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CURRICULUM VITAE & PUBLICATIONS
Name
Contact
Email
Birth
Nationality
Giuliano Di Baldassarre
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Giuliano Di Baldassarre
PO Box 3015, 2601 DA, Delft, The Netherlands
[email protected]
3 September 1978, L'Aquila, Italy
Italian
HIGHLIGHTS
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Author of more than 125 scientific publications as journal papers, book chapters, conferences, in
addition to a book on floods in a changing climate published by Cambridge University Press
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Over 600 citations and H-index = 14 (Google Scholar), 13 (Scopus), 12 (ISI web of knowledge)
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Initiator, Coordinator and Principal Investigator of international multidisciplinary research projects,
including the large European FP7 project, KULTURisk, dealing with floods and landslides
Invited seminars and keynotes at major universities and research centers in Austria, Dominican Republic,
Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Namibia, The Netherlands, Sweden, USA and UK
Editor of Hydrology and Heart System Sciences and Guest Editor of international special issues
Member of AGU, EGU, IAHR, IAHS, SENSE and UNESCO Task Force for IHP-VIII
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EDUCATION
2011
University Teaching Qualification, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
2006
2002
PhD, Hydraulic Engineering (emphasized Hydrology), Milano University of Technology
MSc, Environmental Engineering (emphasized Water Resources Management), University of Bologna
Graduated summa cum laude (100/100 with distinction)
AWARDS
2012 AGU Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award, by American Geophysical Union (AGU; over 60,000
scientists from 146 countries), for "combined excellence in research, teaching, and student mentoring, in
addition to the humanitarian aspects of his work on mitigating flood risk in developing countries in Africa"
2012 EGU Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award, by European Geosciences Union (EGU; over
12,500 scientists from 95 countries), for "remarkable contribution to understanding and communicating the impact
of global changes on flood risk''
2010
2006
2005
2003
2002
Torricelli Award, among the best 5 young scientists in water sciences, by Italian Hydraulic Group (GII)
Young Scientist’s Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, by EGU
Young Scientist's Travel Award for Europeans, by EGU
Rotary Award as the Best Graduate Student at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna
Graduated Summa cum Laude at the University of Bologna
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2009-present
Senior Lecturer, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands
2008-2009
2006-2008
Post-doctoral Researcher, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
Post-doctoral Fellow, DISTART, University of Bologna, Italy
2002-2006
PhD Fellow, DISTART, University of Bologna, Italy
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RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Coordinator of the EU FP7 project KULTURisk, dealing with the prevention of water-related disasters
and including 11 multidisciplinary partners from 6 European countries (total budget around 4.4 M €)
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Coordinator of the International UPaRF project ACCION, dealing with the adaptation to global change on
the Nile basin and including 6 partners from 6 African countries (total budget around 0.4 M€)
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Project Leader at UNESCO-IHE of the project NWRMP Rwanda, providing scientific support to the
development of the National Water Resources Master Plan (NWRMP) in Rwanda
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Involved in international EU FP7 projects, such WETwin and AQUAREHAB
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Involved in the UK NERC project GridStix (2008-2010), coordinated by K. Beven
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Involved in numerous research projects funded by the Italian Ministry of Public Education and Research
(2003-2008) and coordinated by P. Claps, A. Brath and A. Montanari
TEACHING
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Over 10 years of teaching experience and completion of extensive pedagogical training from January
2010 to December 2011, which led to the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) by Delft University of
Technology (TU Delft).
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Supervisor of 41 MSc students: 12 students on Water Science and Engineering at the UNESCO-IHE
(2009-present); 29 students on Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Bologna (20022008)
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Supervisor of 6 PhD candidates: 5 students at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (Delft, The
Netherlands) and 1 student at the "La Sapienza" University (Rome, Italy).
