Antonello Provenzale
Doctorate in Physics in 1987.
Director of the Institute of Geosciences and
Earth Resources, Pisa, National Research Council of Italy
Affiliation:
IGG: Institute of Geosciences and Earth
Resources, CNR, Pisa
email: antonello.provenzale@cnr.it , antonello.provenzale@igg.cnr.it
Research
activities
Geosphere-Biosphere interactions and climate change
impacts
I am interested in the two-way interactions
between geosphere and biosphere, in how climate change affects ecosystems and in
in the multiple ways living organisms affects planetary dynamics. Special
attention is payed to the dynamics of the Critical Zone, the thin layer between
the bottom of the surface aquifer and the top of vegetation canopy, the “living
skin” of the planet which supports terrestrial life.
Specific activities
concern the role of vegetation and soil water in determining water and carbon fluxes,
the dynamics of the soil-vegetation-atmosphere-water systems in arid and
semi-arid regions and in extreme environments (Alpine and Arctic tundra), the
interaction between geomorphology and vegetation patterns, and the carbon cycle.
These themes are addressed in the framework of several international initiatives,
including LifeWatch ERIC and Critical Zone research. I have recently contributed to the
establishment of a new high-altitude Critical Zone Observatory at the Gran
Paradiso National Park, Italy, https://www.czen.org/content/nivolet-czo, and a new Critical Zone Observatory in
NyAlsund, Svalbard.
My approach includes measurements, data
analysis and the use of implicit- and explicit-space approaches, the role of
ecosystem engineers, and the use of a hierarchy of models with different
complexity.
At the
same, anthropogenic climate change is heavily affecting natural ecosystems and
the water cycle. Along these lines, I am involved in data analysis and
modelling of ecosystems, population dynamics, and ecosystem responses to
climatic and environmental drivers, with special emphasis on protected areas. Many
of these activities were included in the EU H2020 Project ECOPOTENTIAL:
Improving Future Ecosystem Benefits through Earth Observations (2015-2019), http://www.ecopotential-project.eu. I participate in the activities of the Group
on Earth Observations (GEO), coordinating the GEO Global Ecosystem activities
(GEO ECO), http://www.earthobservations.org/index.shtml and in the activities of LifeWatch
ERIC https://www.lifewatch.eu/, coordinating the Italian PON IR
project LifeWatchPlus.
Water
scarcity and droughts are another possible impact of climate change, as well as
possible modifications in wildfire intensity. My research activity currently
focuses on empirical and process-based models for determining and predicting
burned area and wildfire intensity in response to the changing climatic
conditions. Many of these activities have been part of the “Project of
strategic interest” NextData of the
Italian Ministry of University, Education and Research (MIUR), http://www.nextdataproject.it. Some of the activities on wildfires are
conducted in the framework of the ERA-NET ERA4CS on Climate Services and the
Italian PON project OT4CLIMA.
Fundamental
processes in climate dynamics
I am working on understanding and modelling basic
processes in climate dynamics, with special focus on fluid dynamical aspects,
paleoclimate and exoplanetary climates, tackling the issues related to the
conditions for planetary habitability and linking long-term dynamics of
planetary climates to basic processes in planetary geology and biosphere
activity.
To this goal, I use a variety of models from
simple Energy Balance Models to Intermediate Complexity Models and analyze the
outputs of Global Climate Models with the aim of elucidating some of the
nonlinear dynamics and feedbacks of the complex climate system.
Planetary
fluid dynamics, patterns and coherent structures
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 associated with rotating and/or penetrative convection, with applications
to the atmosphere of gas giants and the ice-covered oceans of Ganymede and
other satellites.
I am also working on pattern formation in
geomorphological systems and geological fluids, including the dynamics of sand
ripples and megaripples, the collapse of moraine dams, glacier dynamics and simplified
fluid models of mantle convection.
