2013

Pinto, J.G., Ulbrich, S., Parodi, A., Rudari, R., Boni, G., Ulbrich, U., Identification and ranking of extraordinary rainfall events over Northwest Italy: The role of Atlantic moisture, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. doi: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jgrd.50179/abstract

Silvestro F, Gabellani S., Delogu F., Rudari R., and Boni G.:Exploiting remote sensing land surface temperature in distributed hydrological modelling: the example of the Continuum model,Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 39-62,  doi:10.5194/hess-17-39-2013, 2013

Rebora, N., Molini, L., Casella, E., Comellas, A., Fiori, E., Pignone, F., Siccardi, F., Silvestro, F., Tanelli., S., and Parodi, A., Extreme rainfall in the Mediterranean: what can we learn from observations?, Journal of Hydrometeorology e-View, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-12-083.1, 2013

2012

Professor Siccardi's Speech at the OECD Forum, 2012

Bedrina, T., Parodi, A., Quarati, A., Clematis A., ICT approaches to integrating institutional and non-institutional data services for better understanding of hydro-meteorological phenomena, Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 12, 1961-1968, 2012, doi:10.5194

Caldeira, R. M. A., Couvelard, X., Casella, E., and Vetrano, A.: Assymmetric eddy populations in adjacent basins – a high resolution numerical study of the Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Seas, Ocean Sci. Discuss., 9, 3521-3566, doi:10.5194/osd-9-3521-2012, 2012.

Comellas, A., Parodi, A., Fuchs, Z., Molini, L.: Saturation fraction and gross moist stability in severely precipitating systems in the midlatitude - Mediterranean environment, Atmospheric Research, Available online 21 July 2012, ISSN 0169-8095, 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.07.010.

Ghizzoni, T., Roth, G., Rudari, R., Multisite flooding hazard assessment in the Upper Mississippi River, Journal of Hydrology (2012), (412-413), 101-113  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.06.004

Parodi A., Boni G. Ferraris L., Siccardi F., Pagliara P., Trovatore E., Foufula Georgiou E., Kanzmueller D., The “Perfect Storm”: From Across the Atlantic to the Hills of Genoa, Eos, Vol. 93. No. 24, pages 225-232, 2012.”

Rebora, N., Silvestro, F., PhaSt: Stochastic Phase-Diffusion Model for Ensemble Rainfall Nowcasting, IAHS Red Book series, vol. 351, p. 305-310, 2012,

Rossi, L., “DEWETRA: el sistema italiano de decisión en tiempo real para la gestión del riesgo de desastres” - International workshop proceeding: “Experiencias Exitosas de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres en el Sector Agropecuario para la Adaptación al Cambio Climático” Printed by “Punto de Encuentro”, December 2011, La Paz, Bolivia, pages 223-236, 2012.

Siccardi, F., “Prevision, Predicttium and Perception”, OECD High level Risk Forum, December 13-14 2012, Paris

Silvestro, F., Gabellani, S., Giannoni, F., Parodi, A., Rebora, N., Rudari, R., and Siccardi, F.: A hydrological analysis of the 4 November 2011 event in Genoa, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 2743-2752, doi:10.5194/nhess-12-2743-2012, 2012.

Silvestro, F., Rebora, N., Operational verification of a framework for the probabilistic nowcasting of river discharge in small and medium size basins Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 763-776, 2012.

Silvestro, F., Rebora, N., (2012). Ensemble Nowcasting of River Discharge by Using Radar Data: Operational Issues on Small and Medium Size Basins. IAHS PUBLICATION, vol. 351, p. 508-513

Serpico, S. B.; Dellepiane, S.; Boni, G.; Moser, G.; Angiati, E.; Rudari, R.- Information Extraction From Remote Sensing Images for Flood Monitoring and Damage Evaluation  - Proceedings of the IEEE  - Volume: 100 , Issue: 10  - Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/JPROC.2012.2198030  Publication Year: 2012 , Page(s): 2946 - 2970

2011

Altamura, M., Ferraris, L., Miozzo, D., Musso, L., and Siccardi,F.: The legal status of Uncertainty, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 797-806, doi:10.5194/nhess-11-797-2011

Boni G., and F. Siccardi, Scenes and Scenarios: Managing natural disasters by using satellite images to their full potential, Public Service Review: European Science & Technology, 10,128-129

Casella E., Molcard A., Provenzale A. Mesoscale vortices in the Ligurian Sea and their effect on coastal upwelling processes. Journal of Marine System, 88 12–19, 2011

Comellas, A., Molini L., Parodi A., Sairouni A., Llasat M.C., and Siccardi F., Predictive ability of severe rainfall events over Catalonia for year 2008, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 1813-1827,doi:10.5194/nhess-11-1813-2011, 2011.

Fiori, E., Parodi, A., and Siccardi F., Uncertainty in prediction of deep moist convective processes: Turbulence parameterizations, microphysics and grid-scale effects, Atmospheric Research, 100, 4, 447–456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.10.003, 2011.

Massabò, M., R. Cianci, and O. Paladino, An Analytical Solution of the Advection Dispersion Equation in a Bounded Domain and Its Application to Laboratory Experiments, 2011, Journal of Applied Mathematics. Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 493014, 14 pages

Molini, L., A. Parodi, N. Rebora, and G.C. Craig, Classifying severe rainfall events over Italy by hydrometeorological and dynamical criteria, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 137, Issue 654, 148-154

Parodi, A., Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and Emanuel, K., Signature of microphysics on spatial rainfall statistics, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres,116, D14119, 12 pp., doi:10.1029/2010JD015124, 2011.

