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EcoHydro

Eco-Hydrologie alpiner Einzugsgebiete

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  • Institute: Institut für Alpine Umwelt

The project EcoHydro “Eco-Hydrology of alpine watersheds” is an internal basic-research Eurac project which addresses the important problem of improving the knowledge of the water budget in Alpine environments.

The focus is on three strategic hydrological parameters, namely Soil Moisture Content (SMC), Evapotranspiration (ET), and Snow Water Equivalent (SWE). They quantify important aspects of the water cycle, i.e., the water storage in and above the soil and the exchange of water with the atmosphere, thus they have a direct and fundamental implication on many climatic and hydrological applications as well as for agriculture, forestry, and other economic activities. In the Alps, spatial and temporal scales reduce, and all climatic and hydrologic dynamics enhance significantly.
Accurate, reliable, and frequent mapping of SMC, ET, and SWE in this challenging environment thus becomes imperative for a clear understanding of the trends for the next years as well as for building adaptations strategies for water resources management and early response in case of emergency.
To address this challenging problem, the project aims at developing a novel integrated approach centered on modeling, where hydrologic simulations are used in combination with in-situ measurement and the retrieval from Earth Observation (EO) satellite imagery. The focus is on exploiting through eco-hydrological modeling the observations collected in the last years in the LTER Matsch/Mazia, for more accurate quantification of the water budget components in Alpine Catchments.

Publications
Cambiamento globale nelle regioni di montagna e gli effetti sugli ecosistemi alpini
Bertoldi G (2021)
Vortrag

Conference: Seminars Cycle “Il territorio della montagna| fragilità e sviluppo sostenibile” | Online- Milano : 9.1.2021 - 9.1.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18828

Snow: developments and effects in South Tyrol and the Alps
Matiu M, Bertoldi G, Notarnicola C, Zebisch M (2021)
Bolzano: Eurac Research
Report

Weitere Informationen: https://www.eurac.edu/en/dossiers/dossier-snow-south-tyrol-a ...

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19157

Il primo archivio di osservazioni giornaliere di altezza neve al suolo nell’arco alpino: analisi delle tendenze dal 1971 al 2019
Crespi A, Matiu M, Bertoldi G, Cat Berro D, Cianfarra P, Majone B, Mercalli L, Valt M (2021)
Zeitschriftenartikel
Nimbus

Weitere Informationen: http://www.nimbus.it/meteoshop/Estratti/Nimbus/Nimbus85_03_N ...

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19156

Effects of forest cover on water balance in protective forests
Lechner V, Klingsbigl D, Markart G, Meißl G, Perzl F, Bertoldi G, Scheidl C (2021)
Vortrag

Conference: 14th Congress INTERPRAEVENT 2021 | | 31.5.2021 - 3.6.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19379

A methodical approach to analyze the effect of river morphology and hydrology on fish fauna in the inner-Alpine space
Schmölz K, Felber A, Mark W, Thaler M, Wieser J, Persiano S, Bertoldi G, Tasser E (2021)
Vortrag

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2021 | Vienna | 19.4.2021 - 30.7.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19354

An empirical study on the GEOtop hydrological model optimal estimation and uncertainty reduction using supercomputers
Bertoldi G, Campanella S, Cordano E, Sartori A (2021)
Vortrag

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2021 | Online | 19.4.2021 - 30.4.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19359

Apple trees, larches and their water uptake: distinct ecohydrological systems in contrasting environmental settings?
Brighenti S, Bertoldi G, Aguzzoni A, Zanotellii D, Obojes N, Tagliavini M, Zuecco G, Borga M, Penna D, Fabiani G, Comiti F (2021)
Vortrag

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2021 | Online | 19.4.2021 - 30.4.2021

Weitere Informationen: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8211

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19360

An empirical study on the GEOtop model calibration using supercomputers. 3d Workshop HPC-TRES 11 December 2020
Campanella S, Bertoldi G, Sartori A (2021)
Beitrag in Konferenzband

Conference: 3rd Workshop HPC-TRES | Trieste | 11.12.2020 - 11.12.2020

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19651

WATZON: the Italian network of ecohydrology and critical zone observatories
Borga M, Penna D, Paolo N, Francesco C, Ferraris S, Rigon R, Allocca C, Amin A, Bertoldi G, Brighenti S, Canone D, Cassiani G, Censini M, D'Amato C, Fabiani G, Gentile A, Marchina C, Romano N, Luisa S, Giulia Z (2021)
Vortrag

