Antonello Provenzale

 

 

                                   

 

Born in 1958. Doctorate in Physics in 1987.

Director of the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources,

Department of Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies,

National Research Council of Italy

 

Affiliations:

 

IGG: Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, CNR, Pisa

 

GFD Core Faculty Group, WHOI    http://gfd.whoi.edu/

 

email: antonello.provenzale@cnr.it , provenzale@igg.cnr.it

 

 

Research activities

 

Fundamental processes in Earth System Science

 

Climate-geosphere-biosphere interaction

 

 

 

Living organisms are affected by the physical environment and by climate, and, in turn, modify them,

possibly leading to the coevolution of the physical and biotic world. My research activities concern

the role of vegetation and soil moisture in determining evapotranspiration fluxes and mitigating summer

droughts at continental midlatitudes, the dynamics of the soil-vegetation system in arid and semi-arid

regions using both implicit-space and explicit-space approaches, the role of ecosystem engineers, and the

use of a hierarchy of climate models with different complexity (from Energy Balance Models to Global

Climate Models) to study basic processes in climate-biosphere dynamics, paleoclimate and planetary

habitability.

 

Parallel to the above activities, I am involved in data analysis and empirical modelling of ecosystem

and population dynamics and of their responses to climatic variability.

 

I participate in the activities of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), coordinating

the GEO Ecosystem Task, http://www.earthobservations.org/index.shtml.

 

 

 

 

Climate dynamics and the hydrological cycle

 

Climate and the water cycle are closely related, and changes in one are immediately reflected

in the other. My current research activities include the study of the interplay of atmospheric

dynamics and surface evaporation/transpiration from soil and vegetation, the analysis of CMIP5

model outputs for precipitation and snow cover, the propagation of uncertainty along the

modeling chain from global simulations to surface response (runoff), and the estimate of the

chance of extreme precipitation events in different climate change scenarios. Climate change

scenarios are obtained from the Earth System model EC-Earth (http://ecearth.knmi.nl/ and

www.to.isac.cnr.it/ecearth/) and from the non-hydrostatic WRF model.

 

I participate in the activities of the European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA), coordinating

the Collaborative Programme Changes in the hydrological cycle

http://ecra-climate.eu/index.php/collaborative-programmes/hydrocycle

 

 

  

 

 

 

Geophysical and geomorphological fluid dynamics


 

  



In past years, I have studied turbulence and coherent vortices in rotating geophysical flows,

and the effects they have on transport processes. Currently, I am interested in the basic fluid

dynamical processes of climate variability, including transport of heat and water vapor in the

atmosphere, convection processes, climate predictability, the global hydrological cycle and

long-term paleoclimatic simulations. To this end, we use conceptual models (eg, 1-D EBM),

simplified global climate models such as the Planet Simulator,

http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/Planet-Simulator.216.0.html?&L=3, the global climate

model EC-Earth, http://www.to.isac.cnr.it/ecearth, and the non-hydrostatic model WRF.

 

I am working on pattern formation in geomorphological systems and geological fluids,

including the dynamics of sand ripples, the collapse of moraine dams, and glacier dynamics.

 

 


 

 

 

Risks associated with global climate and environmental change

 

Climate change and global environmental modification are a source of potential risks for society and

human life. Aspects associated with changes in the hydrological cycle - extreme precipitation events,

floods, droughts - and with ecosystem processes and services are especially compelling.

 

In this framework, I am especially interested in the development and use of climate downscaling

scenarios for impact studies, and in the analysis of the changes in the terrestrial hydrological cycle

and ecosystems. Specific attention is devoted to the development of risk assessment scenarios

for meteo-hydrological hazard in various environmental conditions and for different climate change

scenarios, taking into account the role of uncertainties. Recently, I have been involved in the analysis

and prediction of wildfire trends in Mediterranean environments.

 

I participate in the activities of the European Climate Research Alliance(ECRA), coordinating

the Collaborative Programme Changes in the hydrological cycle"

http://ecra-climate.eu/index.php/collaborative-programmes/hydrocycle

 

Part of the research activities described here are included in the Italian 2010 PRIN project

"Innovative methods for water resources management and risk assessment under uncertainty"

and in the "Project of strategic interest" NextData, of the Italian Ministry of University,

Education and Research (MIUR), http://www.nextdataproject.it.

