A5074058733- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- GNSS positioning and interference
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Climate variability and models
- Air Traffic Management and Optimization
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Earthquake Detection and Analysis
- Seismology and Earthquake Studies
- Chaos control and synchronization
- Calibration and Measurement Techniques
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications
- Aerospace and Aviation Technology
CIMA Research Foundation
2023-2025
University of Padua
2018-2024
University of Perugia
2004-2019
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
2013-2019
University of Graz
2015-2017
National Postdoctoral Association
2017
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2017
AXA Research Fund
2017
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
2017
National Research Council
2017
Predicting extreme weather events in a short time period and their developing localized areas is challenge. The nowcasting of severe an issue for air traffic management control because it affects aviation safety, determines delays diversions. This work part larger study devoted to rain wind speed the area Malpensa airport by merging different datasets. We use as reference station Novara develop machine learning model which could be reusable other locations. In this location we have...
In this work, the trend of Urban Heat Island (UHI) Rome is analyzed by both ground-based weather stations and a satellite-based infrared sensor. First, we have developed suitable algorithm employing satellite brightness temperatures for estimation air temperature belonging to layer closest surface. UHI spatial characteristics been assessed using measured maps from Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) on board ENVISAT polar-orbiting satellite. total, 634 daytime nighttime scenes...
In February 2017 the “Carbonaceous Aerosol in Rome and Environs (CARE)” experiment was carried out downtown to address following specific questions: what is color, size, composition, toxicity of carbonaceous aerosol Mediterranean urban background area Rome? The motivation this lack understanding types are responsible for severe risks human health posed by particulate matter (PM) pollution, how aerosols influence radiative balance. Physicochemical properties were characterised, relevant...
Abstract. Thermal structure associated with deep convective clouds is investigated using Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation measurements. GPS data are insensitive to the presence of clouds, and provide high vertical resolution accuracy measurements identify temperature behavior. Deep systems identified International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) satellite data, cloud tops accurately measured Cloud-Aerosol Lidar Orthogonal Polarization (CALIPSO) lidar...
Abstract Volcanic activity occurring in tropical moist atmospheres can promote deep convection and trigger volcanic thunderstorms. These phenomena, however, are rarely observed to last continuously for more than a day so insights into the dynamics, microphysics electrification processes limited. Here we present multidisciplinary study on an extreme case, where volcanically-triggered lasted six days. We show that this unprecedented event was caused sustained by phreatomagmatic at Anak...
Abstract Global positioning system (GPS) radio occultation (RO) observations, first made of Earth’s atmosphere in 1995, have contributed new ways to the understanding thermal structure and variability tropical upper troposphere–lower stratosphere (UTLS), an important component climate system. The UTLS plays essential role global radiative balance, exchange water vapor, ozone, other chemical constituents between troposphere stratosphere, transfer energy from stratosphere. With their high...
Abstract The accurate determination of tropical cyclone (TC) cloud‐top height and its vertical thermal structure using the GPS radio occultation (RO) technique is demonstrated in this study. Cloud‐top heights are determined by bending angle anomaly temperature profiles during TC events, results compared to near‐coincident Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) measurements. Based on 34 closely located RO‐CALIOP pairs 2006 2009, from RO highly correlated CALIOP ( r = 0.84),...
We investigate the short-term effects of air temperature, rainfall, and socioeconomic indicators on malaria incidence across Rwanda Uganda from 2002 to 2011. Delayed nonlinear temperature rainfall data are estimated using generalised additive mixed models with a distributed lag specification. A time series cross-validation algorithm is implemented select best subset predictors define degree smoothing weather variables. Our findings show that trends in agree well variations both countries,...
Abstract. The thermal structure of tropical cyclones (TCs) in different ocean basins is studied using global positioning system (GPS) radio occultation (RO) measurements co-located with TCs' best tracks. objective this work to understand the mutual influence TCs and atmospheric parameters regions. We selected more than 20 000 GPS RO profiles a time window 6 h space 600 km from TC center period 2001–2012 classified them by intensity cyclone basin. results show that have characteristics...
The altitude of volcanic clouds and the atmospheric thermal structure after eruptions are studied using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Radio Occultation (RO) profiles co-located with independent radiometer images ash sulfur dioxide plumes. We use geographically RO to detect top analyze their impact in terms temperature change signatures. obtained about 1300 two representative (Puyehue 2011, Nabro 2011) found that an anomaly technique recently developed for detecting convective...
The growth of air transport demand expected over the next decades, along with increasing frequency and intensity extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfalls severe storms due to climate change, will pose a tough challenge for traffic management systems, implications flight safety, delays passengers. In this context, Satellite-borne IN-situ Observations Predict Initiation Convection ATM (SINOPTICA) project has dual aim, first investigate if very short-range high-resolution forecast,...
Volcanic eruptions eject a large amount of aerosols and gases in the atmosphere with severe implications on environment, climate life Earth and, recent times, human society aviation. Currently, main technique for observing volcanic clouds relies remote sensors both from satellites ground observatories, also using multispectral cameras. However, composition is difficult to assess due physical limitations instruments’ detection capability: satellite based sensing systems, generally...
Abstract. In the last few decades, volcanic monitoring using remote sensing systems has become an essential tool to investigate effects of activity on environment, climate, human health and aviation, as well give insights into processes. Compared satellite measurements, ground-based instruments offer continuous spatial temporal coverage capable providing high resolution sensitivity data. This work presents a new simplified prototype Thermal InfraRed (TIR) system (named “VIRSO2”). The...
Urban areas and their populations across Europe are increasingly dealing with climate change effects, including increased risks of flooding, rising sea levels, heatwaves more severe storms, which disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Urbanization further amplifies these effects by significantly altering landscapes influencing local atmospheric conditions. Addressing complex dynamics requires a comprehensive understanding the intricate interplay between urbanization change....
Climate change education and citizen engagement are essential for advancing towards a climate-resilient society promoting institutional, regulatory policy transformation. Informal learning tools, as digital environments, co-development approaches play pivotal role in addressing this challenge. In perspective, the AGORA project contributes to Mission on Adaptation Change by best practices, innovative methods, climate instruments enhance community regional action. A key initiative within is...
GPS tomography has been investigated since 2000 as an attractive tool for retrieving the 3D field of water vapour and wet refractivity. However, this observational technique still remains a challenging task that requires improvement its methodology. This was purpose study, this, data from Australian Continuously Operating Research Station (CORS) network during severe weather event were used. Sensitivity tests statistical cross-comparisons retrievals with independent observations radiosonde...
Abstract. We present a multi-sensor archive collecting spatial and temporal information about volcanic SO2 clouds generated by the 11 largest eruptions of this century. The detection monitoring are an important topic for aviation management, climate issues weather forecasts. Several studies focusing on single eruptive events exist, but no available at moment combines quantitative data from as many instruments. archived collocated vertical column density estimations three different satellite...
The AGORA (https://adaptationagora.eu/) project aims to support communities and regions exploiting a broad range of approaches, mechanisms initiatives meaningfully effectively engage citizens, civil society organisations, academics, experts, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, marginalities other relevant actors in all the transformation steps towards climate-resilient Europe. Beyond state-of-the-art, promote societal transformational processes through transdisciplinary tools approaches different...