Conference: GU General Assembly 2021 | Online | 19.4.2021 - 30.4.2021

Weitere Informationen: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-16287

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19519

Alpine-wide trend assessment of total snow depth over recent decades from a harmonized database of validated in-situ observations
Crespi A, Matiu M, Bertoldi G, Carmagnola C, Cat Berro D, Chiogna G, De Gregorio L, Gouttevin I, Kotlarski S, Majone B, Marty C, Mercalli L, Morin S, Notarnicola C, Petitta M, Resch G, Schöner W, Strasser U, Terzago S, Valt M, Zebisch M (2020)
Vortrag

Conference: ClimRisk2020| Time for Action! Raising the ambition of climate action in the age of global emergencies ” 8th SISC Annual conference | online conference : 21.10.2020 - 23.10.2020

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/14856

Climatic monitoring in an Alpine Long Term Socio-Ecological Research Site
Bertoldi G, Brida C, Niedrist G, Zandonai A, Della Chiesa S, Klotz J, Obojes N, Fontana V, Tappeiner U (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: ClimRisk19 - 7 Conferenza Annuale della Societá Italiana per le Scienze del Clima | Trento | 23.10.2019 - 25.10.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12764

A R Package for the Distributed Hydrological Model GEOtop
Cordano E, Bertoldi G, Bortoli E (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: UseR! 2019 | Toulouse | 9.7.2019 - 12.7.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12648

Exploring Virtual Constellation of X-C and L band SAR Images To Improve Soil Moisture Retrieval In Alpine Grassland Areas
Notarnicola C, Cuozzo G, Greifeneder F, Padovano A, Solorza R, Bertoldi, G, (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: Esa Living Planet Symposium | Milan | 13.5.2019 - 17.5.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12759

Snow, Forests and Climate Change: which Feedbacks?
Bertoldi G (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: V Interconfronto Snow Water Equivalent | Obereggen (BZ) | 18.3.2019 - 19.3.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12729

A community-based analysis on snow precipitation trends in in the Alpine region Trentino Alto Adige
Bertoldi G, Bozzo A, Brugnara Y, Calzá M, Poletti G, Filippini O, Fiorazzo F, Fruner L, Giovannini L, Longhi A, Mattedi D, Rizzi E, Sartori P, Toni F, Toniolatti D, Orlando F (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: ICAM 2019 - 35th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology | Riva del Garda (TN) | 2.9.2019 - 5.9.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12455

Integration of Hydrological Model Outputs with Remote Sensing Products to Improve Cryosphere Process Understanding
Callegari M , Bertoldi G, Brida C, Bovolo F, Bruzzone L, De Gregorio L, Günther D, Marin C, Marke T, Niroumand-Jadidi M, Podsiadło I, Rastner P, Strasser U, Zebisch M, Notarnicola C (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: European Space Agency’s 2019 Living Planet Symposium | Milan | 13.5.2019 - 17.5.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12654

Requirements for using integrated hydrological models for climate impact assessment studies
Bertoldi G, Bortoli E, Sartori A, Cozzini S, Dall'Amico M, Bavay M, Engel M, Brenner J (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: International Mountain Conference | Innsbruck | 8.9.2019 - 12.9.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12717

Unraveling the anthropogenic alteration of streamflow regimes in Tyrol and South Tyrol
Schmölz K, Persiano S, Bertoldi G, Pugliese A, Castellarin A, Tasser E (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2019 | Vienna | 7.4.2019 - 12.4.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12650

The Relationship Between the Multi-Temporal Sentinel-1 Backscattering and the Snow Melting Dynamics in Alpine Region
Marin C, Bertoldi G, Premier V, Callegari M, Brida C, Hürkamp K, Tschiersch J, Zebisch M, Notarnicola C (2019)
Beitrag in Konferenzband

Conference: European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) | Krakow, Poland, Poland | 31.3.2019 - 5.4.2019

