Education

12/2014 – Perugia (Italy)

PhD in Earth Science and Geo-Technologies, University of Studies of Perugia, Perugia, Italy – Thesis topic “Modelling of landslide phenomena and erosion processes triggered by meteo-climatic factors”

02/2002 – Perugia (Italy)

Second level master in “Expert in advanced technology for the diagnostics, the restoration and conservation of cultural heritages”.

12/2000 – Perugia (Italy)

Diploma di Laurea (5-yr programme) in Earth Sciences, University of Studies of Perugia, Italy

Additional training

From 2001 to 2024

Followed/participated to more than 60 Scientific/Technical courses and seminars

Work experience

01/2023 – today         Research Director, Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

01/2021 – 12/2022     Senior Researcher, Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

01/2008 – 12/2021     Researcher, Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

04/2004 – 12/2007     Research grant, Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

10/2004 – 11/2005     Consulting contract for “Identification of areas susceptible to local seismic amplification”, Geological survey of Umbria Region, Italy

02/2004 – 04/2004     Consulting contract for “Digitalization and editing of the thematic maps using GIS technologies”, Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

02/2002 – 02/2004     Consulting contract, Activities “Research, Training, Quality, Environment and Safety sector consulting” Eco Tech S.r.l. – Engineering & Servizi Ambientali (SME), Italy

Research visits & stays/Fellowships

2015       Short-term mobility at USDA-ARS (United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) Tucson, AZ (USA)

2011       Short-term mobility at NASA-GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center) – Hydrological Sciences Branch, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (USA)

2006       Short-term mobility at Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, King’s College London (KCL), UK

Scientific responsibilities within the current position

11/2024   External Member of the Steering Committee for the PhD Program in Earth System and Global Changes, Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia

09/2023   Member of the Research Infrastructure Working Group established by the Department of Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies (DSTTA) of the National Research Council (CNR)

09/2023   External Member of the Steering Committee for the Degree Programs in Geological Sciences, Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia

09/2021   Scientific coordinator of the Memorandum of Understanding between Ferdowsi University of Mashad  (IRAN) and Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

11/2020   Scientific coordinator of the Memorandum of Understanding between Shiraz University (IRAN) and Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

07/2020   Scientific coordinator of the Memorandum of Understanding between Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (IRAN) and Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

02/2020   Member of the scientific council of the Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Scientific responsibilities & activities within projects funded on competitive calls

07/2025 – 12/2025     Research collaboration. Project “VIGIT-R: Versatile Implementation of Ground Instability Tools in RETURN”, as part of the RETURN project – Multi-Risk sciEnce for resilienT communities undeR a changiNg climate – PE_00000005 – SPOKE 2 (CUP: B53C22004020002) – II edition cascade call, pursuant to MUR Notice no. 341 of 03/15/2022, for the financing of intervention proposals for research activities carried out by Research Organizations in collaboration with companies – within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Mission 4 “Education and research” – Component 2 “From research to business” – Investment 1.3, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU

10/2024 – 10/2027     Task Responsible. Project CCI GLANCE (GLANCE: AGricultural Land AbandoNment and ClimatE change impacts on the water, energy and vegetation carbon cycles in the Mediterranean region) – AO/1-12062/23/I-NB CLIMATE-SPACE – THEME II: CROSS-ECV ACTIVITIES funded by ESA (ESA Contract no. 4000145543/24/I-LR)

09/2023 – 09/2025     Research collaboration. Project “PROFIT – Probabilistic Prediction of Rain-Induced Landslides in Italy”, code PE00000005 within the RETURN program – “Multi-Risk Science for Resilient Communities under a Changing Climate” Code PE00000005, MISSION 4 “Education and Research”, COMPONENT 2 “From Research to Business”, Investment 1.3 funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU – Cascade Call for State Universities and EPRs supervised by MUR Spoke 6 TS2

09/2023 – 09/2025     Principal Investigator. Project “LASST: evaluating LAndslide Sediment Supply to sTreams and connectivity for sustainable, basin-wide sediment management” funded by Italian Ministry MUR Call PRIN 2022.

03/2023 – 02/2025     Research collaboration. EU Project “Responsive, Data ecosystem for Resilient and Operational Security Strategies” (RED ROSES)” funded within EU Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM)

10/2022 – 10/2025     Research collaboration. Project “Tech4You – Technologies for climate change adaptation and quality of life improvement”, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU and approved by Ministerial Decree MUR No. 703 of 20/04/2022

10/2022 – 10/2025     Task Responsible. Project “National Centre for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing – Spoke 5”, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU and approved by Ministerial Decree MUR No. 548 of 31/03/2022

12/2021 – present      Principal Investigator. CNR competitive project call. Project S2S (Slope to Stream: a system approach to evaluate sediment supply and connectivity in mountain drainage basins with implications for sustainable sediment management)

12/2021 – 12/2024     Principal Investigator. Project “Definition of an operational methodology for the production of landslide susceptibility zoning around railway infrastructure. Project funded by RFI Request Proposal RFI-DTC-PRC\A0011\P\2021\0000085. Application contract 1/2021 derived CIG 9000162364.

06/2020 – 12/2021     Research collaboration. FRASI Project “Integrated multi-scale methodologies for the zoning of seismic-induced landslide hazard in Italy”.

10/2019 – present      Research collaboration. Project RISK-GEST N. 3845. Programma ALCOTRA 2014-2020.

05/2018 – 12/2021     Research collaboration. Region Umbria Project funded within Bando Programma di Sviluppo Rurale per l’Umbria 2014-2020 Misura 16 Sottomisura 16. 1 FOCUS AREA 3B, Regione Umbria for the Life Cycle Assessment of the olive and vine supply chains.

01/2018 – 12/2019     Research collaboration. European Project U-GEOHAZ (Geohazard impact assessment for urban areas) funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO). Unit A/4 – Civil Protection Policy Grant

02/2017 – 12/2019     Task Responsible. “Strategies, Tools, and new data for Resilient Smart Societies” (Rif. 2016-0766)”, funded by Fondazione Cariplo, Bando 2016

01/2017 – 02/2020     Associate Investigator. Project ”BIOESSaNS “BIOESSaNS – Biodiversity and ecosystem services in Sacred Natural Sites” Prot. 2015P8524C; Funded by Italian PRIN 2015 Sector Life Science.

02/2017 – present      WP Responsible. Project “LANDSLIP Landslide Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment, Preparedness and Early Warning in South Asia: Integrating Meteorology, Landscape and Society”, funded by NERC – National Environmental Research Council (UK)

11/2016                        Principal Investigator. Short-term Mobility Program 2016, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerca per al Protezione Idrogeologica. Proponent of research program “Impact of mapping strategies on the completeness of rock fall inventories, with case studies in Austria, Italy and the USA” conducted by Dr. Sandra Melzner of Geological Survey of Austria, Department of Engineering Geology, Vienna (AUSTRIA)

05/2016                        Proponent. Short-term Mobility Program 2016, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences, Barcelona (SPAGNA). Proponent of research program “Optimization of slope-units partition for landslide susceptibility models of ” conducted by Dr. Massimiliano Alvioli from CNR IRPI

01/2016 – 12/2017     Task responsible. Project “Safety: Sentinel-1 for geohazard prevention and forecasting”, Grant Agreement No. 718679 (Ref. ECHO/SUB/2015/718679/Prev02), funded by EU, DG ECHO, Unit A5 Civil Protection Policy.

07/2015 – 07/2016     Task responsible. Project Multi Scale and Multi Hazard Mapping and Space based Solutions – MEMpHIS, finanziato dall’European Space Agency (ESA), call ITT N. A0/1-8139/14/F/MOS

11/2014                        Proponent. Short-term Mobility Program 2014,United States Geological Survey, Geologic Hazard Science Center, Golden, CO (USA). Proponent of research program “Parallel implementation of TRIGRS code” conducted by Dr. Massimiliano Alvioli from CNR IRPI

10/2014 – 02/2017     WP responsible. ESA’s SEOM Project “COMMONS” Land cover change detection and monitoring methodologies based on the combined use of S1 and S2 for natural resources and hazard management.

11/2015                        Principal investigator. Short-Term Mobility Program 2015, at USDA-ARS (United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) Tucson, AZ (USA)

12/2014 – 09/2015     Associate investigator. Italian Regional Project TiBorG “Identifying areas suitable for growing olives and estimating the impact of these crops on the dynamics of the slopes” funded by Regione Umbria within the regional PSR program.