 

 

 

 

 

Climate change and the mountain environment

 

 

 

 

My interest is on the effects of climatic and environmental variability on the mountain environment,

using data-based approaches, conceptual models and climate change impact models. Most of

these activities are part of the Project of strategic interest NextData, of the Italian Ministry of

University, Education and Research (MIUR), http://www.nextdataproject.it. Many of these

activities are conducted in the framework of GEO-GNOME: The GEO Global Network for

Observations and information in Mountain Environments.

 

The first activity concerns the properties of precipitation in high-altitude areas, the dynamics of snow

cover, the response of mountain glaciers to climate variability, and the impact of climate change on

water resources. Areas of interest are the Alpine region and the Indu-Kush – Himalaya – Karakoram

(HKKH) area, where we study the interaction between the Indian monsoon and midlatitude western

weather patterns. I am a member of the "Comitato Glaciologico Italiano (CGI)", http://www.glaciologia.it/.

 

A second activity concerns the impact of climate change on the population dynamics of

selected species (ungulates such as the Alpine ibex and chamois, birds such as Black Grouse

and Ptarmigan), the dynamics of high-altitude alpine lake ecosystems, and the study

of mountain biodiversity and its response to climate change.  Many of these activities are

pursued in the framework of a long-standing research collaboration between ISAC and the

Gran Paradiso National Park (Italy), www.pngp.it.

 

                                       

 

 

 

Dissemination and outreach

 

Parallel to research activities, I am involved in dissemination and outreach actions

including writing popular science articles, contributing to public exhibitions and participating

in the realisation of scientific documentaries. A 15-min documentary on the population dynamics

of the Black Grouse in the western Alps and a 10-min documentary on mountain ecosystems are

available. Picture exhibitions with more than 100 images on biodiversity in alpine prairies in the

western Alps and with about 50 images on high-altitude lake ecosystems  are available for display.

Popular articles and a booklet on climate dynamics are available (in Italian). The volume

Che cosa il Global Warming? (in Italian), for mid-school students, was published in 2011.

I am part of the Associazione Centroscienza Onlus, for the development and dissemination

of scientific culture.

 

 

Professional and teaching activities:

 

1994-2008: Coordinator of the international school

on Fundamental processes in geophysical fluid dynamics and the climate system

held every summer in Valsavarenche (Val d Aosta),  www.to.isac.cnr.it/aosta

 

Lecturer in Atmospheric Dynamics from 2002 to 2008, University of Genoa.

Lecturer in Physics of Climate from 2006 to 2009, University of Turin.

Lecturer in Physics of Extended Systems from 2009, University of Turin.

 

Member of the Doctorate Program on Fluid Dynamics at the Politechnic of Turin

and of the Doctorate Program in Physics at the University of Torino.

 

Invited professor at the Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel (1996),

JILA-Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics,

University of Colorado, Boulder, MA, USA (1997),

GFD-WHOI principal lecturer, Woods Hole, MA, USA (1998, 2010),

Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France (2006), Universite Paris VI (2008, 2009).

 

Golden Badge Award of the European Geophysical Society in 1997

 

Coordinator of the Ecosystem Task of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

 

Coordinator of GEO-GNOME: the GEO Global Network for Observations and

information in Mountain Environments

 

Co-coordinator of the Collaborative Program "Changes in the hydrological cycle"

of the European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA)

 

Coordinator of the thematic area "Global Change" of the Department of Earth

System Science and Environmental Technologies, National Research Council

of Italy

 

Coordinator of the Project of Strategic Interest NextData, MIUR,

http://www.nextdataproject.it

 

Associate Editor of the journal Environmental Science and Policy

 

 

Collaborations: 

Most of my work is done in collaboration with students, colleagues

and friends in many parts of the world. To all of them I am grateful.

