COVER Home Plinius Index: 1. Morphology of Severe Rainfall Events in the Mediterranean Areas 2. Rainfall Forecasting and Uncertainty of Meteorological Predictions 3. Hydrological and Hydrometeorological Modelling 4. Precipitation Thresholds and Landsliding 5. Analysis of Sea Storm Events 6.The role of Remote Sensing and Meteorological Radar for the Prediction and Diagnosis
1. Morphology of Severe Rainfall Events in the Mediterranean Areas
O. Reale, L. Feudale & B. Turato	Large scale moist dynamics and sub-synoptic processes relevant for flood forecasting
J.G. Pinto, U. Ulbrich & P. Speth	The variability of cyclonic activity in the Mediterranean Area in the last 40 years and its impact on precipitation
M.C. Llasat, T. Rigo & J.M Montes	Orographic role in the temporal and spatial distribution of precipitation. The case of the internal basins of Catalonia (Spain)
J.L. Sanchez, E. Garcia, J.L. Marcos & J. Dessens	Formation of big and giant drops inside Mediterranean convective cells
L. Cana, E. Hernandez, R. Garcia & D. Grisolia Santos	Mesoscale convective systems during 199094: characteristics and synoptic environment
M.L. Martin, M.Y Luna & F. Valero	Relationship between blocking activity and a heavy rain event at Southeastern Iberia
E. Pastor, M. Estrela, D. Penarrocha & M. Millan	Evaluation of the role of the seasurface temperature on torrential rains on the Spanish Mediterranean Coast (Valencian Region) with a mesoscale numerical model (RAMS)
M. Estrela, D. Penarrocha, F. Pastor & M.Millan	Torrential events in the Spanish Mediterranean Coast (Valencian Region).Spatial precipitation patterns and their relation to synoptic circulation
N. Tartaglione, G. Pisacane & P.M. Ruti	Mediterranean weather systems causing hazardous conditions in Italy
S. Palmieri, P. Bersani & A. M. Siani	Severe storm cases in Italy: hydrological and ground effects in the Tiber Basin
2. Rainfall Forecasting and Uncertainty of Meteorological Predictions
G. Storti & C. Vitale	Statistical and methodological issues in short and medium term forecasting
A. Molin & R. Festa	A simplified model for meteorological nowcasting
C. Marsigli, A. Montani, F. Nerozzi, T. Paccagnella, R. Buizza & F. Molteni	Probabilistic forecasts of Mediterranean storms with a limited area model
F. Grazzini, C. Marsigli , A. Montani, F. Nerozzi, T. Paccagnella & C. Cacciamani	Some guidelines to the use of EPS products in the Mediterranean region
J.M. Piriou, N., Brzovic, M. Zagar, V. Jurcec , D. Banciu & C. Dutescu	Current investigations at METEOFRANCE about deep convection and cyclogenesis in Numerical Weather Prediction
L. Di Tria, S. Grimaldi, F., Napolitano & L. Ubertini	Rainfall forecasting using limited area models and stochastic models
A. Brath, A. Montanari & E. Toth	Short-term rainfall prediction with time series analysis techniques for real-time flash flood forecasting
A.Brath, A. Castellarin & A. Montanari	Detecting non-stationarity in extreme rainfall data observed in Northern Italy
A. Parodi & G. Boni	On the role of experimental evidences in the description of the distribution of annual rainfall maxima
3. Hydrological and Hydrometeorological Modelling
F. Giannoni, G., Roth & R. Rudari	Drift model: a possible link between regionalization and hydrological simulation.
P. La Barbera & L.G. Lanza	Storm and landscape morphology: resonance of scales as a condition for extreme floods
M. Fiorentino & V. Iacobellis	Non-linearity effects in the process of floods generation
P. Claps & P. Villani	Analysis of peak over threshold within daily data for flood frequency curve assessment
D. Veneziano & P. Furcolo	Theoretical scaling of the IDF curves
A. Montanari & A. Brath	Maximum likelihood estimation for the seasonal Neyman - Scott rectangular pulses model for rainfall.
