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View article: Integrating Advanced Sensor Technologies for Enhanced Agricultural Weather Forecasts and Irrigation Advisories: The MAGDA Project Approach
Integrating Advanced Sensor Technologies for Enhanced Agricultural Weather Forecasts and Irrigation Advisories: The MAGDA Project Approach Open
Weather forecasting is essential for agriculture, yet current methods often lack the localized accuracy required to manage extreme weather events and optimize irrigation. The MAGDA Horizon Europe/EUSPA project addresses this gap by develop…
View article: Convection‐permitting dynamical downscaling of ERA5 for Europe and the Mediterranean basin
Convection‐permitting dynamical downscaling of ERA5 for Europe and the Mediterranean basin Open
As the European continent and the Mediterranean Sea experience rapid warming trends and diverse manifestations of extreme weather, there is an urgent need to understand and mitigate the impacts of climate change in these regions. This stud…
View article: The –WIND RISK project: nowcast and simulation of thunderstorm outflows
The –WIND RISK project: nowcast and simulation of thunderstorm outflows Open
View article: Testing automatic observation quality control for assimilation in a non-hydrostatic simulation in the framework of the MAGDA HE Project
Testing automatic observation quality control for assimilation in a non-hydrostatic simulation in the framework of the MAGDA HE Project Open
Climate change poses significant challenges for agriculture, impacting crop production with rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events. In this context, data assimilation techniques in Num…
View article: Automatic quality control for a nation-wide high-resolution network
Automatic quality control for a nation-wide high-resolution network Open
Observations from local networks of surface stations, managed by local (regional) weather services, are collected in a nation-wide network, providing hourly observations in near real time, accessible through the MyDewetra Database, for the…
View article: Improving the lightning forecast with the WRF model and lightning data assimilation: Results of a two-seasons numerical experiment over Italy
Improving the lightning forecast with the WRF model and lightning data assimilation: Results of a two-seasons numerical experiment over Italy Open
We show, for the first time over Italy and over part of the central Mediterranean Basin, the impact of lightning data assimilation (LDA) on the strokes forecast for a long period. We use the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model cou…
View article: Hydrological Verification of Two Rainfall Short-Term Forecasting Methods with Floods Anticipation Perspective
Hydrological Verification of Two Rainfall Short-Term Forecasting Methods with Floods Anticipation Perspective Open
Flood forecasting remains a significant challenge, particularly when dealing with basins characterized by small drainage areas (i.e., 10 3 km 2 or lower with response time in the range 0.5–10 h) especially because of the rainfall predictio…
View article: Application of Severe Weather Nowcasting to Case Studies in Air Traffic Management
Application of Severe Weather Nowcasting to Case Studies in Air Traffic Management Open
Effective and time-efficient aircraft assistance and guidance in severe weather environments remains a challenge for air traffic control. Air navigation service providers around the globe could greatly benefit from specific and adapted met…
View article: Innovative Integration of Severe Weather Forecasts into an Extended Arrival Manager
Innovative Integration of Severe Weather Forecasts into an Extended Arrival Manager Open
In the H2020 project “Satellite-borne and INsitu Observations to Predict The Initiation of Convection for ATM” (SINOPTICA), an air traffic controller support system was extended to organize approaching traffic even under severe weather con…
View article: Phytoplankton Spring Bloom in the Nw Mediterranean Sea Under Climate Change
Phytoplankton Spring Bloom in the Nw Mediterranean Sea Under Climate Change Open
View article: A Complete Meteo/Hydro/Hydraulic Chain Application to Support Early Warning and Monitoring Systems: The Apollo Medicane Use Case
A Complete Meteo/Hydro/Hydraulic Chain Application to Support Early Warning and Monitoring Systems: The Apollo Medicane Use Case Open
Because of the ongoing changing climate, extreme rainfall events’ frequency at the global scale is expected to increase, thus resulting in high social and economic impacts. A Meteo/Hydro/Hydraulic forecasting chain combining heterogeneous …
View article: Is an NWP-Based Nowcasting System Suitable for Aviation Operations?