 

Main collaborations:

Elisa Palazzi, ISAC-CNR, Torino, Italy

Jost von Hardenberg, ISAC-CNR, Torino, Italy

Paolo Bonasoni, Paolo Cristofanelli, Angela Marinoni, ISAC-CNR, Bologna, Italy

Vincenzo Artale, Sandro Calmanti, ENEA UTMEA, Roma, Italy

Ramona Viterbi, Bruno Bassano, Achaz von Hardenberg, Rocco Tiberti, PNGP, Italy

Marta Chiarle, Guido Nigrelli, IRPI-CNR, Torino, Italy

Stefano Ferraris, University of Turin, Italy

Renata Pelosini, Christian Ronchi, Riccardo Bonanno, ARPA Piemonte, Torino, Italy

Filippo Giorgi, ICTP, Trieste, Italy

Giuseppe Murante, Laura Silva, Giovanni Vladilo, Oss. Astron. di Trieste, Italy

Antonio Parodi, CIMA Foundation, Savona, Italy

Francesco Paparella, University of Salento, Italy

Claudia Pasquero, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy

Fabio D Andrea, LMD, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

Mara Baudena, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Klaus Fraedrich, University of Hamburg, Germany

Maria del Carmen Llasat, University of Barcelona, Spain

Ehud Meron, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

Neil J. Balmforth, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Adnan Tahir, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Edward A Spiegel, Astronomy Dept., Columbia University, New York, USA

Jeffrey B. Weiss, PAOS, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

 

Graduate students (updated 2014):

Donatella D Onofrio, University of Torino

Luca Filippi, Politechnic of Torino

 

Postdoctoral associates (updated 2014):

Cristiana Cerrato, ISAC-CNR and PNGP, Torino

Paolo Davini, ISAC-CNR, Torino

Simona Imperio, ISAC-CNR, Torino

Alexandre Pieri, ISAC-CNR, Torino

Silvia Terzago, ISAC-CNR, Torino

Marco Turco, ISAC-CNR, Torino

 

 

Publications (from 2000):

 

Books:

 

J.B. Weiss, A. Provenzale, Editors, Transport and Mixing in Geophysical Flows, 

Lecture Notes in Physics (Springer, Berlin, 2008)

 

N.J. Balmforth, A. Provenzale, Editors, Geomorphological Fluid Mechanics, 

Lecture Notes in Physics (Springer, Berlin, 2001)

 

 

Scientific papers (from 2000):

 

 

L. Filippi, E. Palazzi, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Multi-decadal variations in the relationship between NAO and winter precipitation

in the Hindu-Kush Karakoram. Journal of Climate, 27, 7890-7902 (2014)

 

E. Palazzi, J. von Hardenberg, S. Terzago, A. Provenzale

Precipitation in the Karakoram-Himalaya: a CMIP5 view

Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-014-2341-z (2014)

 

S. Terzago, J. von Hardenberg, E. Palazzi, A. Provenzale

Snowpack changes in the Hindu-Kush Karakoram Himalaya from CMIP5 Global Climate Models

Journal of Hydrometeorology, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-0196.1 (2014)

 

M. Turco , M.C. Llasat, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Climate change impacts on wild fires in a Mediterranean environment

Climatic Change, 125, 369-380 (2014)

 

D. D Onofrio, E. Palazzi, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, S. Calmanti

Stochastic Rainfall Downscaling of Climate Models

Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15, 830-843 (2014)

 

A. Provenzale, Climate Models

Rend. Fis. Accademia Lincei, doi:10.1007/s12210-013-0268-7 (2013)

 

S. Imperio, R. Bionda, R. Viterbi, A. Provenzale

Climate Change and Human Disturbance Can Lead to Local Extinction of Alpine Rock

Ptarmigan: New Insight from the Western Italian Alps

PLOS ONE, 8, e81598. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081598

 

M. Rinaldi, S. Fuzzi, S. Decesari, S. Marullo, R. Santoleri, A. Provenzale, J. von Hardenberg,

D. Ceburnis, C.D. ODowd, and M.C. Facchini

Is Chlorophyll-a the Best Surrogate for Organic Matter Enrichment in Submicron Primary