Weitere Informationen: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8740300

https://doi.org/978-88-907018-8-7

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12597

SWCalibrateR: Interactive, Web - Based Calibration of Soil Moisture Sensors
Brenner J, Genova G, Bertoldi G, Niedrist G, Della Chiesa S (2019)
Zeitschriftenartikel
Journal of Open Research Software

https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.254

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/11461

Modelling and measuring evapotranspiration using different approaches in mountain regions
Bertoldi G, Bottazzi M, Della Chiesa S, Castelli M, Notarnicola C, Obojes N, Rigon R, Wohlfahrt G, Tappeiner U (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: International Mountain Conference | Innsbruck | 8.9.2019 - 12.9.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12656

Spatial snowfall patterns in Alpine valleys: a citizen´s science case study in the Trentino Alto Adige region
Poletti G, Bertoldi G, Giovannini L (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: ICAM 2019 - 35th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology | Riva del Garda (TN) | 2.9.2019 - 5.9.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12661

Estimating the Anthropogenic Alteration of Streamflow Regimes for Ungauged Sites in Tyrol and South Tyrol
Persiano S, Schmölz K, Bertoldi G, Pugliese A, Castellarin A, Tasser E (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: 27th IUGG General Assembly | Montréal | 8.7.2019 - 18.7.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12757

Controls on spatial and temporal variability of streamflow and hydrochemistry in a glacierized catchment
Engel M, Penna D, Bertoldi G, Vignoli G, Tirler W, Comiti F (2019)
Zeitschriftenartikel
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Weitere Informationen: https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/23/2041/2019/

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2041-2019.

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/11230

Virtual Constellation of X-C And L Band SAR Images to Assess Soil And Vegetation Water Content in Agricultural Areas
Cuozzo G, Greifeneder F, Padovano A, Solorza R, Bertoldi G, Notarnicola C (2019)
Beitrag in Konferenzband

Conference: IGARSS | Yokohama | 28.7.2019 - 2.8.2019

https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8900126

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12598

Ten years of micrometeorological monitoring in the Alpine Long Term Socio-Ecological Research Site IT25 - Val Mazia/Matschertal, Italy
Brida C, Bertoldi G, Niedrist G, Zandonai A, Della Chiesa S, Klotz J, Obojes N, Fontana V, Tappeiner U (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: ICAM 2019 - 35th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology | Riva del Garda (TN) | 2.9.2019 - 5.9.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12673

Modeling the transpiration using the Schymanski-Or formula on alpine grassland sites
Bottazzi M, Bertoldi G, Rigon R, Gianelle D (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2019 | Vienna | 7.4.2019 - 12.4.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12658

Inter- and intra-annual runoff variability in glacierized catchments of the Eastern Italian Alps: an interdisciplinary approach using wavelet technique and tracer-based analysis
Engel M, Penna D, Nadalet R, Dinale R, Bertoldi G, Notarnicola C, Comiti F (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: International Mountain Conference | Innsbruck | 8.9.2019 - 12.9.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12728

Identifying the snow melting dynamics by exploiting the multi-temporal Sentinel-1 backscattering
Premier V, Bertoldi G, Callegari M, Brida C, Hürkamp K, Tschiersch J, Zebisch M, Notarnicola C, Bruzzone L, Marin C (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: Esa Living Planet Symposium | Milan | 13.5.2019 - 17.5.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/11638

Development of a High Performance Hydrological Model
Campanella S, Bertoldi G, Cozzini S, Sartori A (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: 2nd Workshop HPC-TRES| High Performance Computing – Training and Research for Earth Sciences | Trieste : 19.11.2019 - 19.11.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/14912

Spatial and temporal analysis of soil moisture patterns in an Alpine catchment
Bressan N, Massari C, Domenighetti A, Bertoldi G (2019)
Vortrag

Conference: Catchment Hydrology Day | Florence | 11.11.2019 - 12.11.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15004