Parallel to
research activities, I am involved in dissemination and outreach actions
including writing popular science articles and books, contributing to public
exhibitions and participating in the realization 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, with about 50 images on high-altitude lakes and more than 100
images on mountain ecosystems are available for display. A large-format exhibit
on the use of satellite products to assess the state and changes of ecosystems
in European protected areas, displayed at the European Parliament and
elsewhere, is also available. The volume Che
cosa è il Global Warming? (in Italian), for mid-school students, was
published in 2011. A photographic exhibit and volume, “Una montagna di vita –
Ecosistemi d’alta quota” was realized in 2018 in the framework of the NextData
project, and . I am part of the Associazione Centroscienza Onlus, for the
development and dissemination of scientific culture.
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.
Lecturer in Meteo-Climatology from 2017,
University of Pisa.
Member of the Doctorate Program in Physics at
the University of Pisa.
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 GEO Global Ecosystem Initiative
of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO
ECO).
Coordinator of the Project of Strategic
Interest NextData, MIUR, 2012-2018, http://www.nextdataproject.it
Coordinator of the EU H2020 Project
ECOPOTENTIAL, 2015-2019, http://www.ecopotential-project.eu
Coordinator of the PON IR LifeWatchPlus, MIUR,
2019-2024
Coordinator of the Working Group “Planets” of
the European Astrobiology Institute (EAI)
Member of the Italian Glaciological Committee
(CGI)
Member of the Italian Committee at the
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
Member of the Italian Society for Astrobiology
(SIA)
Managing Editor for Geosciences of the
“European Physical Journal Plus”
Collaborations
The great
majority of my work is done in collaboration with students, colleagues and
friends from many parts of the world. To all of them I am deeply grateful for contributing
to make my scientific and personal life interesting and enjoyable.
My
scientific vision and attitude was forged by what I learned from my friend and magister
Edward A Spiegel (1931-2020), to whom I am and always will be grateful.
Publications (from 2000)
Books (from 2000)
A.
Provenzale, E. Palazzi, K. Fraedrich, Editors, The Fluid Dynamics of Climate, CISM series (Springer, 2015).
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):
G. Murante, A. Provenzale,
G. Vladilo, G. Taffoni, L. Silva, E. Palazzi, J. von Hardenberg, M. Maris, E.
Londero, C. Knapic, S. Zorba, Climate bistability of Earth-like exoplanets, MNRAS
492, 2638–2650 (2020)
S. Marta, M. Brunetti, G.F.
Ficetola, F. Stoch, G. Amori, D. Cesaroni, V. Sbordoni, A. Provenzale, ClimCKmap, a spatially,
temporally and climatically explicit distribution database for the Italian fauna,
Scientific Data 6, 195, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0203-6 (2019)
A. Karnieli, N. Ohana-Levi,
M. Silver, T. Paz-Kagan, N. Panov, D. Varghese, N. Chrysoulakis, A. Provenzale,
Spatial and Seasonal Patterns in Vegetation Growth-Limiting Factors over Europe,
Remote Sensing 11, 2406; doi:10.3390/rs11202406 (2019)
H. Yizhaq, G. Bel, S.
Silvestro, T. Elperin, J.F. Kok, M. Cardinale, A. Provenzale, I.Katra, The
origin of the transverse instability of aeolian megaripples, Earth and
Planetary Science Letters, 512, 59-70 (2019)
L. Novi, J. von Hardenberg,
D.W. Hughes, A. Provenzale, E.A. Spiegel, Rapidly rotating Rayleigh-Bénard
convection with a tilted axis, Physical Review E, 99, 053116 (2019)
S. Hoffmann, L. Steiner, A.H. Schweiger, A. Chiarucci, J. Benner, A.
Provenzale, C. Beierkuhnlein, Data on alpine grassland diversity in Gran
Paradiso National Park, Italy, Data in Brief, 24, 103942 (2019)
M. Turco, S. Herrera, E.
Tourigny, E. Chuvieco, A. Provenzale, A comparison of remotely-sensed and
inventory datasets for burned area in Mediterranean Europe, Int. J. Appl.
