Giuseppe Ciraolo
A5008198495- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Fusion materials and technologies
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Superconducting Materials and Applications
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Hydraulic flow and structures
University of Palermo
2016-2025
CEA Cadarache
2016-2025
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
2016-2025
CoNISMa
2024
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
2024
Culham Science Centre
2024
Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par Confinement Magnétique
2015-2023
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
2023
Royal Military Academy
2020
Château Gombert
2008-2017
Environmental monitoring plays a central role in diagnosing climate and management impacts on natural agricultural systems; enhancing the understanding of hydrological processes; optimizing allocation distribution water resources; assessing, forecasting, even preventing disasters. Nowadays, most data collection systems are based upon combination ground-based measurements, manned airborne sensors, satellite observations. These utilized describing both small- large-scale processes, but have...
Environmental monitoring plays a central role in diagnosing climate and management impacts on natural agricultural systems, enhancing the understanding hydrological processes, optimizing allocation distribution of water resources, assessing, forecasting even preventing disasters. Nowadays, most data collection systems are based upon combination ground-based measurements, manned airborne sensors or satellite observations. These utilized describing both small large scale but have...
To promote the advancement of novel observation techniques that may lead to new sources information help better understand hydrological cycle, International Association Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) established Measurements and Observations in XXI century (MOXXI) Working Group July 2013. The group comprises a growing community tech-enthusiastic hydrologists design develop their own sensing systems, adopt multi-disciplinary perspective tackling complex observations, often use low-cost...
The provision of a particle and power exhaust solution which is compatible with first-wall components edge-plasma conditions key area present-day fusion research mandatory for successful operation ITER DEMO. work package plasma-facing (WP PFC) within the European programme complements laboratory experiments, i.e. in linear plasma devices, electron ion beam loading facilities, studies performed toroidally confined magnetic such as JET, ASDEX Upgrade, WEST etc. connection both groups done via...
With WEST (Tungsten Environment in Steady State Tokamak) (Bucalossi et al 2014 Fusion Eng. Des. 89 907–12), the Tore Supra facility and team expertise (Dumont Plasma Phys. Control. 56 075020) is used to pave way towards ITER divertor procurement operation. It consists implementing a configuration installing ITER-like actively cooled tungsten monoblocks tokamak, taking full benefit of its unique long-pulse capability. user platform, open all partners. This paper describes physics basis WEST:...
Abstract WEST is an MA class superconducting, actively cooled, full tungsten (W) tokamak, designed to operate in long pulses up 1000 s. In support of ITER operation and DEMO conceptual activities, key missions are: (i) qualification high heat flux plasma-facing components integrating both technological physics aspects relevant particle exhaust conditions, particularly for the monoblocks foreseen divertor; (ii) integrated steady-state at confinement, with a focus on power issues. During phase...
Abstract The tokamak à configuration variable (TCV) continues to leverage its unique shaping capabilities, flexible heating systems and modern control system address critical issues in preparation for ITER a fusion power plant. For the 2019–20 campaign configurational flexibility has been enhanced with installation of removable divertor gas baffles, diagnostic capabilities an extensive set upgrades new dual frequency gyrotrons. baffles reduce coupling between main chamber allow detailed...
Self-consistent full-size turbulent-transport simulations of the divertor and SOL existing tokamaks have recently become feasible. This enables direct comparison turbulence against experimental measurements. In this work, we perform a series diverted Ohmic L-mode discharges on TCV tokamak, building first-of-a-kind dataset for validation edge models. dataset, referred to as TCV-X21, contains measurements from 5 diagnostic systems -- giving total 45 1- 2-D observables in two toroidal magnetic...
Crop evapotranspiration (ET) is one of the most important components in many hydrological processes. The crop reference (ETo) represents atmospheric water demand each type, development stage, and management practices. Penman-Monteith equation version suggested by Food Agriculture Organization (FAO56-PM), used methods to estimate ETo. In several regions world, meteorological observations are not always available. recent reanalysis database ERA5-Land, released 2019, can be useful overcome this...
