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New scientific paper: "The sword of Damocles of the impossible flood"

We are pleased to report the publication of our (together with Guenter Bloeschl and Bruno Merz) opinion paper "The Sword of Damocles of the impossible flood". It discusses reasons why floods often call us by surprise.

This is main research focus at the moment, one of the central themes of my brand new project CO22Water. If you are interested please follow the web page of the project, there will be opportunities to contribute soon.

My presentation "Uncertainty assessment for predictions of natural hazard events and impact" at the workshop "Multi risk models from assessment to validation and implication for decision making" - Bari, June 2024

My presentation "Uncertainty assessment for predictions of natural hazard events and impact" at the workshop "Multi risk models from assessment to validation and implication for decision making", that took place in Bari during June 20-21 2024, is available at the link below.

Thanks a lot for your interest.

Ciao,
Alberto

My presentation at the meeting "80 Years of Hydrology" (Salerno, 23-24 January 2024) titled "Civil protection in Italy: origin, evolution and future perspectives" (in Italian)

My invited presentation (together with Pierluigi Claps and Paola Pagliara) titled "Civil protection in Italy: origin, evolution and future perspectives" (in Italian)  at the meeting "80 Years of Hydrology" (Salerno, January 23-24, 2024) is available for download at the link below.

It is a celebration of the contributions by Fabio Rossi and Lino Versace to civil protection.

Thank you for your interest.

Ciao,
Alberto

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IAHS-WMO-UNESCO Dooge Medal Lecture: "To change or not to change, that is the question" - Montreal, July 12, 2019

I had the great honor to be awarded the Dooge Medal by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UNESCO. The award ceremony took place in Montreal, during the 2019 IUGG General Assembly, on July 12, 2019.

Scientific paper "Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective"

The scientific paper "Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective" is available here.
The paper is open access and therefore it can be freely downloaded. It presents a community effort to identify research questions for the hydrological community. They have been identified with a community endeavor. Of course these questions are far from being exhaustive, but they provide a very good picture of current emerging issues.

My presentation at the Ministry of Environment (June 27, 2019) titled "Integrating "nature based" solutions and structural interventions for adapting to climate change" (in Italian)

My presentation at the workshop "Valutazione e Gestione del Rischio Alluvioni – Governance del territorio e contributo del mondo scientifico" (in Italian, Roma, Ministry of the Environment, June 27, 2019) titled "Integrating "nature based" solutions and structural interventions for adapting to climate change" (in Italian) is available for download at the link below.

See also my lecture to students on the same topic (in Italian).

Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto

Scientific paper "Global and Regional Increase of Precipitation Extremes under Global Warming"

The scientific paper "Global and Regional Increase of Precipitation Extremes under Global Warming" has been just published on Water Resources Research. At the link below the accepted version can be downloaded.

It is an analysis daily rainfall data at global scale to assess changes in extreme rainfall regime. We found an increase of the frequency of extremes, while changes in in extreme rainfall intensity are less evident.

Thank you for your interest.

Scientific paper "Evaluating the Effects of Urbanization Evolution on Air Temperature Trends Using Nightlight Satellite Data"

The article "Evaluating the Effects of Urbanization Evolution on Air Temperature Trends Using Nightlight Satellite Data" has been just published on MDPI Atmosphere.

The article is open access and can be reached here.

I believe this paper is significant in that it explores the impact of the heat island effect on temperature measurements by using an innovative technique.

Thank you for your interest!

Ciao,
Alberto

Scientific paper "A large sample analysis of European rivers on seasonal river flow correlation and its physical drivers"

The article "A large sample analysis of European rivers on seasonal river flow correlation and its physical drivers" has been just published on Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.

The article is open access and can be reached here. I believe this paper is significant in that it explores the opportunity of statistically predicting high and low flows in rivers with weeks in advance, by exploiting the "river memory" properties.