Author: Salvatore Manfreda
Water covers 2/3 of the earth surface, but it is mainly available as saline water (approximately 97%). The reaming amount is partially locked up in ice and glaciers, while the total annual precipitation on earth’s…
The aim of this work is to deepen our understanding on the mutual relationship between climate, vegetation and soil water budget within an ecohydrological framework. To this end a coupled hydrological/ecological model is adopted to…
The discussers address a number of interesting questions on the original paper. The writers strongly believe that this kind of discussion represents an extraordinary opportunity to exchange ideas and comments on current research, helping both…
In the present work, we developed a new formulation for the estimation of the soil moisture in the root zone based on the measured value of soil moisture at the surface. The method sheds lights…
Understanding the spatial variability of key parameters of flood probability distributions represents a strategy to provide insights on hydrologic similarity and building probabilistic models able to reduce the uncertainty in flood prediction in ungauged basins.…
In this work we present an application of two different models for the calculation of extraterrestrial solar radiation and main components of surface radiation balance under clear sky conditions. These models account for the effects…
Characterizing the dynamics of soil moisture fields is a key issue in hydrology, offering a strategy to improve our understanding of complex climate-soil-vegetation interactions. Apart from in-situ measurements and hydrological models, soil moisture dynamics can…
Understanding the spatial variability of key parameters of flood probability distributions represents a strategy to provide insights on hydrologic similarity and building probabilistic models able to reduce the uncertainty in flood prediction in ungauged basins.…
r.hazard.flood is an implementation of a fast procedure to detect flood prone areas. It is based on a simple procedure that exploits the correlation between flood exposure and a Modified Topographic Index (MTI), calculated on the…
A regional probabilistic model for the estimation of medium-high return period flood quantiles is presented. The model is based on the use of theoretically derived probability distributions of annual maximum flood peaks (DDF). The general…
The analysis of runoff thresholds and, more in general, the identification of main mechanisms of runoff generation controlling the flood frequency distribution is investigated, by means of theoretically derived flood frequency distributions, in the framework…
The availability of new technologies for the measurement of surface elevation has addressed the lack of high-resolution elevation data, which has led to an increase in the attraction of automated procedures based on digital elevation…
Nel presente lavoro, viene analizzato il comportamento dei bacini idrografici durante eventi di piena per approfondire le dinamiche afflussi/deflussi. Le analisi sono condotte mediante simulazione idrologica in continuo utilizzando il modello DREAM accoppiato al modello…
Theoretically derived distributions allow the detection of dominant runoff generation mechanisms as key signatures of hydrologic similarity. We used two theoretically derived distributions of flood peak annual maxima: the first is the “IF” distribution, which…
Nella presente memoria vengono riportati alcuni dei risultati ottenuti dall’analisi dei dati idrologici monitorati all’interno del bacino sperimentale della Fiumarella di Corleto. Tale bacino è dotato di una strumentazione di campo che garantisce il monitoraggio…