Marine Aerosol?   J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 118, 4964-4973, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50417 (2013)

 

G. Vladilo, G. Murante, L. Silva, A. Provenzale, G. Ferri, G. Ragazzini

The habitable zone of Earth-like planets with different levels of atmospheric pressure

The Astrophysical Journal, 767, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/767/1/65 (2013)

 

M. Turco, M.C. Llasat, A. Tudela, X. Castro, A. Provenzale

Decreasing fires in a Mediterranean region (1970–2010, NE Spain)

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 13, 649-652 (2013)

 

R. Bonanno, C. Ronchi, B. Cagnazzi, A. Provenzale

Glacier response to current climate change and future scenarios

in the northwestern Italian Alps

Regional Environm. Change, DOI 10.1007/s10113-013-0523-6 (2013)

 

R. Tiberti, S. Metta, M. Austoni, C. Callieri, G. Morabito, A. Marchetto, M. Rogora,

G.A. Tartari, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Ecological dynamics of two remote Alpine lakes during ice-free season

J. Limnology, 72, 401-416 (2013)

 

F. Cresto Aleina, M. Baudena, F. D Andrea, A. Provenzale

Multiple equilibria on planet Dune:Climate-vegetation dynamics on a sandy planet

Tellus B, 65, 17662, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.17662 (2013)

 

E. Palazzi, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Precipitation in the Hindu-Kush Karakoram Himalaya: observations and future scenarios

J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 18, doi:10.1029/2012JD018697 (2013)

 

M. Baudena, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Vegetation patterns and soil-atmosphere water fluxes in drylands

Advances Water Resources, 53, 131-138 (2013)

 

R. Viterbi, C. Cerrato, B. Bassano, R. Bionda, A. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale,

G. Bogliani

Patterns of biodiversity in the northwestern Italian Alps: a multi-taxa approach

Community Ecology, 14, 18-30 (2013)

 

R. Sciascia, S. Demonte, A. Provenzale

Physics of sinking and selection of plankton cell size

Physics Letters A, 377, 467-472 (2013)

 

U. Magnea, R. Sciascia, F. Paparella, R. Tiberti, A. Provenzale

A model for high-altitude alpine lake ecosystems and the effect of introduced fish

Ecological Modelling, 251, 211-220 (2013)

 

M. Turco, M. Carmen Llasat, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Impact of climate variability on summer fires in a Mediterranean environment

(northeastern Iberian peninsula)

Climatic Change, 116, 665-678 (2013)

 

A. Mignatti, R. Casagrandi, A. von Hardenberg, M. Gatto, A. Provenzale

Sex- and age-structured models for Alpine ibex Capra ibex ibex population dynamics

Wildlife Biology, 18, 318-332 (2012)

 

S. Imperio, S. Focardi, G. Santini, A. Provenzale

Population dynamics in a guild of four Mediterranean ungulates:

density-dependence, environmental effects and inter-specific interactions

Oikos, 121, 1613-1626 (2012)

 

J. von Hardenberg, L. Vozella, C. Tomasi, V. Vitale, A. Lupi,

M. Mazzola, TPC van Noije, A. Strunk, A. Provenzale

Aerosol optical depth over the Arctic: a comparison of ECHAM-HAM and

TM5 with ground-based, satellite and reanalysis data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, 6953-6967 (2012)

 

M. Baudena, I. Bevilacqua, D. Canone, S. Ferraris, M. Previati, A. Provenzale

Soil water dynamics at a midlatitude test site: Field measurements and box modeling

approaches. J. Hydrology, 414, 329-340 (2012)

 

M. Berlengiero, KA Emanuel, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, EA Spiegel

Internally cooled convection: A fillip for Philip

Comm. Nonlin. Sci. Numerical Sim., 17, 1998-2007 (2012)

 

E. Casella, A. Molcard, A. Provenzale

Mesoscale vortices in the Ligurian Sea and their effect on coastal upwelling processes

J. Marine Systems, 88, 12-19 (2011)

 