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External examiner for 5 PhD candidates at the University of Rome III in April 2009
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Senior Lecturer for the MSc programme on Water Science and Engineering at the UNESCO-IHE. Main
themes: river basin management, flood risk assessment and global change, flood inundation modeling,
computational hydraulics, statistical hydrology, remote sensing and catchment hydrology, hydrologic
modeling under uncertainty (since 2009)
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Senior Lecturer for the Erasmus Mundus Master in Flood Risk Management: global change,
hydroinformatics and planning (FLOODRisk)
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Coordinator and lecturer of the Short Course on New data sources to support flood modeling (since 2010)
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Lecturer for BSc and MSc programmes on Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of
Bologna. Main themes: hydrological modelling, water resources management, flood risk mitigation and
hydraulic structures, environmental impact assessment (2002-2008)
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Lecturing for the Winter School on Uncertainty in hydrological data (Bertinoro, Italy; 2008)
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Lecturing for the master courses offered Department of Hydraulic Structures of the University of Bologna
to Latin-American junior engineers, within an international cooperation initiative financed by the Italian
Government (2004-2008)
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Professional training of Haitian and Dominican Engineers within the capacity building project on transboundary river basin management in Haiti and the Dominican Republic (2005-2008)
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Lecturing for short courses in Egypt (Climate Change and Hydrology) and Namibia (Floodplain Mapping)
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OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
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Invited seminars and keynotes at major universities and research centers in Austria, Dominican Republic,
Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Namibia, The Netherlands, Sweden, USA, and UK
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Editor of EGU's journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (since 2010)
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Guest Editor of the Special Issue on "Recent advances in mapping and modelling flood processes in
lowland areas" in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (2011)
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Guest Editor of the Special Issue on "Flood Risk and Uncertainty" in Hydrological Processes (2013)
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Guest Editor of the Special Issue on "Recent hydrological and land use modeling experiences in the Nile
basin" in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (in press)
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Associate Editor of the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology (since 2010)
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Chief Editor of the IAHR/INBO/IAHS's Journal of River Basin Management (as of January 2014)
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Member of the Editorial Committee of the UNESCO-IHE magazine Update (15,000 copies per issue)
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Frequent Reviewer for many international scientific journals (around 15 review per year), such as Water
Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, Geophysical Research Letters, Hydrological Sciences Journal
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Convener/chairman at the EGU General Assembly of many conference sessions: "Hydrology and remote
sensing for monitoring, modelling and improve the management of urban and rural water systems" (2012 &
2013); "Flood management: floodplain processes and inundation modelling" (2010 & 2011), "Catchment
hydrology and remote sensing data" (2010 & 2011), "Floodplain mapping and flood prevention techniques"
(2008 & 2009), "Modelling, computer-assisted simulations and mapping of dangerous phenomena" (2007)
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Convener/chairman at the World Landslide Forum: "Landslides (and legislation), policies, cost benefit
analysis and decision makers" (2011)
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Convener/chairman at the Leonardo Conference "Floods in 3D: Processes, Patterns, Predictions"
(Bratislava, Slovakia, 2011)
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Convener/chairman at the Leonardo Conference "Hydrology and Society" (Turin, Italy, 2012)
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Member of the scientific organizing committee of the Leonardo Conference "Facets of Uncertainty"
(Kos, Greece, 2013)
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Member of the scientific organizing committee of the International Conference on Flood Management
(ICFM6, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2014)
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Oral and poster presentations of the main research results (see below)
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Member of EGU (European Geosciences Union), AGU (American Geophysical Union), IAHS
(International Association of Hydrological Science), IAHR (International Association of HydroEnvironment Engineering and Research), SENSE Research School
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Member of the UNESCO Task Force for IHP-VIII
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MEDIA ATTENTION
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EGU GEOLOG: Geotalk, Dr Giuliano Di Baldassarre
(http://geolog.egu.eu/2012/09/19/geotalk-dr-giuliano-di-baldassarre)
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EGU Press Conference: "Flood disasters: impacts and forecasting"
(http://media.egu2012.eu/media/filer_public/2012/04/05/02_floods_dibaldassarre.pdf)
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Il Centro: "Lo specialista di alluvioni" (in Italian)
(http://ilcentro.gelocal.it/teramo/cronaca/2011/11/09/news/lo-specialista-in-alluvioni-5260690)
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Radio Nederland Wereldomroep: "Dijken Bangkok lijken bestand tegen overstromingen" (in Dutch)
(www.rnw.nl/nederlands/article/dijken-bangkok-lijken-bestand-tegen-overstromingen)
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AGU GeoSpace "Population trends causing increased flood fatalities in Africa" (in English)
(http://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2010/10/15/population-floods-africa/)
LANGUAGES
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Italian: mother tongue
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English: excellent, spoken and written
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Dutch: in progress
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French & Spanish: elementary
PUBLICATION OVERVIEW
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Author of the book Floods in a Changing Climate: Inundation Modelling
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Over the past four years, author of around 8 papers per year on peer reviewed journal in 5 subject areas:
Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences, Agricultural and
Biological Sciences
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Over 600 citations, with rapidly growing number of citations per year
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H-index = 14 (Google Scholar); 13 (Scopus); 12 (ISI web of Knowledge)
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2010
2011
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Number of citations per year to Giuliano Di Baldassarre's papers (source: Google Scholar)
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Edited Volumes and Books
Aronica, G., Schumann, G.J.P., Apel, H., and G. Di Baldassarre (2013). Flood Risk and Uncertainty. Edited Special Issue on "Hydrological
Processes", John Wiley & Sons.
