Multi-instrumental Analysis of the Extreme Meteorological Event Occurred in Matera (Italy) on November 2019

Coletta, Virginia; Mascitelli, Alessandra; Bonazza, Alessandra; Ciarravano, Alessandro; Federico, Stefano; Prestileo, Fernanda; Torcasio, Rosa Claudia; Dietrich, Stefano

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87010-2_10

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“…Satellite measurements are of considerable utility, as they support the description of the event and show the evolution of the convective cell in space and time. The proposed analysis also proves to be suitable for providing both a large-scale and a local-scale snapshot of intense events, as previously tested [47,74]. The agreement between all the products involved in this study is evident and encourages the joint use of different platforms, future multi-instrumental applications and potential use of some products (e.g., satellite-based) for the analysis of events of interest in areas not covered by operative tools.…”

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Multi-Sensor Data Analysis of an Intense Weather Event: The July 2021 Lake Como Case Study

Mascitelli

Petracca

Puca

et al. 2022

Water

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A comprehensive analysis of the July 2021 event that occurred on Lake Como (Italy), during which heavy hailstorms and floods affected the surroundings of Lake, is presented. The study provides a detailed analysis of the event using different observation sources currently available. The employed techniques include both conventional (rain gauges, radar, atmospheric sounding) and non-conventional (satellite-based Earth observation products, GNSS, and lightning detection network) observations for hydro-meteorological analysis. The study is split in three main topics: event description by satellite-based observations; long-term analysis by the ERA5 model and ASCAT soil water index; and short-term analysis by lightning data, GNSS delays and radar-VIL. The added value of the work is the near-real-time analysis of some of the datasets used, which opens up the potential for use in alerting systems, showing considerable application possibilities in NWP modeling, where it can also be useful for the implementation of early warning systems. The results highlight the validity of the different techniques and the consistency among the observations. This result, therefore, leads to the conclusion that a joint use of the innovative techniques with the operational ones can bring reliability in the description of events.

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Multi-Sensor Data Analysis of an Intense Weather Event: The July 2021 Lake Como Case Study

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Puca

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“…In order to complete this scenario, another phenomenon that is particular to the Mediterranean area is the medicanes, i.e., Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones [30][31][32][33][34]. These weather phenomena, which often cause non-negligible effects on the territory of southern Italy, are closely related to climate change and have contributed to the identification of the Mediterranean as one of the regions most sensitive to this issue [31,32,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. Several studies lead to interesting considerations regarding the spatial and temporal evolution of intense meteorological phenomena, also assessing possible future scenarios [5,14,16,36,39,[42][43][44].…”

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“…These weather phenomena, which often cause non-negligible effects on the territory of southern Italy, are closely related to climate change and have contributed to the identification of the Mediterranean as one of the regions most sensitive to this issue [31,32,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41]. Several studies lead to interesting considerations regarding the spatial and temporal evolution of intense meteorological phenomena, also assessing possible future scenarios [5,14,16,36,39,[42][43][44]. It should be noted that much cultural heritage, particularly monuments, would have been developed under different prevailing environmental conditions; this makes the task of building the resilience of cultural heritage more problematic [2,[45][46][47][48][49].…”

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Cultural Heritage Resilience in the Face of Extreme Weather: Lessons from the UNESCO Site of Alberobello

Mascitelli,

Prestileo,

Sonnessa

et al. 2023

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The study of natural disasters has become increasingly important in recent years as the frequency and impact of such events on society have risen. Italy, which has the largest number of sites on the World Heritage List, offers many examples of interactions between atmospheric phenomena and cultural heritage. The research presented here aimed to investigate the potential of one of these sites, Alberobello in the Apulia region, to respond to the stresses induced by intense weather phenomena that occurred in August 2022. Data from conventional and nonconventional sensors were employed to characterize the event. During previous studies, regions prone to meteorological risk were identified based on long-term model analyses. According to these studies, the marked area resulted in a region sensitive to convective precipitation and thus represents an interesting case study. The weather event investigated caused flooding and damage in the Alberobello surroundings; however, the UNESCO site showed a positive response. We explored the reasons by consulting the literature to outline the site’s peculiarities, especially its architectural features, building materials, and terrain morphology. The results revealed that the mutual relationship between the buildings and the environment and the dual role of cultural heritage are values that need to be protected as a resource for natural hazard mitigation.

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“…The analyses are available both in terms of specific kind of weather events [6][7][8] and in terms of forecast improvement [9][10][11][12]. If the genesis and analysis of intense phenomena is a sensitive issue, so is the aspect of the impacts that such phenomena may have on the natural environment [13,14], agriculture [15], human-made areas [16] and cultural heritage [17,18]. In this frame, the detailed analysis of the effects of climate change on some historic assets helps to show how this phenomenon has, already today, visible impacts in terms of damage to cultural heritage [19][20][21][22][23][24][25].…”

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Impact of Climate Change on the “Trabocchi Coast” (Italy): The Trabocco Turchino Case Study

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The increasing and extreme weather phenomena observed in the Mediterranean basin are only one aspect of the problem which has broader effects on population, structures and infrastructure.Each of these aspects is itself characterized by a wide variety of issues, which are increasingly leading studies toward a multidimensional assessment of impacts (economic, social and environmental). In this study, we focus on the impact related to the increase in extreme weather events in a specific area characterized by typical vernacular architecture: the “trabocchi” of the Italian Adriatic coast, whose identification as cultural heritage is the result of historical events and social dynamics closely linked to the collective imagination and for which inclusion as intangible cultural heritage in the UNESCO World heritage List has been requested. The weather event investigation was performed considering both long-term large-scale (using the ERA5 dataset) analysis and short-term small-scale (models and ground-based sensors) analysis. The results provide an overview of the event dynamics and enhanced understanding of the area’s vulnerability factors to extreme weather phenomena, as well as emphasized the need, in order to protect the integrity of the asset, to study environment changes and to plan concrete actions aimed at conservation, including social actions, to mitigate the problem.

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Multi-instrumental Analysis of the Extreme Meteorological Event Occurred in Matera (Italy) on November 2019

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Multi-Sensor Data Analysis of an Intense Weather Event: The July 2021 Lake Como Case Study

Multi-Sensor Data Analysis of an Intense Weather Event: The July 2021 Lake Como Case Study

Cultural Heritage Resilience in the Face of Extreme Weather: Lessons from the UNESCO Site of Alberobello

Impact of Climate Change on the “Trabocchi Coast” (Italy): The Trabocco Turchino Case Study

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