Is an NWP-Based Nowcasting System Suitable for Aviation Operations? Open
The growth of air transport demand expected over the next decades, along with the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfalls and severe storms due to climate change, will pose a tough challenge fo…
View article: A year-long total lightning forecast over Italy made with a dynamic lightning scheme using the WRF model
A year-long total lightning forecast over Italy made with a dynamic lightning scheme using the WRF model Open
<p>Lightning is an important threat to life and properties and its forecast is important for practical applications. We show the performance of a dynamic lightning scheme for the next-day strokes forecast. The prediction is …
View article: How the spatial structure of extreme rainfall observed by meteo-radars can impact the estimation of the return period of extra-ordinary events?
How the spatial structure of extreme rainfall observed by meteo-radars can impact the estimation of the return period of extra-ordinary events? Open
<p>This work analyses the spatial structure of some extra-ordinary extreme rainfall events (EEEs) in Liguria (NW of Italy). The EEEs affecting the region are often caused by Mediterranean Back-building MCS events which are usually ch…
View article: The Potential of the W-band polarization diversity Doppler radar envisaged for the WIVERN mission for looking into the internal structures of Mediterranean cyclones
The Potential of the W-band polarization diversity Doppler radar envisaged for the WIVERN mission for looking into the internal structures of Mediterranean cyclones Open
<p><span>The WIVERN (WInd VElocity Radar Nephoscope, www.wivern.polito.it) mission, one of the four ESA Earth Explorer 11 mission candidates, currently in Phase-0, promises to complement the ADM-Eolus Doppler wind lidar measure…
View article: A Year-Long Total Lightning Forecast over Italy with a Dynamic Lightning Scheme and WRF
A Year-Long Total Lightning Forecast over Italy with a Dynamic Lightning Scheme and WRF Open
Lightning is an important threat to life and properties and its forecast is important for several applications. In this paper, we show the performance of the “dynamic lightning scheme” for next-day total strokes forecast. The predictions w…
View article: SWING, The Score-Weighted Improved NowcastinG Algorithm: Description and Application
SWING, The Score-Weighted Improved NowcastinG Algorithm: Description and Application Open
Because of the ongoing climate change, the frequency of extreme rainfall events at the global scale is expected to increase, resulting in higher social and economic impacts. Thus, improving the forecast accuracy and the risk communication …
View article: Data assimilation and nowcasting of severe weather for air traffic management purposes
Data assimilation and nowcasting of severe weather for air traffic management purposes Open
<p>One of the main challenges for meteorologists is to improve the prediction of events that develop on small spatial and temporal scales, having important repercussions in air traffic activities. In this regard, the H2020 SESAR Sate…
View article: A complete meteo-hydrological chain to support early warning systems from weather scenarios to flooded areas: the Apollo medicane use case
A complete meteo-hydrological chain to support early warning systems from weather scenarios to flooded areas: the Apollo medicane use case Open
<p>An intense Mediterranean hurricane (medicane Apollo) hit many countries during the last week of October 2021. Up to 7 people died because of the floods caused by the cyclone in Tunisia, Algeria, Malta and Italy. <span>Apollo…
View article: Initial results of the project SINOPTICA (Satellite-borne and IN-situ Observations to Predict The Initiation of Convection for ATM)&#160;
Initial results of the project SINOPTICA (Satellite-borne and IN-situ Observations to Predict The Initiation of Convection for ATM)  Open
<p>In the framework of the SINOPTICA project (EU H2020 SESAR, 2020 – 2022), different meteorological forecasting techniques are being tested to better nowcast severe weather events affecting Air Traffic Management (ATM) ope…
View article: The predictive capacity of the high resolution weather research and forecasting model: a year-long verification over Italy
The predictive capacity of the high resolution weather research and forecasting model: a year-long verification over Italy Open
Numerical models are operationally used for weather forecasting activities to reduce the risks of several hydro-meteorological disasters. The overarching goal of this work is to evaluate the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model pre…