09/2013 – 02/2017     Research collaboration. Project SAPERE (Space Advanced Project for Excellence in Research and Enterprise) funded by MIUR, Italy

05/2013 – 02/2015     Task responsible. European Project LAMPRE “LAndslide Modelling and tools for vulnerability

01/2013 – 12/2015     Research collaboration. Italian Project “Programmi di Ricerca scientifica di rilevante Interesse Nazionale” PRIN 2010-2011, Prot. 2010ayktab_005 coordinated by Prof. Baroni of the Earth Science Department, University of Pisa.

11/2011                        Principal Investigator. Short-Term Mobility Program 2011, at NASA-GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center) – Hydrological Sciences Branch, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (USA), the following research activities were realized:

05/2011 – 12/2012    Research collaboration. European Project GA 244088 FIRESENSE “Fire Detection and Management through a Multi-Sensor Network for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Areas from the Risk of Fire and Extreme Weather Condition

05/2011 – 12/2013     Task responsible. European Project BIOSOS “Biodiversity Multisource Monitoring System”

11/2007 – 11/2010     Research collaboration. Pilot Project “MORFEO – Protezione Civile dalle Frane” (MORFEO – Landslide Civil Protection) funded by ASI (Italian Space Agency)

03/2005 – 08/2008     Research collaboration. European Project “E2-C2, Extreme Events: Causes and Consequences” (FP6 – Sixth Framework Program)

10/2006                        Principal Investigator. Short-Term Mobility Program, at the Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, King’s College London, UK, the following research activities were realized:

05/2004 – 12/2006     Research collaboration. European project “RISKAWARE – Advanced Weather forecasting system to Advice on Risk Events and management” (Interreg III B CADSES)

05/2004 – 09/2004     Research collaboration. Project “MORFEO – Monitoraggio e Rischio da Frana mediante dati EO” (Monitoring and risk of landslides using Earth Observation data) funded by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)

Scientific responsibilities and activities within agreements/collaborations/contracts commissioned by public and private stakeholders

05/2023 –06/2026      WP Responsible. Agreement between Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Liguria (ARPAL) and CNR IRPI for the maintenance, upkeep, updating, and validation of the SARF Liguria Landslide early warning system

12/2022 – 12/2024     Associate investigator. Collaboration Agreement between Marche Region and the CNR IRPI for the definition of rainfall conditions and the implementation of a regional early warning system for the triggering of rain-induced landslides and soil moisture estimation products

12/2022 – 12/2024     Associate investigator. Agreement between the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Department of Civil Protection, for the development and update of the national landslide early warning systems SANF release 4

11/2022 –12/2023      WP Responsible. Collaboration Agreement between the Sardinia Region, Risk Prediction Service and Information Systems, Infrastructure and Networks and CNR IRPI for the maintenance, upkeep and update of the SARF Sardinia Landslide early warning system.

01/2021 –06/2023      WP Responsible. Agreement between the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Liguria (ARPAL) and CNR IRPI for the maintenance, upkeep, updating, and validation of the SARF Liguria Landslide early warning system.

11/2020 – 09/2021     Principal Investigator. Research Contract funded by S.I.T. Srl  within the Project INOOLOOP for the development of landslide forecast model along railway infrastructures

03/2020 – 03/2021     Associate investigator. CNR internal research project “Climate change: risk mitigation for sustainable development”. CNR prot. n. AMMCEN 0016780/2020.

05/2020 – 06/2021     WP responsible. Extension of the Agreement of 22 December 2016 between the Region of Sardinia, Risk Forecasting Service and Information Systems, Infrastructure and Networks and the Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection (IRPI)

11/2018 – 05/2019     WP Responsible. Agreement between the Civil Protection Department and CNR IRPI for the (i) implementation of SANF 3.0 early warning system (ii) development of satellite application for hydrology, (iii), development or database DANTE, e (iv) training and dissemination activities.

03/2018 – 02/2020     Principal Investigator. Agreement between the Municipality of La Spezia and the Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection, of the National Research Council, for the implementation of the Thematic Integrated Strategic Project “Assisting the adaptation to climate change of urban systems of the Space of cross-border cooperation – ADAPT ”. CUP: B19J16002890007

01/2018 – present      WP Responsible. Contract for the “Customization for RFI of the National Alert System for the forecast of the possible triggering of rainfall-induced landslides along the Italian railway network (SANF-RFI)”

10/2017 – 07/2019     WP Responsible. Operational agreement between the Regional Agency for the Protection of the Ligurian Environment (ARPAL) and the Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection (IRPI) of the CNR

03/2017 – 07/2017     Research collaboration. Project “Sciences for DIPLOMAzia2 – Multisectoral training program” MAECI DGCS – CNR, in which the IRPI institute is involved in the Course 1 – Environment / climate change / resilience with particular reference to the Mediterranean area (Environmental Sciences)

03/2017 – 12/2019     Research collaboration. Project “Sentinels of the Territory” for the implementation of the “Plan for Hydrogeological Risk Reduction in the municipality of La Spezia”

02/2017 – present      WP Responsible. Project “Integrated assessment of geo-hydrological instability in the territory of Puglia Region, interpretative models and thresholds for the shallow landslide forecast “, P.O.R. Puglia 2014-2020, Asse V, Azione 5.1 “Integrazione e sviluppo sistemi di prevenzione, anche attraverso meccanismi e reti interoperabili di allerta precoce”

02/2017 – 12/2019     WP Responsible. Project “Paesaggi Sicuri: strategie di prevenzione e adattamento” per il sito UNESCO “Porto Venere, Cinque Terre e Isole (Palmaria, Tino e Tinetto)” funded by Italian Ministry MIBACT

11/2016 – present      WP Responsible. Agreement of 22 december 2016 between Regione Sardegna, Servizio Previsione Rischi e dei sistemi inforativi, infrastrutture e reti and ’Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica (IRPI), CNR

11/2016 – 12/2019     Research collaboration. Project “Experimental investigation and comparative evaluations for the conformity checking of the Italian gas distribution network in selected sections”, CIG 648306172D, Contract betwen ITALGAS, Snam S.p.A., and Dipartimento Scienze del Sistema Terra e Tecnologie per l’Ambiente (DTA), del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

11/2016 – 04/2017     Research collaboration. Collaboration Agreement between Dipartimento della Protezione Civile (DPC)  and CNR IRPI for the research and scientific activities for supporting the emergency response to the August-October 2016 seismic crisis

11/2015 – 05/2016     WP responsible. Agrrement between Commissario delegato per fronteggiare l’emergenza idrica nella Città di Messina e l’Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica.

03/2015 – 02/2016     WP responsible. Agreement between Commissario Delegato per il superamento dell’emergenza derivante dagli eventi alluvionali occorsi nel novembre 2012 – Regione Liguria and istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche for the early warning system implementation.

01/2015 – 12/2015     WP responsible. Collaboration between the Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC) and CNR IRPI for the implementation/update of procedures of the national landslide early warning system.

01/2014 – 12/2014     Task responsible. Collaboration between the Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC) and CNR IRPI for the prediction of rain-induced landslide phenomena.

11/2013 – 01/2018     WP responsible. Project “Natural disaster economic evaluation” funded by Fondazione Generali

01/2013 – 12/2013     Research collaboration. Agreement between Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Dipartimento della Protezione Civile e il Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Rep. n. 1181 del 21/12/2012.

03/2012 – 03/2014     Research collaboration. Collaboration between Regione Umbria funded with POR 2007-2013 ERDF funds for the realisation of models and maps of landslide susceptibility for the territory of Umbria.

