Search results for " Idrologia"
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A thermal inertia model for soil water content retrieval using thermal and multispectral images
2010
Soil moisture is difficult to quantify because of its high spatial variability. Consequently, great efforts have been undertaken by the research community to develop practical remote sensing approaches to estimate the spatial distribution of surface soil moisture over large areas and with high spatial detail. Many methodologies have been developed using remote sensing data acquiring information in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Conventional field measurement techniques (including gravimetric and time-domain reflectometry) are point-based, involve on-site operators, are time expensive and, in any case, do not provide exhaustive information on the spatial distribution of soi…
Turbidity analysis in Sicilian coastal zones by means of remote sensing images and spectroradiometric measurements
2009
Water turbidity has a wide range of variability both spatially and temporally. Rivers transport sediments to the river mouth following a seasonal behaviour and occasionally during flood events (Doxaran et al., 2006; Pribble et al., 2001). Once in the sea, sediments are spatially driven by currents, and re-suspended by waves from the bottom, changing water turbidity in the tidal and sub-tidal zones (Cloern et al., 1989; Uncles et al., 2002; Wolanski & Spagnol, 2003). Moreover human activities such as transport and dredging occasionally and locally influence turbidity magnitude and distribution (Schoellhamer, 1996). In recent years the pollution of the maritime environment suggests that only …
Progettazione di un'opera di presa a basso impatto ambientale per un impianto mini idroelettrico in Sicilia
2013
Numerical experiments for defining criteria for the use of LS-PIV based techniques in river monitoring.
2019
The developing of new image-based techniques for environmental monitoring is opening new frontiers for remote streamflow measurements in natural environments, since they allow for non-intrusive measurements even in adverse circumstances, such as high flow conditions that often hinder the use of traditional approaches and instruments. Methods based on the acquisition, analysis and elaboration of images for streamflow observation, such as the large scale particle image velocimetry (LSPIV) and the particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) techniques, are rapidly evolving also in consideration of the growing availability of a new generation of optical sensors, digital cameras and methodologies. A num…
Utilizzo delle statistiche direzionali per la caratterizzazione delle precipitazioni intense in Sicilia
2014
Le precipitazioni intense costituiscono la fase finale dei processi che interessano i flussi atmosferici e di umidità nonché l'interazione di questi ultimi con l’orografia. La caratterizzazione delle precipitazione intense risulta essenziale al fine di valutare i rischi per la società e per le infrastrutture idrauliche. Stime attendibili di tali eventi sono dunque necessarie per la quantificazione e per la gestione del rischio idrologico. Lo studio qui presentato mira alla valutazione di elementi per la caratterizzazione degli eventi intensi nel territorio siciliano, sulla base dell'analisi statistica e spaziale del dataset di precipitazioni massime annuali registrate dalla rete pluviografi…
Mathematical modelling of pressure oscillations in sewer pressurization
2008
SEWER PRESSURIZATION MODELLING BY A RIGID-COLUMN METHOD
2008
Mathematical modelling of pressurization transient by a rigid-column method is studied based on previous laboratory testing. Of course, such a method is not able to simulate the experimental intense pressure oscillations; however, it is considerably simpler than other feasible methods and more easily implementable within drainage network models. Starting from this operative point of view, the paper aims at recognizing “what” and “how much” of the transient can be simulated by a rigid-column method. Actually, better results were obtained than it was expected. The model proves to be successful in simulation of the filling pipe stage as well as the stabilization stage of flow to the final stea…
CALYPSO: LA RETE RADAR HF PER IL MONITORAGGIO DELLE CORRENTI MARINE SUPERFICIALI NEL CANALE TRA LA SICILIA E MALTA (MAR MEDITERRANEO)
2018
Il canale tra le isole di Sicilia e Malta si trova in una delle principali rotte marittime del Mediterraneo e in una regione strategica per le piattaforme di estrazione petrolifera, quindi seriamente esposta al rischio di eventi di sversamento di idrocarburi in mare. Ciò può costituire una grave minaccia agli ecosistemi locali e alle attività economiche, tra le quali il turismo e la pesca. I danni derivanti da un eventuale sversamento sarebbero incalcolabili per l'arcipelago maltese, dove le risorse marine ed il turismo rappresentano i principali proventi economici e, in maniera analoga, per la Sicilia. Le misure di prevenzione e di mitigazione, insieme a un rapido intervento e a un process…
SCELTA DEGLI INTERVENTI DI RIABILITAZIONE DELLE RETI IDRICHE CON UNA BASE INFORMATIVA LIMITATA
2012
Derivation of rainfall thresholds for pluvial flood risk warning in urbanised areas
2016
In the recent past throughout the Mediterranean area, many extreme events such as floods, debris flows and landslides occurred. Mediterranean ephemeral streams have specific features compared to other river systems; their basins are small and highly torrential and may generate flash-floods (Camarasa-Belmonte & Soriano-Garcia, 2012). Moreover, the rapid transformation processes of urban areas induced the increase of catchment imperviousness and the derived increase of surface runoff generated during rainfall events. However, flooding events in urban areas occur quite frequently as a consequence of rain events of lower intensity than the design one, even in case of correct network dimensionin…