Addressing hydrological challenges by exploiting remotely sensed imagery in the microwave domain
Notarnicola C, Callegari M, De Gregorio, Greifeneder F, Marin C, Zebisch M, Bertoldi G (2018)
Vortrag
A modern software approach to improve the computational efficiency of the integrated hydrological model GEOtop
Bortoli E, Bertoldi G, Senoner S, Cordano E, Camporese M, Cozzini S (2018)
Vortrag
Quantifying the hydrological effects of roots on shallow landslides triggering using a 3D hydrological model
Formetta G, Bertoldi G, Bortoli E, Rigon R (2018)
Vortrag
Modelling the hydrological effects of vegetation on hillslope stability
Formetta G, Bertoldi G, Bortoli E (2018)
Vortrag
L´acqua nelle Alpi: quale futuro ci attende?
Bertoldi G, Cordano E (2018)
Vortrag
GEOtop 2.1: towards a modern software engineering for integrated hydrological models
Bertoldi G, Bortoli E, Cordano E, Sartori A, Cozzini S (2018)
Vortrag
R use in Hydrology: an example with R and the hydrological model GEOtop
Cordano E, Bertoldi G, Senoner S (2018)
Vortrag
Challenges in improving the HPC efficiency of the GEOtop 2.1 Integrated Hydrologic Model
Bortoli E, Bertoldi G, Senoner S, Cordano E, Camporese M, Cozzini S (2018)
Vortrag
Validation of remote sensing data on wet snow with in situ measured liquid water contents of the alpine snowpack for the prediction of snowmelt and mass transport processes
Hürkamp K, Marin C, Callegari M, Notarnicola C, Bertoldi G, Hachinger S, Meyer-Arnek J, Tschiersch J (2018)
Vortrag
Hydrology and water management
Bertoldi G (2018)
Vortrag
Cambiamenti climatici
Bertoldi G (2018)
Rundfunk-TV
Cosmic Ray Neutron sensing in complex systems
Piussi L, Tonon G, Mejia-Aguilar A, Monsorno R, Zebisch M, Bertoldi G, Tomelleri E (2018)
Vortrag

Conference: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018 | Vienna | 8.4.2018 - 13.4.2018

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/9146

Two-source energy balance modeling of evapotranspiration in Alpine grasslands
Castelli M, Anderson M, Yang Y, Wohlfahrt G, Bertoldi G, Niedrist G, Hammerle A, Zhao P, Zebisch M, Notarnicola C (2018)
Zeitschriftenartikel
Remote Sensing of Environment

Weitere Informationen: hhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003442571 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.062

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6100

The integrated hydrologic model intercomparison project, IH-MIP2: A second set of benchmark results to diagnose integrated hydrology and feedbacks
Kollet S, Sulis M, Maxwell R, Paniconi C, Putti M, Bertoldi G, Coon E T, Cordano E, Endrizzi S, Kikinzon E, Mouche E, Mügler C, Park Y-J, Refsgaard J C, Stisen S, Sudicky E (2017)
Zeitschriftenartikel
Water Resources Research

https://doi.org/10.1002/2016WR019191

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6980

Observing and modelling soil moisture dynamics of mountain grasslands in South Tyrol
Bertoldi G, Notarnicola C, Greifeneder F, Cordano E, Della Chiesa S, Niedrist G, Tappeiner U (2017)
Vortrag

Conference: VAO Symposium | Bolzano | 28.3.2017 - 30.3.2017

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19417

Modern software approaches applied to a Hydrological model: the GEOtop Open-Source Software Project
Cozzini S, Endrizzi S, Cordano E, Bertoldi G, Dall'Amico M (2017)
Vortrag

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2017 | Vienna (AT) | 23.4.2017 - 28.4.2017

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19825

A parameter optimization tool for evaluating the physical consistency of the plot-scale water budget of the integrated eco-hydrological model GEOtop in complex terrain
Bertoldi G, Cordano E, Brenner J, Senoner S, Della Chiesa S, Niedrist G (2017)
Vortrag

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2017 | Vienna (AT) | 23.4.2017 - 28.4.2017

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19812

HPC needs for Integrated Hydrological Models: examples of application of the GEOtop model to the Vienna Scientific Cluster
Bertoldi G, Senoner S, Cordano E, Endrizzi S, Dall'Amico M, Cozzini S (2017)
Vortrag

Conference: Austrian HPC Meeting 2017 | Grundlsee | 1.3.2017 - 3.3.2017

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19824

A simple method to combine snow height and meteorological observations to estimate winter precipitation at sub-daily resolution
Mair E, Leitinger G, Della Chiesa S, Niedrist G, Tappeiner U, Bertoldi G (2016)
Zeitschriftenartikel
Hydrological Sciences Journal

Weitere Informationen: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2015.108 ...

https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2015.1081203

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6466

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