Abstract. Actual evapotranspiration from typical Mediterranean crops has been assessed in a Sicilian study area by using surface energy balance (SEB) and soil-water models. Both modelling approaches use remotely sensed data to estimate fluxes spatially distributed way. The first approach exploits visible (VIS), near-infrared (NIR) thermal (TIR) observations solve the equation whereas model uses only VIS-NIR detect spatial variability of crop parameters. Considering that is characterized...
Reflectance spectroscopy provides an alternate method to non-destructively characterize key soil properties. Different approaches, including chemometrics techniques or specific absorption features, have been proposed estimate properties from visible and near-infrared (VNIR, 400-1200 nm) shortwave infrared (SWIR, 1200-2500 reflectance domains. The main goal of this study was test the performance two distinct methods for texture estimation by VNIR-SWIR measurements: i) Continuum Removal (CR)...
Plasma exhaust has been identified as a major challenge towards the realisation of magnetic confinement fusion. To mitigate risk that single null divertor (SND) with high radiation fraction in scrape-of-layer (SOL) adopted for ITER will not extrapolate to DEMO reactor, EUROfusion consortium is assessing potential benefits and engineering challenges alternative configurations. Alternative configurations could be readily design include X (XD), Super-X (SXD), Snowflake (SFD) double (DND). The...
Abstract. In this work, we study a Mediterranean cyclone, Helios, which took place during 9–11 February 2023 in the southeastern part of Sicily and Malta, by multiparametric approach combining microseism results with sea state meteorological data provided wavemeter buoy, HF radar, hindcast maps satellite SEVIRI images. The sub-tropical system Helios caused heavy rainfall, strong wind gusts violent storm surges significant wave heights greater than 5 m. We deal relationships between such...
Abstract Experimental results from several tokamaks suggest a strong impact of divertor density regimes on turbulent transport in the edge plasma. Reciprocally, change transverse and SOL width affects access to regimes, making it fundamental topic for heat exhaust issue. Such phenomenology is highly nonlinear can only be approached quantitatively using numerical simulations treating turbulence neutrals recycling physics self‐consistently. In this study, SOLEDGE3X multi‐fluid code used...
We are proposing a new method for estimating soil surface water content from thermal inertia distributions retrieved visible–near infrared (VIS‐NIR) and (TIR) images. A drying experiment was conducted on three fine‐textured soils while acquiring multispectral VIS‐NIR TIR Simultaneous measurements of were by the thermogravimetric heat pulse technique, respectively. Direct used to test approach proposed Murray Verhoef that requires only knowledge porosity can be easily inverted derive inertia....
The TCV tokamak is augmenting its unique historical capabilities (strong shaping, strong electron heating) with ion heating, additional heating compatible high densities, and variable divertor geometry, in a multifaceted upgrade program designed to broaden operational range without sacrificing fundamental flexibility. rooted three-pronged approach aimed at ITER support, explorations towards DEMO, research. A 1 MW, tangential neutral beam injector (NBI) was recently installed promptly...
This paper investigates wave climate and storm characteristics along the Mediterranean coast of Andalusia, for period 1979–2014, by means analysis data on four prediction points obtained from European Centre Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Normally, to characterize storms, researchers use so-called “power index”. In this paper, a different approach was adopted based assessment energy flux each storm, using robust definition sea storm. During investigated period, total 2961 events...
Abstract The research program of the TCV tokamak ranges from conventional to advanced-tokamak scenarios and alternative divertor configurations, exploratory plasmas driven by theoretical insight, exploiting device’s unique shaping capabilities. Disruption avoidance real-time locked mode prevention or unlocking with electron-cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) was thoroughly documented, using magnetic radiation triggers. Runaway generation high- Z noble-gas injection runaway dissipation...