van Griensven, A., Y. Mohamed, and G. Di Baldassarre (2013). Hydrology, land-use and climate in the Nile Basin: recent modelling
experiences. Edited Special Issue on "Physics and Chemistry of the Earth", Elsevier.
Di Baldassarre, G. (2012). Floods in a Changing Climate: Inundation Modelling. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 128 pages.
Di Baldassarre, G., and G. Schumann (2011). Recent advances in mapping and modelling flood processes in lowland areas. Special Issue of
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Exeter, UK, Elsevier.
Papers published on peer-reviewed journals
Montanari A., and G. Di Baldassarre (2013). Data errors and hydrological modelling: the role of model structure to propagate observation
uncertainty. Advances in Water Resources, 51, 498–504.
Di Baldassarre, G., Viglione, A., Carr, G., Kuil, L., Salinas, J. L., and G. Blöschl (2013). Socio-hydrology: conceptualising human-flood
interactions, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 3295-3303, doi:10.5194/hess-17-3295-2013.
Masoero, A., Claps, P., Asselman, N., Mosselmann E., and G. Di Baldassarre (2013). Reconstruction and analysis of the Po River inundation
of 1951. Hydrological Processes, 27, 1341–1348.
Montanari, A., G. Young, H.H.G. Savenije, D. Hughes, T. Wagener, L.L. Ren, D. Koutsoyiannis, C. Cudennec, E. Toth, S. Grimaldi, G.
Blöschl, M. Sivapalan, K. Bevenl, H. Gupta, M. Hipsey, B. Schaefli, B. Arheimer, E. Boegh, S.J. Schymanski, G. Di Baldassarre, B.
Yu, P. Hubert, Y. Huang, A. Schumann, D. Post, V. Srinivasan, C. Harman, S. Thompson, M. Rogger, A. Viglione, H. McMillan, G.
Characklis, Z. Pang and V. Belyaev (2013). "Panta Rhei - Everything Flows": Change in hydrology and society - The IAHS Scientific
Decade 2013–2022, Hydrological Sciences Journal, doi:10.1080/02626667.2013.809088.
Di Baldassarre, G., Kooy, M., Kemerink, J. S., and L. Brandimarte (2013). Towards understanding the dynamic behaviour of floodplains as
human-water systems, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 3235-3244, doi:10.5194/hess-17-3235-2013.
Yan K., Di Baldassarre G., and D.P. Solomatine (2013). Exploring the potential of SRTM topographic data for flood inundation modelling
under uncertainty. Journal of Hydroinformatics, doi:10.2166/hydro.2013.137.
Ebrahim, G, A. Jonoski, G. Di Baldassarre, van Griensven, A. (2013). Uncertainty in the application of downscaling techniques for assessing
hydrological impact of climate change in the Upper Beles River Basin, Upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia. Hydrology Research, 44(2), 377398.
Elshamy, M., Di Baldassarre, G., A. van Griesnsven, (2013). Characterizing climate model uncertainty using an informal Bayesian
framework: An Application to the River Nile. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 18(5), 582-589.
Mazzoleni, M., Bacchi, B., Barontini, S., Di Baldassarre, G., Pilotti, M., and Ranzi, R. (2013). "Flooding Hazard Mapping in Floodplain
Areas Affected by Piping Breaches in the Po River, Italy." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.19435584.0000840.
Ridolfi, E., K. Yan, L. Alfonso, G. Di Baldassarre, F. Napolitano, F. Russo (2013). An entropy approach for the optimization of cross-section
spacing for river modelling. Hydrological Sciences Journal, accepted paper, in press.