Earth Obs. Geoinformation, 82, 101887 (2019)
C.A. Guerra et al. Finding
the essential: improving conservation monitoring across scales, Global
Ecology and Conservation, 18, e00601 (2019)
C. Cerrato, E. Rocchia, M.
Brunetti, R. Bionda, B. Bassano, A. Provenzale, S. Bonelli, R. Viterbi,
Butterfly distribution along altitudinal gradients: temporal changes over a
short time period, Nature Conservation, 34, 91-118 (2019)
M. Turco, S. Jerez, F.J.
Doblas-Reyes, A. AghaKouchak, M.C. Llasat, A. Provenzale, Skilful forecasting
of global fire activity using seasonal climate predictions, Nature
Communications, 9:2718, doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05250-0 (2018)
M. Turco, J.J. Rosa-Cánovas,
J. Bedia, S. Jerez, J.P. Montávez, M.C. Llasat, A. Provenzale, Exacerbated
fires in Mediterranean Europe due to anthropogenic warming projected with
nonstationary climate-fire models, Nature Communications, 9, 3821, doi:
10.1038/s41467-018-06358-z (2018)
S.
Hoffmann, C. Beierkuhnlein, R. Field, A. Provenzale, A. Chiarucci, Uniqueness of Protected Areas for
Conservation Strategies in the European Union, Scientific Reports, 8:6445
| DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-24390-3 (2018)
M. Beniston et al. The European mountain
cryosphere: A review of its current state, trends and future challenges. The
Cryosphere, 12,
759-794, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-759-2018 (2018)
A. Provenzale, S. Nativi, Comprehensive
and Coordinated Approach of GEOSS to Ecosystem Challenges. In Terrestrial
Ecosystem Research Infrastructures - Challenges and Opportunities, A.
Chabbi and H.W. Loescher Editors, Taylor and Francis (2017)
C. Hummel, A. Provenzale and others, Ecosystem
services in European protected areas: Ambiguity in the views of scientists and
managers? PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187143 (2017)
S. Terzago, J. von Hardenberg, E. Palazzi,
A. Provenzale, Snow water equivalent in the Alps as seen by gridded data sets,
CMIP5 and CORDEX climate models. The Cryosphere, 11, 1625-1645 (2017)
D.H.S. Irl, A.H. Schweiger, F.M. Medina,
J.M. Fernández-Palacios, D.E.V. Harter, A. Jentsch, A. Provenzale, M.J.
Steinbauer, C. Beierkuhnlein, An island view of endemic rarity - Environmental
drivers and consequences for nature conservation. Diversity and
Distributions, DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12605 (2017)
G. Leonelli, A. Coppola, M.C. Salvatore,
C. Baroni, G. Battipaglia, T. Gentilesca, F. Ripullone, M. Borghetti, E. Conte,
R. Tognetti, M. Marchetti, F. Lombardi, M. Brunetti, M. Maugeri, M. Pelfini, P.
Cherubini, A. Provenzale, V. Maggi, Climate signals in a multispecies tree-ring
network from central and southern Italy and reconstruction of the late summer
temperatures since the early 1700s. Clim. Past, 13, 1451–1471 (2017)
L. Silva, G. Vladilo, G. Murante, A.
Provenzale, Quantitative estimates of the surface habitability of Kepler-452b. MNRAS,
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1396 (2017)
M. Turco, J. von Hardenberg, A.
AghaKouchak, M.-C. Llasat, A. Provenzale, R.M. Trigo, On the key
role of droughts in the dynamics of summer fires in Mediterranean Europe. Scientific
Reports 7: 81 |
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-00116-9 (2017)
L. Silva, G. Vladilo, P.M. Schulte, G.
Murante, A. Provenzale. From climate models to planetary habitability:
temperature constraints for complex life. International
Journal of Astrobiology, doi:10.1017/S1473550416000215 (2016)