M. Rietkerk, V. Brovkin, PM van Bodegom, M. Claussen, SC Dekker, HA Dikstra, SV Goryachkin,

P. Kabat, EH van Nes, AM Neutel, SE Nicholson, C. Nobre, V. Petoukhov, A. Provenzale,

M. Scheffer, SI Seneviratne, Local ecosystem feedbacks and critical transitions in the climate,

Ecological Complexity, 8, 223-228 (2011)

 

N. Saino, R. Ambrosini, D. Rubolini, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, K. Huppop, O. Huppop,

A. Lehikoinen, K. Rainio, M. Romano, L. Sokolov

Climate warming, ecological mismatch at arrival and population decline in migratory birds,

Proceedings of the Royal Soc. B: Biological Sciences, 278, 835-842 (2011)

 

N. Saino, D. Rubolini, J. von Hardenberg, R. Ambrosini, A. Provenzale, M. Romano, F. Spina

Spring migration decisions in relation to weather are predicted by wing morphology among

trans-Mediterranean migratory birds,  Functional Ecology, 24, 658-669 (2010)

 

M. Baudena, F. DAndrea, A. Provenzale

An idealized model for tree-grass coexistence in savannas: the role of life stage structure

and fire disturbances, Journal of Ecology, 98, 74-80 (2010)

 

S. Metta, A. Provenzale, E.A Spiegel

On-off intermittency and coherent bursting in stochastically-driven coupled maps,

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 43, 8-14 (2010)

 

L. Zavala Sanson, A. Provenzale

The effects of abrupt topography on plankton dynamics,

Theoretical Population Dynamics, 76, 258-267 (2009)

 

S. Metta, J. von Hardenberg, L. Ferraris, N. Rebora, A. Provenzale

Precipitation Nowcasting by a Spectral-based Nonlinear Stochastic Model,

J. Hydrometeorology, 10, 1285-1297 (2009)

 

I.Koszalka, A. Bracco, J.C. McWilliams, A Provenzale

Dynamics of wind-forced coherent anticyclones in the open ocean,

J. Geophysical Research - Oceans, 114, C08011 (2009)

 

M. Baudena, F. D Andrea, A. Provenzale 

A model for soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions in water-limited ecosystems,

Water Resources Research, 45, W02701 (2009)

 

A.Y. Kletter, J. von Hardenberg, E. Meron, A. Provenzale 

Patterned vegetation and rainfall intermittency,

Journal of Theoretical Biology, 256, 574-583 (2009)

 

M. Baudena, A. Provenzale

Rainfall intermittency and vegetation feedbacks in drylands,

Hydrology and Earth System Sci., 12, 679-689 (2008)

 

N.J. Balmforth, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, R. Zammett

Dam breaking by wave-induced erosional incision,

J. Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 113, F01020 (2008)

 

J. von Hardenberg, A.Parodi, G. Passoni, A. Provenzale, E.A Spiegel

Large-scale patterns in Rayleigh-Benard convection,

Physics Letters A, 372, 2223-2229 (2008)

 

E. Brussolo, J. von Hardenberg, L. Ferraris, N. Rebora, A. Provenzale

Verification of quantitative precipitation forecasts via stochastic downscaling,

J. Hydrometeorology, 9, 1084-1094 (2008)

 

N. Ciccarelli, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, C. Ronchi, A. Vargiu, R. Pelosini

Climate variability in north-western Italy during the second half of the 20th century,

Global and Planetary Change, 63, 185-195 (2008)

 

A. Provenzale, A. Babiano, A. Bracco, C. Pasquero, J.B. Weiss

Coherent vortices and tracer transport,

in Transport and Mixing in Geophysical Flows, J.B. Weiss and A. Provenzale Eds.,

Springer, Berlin (2008)

 

A. Babiano, A. Provenzale

Coherent vortices and tracer cascades in two-dimensional turbulence,

J. Fluid Mechanics, 574, 429-448 (2007)

 

M. Baudena, G. Boni, L. Ferraris, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Vegetation response to rainfall intermittency in drylands: Results from a simple ecohydrological box model,

