Umberto Morra di Cella

contact: u.morradicella@arpa.vda.it

 

Topics: Monitoring and evaluation of glaciers mass balance by means of field and GPR measurements and evaluation of climate change effects on glaciers dynamics. Measurements and analysis of snow water equivalent (SWE) and management of the regional SWE measurement network. Monitoring of mountain permafrost in complex morphologies and steep rockwalls. Monitoring of forest and grassland phenology and CO₂ fluxes. Monitoring of land changes by means of UAV imaging.

Edoardo Cremonese

contact: e.cremonese@arpa.vda.it

Topics: Monitoring and modeling of forest and grassland phenology and CO₂ fluxes, by means of field measurements and proximal sensing data. Analysis and modeling of snow water equivalent (SWE) at catchment and regional level. Evaluation of permafrost dynamics in gentle morphologies and steep rockwalls

Education:

1998-2003 - Msc in Environmental Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)

Topics: Analysis of climate change effects on the carbon and water cycle and plant physiology in alpine ecosystems. Monitoring of CO₂ exchanges between the atmosphere and the biosphere by means of the eddy covariance technique in grasslands and forests. Evaluation of the relationships between climate, vegetation phenology and snowpack and the interannual variability in ecosystem productivity. Modeling of gross primary productivity using remote sensing-based approaches.

Education:

2001-2006 - Msc in Biology at the University of Pavia (Italy)

2008-2011 - PhD in Environmental Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca and ARPA VdA (Italy)

 

Collaborators

Topics: monitoring and modeling of mountain permafrost characteristics and dynamics in complex morphologies and steep rockwalls. Evaluation of modeling approaches for reproducing physical processes in permafrost, snow and glaciers at regional and local scales. Analysis of climate change effects on permafrost, snow and glaciers. Management of the Alpine Permafrost Database.

Education:

2001-2006 - Msc in Geology at the University of Torino (Italy)

2007-2010 - PhD in Science and High Technology at the University of Torino (Italy)

Fabrizio Diotri

contact:  fabrizio.diotri@gmail.com

Topics: Analysis and modeling of snow water equivalent (SWE) at catchment and regional level. Measurements and analysis of glaciers mass balance by means of field, GPR data and photogrammetric surveys.

Education:

1998-2003 - Msc in Environmental Engineering at the University of Torino (Italy)

Gianluca Filippa

 contact: gian.filippa@gmail.com

Topics: Monitoring and modeling of forest and grassland phenology and CO₂ fluxes. Soil carbon and nitrogen forms, fluxes and dynamics. Measurements of snow height and modeling of snow water equivalent (SWE) at catchment and regional level.

Education:

1999-2004 - Msc in Forestry and Environmental Sciences at the University of Torino (Italy)

2005-2008 - PhD in Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences at the University of Torino (Italy)

Topics: Measurements of snow height in different catchments and evaluation of the relationships between changes in snowcover and soil temperature. Evaluation of forest/snow interactions

Education:

2008-2011 - Msc in Science and Culture in the Alps at the University of Torino (Italy)