10/2012                        Principal Investigator. Regional project on the “Evaluation of the effects of forest fires on the landslide susceptibility along the roads SS 3 Flaminia e SP 418 Spoletina” DGR n. 1175 del 01/10/2012 (Regione Umbria, Italy)

01/2010 – 12/2013     WP responsible. Agreement between Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Dipartimento della Protezione Civile e il Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica

01/2009                        Research collaboration. Contract with Dipartimento di Protezione Civile for emergency response to the 10/2009 Messina landslides vents

11/2008- 03/2011      Research collaboration. Agreement between the Office for the Environment, Territory and Infrastructure of the Umbria Region and the Institute of Research for the Hydrogeological Protection of the National Research Council (IRPI CNR) for the “Development of knowledge and methodologies for the landslide risk assessment and for the individuation of rainfall thresholds for the possible initiation of landslides”

11/2007 – 12/2009     Task responsible. Collaboration between the Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC) and the Institute of Research for the Hydrogeological Protection of the National Research Council (IRPI CNR) for the development of rainfall thresholds for the triggering of landslides and for the assessment of landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk on the Italian territory at national scale

Scientific responsibilities and activities within curiosity-driven & self-funded projects

05/2023 –12/2023      Research collaboration. Project “Attività Emergenza Emilia Romagna” carrying out campaigns to define residual risk after the extreme rainfall event in May 2023

01/2022 –12/2026      Principal Investigator. Project “AI4RISK” for the use of AI-based technologies for the mapping an modelling of societal risk

01/2022 –12/2024      WP responsible. Project “POLARIS – Population at risk from landslides and floods in Italy

01/2016 –12/2020      WP responsible. Project “M3RIGEL – M3RIGEL Mapping, modelling and multiscale prediction of geo-hydrodynamics

Congresses/workshops/project meetings participation

Participation to more than 50 international congresses/workshops

Participation to more than 10 national congresses/workshops

Participation to more than 75 international & national project meetings

Teaching, tutoring & research grant supervision

30 seminars & short courses on the broad topic of “Mapping, modelling and forecasting of natural hazards” held at Universities or in the framework of scientific projects and initiatives

14 tutoring activities for international and national PhD, MsC, High-School students

Organization of scientific sessions/meetings

Scientific sessions

2023       Chairman Session 4.5 “Rockfall data: collection methods, analysis and use for hazard and risk assessments”, Sixth World Landslide Forum,  WLF6, Firenze, 14 – 17 Novembre 2023.

2021       Chairman Session 2.3 “Landslide hazard assessment and zonation – temporal and size modelling”, Fifth World Landslide Forum,  WLF5, Kyoto, 4 – 6 November 2021.

2019       Chairman Session SE13 “Landslide Identification, Prediction, and Monitoring Using Multi-Disciplinary Emerging Technologies and Early Warning Systems in a Multi-Hazard Framework”, AOGS 16th Annual Meeting 2019, Singapore, 28 July – 2 August 2019.

2016       Chairman Session GM8.3 & NH3.16 “The contribution of multidisciplinary approaches for supporting slope stability models and enhancing their reliability”, EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria April 17-22, 2016.

2016       Chairman Session ” Modelling spatio-temporal processes using open source geospatial tools”. OGRS2016 “Open Source Geospatial Research & Education Symposium 2016”, Perugia, Italia, October 12-14, 2016.

2014       Chairman Session “Special session C-3 Uncertainty and Reliability of Landslide Hazard Models”. ISGSR2015 Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 13-16, 2015.

2014       Chairman Session 1.15 “Slope dynamics and its control in a climate change scenario”, IAEG XII Congress Torino 2014, September 15/19 IAEG 5.

2013       Chairman Session VIII, 6th International Symposium on Gully Erosion in a Changing World (ISGE), Iasi, Romania 06-12 May 2013.

2010       Chairman Session Topic 11 “Rainfall-Triggered Landslides and Coastal Landslides/Erosion”, 12th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, Corfu Island, Greece, 01-04 September 2010.

Scientific congresses/workshops/meetings

29/05/2025 – 30/05/2025 Scientific and technical Working Group for the organization of the “CNR – Earth System Sciences and Environmental Technologies Department Conference”, Ancona, Italy

September 2026 Scientific coordination and organization of 10th ISGE (International Symposium on Gully Erosion), Perugia, September 2026

18/03/2024 Scientific coordination and organization Workshop “Italy-Norway joint workshop on “Future development of landslide early warning systems” held at NVE headquarter, Middelthuns gate 29, Oslo, Norway

18/03/2024 Scientific coordination and organization Workshop “Italy-Norway Joint Workshop on Landslide susceptibility and hazard mapping, prediction and early warning” held at NVE NGI office, Sandakerveien 140, Oslo, Norway

03/07/2023 – 05/07/2023 Scientific coordination and organization Workshop “La mitigazione dei rischi geo-idrologici in un contesto di cambiamento globale: quali risposte dalla comunità scientifica” held at CNR headquarter, Rome

25/11/2021 – 26/11/2021 Organization of Workshop “Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, 50 anni di attività”, Roma, Italy

28/01/2020 – 30/01/2020      (18/10/2022) Scientific coordination and organization Workshop “Italy-Malaysia joint workshop on Design, implementation and development of landslide early warning systems” held at CNR headquarter, Rome

28/01/2020 – 30/01/2020 Organization of the workshop “LEWS2020 – Regional Landslide Early Warning Systems experiences, progresses, needs”, Perugia, Italy

23/05/2008 – 26/05/2008 Organization of the congress “6th Italy-Japan Conference on Sediment Related Disaster Prevention Technologies”, Multiple locations, Italy

02/09/2006 – 06/09/2006 Organization of the meeting of the European Project “E2-C2, Extreme Events: Causes and Consequences”, Perugia, Italy

11/11/2004 – 11/12/2004 Organization of the meeting of the European Project Interreg III B Cadses, “RISKAWARE, Advanced Weather forecasting system to Advice on Risk Events and management”, Perugia, Italy

Awards & Scientific Recognition

09/06/2025     Declaration of commendable service for the organisation  of the “CNR – Earth System Sciences and Environmental Technologies Department Conference”, Ancona, 29-30 May 2025

16/09/2024     Insert on career-long “World’s Top 2% Scientists list 2024” [August 2024 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”, DOI:10.17632/btchxktzyw.7]

22/03/2024     Award “ATENƏ del CNR. Le Gendered Innovations al Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche” Edizione 2023

04/10/2023     Insert on “World’s Top 2% Scientists list 2023” [October 2023 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”, DOI:10.17632/btchxktzyw.6]

24/01/2018     Letter of commendation and thanks for the activity carried out in the context of the seismic emergency that has affected Central Italy since 24 August 2016

10/11/2015     Reference letter Dalia Kirschbaum, Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

09/11/2015     Reference letter Prof. Bruce D. Malamud, Earth and Environmental Dynamics Research Group, Department of Geography, King’s College London, United Kingdom

09/11/2015     Reference letter Prof. Jean Poesen, Division of Geography and Tourism, Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven

01/02/2010     Declaration of commendable service for the activities carried out at the Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection of the National Council of Research in Perugia within the research themes (i) assimilation of meteorological forecasts, satellite data, hydrological modelling and geo-morphological surveys for the assessment of geo-hydrological hazards at different spatial and temporal scales, and (ii) modelling of susceptibility and hazard from landslides through the use of models

Scientific software & systems

Design, implementation, maintenance and release of 5 open-source scientific modelling software

Design, implementation and maintenance of 9 early warning systems

Design and implementation of more than 200 unpublished open source codes for the analysis, modelling and forecasting of natural hazards and related phenomena

Memberships

2005 to 2023 (except 2011, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022) Membership European Geosciences Union, EGU

2010 Membership American Geophysical Union, AGU

Scientific collaborations/Networking

International

Prof. Jean Poesen, Full professor, Topic “Landslide, Erosion and badland evolution”, Division of Geography and Tourism, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium.

Dr. Anita Bernatek-Jakiel, Topic “Pipe/Tunneling erosion”, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University, Poland.

Narges Kariminejad, Topic “Pipe/Gully erosion”, Desert Control & Management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Iran.

Prof. Bruce D. Malamud, Full professor, Topic “Landslides prediction and hazard and risk assessment”, Department of Geography, Kings College London, UK.

Dr. Colin P. Stark, Doherty Research Scientist, Topic “Rainfall-induced landslides prediction”, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA

Dr. Annette Witt, Post Doc, Topic “Time series and non-linear processes statistics”, Department of Nonlinear Dynamics, Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany.

Dr. Miet Van Den Eeckhaut, post-doctoral researcher, Topic “Landslide susceptibility modelling”, Physical and Regional Geography Research Group, K. U. Leuven, Belgium.

Dr. Saibal Ghosh, Topic “Landslide prediction and modelling”, Geological Survey of India, Kolkata, India.

Prof. Matthias Vanmaercke, researcher, “Erosion and landslide prediction and modelling”, Division of Geography and Tourism, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium.

Dr. Jalal Samia, PhD Student, Topic “Landslide susceptibility modelling”, Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Dr. Lies Jacobs, PhD researcher, Topic “Landslide susceptibility modelling”, VUB and RMCA, AfReSlide project: http://afreslide.africamuseum.be/, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

Prof. Hamid Reza Pourghasemi, Topic “ML and AI for landslide modelling”, Assistant Prof. in Watershed Management Engineering and Sciences; Department of Natural Resources and Environment, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Dr. Txomin Bornaetxea Estela, Topic “Landslide modelling”, Geodinamika Saila (Departamento de Geodinámika), Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatea (Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología), Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Universidad del País Vasco), País Vasco, Spagna.

