Research

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.

At the link below, my invited presentation at the AGU2018 Fall Meeting entitled "Sustainable digitalization: a global challenge" can be downloaded.
Thank you for your interest!
Best,
Alberto

My invited presentation "Effect of  global-scale human pressure evolution on water resources sustainability", given at the symposium "Recent Advances in Water Resources Research and Modelling", held in Delft on September 28, 2018, can be downloaded at the link below.
Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto

The article A geostatistical data-assimilation technique for enhancing macro-scale rainfall–runoff simulations (open access) has been just published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS).

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The article Globally Universal Fractal Pattern of Human Settlements in River Networks (open access) has been just published on Earth's Future. The plain language summary reads as:

In July 2018 I presented a contribution titled "Diversity and equality @ EGU" at the EuroScience Open Forum, held in Toulouse. My presentation is available at the link below. Thanks for your interest.
Best,
Alberto

The article Detection of trends in magnitude and frequency of flood peaks across Europe has been just published on the Hydrological Sciences Journal.

This study analyses the trends in magnitude and frequency of floods for the period 1965–2005 in several European sites. The paper has been selected as the featured article in Volume 63, Issue 4 of the journal.

During my Darcy Medal ceremony my citationist was Guenter Bloeschl. I am very grateful to Guenter for delivering a very flattering citation, which I am copying here below (with Guenter's permission). During my career I had the fortune to meet amazing colleagues, at the University of Bologna, in the Italian community of hydrologists and engineers, and the scientific associations I am member of. In particular, I shared many research collaboration with Guenter and Demetris Koutsoyiannis.

I had the great honor to be awarded the Darcy Medal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The award ceremony took place in Vienna, during the EGU General Assembly, on April 12, 2018. I delivered a medal lecture titled "Hydrology is important". It is a summary of my research experience and activity so far. It is also reporting some personal considerations and stories.

My invited presentation at Uppsala University (January 30, 2018) can be downloaded at the link below. Thank you for your interest.
Best,
Alberto

My presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting 2017 titled "Recent breakthroughs  and themes in hydrology,  from climate to the water-food-energy nexus" is available for download at the link below. It is essentially a synthesis of my editorial experience in Water Resources Research.
Thanks for your interest.
Best,
Alberto

My presentation at the meeting of the Life-Iris project "Improve resilience of the industrial sector" (Bomporto, November 21, 2017) titled "Climate change: extreme rainfall, flood risk  and adaptation strategies" (in Italian) can be downloaded at the link below.
Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

I had the opportunity to participate, together with Attilio Castellarin and several other researchers, to a study conducted by a team at the Technical University of Wien, showing that the timing of the floods has shifted across much of Europe. The sheds light on the influence of climate change on flood risk in Europe. The study was led by Prof. Guenter Bloeschl, who already cooperated with us in the past.  The results highlight that climate change has induced a shift in the timing of floods over the years.

At the 2017 scientific assembly in Port Elizabeth (South Africa) I gave a perspective talk titled "Should we reconsider the conceptual structure of hydrological models?". My presentation is a bit provocative and focuses on stochastic physically-based modeling of hydrological processes. It also presents the concept of stochastic catchment area as a stochastic control volume for applying balance equation in hydrology.

I gave a talk on the river memory experiment at the 2017 scientific assembly in Port Elizabeth (South Africa). My presentation is titled "Physical interpretation of river memory and application to seasonal flood forecasting" and focuses on the application to more than 200 European catchments. We also look for the physical basis of long memory.
Thanks for your interest.
Alberto

I presented a perspective on the status of the IAHS scientific decade 2013-2022 <a href=http://iahs.info/Commissions--W-Groups/Working-Groups/Panta-Rhei.do>Panta Rhei</a> at the IAHS 2017 scientific assembly in Port Elizabeth (South Africa). Panta Rhei is about change in hydrology and society. My presentation focuses on the history of Panta Rhei and draws future perspectives. The powerpoint file is available at the link below.
Thanks for your interest.
Alberto

The University of Calabria organized a series of seminars titled "Giornate per la Difesa del Suolo". I presented a contribution titled "Flood risk mitigation in the presence of climate change: Strategies for adaptation and mitigation" (in Italian: original title: "Difendere il Suolo in presenza di Cambiamenti Climatici ed Ambientali Strategie di Adattamento ed Intervento"). The talk is similar to the one I presented at the Accademia dei Lincei in November 2016, with further consideration on strategies for adapting to climate change.

My presentation at the Ephastat Meeting, held in Bologna on March 31st 2017, titled "Extreme values estimation under change: the never-ending dilemma (or sophism?) between stationarity and non-stationarity" is available for download at the link below. The file size is about 50mb. Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

At the link below my invited presentation titled "Cambiamenti climatici, rischio alluvionale e rischio geologico:
strategie innovative di adattamento e mitigazione" (in Italian) is available for download. The presentation was delivered in Rome, on November 8, 2016.
Thank you for your interest.
Alberto

I have been recently delighted to deliver an invited presentation at the University of Saskatchewan, within their Distinguished Lectures Series. I decided to present my perspective on recent developments in hydrology and ways forward.

The title of the talk is "Seeking a Step Forward in Research and Education in Water Science".

My presentation (18 Mb) is available for download at the link at the bottom of this page. The video of the lecture is available here below.

Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto