Adding Hernandez paper

Author: erikvansebille

src/data/papers-citing-parcels.ts

@@ -2596,4 +2596,14 @@ export const papersCitingParcels: Paper[] = [
     abstract:
       'The Mediterranean Sea is increasingly impacted by shipborne pollution, necessitating sophisticated oil spill monitoring systems. This study presents a detailed framework for assessing oil spill dynamics in the Mediterranean using various oceanographic models. The first part compares oil dispersion results using sea surface current data from Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM), and French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER). The second part evaluates particle dispersion simulations, improving upon previous results by incorporating Stokes drift and wind drag effects from the Copernicus ERA5 and the MeteOcean model, operational at DICCA Unige. The study also calculates the centroid of each oil slick to track its trajectory over time and assessing its spatial and temporal deformation. To validate the methodology, a practical case study is conducted, comparing the results with Sentinel-1 satellite images from the first days after the accident and with press reports. The results demonstrate that both Stokes drift and wind significantly influence the surface transport of oil spill, improving trajectory predictions when combined with surface currents. In addition, comparison between ocean and climate models revealed substantial variability in dispersion results, highlighting the importance of model selection in operational forecasting or the benefits of the use of a multi-model probabilistic approach.',
   },
+  {
+    title:
+      'Tracing marine litter sources along the Barcelona coastline: Insights from observations and numerical modelling',
+    published_info: 'Marine Pollution Bulletin, 222, 118876',
+    authors:
+      'Hernandez, I, LM Castro-Rosero, O Uviedo, WP de Haan, M Liste, A Sanchez-Vidal, M Espino, JM Alsina (2026)',
+    doi: 'https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118876',
+    abstract:
+      'Plastic debris concentrations in Barcelona coastal waters are among the highest in the Mediterranean Sea, comparable to those observed in subtropical gyres. This study quantifies the marine litter budget and fluxes along the Barcelona coastline using Lagrangian numerical backtracking simulations informed by one year of sampling data (2020–2021) from five urban and two metropolitan area beaches. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to determine optimal simulation parameters, identifying a simulation duration of −28 days and a median time of particles to come from a known source of −26.35 h. These parameters were used to develop a probabilistic module accounting for unresolved nearshore processes. Additional behavioural conditions for this module were derived from the sensitivity assessments. Analysis of beach water marine litter as simulation input revealed multiple pollution hot-spots, linking marine litter sources to known emission points such as combined sewer overflows, marinas, and coastal structures such as breakwaters. Marine litter amounts in urban beach waters reached 1.8 × 109 items km−2 y−1, with simulations indicating that 55% originated from outside the study domain. These findings highlight the Barcelona coastal zone as both a significant emitter and recipient of plastic debris due to regional hydrodynamic connectivity and transport. High levels of plastic pollution highlight the urgent need for upstream waste reduction and targeted mitigation measures to prevent litter from reaching the sea.',
+  },
 ]