Deep gravitational slope deformations (DsGSDs) are a geological and engineering challenge with important implications for slope stability, the reliability of existing infrastructures, land use and, above all, the safety of settlements. This paper focuses on the DsGSD phenomenon that affects a large part of the Borrano hamlet, located in the municipality of Civitella del Tronto (Abruzzo Region, …
Strong convective systems and the associated heavy rainfall events can trig-ger floods and landslides with severe detrimental consequences. These events have a high spatio-temporal variability, being difficult to predict by standard meteorological numerical models. This work proposes the M5Images method for performing the very short-term prediction (nowcasting) of heavy convective rainfall usin…
As critical transitional ecosystems, estuaries are facing the increasingly urgent threat of salt wedge intrusion, which impacts their ecological balance as well as human-dependent activities. Accurately predicting estuary salinity is essential for water resource management, ecosystem preservation, and for ensuring sustainable development along coastlines. In this study, we investigated the appl…
Unit hydrographs (UH) are widely used in scientific research and engineering projects to simulate rainfall-runoff processes. There are four main approaches for calculating UH: the traditional, the conceptual, the probabilistic, and the geomorphological approaches. Most software designed to facilitate the estimation of UH is usually based on only one UH approach, limiting its applicability for s…