View article: Sensitivity of some African heavy rainfall events to microphysics and planetary boundary layer schemes: Impacts on localised storms
Sensitivity of some African heavy rainfall events to microphysics and planetary boundary layer schemes: Impacts on localised storms Open
High‐resolution numerical weather prediction (NWP) simulations of heavy rainfall events are known to be strongly sensitive to the choice of the sub‐grid scale parameterisation schemes. In the African continent, studies on such a choice at …
View article: SINOPTICA: A project of analysis of hail affectation on Air Traffic Management
SINOPTICA: A project of analysis of hail affectation on Air Traffic Management Open
The H2020 SINOPTICA Project (2020-2022) aims at exploiting the untapped potential of assimilating remote sensing as well as GNSS-derived datasets and in-situ weather stations data. The main goal is getting very high-resolution, very short-…
View article: Towards the integration of GNSS, SAR and NWP for heavy rainfall forecast in sub-Saharan Africa within the TWIGA project
Towards the integration of GNSS, SAR and NWP for heavy rainfall forecast in sub-Saharan Africa within the TWIGA project Open
<p>The H2020 TWIGA - Transforming Weather Water data into value-added Information services for sustainable Growth in Africa - project aims to establish various services in sub-Saharan Africa for a better management of water resources…
View article: H2020 SINOPTICA (Satellite-borne and IN-situ Observations to Predict The Initiation of Convection for ATM) project: initial results
H2020 SINOPTICA (Satellite-borne and IN-situ Observations to Predict The Initiation of Convection for ATM) project: initial results Open
<p>The H2020 SINOPTICA Project (2020-2022) aims at exploiting the untapped potential of assimilating remote sensing (EO-derived and ground-based radar) as well as GNSS-derived datasets (including radio occultation data) and in-situ w…
View article: A hindcast study of the Piedmont 1994 flood: the CIMA Research Foundation hydro-meteorological forecasting chain
A hindcast study of the Piedmont 1994 flood: the CIMA Research Foundation hydro-meteorological forecasting chain Open
View article: Meteorological OSSEs for New Zenith Total Delay Observations: Impact Assessment for the Hydroterra Geosynchronous Satellite on the October 2019 Genoa Event
Meteorological OSSEs for New Zenith Total Delay Observations: Impact Assessment for the Hydroterra Geosynchronous Satellite on the October 2019 Genoa Event Open
Along the Mediterranean coastlines, intense and localized rainfall events are responsible for numerous casualties and several million euros of damage every year. Numerical forecasts of such events are rarely skillful, because they lack inf…
View article: On the Definition of the Strategy to Obtain Absolute InSAR Zenith Total Delay Maps for Meteorological Applications
On the Definition of the Strategy to Obtain Absolute InSAR Zenith Total Delay Maps for Meteorological Applications Open
Atmospheric Phase Screens (APSs) derived from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture
\nRadar (InSAR) observations contain the difference between the tropospheric watervapor-
\ninduced delay of two acquisition epochs, i.e., the slave and the ma…
View article: Investigation of the Weather Conditions During the Collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa on 14 August 2018 Using Field Observations and WRF Model
Investigation of the Weather Conditions During the Collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa on 14 August 2018 Using Field Observations and WRF Model Open
On 14 August 2018, Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, collapsed to the ground that was 40 m below. This tragedy killed 43 people. Preliminary investigations indicated poor design, questionable building practices, and insufficient maintenance—…
View article: Using a precipitation nowcasting algorithm and 3DVAR assimilation in a cloud resolving Numerical Weather Prediction system to enhance a hydrometeorological nowcasting chain
Using a precipitation nowcasting algorithm and 3DVAR assimilation in a cloud resolving Numerical Weather Prediction system to enhance a hydrometeorological nowcasting chain Open
<p>The use of the best input for an hydrometeorological chain is one of the key elements to improve the discharge prediction in the framework of early warning system. This fact gains in importance in a region such as Liguria Region ,…