Ehret, U., Gupta, H. V., Sivapalan, M., Weijs, S. V., Schymanski, S. J., Blöschl, G., Gelfan, A. N., Harman, C., Kleidon, A., Bogaard, T. A.,
Wang, D., Wagener, T., Scherer, U., Zehe, E., Bierkens, M. F. P., Di Baldassarre, G., Parajka, J., van Beek, L. P. H., van Griensven,
A., Westhoff, M. C., and Winsemius, H. C. (2013). Advancing catchment hydrology to deal with predictions under change, Hydrology
and Earth System Sciences Discussion, 10, 8581-8634, doi:10.5194/hessd-10-8581-2013.
Di Baldassarre, G., and S. Uhlenbrook (2012). Is the current flood of data enough? A treatise on research needs to improve flood modelling.
Hydrological Processes, 26(1), 153-158.
Di Baldassarre, G., F. Laio, A. Montanari (2012). Effect of observation errors on the uncertainty of design floods, Physics and Chemistry of
the Earth, 42-44, 85–90.
Brandimarte, L., and G. Di Baldassarre (2012). Uncertainty in design flood profiles derived by hydraulic modelling. Hydrology Research,
43(6), 753-761.
Brandimarte, L., Paron P., and G. Di Baldassarre (2012). Bridge pier scour: a review of processes, measurements and estimates.
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 5, 975-989.
Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, L. Brandimarte, P.D. Bates (2011). Timely Low Resolution SAR Imagery to Support Floodplain
Modelling: a Case Study Review, Surveys in Geophysics, 32(3), 255-269, doi: 10.1007/s10712-011-9111-9.
Di Baldassarre, G., M. Elshamy, A. van Griensven, E. Soliman, M. Kigobe, P. Ndomba, J. Mutemi, F. Mutua, S. Moges, Y. Xuan, D.
Solomatine, S. Uhlenbrook, (2011). Future hydrology and climate in the River Nile Basin: a review, Hydrological Sciences Journal,
56(2), 199-211.
Castellarin, A., G. Di Baldassarre, A. Brath (2011). Floodplain management strategies for flood attenuation in the River Po, River Research
and Applications, 27, 1037–1047.
Di Baldassarre, G., P. Claps, (2011). A hydraulic study on the applicability of flood rating curves, Hydrology Research, 42 (1), 10–19, doi:
10.2166/nh.2010.098.
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Prestininzi, P., Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, P.D. Bates (2011). Selecting the appropriate hydraulic model structure using low-resolution
satellite imagery, Advances in Water Resources, 34(1), 38-46, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.09.016.
Padi, P., Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin (2011). Floodplain management in Africa: large scale analysis of flood data, Physics and
Chemistry of the Earth, 36, 7-8, 292-298.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Montanari, H. Lins, D. Koutsoyiannis, L. Brandimarte, and G. Bloeschl (2010). Flood fatalities in Africa: from
diagnosis to mitigation, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L22402, doi:10.1029/2010GL045467.
Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, P. Bates, J. Freer, K. Beven, (2010). Floodplain mapping: a critical discussion on deterministic and
probabilistic approaches, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 55(3), 364-376.
Schumann, G., G. Di Baldassarre (2010). The direct use of radar satellites for event-specific flood risk mapping, Remote Sensing Letters,
1(2), 75-84.
Schumann, G., G. Di Baldassarre, D. Alsdorf, P.D. Bates (2010). Near real-time flood wave approximation on large rivers from space:
application to the River Po, Northern Italy, Water Resources Research, 46, W05601.
Brandimarte, L., Di Baldassarre, G., Bruni, G., D’Odorico, P., Montanari, A. (2011). Relation between the North-Atlantic Oscillation and
hydroclimatic conditions in Mediterranean areas, Water Resources Management, 25(5), 1269-1279.
Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, P.D. Bates (2009). A technique for the calibration of hydraulic models using uncertain satellite
observations of flood extent, Journal of Hydrology, 367, 276-282.
Laio, F., G. Di Baldassarre, A. Montanari (2009). Model selection techniques for the frequency analysis of hydrological extremes, Water
Resources Research, 45, W07416.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Montanari, (2009). Uncertainty in river discharge observations: a quantitative analysis, Hydrology and Earth System
Sciences, 13, 913–921.
Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, P.D. Bates (2009). Near real time satellite imagery to support and verify timely flood modelling,
Hydrological Processes, 23, 799-803.
Castellarin, A., G. Di Baldassarre, P.D. Bates, A. Brath (2009). Optimal cross-section spacing in Preissmann scheme 1D hydrodynamic
models, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 135 (2), 96-105.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, A. Montanari, A. Brath (2009). Probability weighted hazard maps for comparing different flood risk
management strategies: a case study, Natural Hazards, 50(3), 479-496.
Di Baldassarre, G., F. Laio, A. Montanari (2009). Design flood estimation using model selection criteria, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth,
34(10-12), 606-611.
Brandimarte, L., A. Brath, A. Castellarin, G. Di Baldassarre (2009). Isla Hispaniola: a trans-boundary flood risk mitigation plan, Physics and
Chemistry of the Earth, 34, 209-218.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, A. Brath (2009). Analysis on the effects of levee heightening on flood propagation: some thoughts on the
River Po, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 54(6), 1007-1017.
Schumann, G., G. Di Baldassarre, P.D. Bates (2009). The utility of space-borne radar to render flood inundation maps based on multialgorithm ensembles, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47, 8(2), 2801-2807.
Campedel, M., G. Antonioni, V. Cozzani, G. Di Baldassarre (2008). A framework for the assessment of the industrial risk caused by floods.
Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications, London, Taylor & Francis, 2749-2755.
Horritt, M.S., G. Di Baldassarre, P.D. Bates, A. Brath, (2007). Comparing the performance of 2-D finite element and finite volume models of
floodplain inundation using airborne SAR imagery, Hydrological Processes, 21, 2745-2759.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Brath, A. Montanari, (2006). Reliability of different depth-duration-frequency equations for estimating short-duration
design storms, Water Resources Research, 42, W12501.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, A. Brath, (2006). Relationships between statistics of rainfall extremes and mean annual precipitation: an
application for design storm in northern central Italy, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10, 589-601.
Book Chapters
D. Rosbjerg, G. Blöschl, D. Burn, A. Castellarin, B. Croke, G. Di Baldassarre, V. Iacobellis, T. Kjeldsen, G. Kuczera, R. Merz, A.
Montanari, T. Ouarda, L. Ren, M. Rogger, J. Salinas, E. Toth, A. Viglione (2012). Prediction of floods in ungauged basins. In Run-off
Prediction in Ungauged Basins: A Synthesis, edited by G. Blöschl, M. Sivapalan, H. Savenije and T. Wagener. Cambridge University
Press.
Schumann, G., D. Mason, G. Di Baldassarre, P.D. Bates (2012). The use of radar imagery in riverine flood inundation studies. In Concepts,
Methods, and Techniques in Fluvial Geomorphology: Tools for river management and restoration, edited by P.E. Carbonneau and H.
Piégay. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 115-140.
Castellarin, A., G. Di Baldassarre, P.D. Bates, A. Brath, (2008). Optimal geometric description in one-dimensional hydraulic models. In New
Topics in Water Resources Research and Management (Edited by H.M. Andreassen), Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge NY,
ISBN: 978-1-60021-974-8, 235-259.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, A. Brath, (2008). Caratterizzazione ottimale della geometria dei corsi d’acqua naturali per lo studio della
propagazione delle onde di piena (in Italian), in Tecniche per la Difesa dell’Inquinamento, edited by G. Frega, Nuova Editoriale Bios,
Cosenza, ISBN: 978-88-6093-043-9.
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A. Brath, A. Castellarin, G. Di Baldassarre (2008). Prospettive di gestione della capacità di laminazione del sistema golenale del Fiume Po
(in Italian), in Tecniche per la Difesa dell’Inquinamento, edited by G. Frega, Nuova Editoriale Bios, Cosenza, ISBN: 978-88-6093044-6.
Brath, A., G. Di Baldassarre, (2006). Elementi di modellistica numerica dei fenomeni di allagamento (in Italian), in Tecniche per la Difesa
dell’Inquinamento, edited by G. Frega, ISBN-10: 88-6093-004-9, Nuova Editoriale Bios, Cosenza, 587-605.
Other Publications (including articles in popular science journals)
Aronica, G., Schumann, G.J.P., Apel, H., and G. Di Baldassarre (2013). Flood Risk and Uncertainty (Preface to the Special Issue).