D. Lacitignola, F.
Diele, C. Marangi, A. Provenzale. On the dynamics of a generalized
predator-prey system with Z-type control. Mathematical
Biosciences, in
press (2016)
A.B. Pieri, F. Falasca, J. von
Hardenberg, A. Provenzale. Plume
dynamics in rotating Rayleigh–Bénard
convection. Physics Letters A, 380,
1363-1367 (2016)
F. Viterbo, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale,
L. Molini, A. Parodi, O.O. Sy, S. Tanelli. High-Resolution Simulations of the
2010 Pakistan Flood Event: Sensitivity to Parameterizations and Initialization
Time. J. Hydrometeorology, 17, DOI:
10.1175/JHM-D-15-0098.1 (2016)
M. Turco, J. Bedia, F. Di Liberto, P.
Fiorucci, J. von Hardenberg, N. Koutsias, M.C. Llasat, F. Xystrakis, A.
Provenzale. Decreasing Fires in Mediterranean Europe. PLOS ONE 11, e0150663. doi:10.1371/journalpone.0150663 (2016)
F. Bisi, J. von Hardenberg, S. Bertolino,
L.A. Wauters, S. Imperio, D.G. Preatoni, A. Provenzale, M.V. Mazzamuto, A.
Martinoli, Current and future conifer seed production in the Alps: testing
weather factors as cues behind masting. Eur. J. Forest Res. 135, 743-754 (2016)
J. von Hardenberg, D. Goluskin, A. Provenzale, E.A
Spiegel. Generation of Large-Scale Winds in Horizontally
Anisotropic Convection. Physical Review
Letters, 115, 134501 (2015)
A. Pieri, J. von Hardenberg, A. Parodi, A.
Provenzale. Sensitivity of Precipitation Statistics to Resolution,
Microphysics, and Convective Parameterization: A Case Study with the
High-Resolution WRF Climate Model over Europe. J. Hydrometeorology, 16, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0221.1 (2015)
E. Palazzi, A. Provenzale. Water in the
Climate System, in The Fluid Dynamics of
Climate, A. Provenzale, E. Palazzi and K. Fraedrich Eds., Springer, CISM
Series (2015), pp. 161-182
M.
Turco, E. Palazzi, J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale. Observed
Climate Change Hotspots. Geophysical
Research Letters, 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL063891 (2015)
R.
Marcos, M. Turco, J. Bedia, M.C. Llasat, A. Provenzale. Seasonal
predictability of summer fires in a Mediterranean environment. International Journal of Wildland Fire,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF15079 (2015)
D.
D'Onofrio, M. Baudena, F. D'Andrea, M. Rietkerk, A. Provenzale. Tree-grass
competition for soil water in arid and semiarid savannas: The role of rainfall
intermittency. Water Resources Research,
51, doi:10.1002/2014WR015515 (2015)
G. Vladilo, L. Silva, G. Murante, L.
Filippi, A. Provenzale. Modeling The Surface Temperature Of Earth-Like Planets.
The Astrophysical Journal, 804,
doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/50 (2015)
P. Davini, J. von Hardenberg, L. Filippi,
A. Provenzale. Impact of Greenland Orography on the Atlantic Meridional Overturnic
Circulation. Geophysical Research Letters,
42, doi:10.1002/2014GL062668 (2015)
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 (2013)
M. Rinaldi, S. Fuzzi, S. Decesari, S.
Marullo, R. Santoleri, A. Provenzale, J. von Hardenberg, D. Ceburnis, C.D.
O’Dowd, 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. D’Andrea, 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)
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,
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E. Gilad,
J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, M. Shachak, E. Meron. A mathematical model of
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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,
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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)
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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.
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Research, 39,
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J. von Hardenberg, L. Ferraris, A. Provenzale. The shape of convective rain cells. Geophysical Research
Letters, 30,
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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, 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,
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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)