Listening to heat, reading drought: a sonification that tells the story of 2024 heatwaves

International Centre for Environmental Monitoring

CIMA Research Foundation is a research organization concerned with the study, prediction and prevention of climate change-related hazards such as floods, forest fires, droughts, and loss of terrestrial and marine biodiversity.

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Articles and papers

Bernini L., Lagasio M., Milelli M., Oberto E., Parodi A., Hachinger S., et al. Convection-permitting dynamical downscaling of ERA5 for Europe and the Mediterranean basin, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, e5014 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.5014

Lagasio M., Barindelli S., Chitu Z., Contreras S., Fernández-Rodríguez A., de Klerk M., Fumagalli A., Gatti A., Hammerschmidt L., Haskovic D., et al. Integrating Advanced Sensor Technologies for Enhanced Agricultural Weather Forecasts and Irrigation Advisories: The MAGDA Project Approach, Remote Sensing, 17(11):1855 (2025) https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17111855

JahaniRahaei A., Milelli M., Chiesa G. Urban Weather Dataset for Building Energy Simulations: Data Collection and EPW File Generation for Torino, Italy (2014-2023)., Data in Brief, 111708, ISSN 2352-3409 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111708

Pulvirenti L., Squicciarino G., Cenci L., Ferraris L., Virelli M., Candela L., Puca S. Continuous flood monitoring using on-demand SAR data acquired with different geometries: Methodology and test on COSMO-SkyMed images, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Volume 225 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.04.036

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Projects

Air and coupled ocean-wave Ligurian Integrated forecast System for Environmental cOastal prediction

The project develops an integrated operational service for high-resolution atmospheric and oceanographic forecasting service along the Ligurian coast, with a special focus on the Cinque Terre National Park.

High-Resolution Early Precipitation-to-Flood Signals

The project aims to leverage the new operational meteorological products developed within the ECMWF Digital Twin (DT) Extremes framework to support decision-making in the assessment of extreme weather impacts, with a particular focus on flood events.

Enhancing Forecast Precision and Data Usability with AI-based Multi-Model Data Fusion for Destination Earth

The project is part of the European Programme Destination Earth and focuses on developing an advanced system that integrates multiple forecast model outputs into a single optimized product.

PROTECTED NATURAL HABITATS

The “ISPRA – DRONE SURVEY PROTECTED HABITATS” initiative provides technical assistance and scientific support to the PNRR DigitAP project for field activities of natural habitats in Italy’s 24 national parks using Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) technology, more commonly known as drones.

Listening to heat, reading drought: a sonification that tells the story of 2024 heatwaves