Advances in Water Resources, 30, 1320-1328 (2007)

 

S. Gabellani, G. Boni, L. Ferraris, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Propagation of uncertainty from rainfall to runoff: A case study with a stochastic rainfall generator,

Advances in Water Resources, 30, 2061-2071 (2007)

 

E. Gilad, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, M. Shachak, E. Meron

A mathematical model of plants as ecosystem engineers,

J. Theoretical Biology, 244, 680-691 (2007)

 

E. Meron, E. Gilad, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, M. Shachak

Model studies of ecosystem engineers in plant communities,

in Ecosystem Engineers: Plants to Protists,

K. Cuddington, J.E. Byers, W.G. Wilson and A. Hastings Eds., Academic Press, Amsterdam (2007)

 

J. von Hardenberg, L. Ferraris, N. Rebora, A. Provenzale

Meteorological uncertainty and rainfall downscaling,

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 14, 193-199 (2007)

 

I. Koszalka, A. Bracco, C. Pasquero, A. Provenzale

Plankton cycles disguised by turbulent advection,

Theoretical Population Biology, 72, 1-6 (2007)

 

S. Calmanti, L. Motta, M. Turco, A. Provenzale

Impact of climate variability on Alpine glaciers in northwestern Italy,

International J. Climatology, 27, 2041-2053 (2007)

 

F. D Andrea, A. Provenzale, R. Vautard, N. de Noblet-Decoudre

Hot and cool summers: Multiple equilibria of the continental water cycle,

Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L24807 (2006)

 

N. Rebora, L. Ferraris, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

RainFARM: Rainfall downscaling by a filtered autoregressive model,

J. Hydrometeorology, 7, 724-738 (2006)

 

N. Rebora, L. Ferraris, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Rainfall downscaling and flood forecasting: a case study in the Mediterranean area,

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sci., 6, 611-619 (2006)

 

D. Elhmaidi, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Large-scale dissipation and filament instability in two-dimensional turbulence,

Physical Review Letters, 95, 014503 (2005)

 

C. Pasquero, A. Bracco, A. Provenzale

Impact of the spatiotemporal variability of the nutrient flux on primary productivity in the ocean,

J. Geophysical Research, 110, C07005 (2005)

 

A. Bracco, J. von Hardenberg, J.C. McWilliams, A. Provenzale, J.B. Weiss

Dispersion and mixing in quasigeostrophic turbulence,

Physical Review Letters, 92, 084501 (2004)

 

A. Parodi, J. von Hardenberg, G. Passoni, A. Provenzale, E.A. Spiegel

Clustering of plumes in turbulent convection,

Physical Review Letters, 92, 194503 (2004)

 

A.R. Jacobson, A. Provenzale, A. von Hardenberg, B. Bassano, M. Festa-Bianchet

Climate forcing and density dependence in a mountain ungulate population

Ecology, 85, 1598-1610 (2004)

 

H. Yizhaq, N.J. Balmforth, A. Provenzale

Blown by wind: Nonlinear dynamics of aeolian sand ripples

Physica D, 195, 207-228 (2004)

 

E. Gilad, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, M. Shachak, E. Meron

Ecosystem engineers: From pattern formation to habitat creation

Physical Review Letters, 93, 098105 (2004)

 

D. Elhmaidi, T. Lili, A. Provenzale, A. Babiano

Stability of two-dimensional vorticity filaments

Physics Letters A, 333,  85-90 (2004)

 

A. Bracco, E.P. Chassignet, Z.D. Garraffo, A. Provenzale

Lagrangian velocity distribution in a high-resolution numerical simulation of the North Atlantic

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 20, 1212-1220 (2003)

 

A. Parodi, K.A. Emanuel, A. Provenzale

Plume patterns in radiative-convective flows

New Journal of Physics 5, 106.1-106.17 (2003)

 

C. Pasquero, A. Provenzale, E.A. Spiegel

Suspension and fall of heavy particles in random two-dimensional flow

Physical Review Letters  91, 054502 (2003)

 

L. Ferraris, S. Gabellani, U. Parodi, N. Rebora, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Revisting multifractality in rainfall fields

