Our research includes development of operational models and tools for ocean prediction as well as fundamental and applied research that results (sometimes) in peer-reviewed communications.
Operational models and tools
CARICOOS FVCOM Coastal Circulation Model (A. Rivera and M. Canals): https://www.caricoos.org/currents/forecast/FVCOM/PRVI/Currents
The CARICOOS Nearshore Wave Model: http://www.caricoos.org/map/swan-point-forecast and http://www.caricoos.org/waves/forecast/SWAN/PRVI/hsig
The CARICOOS - Sea Grant Breaker Height Prediction System: http://www.caricoos.org/map/nearshore-breaker-model
The Yabucoa Port Metocean Observation and Prediction System: http://www.caricoos.org/ports/yabucoa/us
Peer-reviewed articles
Viehman, T. Shay, Reguero, Borja G., Lenihan, Hunter S., Rosman, Johanna H., Storlazzi, Curt D., Goergen, Elizabeth A., Canals Silander, Miguel F., et al. 2023. Coral Restoration for Coastal Resilience: Integrating Ecology, Hydrodynamics, and Engineering at Multiple Scales. Ecosphere 14( 5): e4517. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4517
Solano, M., Canals, M. and Leonardi, S. Barotropic boundary conditions and tide forcing in split-explicit high resolution coastal ocean models. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 249-260, ISSN 2468-0133, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joes.2019.12.002.
Hernandez, E., Toledo-Hernandez, C., Ruiz-Diaz, C., Gomez-Andujar, N., Medina-Muñiz, J., and Canals, M. Hurricane Impacts and the Resilience of the Invasive Sea Vine, Halophila stipulacea: a Case Study from Puerto Rico. Estuaries and Coasts (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00673-4
Browning, T., Sawyer, D., Brooks, G., Larson, R., Ramos-Scharron, C., and Canals, M. Widespread Deposition in a Coastal Bay Following Three Major 2017 Hurricanes (Irma, Jose, and Maria). Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Article number: 7101, 2019. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43062-4)
Canals, M. and C. García. On the spatial distribution of the wave energy resource in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, Journal of Renewable Energy, Volume 136, Pages 442-451, 2019.
Solano, M., Canals, M. and Leonardi, S. Development and validation of a coastal ocean forecast system for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science, Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 223-236, 2018.
Loeffler, C. R., A. Robertson, H. A. Flores Quintana, M. Canals, T. B. Smith, and D. Olsen. Ciguatoxin prevalence in four commercial fish species along an oceanic exposure gradient in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol 37(7):1852-1863. doi: 10.1002/etc.4137, 2018
Smith TB, Brandtneris VW, Canals MC, Brandt ME, Martens J, Brewer R, Kadison E, Kammann M, Keller J and DM Holstein. Potential structuring forces on a shelf edge upper mesophotic coral ecosystem in the US Virgin Islands. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3:115 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00115, 2016.
Amador, A. and Canals. M., Design and development of an instrumented drifter for Lagrangian measurements of inertial particle dynamics in breaking waves, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering,, vol.PP, no.99, pp.1-1, 2015.
Anselmi, C., Canals, M., Morell, J., Gonzalez, J., Capella, J., and Mercado, A. Development of a nearshore wave forecasting system for Puerto Rico, Journal of Coastal Research: Volume 28, Issue 5: 1049-1056. 2012
Corredor, J. Amador, A., Canals, M., Rivera, S., Capella, J., Morell, J., Glenn, S., Roarty, H., Handel, E., Lemus, E. Optimizing and Validating High-Frequency Radar Surface Current Measurements in the Mona Passage, Marine Technology Society Journal, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 49-58, 2011
Canals, M. and Pawlak, G. Three-dimensional vortex dynamics in oscillatory flow separation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 674, pp. 408-432, 2011.
Canals, M., Pawlak, G. and MacCready, P. Tilted baroclinic tidal vortices. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 333-350, 2009.
Canals, M. and Pawlak, G. Topology and breakdown of Görtler vortices on an oscillating cylinder. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 20, No. 9, pp 091102, 2008.