical models to study the hydraulic and environmental behaviour of the lakes and channel in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. Project funded by EDURBE – FONADE. Cartagena, Colombia.

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