Journal of Hydrometeorology 4, 544-551 (2003)

 

L. Ferraris, S. Gabellani, N. Rebora, A. Provenzale

A comparison of stochastic models for spatial rainfall downscaling

Water Resources Research, 39, 10.1029/2003WR002504 (2003)

 

J. von Hardenberg, L. Ferraris, A. Provenzale

The shape of convective rain cells

Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 10.1029/2003GL018539 (2003)

 

C. Pasquero, A. Provenzale, J.B. Weiss

Vortex statistics from Eulerian and Lagrangian time series

Physical Review Letters 89, 284501 (2002)

 

A.P. Martin, K.J. Richards, A. Bracco, A. Provenzale

Patchy productivity in the open ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16, 1025 (2002)

 

M. Baer, J. von Hardenberg, E. Meron, A. Provenzale

Modelling the survival of bacteria in drylands: The advantage of being dormant

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 269, 937-942 (2002)

 

C. Toniolo, A. Provenzale, E.A. Spiegel

Signature of on-off intermittency in measured signals

Physical Review E 66, 066209 (2002)

 

D. Anfossi, C. Cappa, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale

Statistical analysis of three series of daily rainfall in North-Western Italy

Nuovo Cimento  25 C,  99-121 (2002)

 

N.J. Balmforth, A. Provenzale, R. Sassi

A hierarchy of coupled maps

CHAOS  12, 719-731 (2002)

 

A.    Longhetto, L. Montabone, A. Provenzale, H. Didelle, C. Giraud, D. Bertoni, R. Forza, 

B.    Coherent vortices in rotating flows: A laboratory view

Nuovo Cimento 25 C, 233-249 (2002)

 

C. Pasquero, A. Provenzale, A. Babiano

Parameterization of dispersion in two-dimensional turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics 439, 279-303 (2001)

 

N.J. Balmforth, A. Provenzale, J.A. Whitehead

The language of pattern and form

in Geomorphological Fluid Mechanics, edited by N.J.Balmforth and A. Provenzale,

Lecture Notes in Physics (Springer, Berlin, 2001)

 

N.J. Balmforth, A. Provenzale

Patterns of dirt

in Geomorphological Fluid Mechanics, edited by N.J.Balmforth and A. Provenzale,

Lecture Notes in Physics (Springer, Berlin, 2001)

 

A. Babiano, J.H.E. Cartwright, O. Piro, A. Provenzale

Dynamics of a small neutrally buoyant sphere in a fluid and targeting in Hamiltonian systems,

Physical Review Letters  84, 5764-5767 (2000)

 

A. Bracco, A. Provenzale, I. Scheuring

Mesoscale vortices and the paradox of the plankton

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 267, 1795-1800 (2000)

 

J. von Hardenberg, J.C. McWilliams, A. Provenzale, A. Shchepetkin, J.B. Weiss

Vortex merging in quasi-geostrophic flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics 412, 331-353 (2000)

 

A. Bracco, J. LaCasce, C. Pasquero, A. Provenzale

The velocity distribution of barotropic turbulence

Physics of Fluids 12, 2478-2488 (2000)

 

A. Bracco, J.C. McWilliams, G. Murante, A. Provenzale, J.B. Weiss

Revisiting freely-decaying two-dimensional turbulence at millennial resolution

Physics of Fluids 12, 2931-2941 (2000)

 

A. Bracco, J. LaCasce, A. Provenzale

Velocity probability density functions for oceanic floats

Journal of Physical Oceanography 30, 461 (2000)

 

J. von Hardenberg, K. Fraedrich, F. Lunkeit, A. Provenzale

Transient chaotic mixing during a baroclinic life cycle

CHAOS 10, 122-134 (2000)

 

J. von Hardenberg, R. Thieberger, A. Provenzale

A box-counting red herring

Physics Letters A 269, 303-308 (2000)

 

N.J. Balmforth, C. Pasquero, A. Provenzale

The Lorenz-Fermi-Pasta-Ulam experiment

Physica  D 138, 1-43 (2000)