C. Galimberti - Aghion & P. Burlando	Climatic forcing and flood frequency
V. Iacobellis, P. Claps & M. Fiorentino	Climatic controls on the flood frequency distribution
L. Ferraris, U. Parodi & G. Roth	Regional flood frequency analysis through a rainfallrunoff model: application to a coastal region in Northern Italy
G. Boni	A physically based regional rainfall frequency analysis: application to a coastal region in Northern Italy
R. Moussa, M. Voltz, P. Andrieux & P. Lagacherie	Hydrological modelling of flood events in a farmed Mediterranean catchment
E., Caporali, F. Castelli & C. Lorenzini	Field study of precipitation and water film dynamics on a road pavement
4. Precipitation Thresholds and Landsliding
G. F. Wieczorek & F. Guzzetti	A review of rainfall thresholds for triggering landslides
R. Wilson	Climatic Variations in Rainfall Thresholds for Debris-Flow Activity
E. Ferrari, G. Iovine & O. Petrucci	Evaluating landslide hazard through geomorphologic, hydrologic and historical analyses in North - Eastern Calabria (Southern Italy)
M. Cardinali, F Ardizzone, M. Galli,. F. Guzzetti & P. Reichenbach	Landslides triggered by rapid snow melting: the December 1996-January 1997 event in central Italy
O. Petrucci & M. Polemio	Catastrophic Geomorphological Events and the role of rainfalls in South Eastern Calabria (Southern Italy)
F. Sdao & M. Polemio	Slope instability and the road/railway system in the Basento river valley (Southern Italy)
G. Chirico, P. Claps, F. Rossi & P. Villani	Hydrological conditions leading to debris flow initiation in the Campanian Volcanoclastic soils
A. Annunziati, A. Focardi, P. Focardi, S. Martello & P. Vannocci	Analysis of rainfall thresholds that induced debris flows in the area of Apuan Alps - Tuscany, Italy (19 June 1996 storm)
5. Analysis of Sea Storm Events
S.L. Wakelin, R. Proctor, R. Preller & P. Posey	The impact of meteorological data variability on modelling storm surges in the Adriatic Sea
G. Benassai, & S. Della Porta	Bimodal analysis of the directional wave spectra of some sea storms recorded offshore the Italian coast
6.The role of Remote Sensing and Meteorological Radar for the Prediction and Diagnosis
F. Meneguzzo, B, Gozzini, S. Migliorini, A. Ortolani, L. Bottai & G. Zipoli	Operational real time geostationary satellite rainfall estimates over the Mediterranean
P. Fiorucci, P. La Barbera, L.G. Lanza & R. Minciardi	A rain field reconstruction based on multisensor data for storm analysis and prediction in the Mediterranean
P.P. Alberoni, V. Levizzani, P. Mezzasalma, S. Costa & R. Rizzi	Impact of meteorological radar and satellite data onto mesoscale analyses
P. Di Girolamo, P.F. Ambrico, A. Amodeo, A. Boselli, M. Pandolfi, G. Pappalardo, N. Spinelli & V. Cuomo	Water vapour and cloud observations by radar during a front passage
R. Bechini, E. Dietrich, R. Fabbo & M. Bertato	Microphysical estimation of the cloud vertical profile by a Cband polarimetric radar
L. Ferraris, U. Parodi & R. Deidda	Multifractal properties of remotely sensed rainfall fields
V. Cuomo, N. Pergola, C. Pietrapertosa, E. Ricciardelli, F. Romano, C. Serio & V. Tramutoli	Satellite observations for extreme events interpretation
F. Caparrini, E. Caporali & F.Castelli	Neural networks analysis of satellite images for land cover discrimination
A.L. Ekuakille, M. Moretti, P. Pieri, F. Tralli & M. Tropeano	Spectral characterization of soil by using ers-2/sar satellite images
A. D' Orazio, A. Lay Ekuakille, C. Ciminelli, M. De Sario, V. Petruzzelli & F. Prudenzano	Architecture design of an integrated remote sensing center for nowcasting weather prediction in Mediterranean area: an overview
E. Napolitano, G. Budillon, E. Pugliese Carratelli, P. Villani & L. Musumanno	Radar rainfall estimations in the Campania region (Southern Italy): preliminary aspects