Future wind and wave energy resources and exploitability in the Mediterranean Sea by 2100

A Lira-Loarca, F Ferrari, A Mazzino, G Besio - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A state-of-the-art regional assessment of future wind and wave energy resource in the
Mediterranean Sea and the projected changes with respect to hindcast is presented. A multi …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamical forcings in heavy precipitation events over Italy: lessons from the HyMeX SOP1 campaign

MM Miglietta, S Davolio - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2022 - hess.copernicus.org
Abstract The first Special Observation Period (SOP1) of HyMeX (Hydrological cycle in the
Mediterranean eXperiment) was held in fall 2012 and focused on heavy precipitation events …

Optimized wind and wave energy resource assessment and offshore exploitability in the Mediterranean Sea

F Ferrari, G Besio, F Cassola, A Mazzino - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A map** of wind and wave potentials of the whole Mediterranean basin, aimed at
identifying the areas where wind and wave events are not time-correlated, was performed in …

Sensitivity of extreme precipitation to temperature: the variability of scaling factors from a regional to local perspective

K Schröer, G Kirchengast - Climate Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Potential increases in extreme rainfall induced hazards in a warming climate have motivated
studies to link precipitation intensities to temperature. Increases exceeding the Clausius …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the SST and topography on the development of a large-hail storm event, on the Adriatic Sea

A Ricchi, L Sangelantoni, G Redaelli, V Mazzarella… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
On July 10, 2019 an unusual and severe weather event hit Italy: a trough extending
southward from northern Europe affected Italy and the Balkans, as it advected cold air over …

Simulation of a flash-flood event over the Adriatic Sea with a high-resolution atmosphere–ocean–wave coupled system

A Ricchi, D Bonaldo, G Cioni, S Carniel… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
On the morning of September 26, 2007, a heavy precipitation event (HPE) affected the
Venice lagoon and the neighbouring coastal zone of the Adriatic Sea, with 6-h accumulated …

Flash flood events along the west mediterranean coasts: Inundations of urbanized areas conditioned by anthropic impacts

F Faccini, F Luino, G Paliaga, A Roccati, L Turconi - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flash floods represent one of the natural hazards that causes the greatest number of victims
in the Mediterranean area. These processes occur by short and intense rainfall affecting …

[HTML][HTML] Ensemble machine learning greatly improves ERA5 skills for wind energy applications

M Cavaiola, PE Tuju, F Ferrari, G Casciaro, A Mazzino - Energy and AI, 2023 - Elsevier
The skill of ERA5 has been assessed in relation to the prediction of the wind energy
associated with 28 SYNOP stations located in Italy for a time span of 20 years (2001–2020) …

Sensitivity of a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone to different model configurations and coupling strategies

A Ricchi, MM Miglietta, F Barbariol, A Benetazzo… - Atmosphere, 2017 - mdpi.com
In November 2011, an Atlantic depression affected the Mediterranean basin, eventually
evolving into a Tropical-Like Cyclone (TLC or Mediterranean Hurricane, usually designated …

Sensitivity of Australian rainfall to driving SST data sets in a variable‐resolution global atmospheric model

YL Liu, LV Alexander, JP Evans… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we employ the Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model (CCAM), a variable‐
resolution global atmospheric model, driven by two distinct sea surface temperature (SST) …