Hydrological Processes, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 27(9), 1291.
Di Baldassarre, G., M. Elshamy, A. van Griensven, E. Soliman, M. Kigobe, P. Ndomba, J. Mutemi, F. Mutua, S. Moges, Y. Xuan, D.
Solomatine, S. Uhlenbrook, (2011). A Critical Discussion of Recent Studies Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change on Water
Resources in the Nile basin. Nile Water Science & Engineering Journal, Vol.4, Issue 2, 94-100.
Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann (2011). Recent advances in mapping and modelling flood processes in lowland areas (Preface to the
Special Issue). Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 36, 7-8, 221-222.
Schumann, G., G. Di Baldassarre, P.D. Bates (2010). Fuzzy flood mapping, playing it safe?, Sensed - Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
Society, 36, 10-11.
Brath, A., A. Castellarin, G. Di Baldassarre, A. Domeneghetti (2010). Linee strategiche di intervento per la mitigazione del rischio
alluvionale lungo il corso medio-inferiore del Fiume Po (in Italian), L'Acqua.
Brath, A., A. Castellarin, G. Di Baldassarre, A. Domeneghetti (2010). Nuovi indirizzi per la difesa dal rischio idraulico lungo l'asta fluviale
del Fiume Po (in Italian), Biologia Ambientale.
Brath, A., G. Di Baldassarre (2008). Uso della topografia laser scanning e di immagini ASAR nella modellistica bidimensionale dei
fenomeni di inondazione fluviale (in Italian), L’Acqua, Vol. 1, 11-22, ISSN: 1125-1255.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, A. Brath (2009). La descrizione topografica dell'alveo nella modellistica idraulica monodimensionale (in
Italian), L’Acqua, Vol. 4, 9-20.
Brath, A., G. Di Baldassarre (2007). LiDAR e immagini ASAR per la messa a punto di un'affidabile modellistica bidimensionale dei
fenomeni di allagamento (in Italian), Ambiente e Territorio, Vol. 6, 38-45, ISSN: 1971-5455.
Brath, A., G. Di Baldassarre (2006). Modelli matematici per l’analisi della sicurezza idraulica del territorio (in Italian), L’Acqua, ISSN:
1125-1255, Vol. 6, 39-48.
Brath, A., G. Di Baldassarre (2006). Modellistica di allagamento: effetti del grado di dettaglio dell’informazione topografica nella
simulazione numerica bidimensionale (in Italian), L’Acqua, ISSN: 1125-1255, Vol. 1, 25-31.
Castellarin, A., G. Di Baldassarre, A. Brath, G. Galeati (2005). Legame sperimentale tra piovosità annuale e regime di frequenza degli
estremi di precipitazione: applicazione alla stima della pioggia di progetto (in Italian), L’Acqua, ISSN: 1125-1255, Vol. 3, 9-22.
Conference contributions
Di Baldassarre, G. (2013). Dynamic flood risk: case studies. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-3045.
Ali, A.M., Di Baldassarre, G., D.P. Solomatine (2013). Influence of structures on flood hazard. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15,
EGU2013-5153.
Mukolwe, M., Di Baldassarre, G., D.P. Solomatine (2013). The use of sediment deposition maps as auxiliary data for hydraulic model
calibration. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-10367.
Yan, K., Di Baldassarre, G., Neal, J.C., D.P. Solomatine (2013). Flood extent maps from satellite imagery, hydrometric data and downstream
water surface slope to constrain uncertainty in inundation modelling based on SRTM or LiDAR topography, Geophysical Research
Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-12683.
Dottori, F., Di Baldassarre, G., E. Todini (20130. Welcome detailed data, but with a grain of salt: accuracy, precision, uncertainty in flood
inundation modeling, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-7590.
Di Baldassarre, G. (2013). Can we (actually) assess global risk?, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-2930.
Pfeiffer, E., Leentvaar, J., and G. Di Baldassarre (2013). Knowledge leads, policy follows? The two speeds of collaboration in river basin
management. 5th Delft Symposium on Water Sector Capacity Development, Delft, The Netherlands.
Mazzoleni M., Barontini S., Di Baldassarre G., Ranzi R. (2012). Probabilistic flood hazard mapping induced by piping breaches: Application
to the Po River, Italy. Conference Proceeding at Second European Conference on FLOODrisk Management, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands.