Dr. Martin Mergili, Institute of Applied Geology, Topic “Physically based landslide modelling”, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.

Dr. Sandra Melzner, Topic “Rock fall statistics and modelling”, Department of Engineering Geology, Geological Survey of Austria, Vienna, Austria.

Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, Research Physical Scientist, Topic “Rainfall induced landslide prediction trough satellite rainfall estimation”, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA.

Dr. Adrian Andrei, PhD student, Topic “Landslide hazard and risk modelling”, Department of Geography, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania.

Dr. Mark Nearing, Topic “Channelized erosion modelling”, USDA ARS United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Tucson, USA.

Dr. Gerardo Herrera, Topic “Landslide & Subsidence hazard modelling”, Departamento de Investigación y Prospectiva Geocientífica, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain.

Dr. Rosa María Mateos Ruiz, Topic “Rockfall hazard modelling”, Departamento de Investigación y Prospectiva Geocientífica, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain.

Dr. Roberto Sarro, Topic “Rockfall hazard modelling”, Departamento de Investigación y Prospectiva Geocientífica, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Spain.

National

Members of group of geomorphology of the Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica del CNR di Perugia, Topic “Landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk modelling”

Prof. Gabriele Tonelli, Topic “GIS applied to landslide prediction and modeling”, Facoltà di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Ferrara.

Dr. Daniela Valigi, Ricercatore, Researcher, Topic “Landslide prediction and modelling”, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Perugia.

Prof. Francesco Brardinoni, Associated Professor, Topic “Hillslope-stream interactions and landslide hazard modelling”, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università degli studi di Bologna.

Dr. Giovanna Vessia, Researcher, Topic “Rainfall induced landslide prediction trough satellite rainfall estimation”, Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università “G.d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara.

Dr. Romy Schlögel, Topic “Landslide mapping and modelling”, Institute for Applied Remote Sensing, EURAC, Bolzano, Italia.

Keynote/invited speeches

20/12/2022          Topographic thresholds for gully head formation in Badlands. Invited speech during 5th Badland Workshop

11/10/2022          Evaluation of the cascading effect of fire on slope instability in the Apennines. Invited speech during 1st Alpine Workshop on “Fire- induced geohydrological hazards in mountainous areas”, held from 11 to 12 October 2022 in Klagenfurt, Austria

25/03/2022          A review of statistical landslide susceptibility modelling. Invited speech during Round Table Discussion di ReSyLAB: 5th Symposium on Landslides in Adriatic-Balkan region.

21/10/2021          Landslide Early Warning: Lessons learnt afer 15 years’ Experience in Italy. Invited speech during Sustainability & Beyond Colloquium series hosted by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovaton and Development, Online

06/06/2021          LAND-SUITE a set of tools for landslide susceptibility zonation. Invited speech during ISIM 2021 (International Symposium on IoT and ML for Ecosystem Restoration & Multihazard Resilience), Online

25/06/2020          Artificial Inteligence in critical infrastructure protection. Invited speech during ECSCI (European Cluster for Securing Critical Infrastructure) Workshop, Online.

07/05/2020          Modelling societal landslide risk in Italy. Invited speech during EGU 2020, Online.

02/04/2020          Sistema di allertamento SANF 3.0: input, algoritmi, output. Invited speech by SNAM, Online.

21/01/2020          Landslide susceptibility e Profili & Scenari climatici e impatti su processi geo-idrologici. Invited speech by Banca d’Italia, Roma, Italia

13-20/12/2019    Landslide susceptibility statistical modelling from theory to practice – Gully erosion modeling: Process abstraction, scale of representation – Landslide early warning system: Lessons learned after 10 year experience in Italy. Lecture, Invited speech by Gorgan Univeristy of Agricoltural Sceinces and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

18/10/2019          Rischi geo-idrologici: Ricerca e applicazioni di Protezione civile –Valutare il rischio da frana. Invited speech during Settimana Nazionale Protezione Civile 2019, Roma Italia.

17/10/2019          SANF – Il sistema di allerta nazionale per la previsione di frane pluvio-indotte. R Invited speech during Settimana Nazionale Protezione Civile 2019, Perugia Italia

10/09/2019          Landslide forecasting. Invited speech during SHEAR Annual Meeting 2019, London, Uk.

19/09/2019          Modelling societal landslide risk in Italy. Invited speech during congress  SIMP-SGI-SOGEI 2019, svoltosi dal 16 al 19 settembre a Parma, Italia.

11/05/2019          Cambiamento climatico: Dati, incertezze e metodi spiegati con un caso di studio reale relativo al Piano di Adattamento Climatico del Comune di La Spezia. Invited speech during by Associazione Humus Sapiens, Perugia, Italia

19/03/2019          Gully erosion modelling: Process abstraction, scale of representation and related uncertainties. Invited speech during Meeting “Gully erosion inventory and proposal for a modelling activity” organizzato da Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italia.

10/04/2017          Modeling of landslide phenomena and erosion processes triggered by meteo-climatic factors. Invited speech during 3rd Joint Seminar Korea-Italy, Firenze, Italia

27/10/2015          Modeling of landslide phenomena and erosion processes triggered by meteo-climatic factors. Invited speech by EURAC, Bolzano, Italia

28/06/2013          Valutazione degli effetti degli incendi sulla suscettibilità da frana. Invited speech during congress “Le frane in Umbria: scenari di pericolosità” Sessione: Censimenti, studi e ricerche per costruire la conoscenza. Perugia, Italia Italia

11/12/2013          Evaluating the impact of fires on slope instability processes: a case study in Central Italy. Invited speech during AGU 2013 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, December 09-13, 2013.

Bibliography (Peer-reviewed)

Bibliography synthesis

Peer-reviewed publications: 87 (Articles Impacted Journals), 15 (Books contributions), 24 (Peer-Review Proceedings)

Not Peer-reviewed publications/Congress contribution: 9 (Proceedings), 178 (Oral/Poster presentations), 183 (Research/Technical reports)

Bibliography (Peer-reviewed)

Articles Impacted Journals

Mevoli F.A., Borselli L., Santangelo M., Monte N., de Lucia D., Ugenti A., Rossi M. (2025) Landslide susceptibility zoning through physically-based limit equilibrium method modelling. Catena. 263, 109726 ISSN 0341-8162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.109726.

Yaghobi S., Hosseinalizadeh M.,  Komaki C.B.,  Rossi M., Mondini A.C., Najafinejad A., Pourghasemi H.R. (2025) Application of object-based image analysis and some machine learning models in gully erosion susceptibility mapping. Advances in Space Research, Volume 76, Issue 10, p 5988-6011, ISSN 0273-1177, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2025.08.049

Sarro, R., Rossi, M., Reichenbach, P., & Mateos, R. M. (IN REVISIONE). From rockfall source areas identification to susceptibility zonation: a proposed workflow tested in El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain). Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 1459–1479, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1459-2025, 2025.

Sinčić, M., Bernat Gazibara, S., Rossi, M., and Mihalić Arbanas, S.: Comparison of conditioning factor classification criteria in large-scale statistically based landslide susceptibility models, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 183–206, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-183-2025, 2025.

Alvioli M., Loche M., Jacobs L., Grohmann C. H., Abraham M. T., Gupta K., Satyam N., Scaringi G., Bornaetxea T., Rossi M., Marchesini I., Lombardo L., Moreno M., Steger S., Camera C. A. S., Bajni G., Samodra G., Wahyudi E. E., Susyanto N., Sinčić M., Gazibara S. B., Sirbu F., Torizin J., Schüßler N., Mirus B. B., Woodard J. B., Aguilera H., Rivera-Rivera J. (2024). A benchmark dataset and workflow for landslide susceptibility zonation. Earth-science reviews, 104927.

Sinčić, M., Bernat Gazibara, S., Rossi, M., Krkač, M., & Mihalić Arbanas, S. (2024). A Comprehensive Comparison of Stable and Unstable Area Sampling Strategies in Large-Scale Landslide Susceptibility Models Using Machine Learning Methods. Remote sensing, 16(16), 2923.