Rosso, M., Ballardini, M., Moulins, A., Wurtz, M. 2011. Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) natural marking in the Mediterranean sea. African Journal of Marine Science, 33(1) 45–57.

Gnone G., Rosso M., Moulins A., et al., 2011. Distribution, abundance and movements of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Pelagos Sanctuary MPA (North‐West Mediterranean Sea). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 21: 372–388. doi: 10.1002/aqc.1191.

Schiffers, M., D. Kranzlmüller, A. Clematis, D. D'Agostino, A. Galizia, A. Quarati, A. Parodi, M. Morando, N. Rebora, E. Trasforini, L. Molini, F. Siccardi, G. C. Craig and A. Tafferner, Towards a Grid Infrastructure for Hydro-Meteorological Research, Computer Science, 12. pp. 45-62. ISSN 1508-2806

Silvestro, F., Rebora, N. and Ferraris, L., Quantitative flood forecasting on small and medium size basins: a probabilistic approach for operational purposes. Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 12, No. 6, 1432-1446, 2011. 

2010

Boni, G., Observe to Predict, Predict to Prevent: Cooperation and Technology Transfer between Science and Public Administrations for Civil Protection, Public Service Review: European Science & Technology, 8,194-195

Fedi, A., R. Cianci, and M. Massabò, A new analytical solution for the 2D advection–dispersion equation in semi-infinite and laterally bounded domain, 2010, Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 4, 2010, no. 75, 3733-3747

Fiori, E., A. Parodi, and F. Siccardi, Turbulence Closure Parameterization and Grid Spacing Effects in Simulated Supercell Storms, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 67. No. 12, p. 2870-3890

Fiori, E., A. Parodi, and F. Siccardi, Uncertainty in prediction of deep moist convective processes: turbulence parameterizations, microphysics and grid-scale effects, Atmospheric Research, in press

D'Andrea, M., P. Fiorucci, and T.P. Holmes, A stochastic Forest Fire Model for future land cover scenarios assessment, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 2161-2167, doi:10.5194/nhess-10-2161-2010

Ghizzoni T., G. Roth and R. Rudari, Multivariate skew-t approach to the design of accumulation risk scenarios for the flooding hazard, Advances in Water Resources, 3, 1243–1255, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.08.003

Llasat, M., and F. Siccardi, A Reflection About the Social and Technological Aspects in Flood Risk Management. The Case of the Italian Civil Protection, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 109-119

2009

Bersani, C., R. Minciardi, R. Sacile, and E. Trasforini, Network planning of fuelling service stations in a near-term competitive scenario of the hydrogen economy, 2009, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 43, 1, 55-71. (Link:  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V6Y-4S21TPC-3/2/13521911200e4155b75aeb1f828e67f3 )

Brussolo E., J. von Hardenberg and N. Rebora, Stochastic versus Dynamical Downscaling of Ensemble Precipitation Forecasts, J. Hydrometeorology, 10, 1051-1061

Fiori, E., A. Parodi, and F. Siccardi, Dealing with uncertainty: turbulent parameterizations and grid-spacing effects in numerical modelling of deep moist convective processes, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 1871-1880

Herrera, P., M. Massabò and R. Beckie, A Meshless Method to simulate Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media, 2009, Advances in Water Resources, 32, Pages 413-423

Massabò, M., A. Bellin, and A. J. Valocchi, Reply to comment by N. Suciu and P. Knabner on ‘‘Spatial moments analysis of kinetically sorbing solutes in aquifer with bimodal permeability distribution’’, 2009, Water Resources Research, 45, XXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2009WR007815.

Mazzetti, P., S. Nativi, V. Angelini, M. Verlato, and P. Fiorucci, A Grid platform for the European Civil Protection e-Infrastructure: the Forest Fires use scenario. Earth Science Informatics, Volume 2, Numbers 1-2, pp.53-62. doi: 10.1007/s12145-009-0025-8. (link:  http://www.springerlink.com/content/qv2u214l4t182872/ )

Metta, S., J. von Hardenberg, L. Ferraris, N. Rebora, and A. Provenzale, Precipitation Nowcasting by a Spectral-Based Nonlinear Stochastic Model, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 10, 1285-1297

Minciardi, R., R. Sacile, and E. Trasforini. Resource allocation in integrated pre-operational and operational management of natural hazards, 2009, Risk Analysis: an International Journal, 1, 62-75. (Link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121501283/PDFSTART)

Molini, L., A. Parodi and F. Siccardi, Dealing with uncertainty: an analysis of the severe weather events over Italy in 2006, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 1-13

Parodi, A. and K. Emanuel, A theory for buoyancy and velocity scales in deep moist convection, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 66, 10, 3449-3463

Parodi, A. and Tanelli, S., Influence of turbulence parameterization on high resolution numerical modeling of observed tropical convection during NASA TC4 field campaign, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 115, D00J14, doi:10.1029/2009JD013302, 2009.

Segoni, S., L. Leoni, A. I. Benedetti, F. Catani, G. Righini, G. Falorni,, S. Gabellani, R. Rudari, F. Silvestro, and N. Rebora, Towards a definition of a real-time forecasting network for rainfall induced shallow landslides, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 1–15, 2009; www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/1/2009/

Silvestro, F., N. Rebora, L. Ferraris, An algorithm for real-time rainfall rate estimation by using polarimetric radar: RIME, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 227-240