Di Baldassarre, G., Brandimarte, L. (2012). Understading the behaviour of floodplains as human-water systems. AGU Conference. San
Francisco, United States.
Di Baldassarre G., Schumann G., Solomatine D., Kun Y., and P.D. Bates. (2012). Global flood mapping: current issues and future directions.
Proceedings of the 10h International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC 2012), Hamburg, Germany.
Di Baldassarre G. (2012). Flood trends and population dynamics. Geophysical Research Abstracts. Vol. 14, EGU2012-1152.
Collenteur, R.A., de Moel, H., Jongman, B., Di Baldassarre, G. (2012). Floods and societies: Do people learn from past disasters?. EGU
Leonardo Conference, Turin, Italy.
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Mukolwe, M.M., Di Baldassarre, G., Solomatine, D.P (2012). Uncertain flood maps as an aid to stakeholder participation in flood modeling.
EGU Leonardo Conference, Turin, Italy.
Yan, K., Di Baldassarre, G., Solomatine, D.P. (2012). Exploring the usefulness of global topography to support flood management under
Uncertainty. EGU Leonardo Conference, Turin, Italy.
Di Baldassarre, G., Kemerink, J., Brandimarte, L. (2012). The dynamics of floodplains as human-water systems. IAHS PUB Symposium.
Delft, The Netherlands.
Di Baldassarre, G. (2012). Evaluating the benefits of risk prevention measures. EGU General Assembly, Geophysical Research Abstracts,
Vol. 14, EGU2012-13870.
K. Yan, G. Di Baldassarre, L. Giustarini, and D.P. Solomatine (2012). Flood Inundation Modelling Under Uncertainty Using Globally and
Freely Available Remote Sensing Data. EGU General Assembly, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, EGU2012-10031.
M.M. Mukolwe, G. Di Baldassarre, T.A. Bogaard, J-P. Malet, and D.P. Solomatine (2012). Probabilistic Flood Mapping and Visualization
Issues: Application to the River Ubaye, Barcelonnette (France). EGU General Assembly, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14,
EGU2012-10871.
E. Ridolfi, K. Yan, L. Alfonso, G. Di Baldassarre, F. Napolitano, F. Russo, and P. D. Bates (2012). Optimization of floodplain monitoring
sensors through an entropy approach. EGU General Assembly, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, EGU2012-12407.
Di Baldassarre, G., Kemerink, J., Brandimarte, L. (2012). Floods and Societies: who shapes whom. EGU Leonardo Conference, Turin, Italy.
Giupponi, C., Balbi, S., Briceño, S., Brilly, M., Di Baldassarre, G., Gain, A.K., Gallina, V., Marcomini, A., Mojtahed, V., Ranzi, R.,
Torresan, S. (2012). On evaluating the benefits of risk prevention: the KULTURisk framework. EGU Leonardo Conference, Turin,
Italy.
Alfonso, L., Di Baldassarre, G. (2012). Use of Prospect Theory to assess the implications of probabilistic and deterministic flood maps in
planning decisions. EGU Leonardo Conference, Turin, Italy.
Di Baldassarre, G. (2012). Prospettive scientifiche sulla gestione del rischio alluvionale (in Italian). Atti dell'Accademia Nazionale dei
Lincei. Rome.
Alfonso, L., Di Baldassarre, G. (2011). Estado del arte de la prevención del riesgo de inundaciones en Europa: el proyecto KULTURisk y su
relevancia para el caso colombiano (in Spanish), Agua 2011, Cali, Colombia.
Uhlenbrook S., Di Baldasarre G., B. Bhattacharya, Brandimarte L., Maskey S., Mynett A., Szollosi-Nagy A., Z. Vojinovic, Werner M.,
Zevenbergen C. (2011). Flood Management Education. 5th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM5). 27-29
September 2011, Tsukuba-Japan.
Solomatine, D.P., Shrestha, Kayastha, N., Di Baldassarre, G. (2011). Machine learning and models of uncertainty in flood context. 5th
International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM5). 27-29 September 2011, Tsukuba-Japan.
Di Baldassarre G., Montanari A., Lins H., Koutsoyiannis D., Brandimarte L., and Blöschl G. (2011). Increasing flood risk in Africa: a
climate signal? Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-5634.