Pittau, S., Rossi, M., Llena, M., & Brardinoni, F. (2024). Evaluating historical, basin-wide landslide activity in a context of land abandonment and climate change: Effects of landslide visibility and temporal resolution. Geomorphology, 452, 109122.

Marchesini, I., Althuwaynee, O., Santangelo, M., Alvioli, M., Cardinali, M., Mergili, M., Reichenbach P., Peruccacci S., Balducci V., Agostino I., Esposito R., & Rossi, M. (2024). National-scale assessment of railways exposure to rapid flow-like landslides. Engineering Geology, 332, 107474.

Melzner, S., Conedera, M., Hübl, J., & Rossi, M. (2023). Lessons learnt from rockfall time series analysis: data collection, statistical analysis and applications. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2023-10,

Schilirò, L., Rossi, M., Polpetta, F., Fiorucci, F., Fortunato, C., & Reichenbach, P. (2023). A web-based GIS (web-GIS) database of the scientific articles on earthquake-triggered landslides. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23(5), 1789-1804. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1789-2023

Kariminejad, N., Pourghasemi, H. R., Hosseinalizadeh, M., Rossi, M., & Mondini, A. (2023). Evaluating land degradation by gully erosion through soil erosion indices and rainfall thresholds. Natural Hazards, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05990-3

Setargie, T. A., Tsunekawa, A., Haregeweyn, N., Tsubo, M., Rossi, M., Ardizzone, F., … & Meshesha, T. M. (2023). Modeling of Gully Erosion in Ethiopia as Influenced by Changes in Rainfall and Land Use Management Practices. Land, 12(5), 947. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050947

Rossi, M., Bornaetxea, T., & Reichenbach, P. (2022). LAND-SUITE V1. 0: a suite of tools for statistically based landslide susceptibility zonation. Geoscientific Model Development, 15(14), 5651-5666. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5651-2022

Rossi, M., Donnini, M., & Beddini, G. (2022). Nationwide groundwater recharge evaluation for a sustainable water withdrawal over Italy. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 43, 101172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101172

Rossi, M., Torri, D., De Geeter, S., Cremer, C., & Poesen, J. (2022). Topographic thresholds for gully head formation in badlands. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(15), 3558-3587.. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5473.

Pittau, S., Pizziolo, M., Rossi, M., & Brardinoni, F. (2021). A multi-temporal mapping approach for improving the temporal and spatial characterization of landslide activity in clay-rich terrain. RENDICONTI ONLINE DELLA SOCIETÀ GEOLOGICA ITALIANA, 54, 17-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.3301/ROL.2021.06

Salvati, P., Ardizzone, F., Cardinali, M., Fiorucci, F., Fugnoli, F., Guzzetti, F., …, Rossi, M., & Vujica, I. (2021). Acquiring vulnerability indicators to geo-hydrological hazards: An example of mobile phone-based data collection. International journal of disaster risk reduction, 55, 102087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102087

Marchesini, I., Salvati, P., Rossi, M., Donnini, M., Sterlacchini, S., & Guzzetti, F. (2021). Data-driven flood hazard zonation of Italy. Journal of Environmental Management, 294, 112986.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112986

Herrera-García G., Ezquerro P., Tomás R., Béjar-Pizarro M., López-Vinielles J., Rossi M., M. Mateos R., Carreón-Freyre D., Lambert J., Teatini P., Cabral-Cano E., Erkens G., Galloway D., Hung W.C., Kakar N., Sneed M., Tosi L., Wang H., Ye S. (2021). Mapping the global threat of land subsidence. Science: Vol. 371, Issue 6524, pp. 34-36. DOI: 10.1126/science.abb8549

Vanmaercke, M., Panagos, P., Vanwalleghem, T., Hayas, A., Förster, S., Borrelli, P., Rossi, M., Torri, D., Casali, J., Borselli, L., Vigiak, O., Maerker, M., Haregeweyn, N., De Geeter, S., Zgłobicki, W., Bielders, C., Cerdà, A., Conoscenti, C., de Figueiredo, T., Evans, B., Golosov, V., Ionita, I., Karydas, C., Kertész, A., Krása, J., Le Bouteiller, C., Radoane, M., Ristić, R., Rousseva, S., Stankoviansky, M., Stolte, J., Stolz, C., Bartley, R., Wilkinson, S., Jarihani, B., Poesen, J. (2021): Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art. – Earth-Science Reviews, 218, 103637.

Agostini M., Mondini A. C., Torri D., Rossi M. (2021) Modelling seasonal variation of gully erosion at the catchment scale. Earth surface processes and landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5259

Alvioli, M., Santangelo, M., Fiorucci, F., Cardinali, M., Marchesini, I., Reichenbach, P., Rossi, M., Guzzetti, F. & Peruccacci, S. (2021). Rockfall susceptibility and network-ranked susceptibility along the Italian railway. Engeneeting Geology. Vol. 293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106301

Esposito, G., Marchesini, I., Mondini, A. C., Reichenbach, P., Rossi, M., & Sterlacchini, S. (2020). A spaceborne SAR-based procedure to support the detection of landslides. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences , 20, 2379–2395. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2379-2020

Donnini, M.*, Modica, M., Salvati, P., Marchesini, I., Rossi, M., Guzzetti, F., & Zoboli, R. (2020). Economic landslide susceptibility under a socio-economic perspective: an application to Umbria Region (Central Italy). Review of Regional Research, 1-30.

Kariminejad, N., Rossi, M.*, Hosseinalizadeh, M., Pourghasemi, H. R., & Santosh, M. (2020). Gully head modelling in Iranian Loess Plateau under different scenarios. CATENA, 194, 104769. Available online 9 July 2020.

Melzner, S.*, Rossi, M., & Guzzetti, F. (2020). Impact of mapping strategies on rockfall frequency-size distributions. Engineering Geology, 272. Available online 15 April 2020.

Rossi, M., Sarro, R., Reichenbach, P., & Mateos, R. M. (2021). Probabilistic identification of rockfall source areas at regional scale in El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain). Geomorphology, 381, 107661.

Jacobs, L.*, Kervyn, M., Reichenbach, P., Rossi, M., Marchesini, I., Alvioli, M., & Dewitte, O. (2020). Regional susceptibility assessments with heterogeneous landslide information: Slope unit-vs. pixel-based approach. Geomorphology, 356. Available online 8 February 2020.

Kariminejad, N., Hosseinalizadeh, M.*, Pourghasemi, H. R.*, Ownegh, M., Rossi, M., & Tiefenbacher, J. P. (2020). Optimizing collapsed pipes mapping: Effects of DEM spatial resolution. Catena, 187, 104344. Available online 4 December 2019.

Broeckx, J., Rossi, M., Lijnen, K., Campforts, B., Poesen, J., & Vanmaercke, M.* (2020). Landslide mobilization rates: A global analysis and model. Earth-Science Reviews, 201, 102972. Available online 27 November 2019.

Guzzetti, F.*, Gariano, S. L., Peruccacci, S., Brunetti, M. T., Marchesini, I., Rossi, M., & Melillo, M. (2020). Geographical landslide early warning systems. Earth-Science Reviews, 200, 102973. Available online 28 October 2019.

Tanyas, H., Rossi, M., Alvioli, M., van Westen, C. J., & Marchesini, I. (2019). A global slope unit-based method for the near real-time prediction of earthquake-induced landslides. Geomorphology, 327, 126-146.

Rossi, M., Guzzetti, F.*, Salvati, P., Donnini, M., Napolitano, E., & Bianchi, C. (2019). A predictive model of societal landslide risk in Italy. Earth-Science Reviews, S0012825218306056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.04.021

Alvioli, M.; Melillo, M.; Guzzetti, F., Rossi, M.; Palazzi, E.; von Hardenberg, J.; Brunetti, M.T.; Peruccacci, S. (2018). Implications of climate change on landslide hazard in Central Italy. Science of The Total Environment, 630, 1528-1543.

Bornaetxea, T., Rossi, M., Marchesini, I., & Alvioli, M. (2018). Effective surveyed area and its role in statistical landslide susceptibility assessments. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18(9), 2455–2469.

Di Matteo, L., Pauselli, C., Valigi, D., Ercoli, M., Rossi, M., Guerra, G., … Vinti, G. (2018). Reliability of water content estimation by profile probe and its effect on slope stability. Landslides, 15(1), 173–180.

Fiorucci, F., Giordan, D., Santangelo, M., Dutto, F., Rossi, M., & Guzzetti, F. (2018). Criteria for the optimal selection of remote sensing optical images to map event landslides. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18(1), 405–417.

Jacobs, L., Dewitte, O., Poesen, J., Sekajugo, J., Nobile, A., Rossi, M., … Kervyn, M. (2018). Field-based landslide susceptibility assessment in a data-scarce environment: the populated areas of the Rwenzori Mountains. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18(1), 105–124.

Petrucci, O., Salvati, P., Aceto, L., Bianchi, C., Pasqua, A., Rossi, M., & Guzzetti, F. (2018). The Vulnerability of People to Damaging Hydrogeological Events in the Calabria Region (Southern Italy). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(1), 48.

Reichenbach, P.*, Rossi, M., Malamud, B. D., Mihir, M., & Guzzetti, F. (2018). A review of statistically-based landslide susceptibility models. Earth-Science Reviews, 180, 60–91.

Rossi, M., & Donnini, M. (2018). Estimation of regional scale effective infiltration using an open source hydrogeological balance model and free/open data. Environmental Modelling & Software, 104, 153–170.

Salvati, P., Petrucci, O., Rossi, M., Bianchi, C., Pasqua, A. A., & Guzzetti, F. (2018). Gender, age and circumstances analysis of flood and landslide fatalities in Italy. Science of the Total Environment, 610, 867–879.

Schlögel, R., Marchesini, I., Alvioli, M., Reichenbach, P., Rossi, M., & Malet, J.-P. (2018). Optimizing landslide susceptibility zonation: Effects of DEM spatial resolution and slope unit delineation on logistic regression models. Geomorphology, 301, 10–20.

Torri, D., Poesen, J., Rossi, M., Amici, V., Spennacchi, D., & Cremer, C. (2018). Gully head modelling: A Mediterranean badland case study. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(12), 2547–2561.

Rossi, M., Kirschbaum, D., Valigi, D., Mondini, A., & Guzzetti, F. (2017). Comparison of satellite rainfall estimates and rain gauge measurements in Italy, and impact on landslide modeling. Climate, 5(4), 90.

Samia, J., Temme, A., Bregt, A., Wallinga, J., Guzzetti, F., Ardizzone, F., & Rossi, M. (2017). Characterization and quantification of path dependency in landslide susceptibility. Geomorphology, 292, 16–24.

Vessia, G., Coco, L., & Rossi, M. (2017). Introduction to a thematic set of papers on methods to assess the reliability of landslide hazard mapping. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 76(2), 393-395. DOI: 10.1007/s10064-017-1026-3.

Martinotti, M. E., Pisano, L., Marchesini, I., Rossi, M., Peruccacci, S., Brunetti, M. T., … & Vessia, G. (2017). Landslides, floods and sinkholes in a karst environment: the 1-6 September 2014 Gargano event, southern Italy. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 17(3), 467. DOI:10.5194/nhess-17-467-2017

Rossi, M., Luciani, S., Valigi, D., Kirschbaum, D., Brunetti, M. T., Peruccacci, S., & Guzzetti, F. (2017). Statistical approaches for the definition of landslide rainfall thresholds and their uncertainty using rain gauge and satellite data. Geomorphology, 285, 16-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.11.010

Vanmaercke, M., Ardizzone, F., Rossi, M., & Guzzetti, F. (2017). Exploring the effects of seismicity on landslides and catchment sediment yield: An Italian case study. Geomorphology, 278, 171-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.11.010

Peruccacci, S., Brunetti, M. T., Gariano, S. L., Melillo, M., Rossi, M., & Guzzetti, F. (2017). Rainfall thresholds for possible landslide occurrence in Italy. Geomorphology, 290, 39-57

. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.03.031

Rossi, M.* and Reichenbach, P. (2016) LAND-SE: a software for landslide statistically-based susceptibility zonation, Version 1.0, Geosci. Model Dev., http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2016-60

Pourghasemi, H.R., & Rossi, M. (2016). Landslide susceptibility modeling in a landslide prone area in Mazandarn Province, north of Iran: a comparison between GLM, GAM, MARS, and M-AHP methods. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1919-2.

Samia, J., Temme, A., Bregt, A., Wallinga, J., Guzzetti, F., Ardizzone, F., & Rossi, M. (2016). Do landslides follow landslides? Insights in path dependency from a multi-temporal landslide inventory. Landslides, 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-016-0739-x.

Valigi D., Luque-Espinar J.A., Di Matteo L., Cambi C., Pardo-Igúzquiza E., Rossi M. (2016) Analysis of drought conditions and their effects on Lake Trasimeno (Central Italy) levels. Italian Journal of Groundwater, Vol 5 (2) (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.7343/as-2016-215.

Vessia. G., Pisano L., Vennari C., Rossi M., Parise M. (2016). Mimic expert judgement through automated procedure for selecting rainfall events responsible for shallow landslide: A statistical approach to validation.  Computers & Geosciences, 86, 146-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2015.10.015.

Fiorucci F., Ardizzone F., Rossi M., & Torri D. (2015). The Use of Stereoscopic Satellite Images to Map Rills and Ephemeral Gullies. Remote Sens. 2015, 7(10), 14151-14178. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs71014151.

Rossi M., Torri D., Santi E (2015) Bias in topographic thresholds for gully heads. Natural Hazards: 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1701-2.

Marchesini, I., Ardizzone, F., Alvioli, M., Rossi, M., & Guzzetti, F. (2014). Non-susceptible landslide areas in Italy and in the Mediterranean region. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 14, 2215-2231.

http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-2215-2014.

Pourtaghi, Z. S., Pourghasemi, H. R., & Rossi, M. (2015) Forest fire susceptibility mapping in the Minudasht forests, Golestan province, Iran. Environmental Earth Sciences, 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3502-4.

Santangelo, M., Marchesini, I., Cardinali, M., Fiorucci, F., Rossi, M., Bucci, F., & Guzzetti, F. (2015). A method for the assessment of the influence of bedding on landslide abundance and types. Landslides, 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-014-0485-x.

Alvioli M., Guzzetti F., Rossi M. (2014) Scaling properties of rainfall induced landslides predicted by a physically based model, Geomorphology, Volume 213, 15 May 2014, Pages 38-47, ISSN 0169-555X. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.12.039.

Raia S., Alvioli M., Rossi M., Baum R.L., Godt J.W., Guzzetti F. (2014) Improving predictive power of physically based rainfall-induced shallow landslide models: a probabilistic approach, Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 495-514, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-495-2014.

Vessia G., Parise M., Brunetti M.T., Peruccacci S., Rossi M., Vennari C., Guzzetti F. (2014). Automated reconstruction of rainfall events responsible for shallow landslides. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 14(9), 2399-2408. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5194/nhess-14-2399-2014.

Mergili, M., Marchesini, I., Rossi, M., Guzzetti, F., & Fellin, W. (2014). Spatially distributed three-dimensional slope stability modelling in a raster GIS. Geomorphology. Volume 206, 1 February 2014, Pages 178–195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.10.008.

Mondini A.C., Marchesini I., Rossi M., Chang K.T., Pasquariello G., Guzzetti F. (2013) Bayesian framework for mapping and classifying shallow landslides exploiting remote sensing and topographic data, Geomorphology. Volume 201, Pages 135–147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.06.015.

Vennari C., Vessia G., Parise M., Rossi M., Loiacono P., Amoruso G., Trabace M., Giandonato P. Slope movements in Daunia (Apulia): collecting historical events for the definition of rainfall thresholds. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana. 02/2013; 24:322-324.

Torri D., Santi E., Marignani M., Rossi M., Borselli L., Maccherini S. (2013) The recurring cycles of biancana badlands: Erosion, vegetation and human impact, CATENA, Volume 106, July 2013, Pages 22-30, ISSN 0341-8162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2012.07.001.

Ardizzone F., Basile G., Cardinali M., Casagli N., Del Conte S., Del Ventisette C., Fiorucci F., Garfagnoli F., Gigli G., Guzzetti F., Iovine G., Mondini A.C., Moretti S., Panebianco M., Raspini F., Reichenbach P., Rossi M., Tanteri L., Terranova O. (2012): Landslide inventory map for the Briga and the Giampilieri catchments, NE Sicily, Italy. Journal of Maps, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2012.694271.

Torri D., Poesen J., Borselli L., Bryan R., Rossi M. (2012) Spatial variation of bed roughness in eroding rills and gullies, CATENA, Vol: 90, Pages 76-86, ISSN 0341-8162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2011.10.004.

Ghosh Svan Westen C.J., Carranza E.J.M., Jetten V.G., Cardinali M., Rossi M., Guzzetti F. (2012) Generating event-based landslide maps in a data-scarce Himalayan environment for estimating temporal and magnitude probabilities. Engineering Geology, Volume 128, Pages 49-62, ISSN 0013-7952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.03.016.

Fiorucci F., Cardinali M., Carla R., Rossi M., Mondini A.C., Santurri L., Ardizzone F., Guzzetti F. (2011) Seasonal landslide mapping and estimation of landslide mobilization rates using aerial and satellite images. Geomorphology, Vol: 129(1-2), 59-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.01.013.

Mondini A.C., Guzzetti F., Reichenbach P., Rossi M., Cardinali M., Ardizzone F. (2011) Semi-automatic recognition and mapping of rainfall induced shallow landslides using optical satellite images. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol: 115(7), 1743-1757. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2011.03.006.

Santangelo M., Cardinali M., Rossi M., Mondini A.C., Guzzetti F. (2010) Remote landslide mapping using a laser rangefinder binocular and GPS. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. Vol: 10, 2539–2546. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-10-2539-2010.

Rossi M., Witt A., Guzzetti F., Malamud B.D., Peruccacci S. (2010) Analysis of historical landslide time series in the Emilia-Romagna Region, Northern Italy. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol: 35(10), 1123–1137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.1858.

Witt A., Malamud B.D., Rossi M., Guzzetti F., Peruccacci S. (2010) Temporal correlation and clustering of landslides. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol: 35(10), 1138–1156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.1998.

Brunetti M.T., Peruccacci S., Rossi M., Luciani S., Valigi D. Guzzetti F. (2010) Rainfall thresholds for the possible occurrence of landslides in Italy. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol: 10, 447–458. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-10-447-2010.

Salvati P., Bianchi C., Rossi M., Guzzetti F. (2010) Societal landslide and flood risk in Italy. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol: 10, 465–483, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-10-465-2010.

Rossi M., Guzzetti F., Reichenbach P., Mondini A., Peruccacci S. (2010) Optimal landslide susceptibility zonation based on multiple forecasts. Geomorphology, Vol. 114, 129-142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.06.020.

Guzzetti F., Ardizzone F., Cardinali M., Rossi M., Valigi D. (2009) Landslide volumes and landslide mobilization rates in Umbria, central Italy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 279, 222–229,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.005

Brunetti, M.T., Guzzetti F., Rossi, M. (2009) Probability distribution of landslide volumes. Non Linear Processes in Geophysics, Vol. 16, 179–188. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/npg-16-179-2009.

Van Den Eeckhaut, M., Reichenbach P., Guzzetti F., Rossi M., Poesen J. (2009) Combined landslide inventory and susceptibility assessment based on different mapping units: an example from the Flemish Ardennes, Belgium. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol: 9, 507–521. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-9-507-2009.

Guzzetti F., Ardizzone F., Cardinali M., Galli M., Reichenbach P. & Rossi M. (2008). Distribution of landslides in the Upper Tiber River basin, Central Italy. Geomorphology, Vol. 96, 105–122.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.07.015.

Guzzetti F., Peruccacci S., Rossi M., Stark C.P. (2008). The rainfall intensity-duration control of shallow landslides and debris flows: an update. Landslides, Vol. 5: 1, 3-17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-007-0112-1.

Guzzetti F., Peruccacci S., Rossi M. & Stark C.P. (2007) Rainfall thresholds for the initiation of landslides in Central and Southern Europe. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 98: 239-267.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00703-007-0262-7.

Books contributions

di Salvo C., Menichini M., Ciampittiello M., Caputo M.C., De Carlo L., Donnini M., Rossi M., Pellegrini C., Doveri M. (2024) Acque sotterranee. In Siccità, scarsità e crisi idriche, a cura di Emanuele Romano e Ivan Portoghese, 1:267–324. Habitat Signa. IT: Cnr Edizioni, 2024. https://doi.org/10.69115/habitatsigna-2024-1/08.

Bornaetxea T., Rossi M., Reichenbach P. (2022) Zonation of landslide susceptibility in the Gipuzkoa province (Spain): an application of LAND-SUITE. Editor 1 et al. (eds), Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 1 Issue 1, 2022, Book Series of the International Consortium on Landslides

Reichenbach P., Rossi M., Guzzetti F., Malamud B.D. (2022) 5.30 – Evaluating the Terrain Susceptibility to Mass Movements, Editor(s): John (Jack) F. Shroder, Treatise on Geomorphology (Second Edition), Academic Press, Pages 510-530, ISBN 9780128182352. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00044-4.

Salvati P., Rossi M., Bianchi C., Guzzetti F. (2021) People Vulnerability to Landslide: Risky Behaviours and Dangerous Conditions by Gender and Age. In: Guzzetti F., Mihalic Arbanas S., Reichenbach P., Sassa K., Bobrowsky P.T., Takara K. (eds) Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk, ICL Contribution to Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer International Publishing, Cham, 427-434, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60227-7_49.

Kariminejad, N., Hosseinalizadeh, M., Pourghasemi, H. R.*, Ownegh, M., & Rossi, M. (2020). Factors Affecting Gully-Head Activity in a Hilly Area Under a Semiarid Climate in Iran. In Gully Erosion Studies from India and Surrounding Regions (pp. 369-380). Springer, Cham. Available online 20 November 2019.

Salvati, P.*, Bianchi, C., Rossi, M., & Guzzetti, F. (2019). Flood risk in Italy. In Changes in Flood Risk in Europe (pp. 289–304). CRC Press.

Marchesini, I., Alvioli, M., & Rossi, M. (2018). TXT-tool 3.039-1.1: Landslide-Related WPS Services. In Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools (pp. 435–443). Springer, Cham.

Marchesini, I., Santangelo, M., Fiorucci, F., Cardinali, M., Rossi, M., Bucci, F., & Guzzetti, F. (2018). TXT-tool 1.039-1.2 Bedding Attitude Information Through the Interpretation of Stereoscopic Aerial Photographs and GIS Modeling. In Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools (pp. 175–186). Springer, Cham.

Rossi, M., Marchesini, I., Tonelli, G., Peruccacci, S., Brunetti, M. T., Luciani, S., others. (2018). TXT-tool 2.039-1.1 Italian National Early Warning System. In Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools (pp. 341–349). Springer, Cham.

Torri, D., Rossi, M., Brogi, F., Marignani, M., Bacaro, G., Santi, E., Maccherini, S. (2018). Badlands and the Dynamics of Human History, Land Use, and Vegetation Through Centuries. In Badlands Dynamics in a Context of Global Change (pp. 111–153). Elsevier.

Salvati, P., Rossi, M., Bianchi, C. and Guzzetti, F. (2015) Landslide Risk to the Population of Italy and Its Geographical and Temporal Variations, in Extreme Events: Observations, Modeling, and Economics (eds M. Chavez, M. Ghil and J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi), John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119157052.ch14.

Salvati P., Bianchi C., Fiorucci F., Marchesini I., Rossi M., Guzzetti F. (2015) Flood risk to the population and its temporal variation in Italy. In: T. Moramarco, S. Barbetta, L. Brocca (Ed.), Advanced in Watershed Hydrology, Water Resources Publications, LLC, Chelsea, Michigan, US, chapter 22, 433-456. ISBN-13: 978-188720185-8, ISBN-10: 188720185-8.

Rossi M., Marchesini M., Tonelli G., Peruccacci S., Brunetti M.T., Luciani S., Ardizzone F., Balducci V., Bianchi C., Cardinali M., Fiorucci F., Mondini A.C., Reichenbach P., Salvati P., Santangelo M., Guzzetti F. (2013) PPT-tool 2.039-1.1 Italian National Landslide Warning System. Book: Sassa K, He B, McSaveney M, and Nagai O (Editors). 2013. “ICL Landslide Teaching Tools”, International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) Press, 428pages. ISBN: 978-4-9903382-2-0.

Salvati P., Bianchi C., Rossi M., Guzzetti F. (2012) Flood risk in Italy. Book: Changes of flood risk in Europe. Edited by Zbyszek Kundzewicz, IAHS Press.

Brunetti M.T., Luino F., Vennari C., Peruccacci S., Biddoccu M., Valigi D., Silvia Luciani S., Cirio C.G., Rossi M., Nigrelli G., Ardizzone F., Di Palma M., Guzzetti F. (2013) Rainfall thresholds for possible occurrence of shallow landslides and debris flows in Italy. Book: Dating methods of alluvial processes on fans and cones. Edited by Stoffel M., Bollschweiler M., Luckman B.H. Advances in Global Change Research Series, Springer.

Peer review proceedings

Salvati, P., Antronico, L., Bianchi, C., Carone, M. T., Coscarelli, R., Gariano, S., Rossi, M., and Sessa, M.: Geo-hydrological events and human losses: a gender perspective, 18th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks, Chania, Greece, 30 Sep–3 Oct 2024, Plinius18-114, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-plinius18-114, 2024.

Sinčić, M., Bernat Gazibara, S., Rossi, M., Krkač, M., Lukačić, H., & Mihalić Arbanas, A. (2024, May). Influence of the landslide inventory sampling on the accuracy of the susceptibility modelling using Random Forests: A case study from the NW Croatia. In Proceedings of the 6th regional symposium on landslides in Adriatic–Balkan Region (pp. 15-18).

Bernat Gazibara, S., Sinčić, M., Rossi, M., Krkač, M., Lukačić, H., Jagodnik, P., & Mihalić Arbanas, S. (2024). Large-scale landslide susceptibility models: Examples and conclusions from the modelling of small and shallow landslides in the continental part of Croatia. In The 6th Regional Symposium on Landslides in the Adriatic-Balkan Region (pp. 149-155).

Reichenbach, P., Arbanas, M., Rossi, M., & Bernat Gazibara, S. (2024). Landslide information for land management and planning: Examples from Italy and Croatia. In The 6th Regional Symposium on Landslides in the Adriatic-Balkan Region (pp. 253-258).

Marchesini I., Rossi M., Salvati P., Donnini M., Sterlacchini S., Guzzetti F. (2018) Delineating flood prone areas using a statistical approach. In Marchesini I. & Pierleoni A. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 4th Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium (OGRS2016). Perugia, 12-14 October 2016. https://doi.org/10.30437/ogrs2016_paper_28

Mergili M., Marchesini I., Rossi M., Alvioli M., Schneider-Muntau B., Cardinali M., Ardizzone F., Fiorucci F., Valigi D., Santangelo M., Bucci F., Guzzetti F. (2015) Considering parameter uncertainty in a gis-based sliding surface model for large areas. Geotechnical safety and risk V. T. Schweckendiek et al. (Eds.). IOS Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-580-7-931, p 931-936

Mergili, M; Marchesini, I; Alvioli, M; Rossi, M; Santangelo, M; Cardinali, M; Ardizzone, F; Fiorucci, F; Schneider-Muntau, B; Fellin, W. (2015). GIS-Based Deterministic Analysis of Deep-Seated Slope Stability in a Complex Geological Setting. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 2, 1437-1440, 2015, Springer International Publishing

Rossi, M; Torri, D; Santi, E; Bacaro, G; Marchesini, I; Mondini, A; Felicioni, G (2015). Slope Dynamics and Climatic Change Through Indirect Interactions. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 1, 551-555, 2015, Springer International Publishing

Murillo Garcia F., Fiorucci F., Alcántara Ayala I., Rossi M. (2015) Population landslide vulnerability evaluation: the case of the indigenous population of Pahuatlán-Puebla, Mexico. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 2, 1437-1440, 2015, Springer International Publishing

Brunetti M.T., Peruccacci S., Antronico L., Bartolini D., Deganutti A.M., Gariano S.L., Iovine G., Luciani S., Luino F., Melillo M., Palladino M.R, Parise M., Rossi M., Turconi L. (2015) Catalogue of rainfall events with shallow landslides and new rainfall thresholds in Italy. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 2, 1437-1440, 2015, Springer International Publishing

Reichenbach P., Busca C., Mondini A.C., Rossi M. (2015) Land use change scenarios and landslide susceptibility zonation: the Briga catchment test area. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 1, 551-555, 2015, Springer International Publishing

Alvioli M., Rossi M., Guzzetti G. (2015) Slope stability scaling laws within physically based models and their modifications under varying triggering conditions. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory-Volume 1, 551-555, 2015, Springer International Publishing

iorucci F., Antonini G., Rossi M. (2015) Implementation of landslide susceptibility in the Perugia municipal development plan (PRG). Engineering Geology for Society and Territory – Volume 5, 769-772, 2015, Springer International Publishing

Marchesini, I; Mergili, M; Rossi, M; Santangelo, M; Cardinali, M; Ardizzone, F; Fiorucci, F; Schneider-Muntau, B; Fellin, W; Guzzetti, F (2014). A GIS Approach to Analysis of Deep-Seated Slope Stability in Complex Geology. Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment. 483-489,2014,Springer International Publishing

Marchesini I, Rossi M., Mondini A., Santangelo M., Bucci F. (2014). Morphometric signatures of landslides. In Proceedings of the 3rd Open Source Geospatial Research & Education Symposium OGRS 2014. Editors: Jolma, Ari; Sarkola, Pekka; Lehto, Lassi. ISBN: 978-952-60-5706-4 (electronic), 978-952-60-5707-1 (printed). ISSN: 1799-490X (electronic), 1799-4896 (printed)

Rossi M., Mondini A. C., Luciani S., Kirschbaum D., Valigi D., Guzzetti F. (2014) Probabilistic Prediction of Landslides Induced by Rainfall. In Vulnerability, uncertainty, and risk quantification, mitigation, and management. Proceedings of the second International Conference On Vulnerability And Risk Analysis And Management (ICVRAM) and the sixth International Symposium On Undertainty Modeling And Analysis (ISUMA)

Ardizzone, F., Fiorucci F., Santangelo M., Cardinali M., Mondini A.C., Rossi M., Reichenbach P., Guzzetti F. (2013) Very-high resolution stereoscopic satellite images for landslide mapping. In: Landslide Science and Practice, Volume 1: Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning. Margottini, Claudio; Canuti, Paolo; Sassa, Kyoji (Eds.) 2013, XVIII, 607 p. 543. ISBN: 978-3-642-31324-0, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-31325-7_12.

Marchesini I., Santangelo M., Fiorucci F., Cardinali M., Rossi M., and Guzzetti F. (2013) A GIS method for obtaining geologic bedding attitude. In: Landslide Science and Practice, Volume 1: Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning. Margottini, Claudio; Canuti, Paolo; Sassa, Kyoji (Eds.) 2013, XVIII, 607 p. 543. ISBN: 978-3-642-31324-0, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-31325-7_32.

Salvati P., Bianchi C., Fiorucci F., Marchesini I., Rossi M., Guzzetti F. (2012) Temporal and geographical variation of geo-hydrological risk to the population of Italy. Proceedings 4th IDRC, International Disaster Risk Conference, Davos, Switzerland, 26-30 August 2012, Extended Abstracts Oral Presentations, Sessions and Workshops, 625-629.

Rossi M., Peruccacci S., Brunetti M.T., Marchesini I., Luciani S., Ardizzone F., Balducci V., Bianchi C., Cardinali M., Fiorucci F., Mondini A.C., Reichenbach P., Salvati P., Santangelo M., Bartolini D., Gariano S.L., Palladino M., Vessia G., Viero A., Antronico L., Borselli L., Deganutti A.M., Iovine G., Luino F., Parise M., Polemio M., Guzzetti F. (2012) SANF: a national warning system for rainfall-induced landslides in Italy. Proceedings 11th International & 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides, June 2-8, 2012, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Rossi M., Kirschbaum D., Luciani S., Mondini A.C., Guzzetti F. (2012) TRMM satellite rainfall estimates for landslide early warning in Italy: preliminary results. Proc. SPIE 8523, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation IV, 85230D (November 8, 2012); doi:10.1117/12.979672; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.979672.

Mondini A.C., Chang K.T., Rossi M., Marchesini I., Guzzetti F. (2012) Semi-automatic recognition and mapping of event-induced landslides by exploiting multispectral satellite images and DEM in a Bayesian framework. Proc. SPIE 8524, Land Surface Remote Sensing, 852415 (November 21, 2012); doi:10.1117/12.977432; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.977432.

Ardizzone F., Rossi M., Calò F., Paglia L., Manunta M., Mondini A.C., Zeni G., Reichenbach P., Lanari R., Guzzetti F. (2011) Preliminary analysis of a correlation between ground deformations and rainfall: the Ivancich landslide, Central Italy. Proceedings of SPIE Remote Sensing Conference 2011, Prague, Czech Republic 19-22 September 2011.