Mukolwe, M.M., G. Di Baldassarre, M. Werner, D.P. Solomatine (2011). Uncertainty of 1D hydraulic modelling caused by parameterization
and inflow inaccuracy. EGU Leonardo Conference, Bratislava.
Ridolfi, E, Alfonso, L., Di Baldassarre, G., Dottori, F., Russo, F., Napolitano, F. (2011). An entropy approach for the optimization of river
cross-sectional spacing. EGU Leonardo Conference, Bratislava.
Yan, K., Di Baldassarre, G., Solomatine, D., Dottori, F. (2011). Flood Inundation Modelling in Large Rivers Under Uncertainty Using
Globally and Freely Available Remote Sensing Data. EGU Leonardo Conference, Bratislava.Kigobe M., van Griensven A., Xuan Y.,
Di Baldassarre G., Mc Intyre N., and Wheater H. (2011). Stochastic Rainfall Modelling in the Upper Nile. Geophysical Research
Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-6143-1.
Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, Solomatine D., Kun Y., and P.D. Bates (2011). Can we map floodplains globally? Geophysical Research
Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-5694.
Masoero A., Claps P., Asselman N., and G. Di Baldassarre (2011). The River Po flood inundation of 1951: reconstruction and analysis.
Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-4622.
Di Baldassarre G., Castellarin A., and P. Padi (2011). Floodplain mapping in Africa: large scale analysis of flood data. Geophysical Research
Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-11414.
Mazzoleni M., Bacchi B., Barontini S., Di Baldassarre G., and R. Ranzi (2011). Uncertainty in flood hazard mapping for piping-induced
levee breaches in the Po river. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-10212.
Di Baldassarre G., Schumann G., and P.D. Bates (2011). Evaluation of uncertain inundation models using uncertain SAR observations of
floods. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-13769.
Kigobe, M., A. van Griensven, DL Shrestha, D. Solomatine, G. Di Baldassarre, (2010). Assessing the suitability of two model structures for
basin resources estimation in the Mpologoma basin, within the Upper Nile, Proceeding of the International Congress on Environmental
Modelling and Software, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2010.
Di Baldassarre, G., and the ACCION team (2010). Cascading uncertainty from climate to hydrological models: some thoughts on the River
Nile, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU2010-15279.
Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, and P. Bates (2010). Calibration of inundation models using uncertain SAR-derived maps of flood extent,
Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU2010-13539.
Di Baldassarre G., et al. (2010). Floodplain modelling using uncertain satellite observations of inundation extent, EGU leonardo Conference
on "Looking at Catchments in Colors'. Luxemburg, November 2010.
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Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, L. Brandimarte, P. Bates (2009). Coarse resolution SAR imagery to support flood inundation models in
near real time, Proceedings of the ESA-EGU Conference on earth observation and water cycle science, Special Publication SP-674,
ESA (European Space Agency), Frascati (Roma), November 2009.
Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, and P. Bates (2009). Calibration of hydraulic models using uncertain satellite observations, Geophysical
Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 11, 5178, ISSN 1029-7006.
Schumann, G., G. Di Baldassarre, L. M. Stephens, and P. D. Bates (2009). Augmenting the direct use of remote sensing in flood
management, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 11, 1437, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., G. Schumann, and P. Bates (2009). Course resolution satellite imagery to support flood inundation modelling in near real
time, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 11, 12234, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., (2009). New tools for comparing different strategies for flood risk management, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU
Fall Meeting, Vol. 11, 3471, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., Castellarin, A., Montanari, A., Brath, A. (2008). Flood risk management: 2D inundation modelling for evaluating
resilience strategies, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 10, 1236, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., Brandimarte, L., Brath, A., Castellarin, A., Jean Jeune, K., Perez, R. (2008). Trans-boundary river basin management: an
experience in Haiti and Dominican Republic, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 10, 10031, ISSN 1029-7006.
Campedel, M., Cozzani, V., Di Baldassarre, G. (2008). Flood risk assessment for industrial plants. A case study, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 10,
3614, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., Brath, A. (2008). Flood inundation models for reconstructing historical events and for assessing the effects of levee
heightening, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 10, 10101, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., PD Bates, EM Stephens, (2008). Evaluation of 1D and 2D flood inundation models of the Lower Dee by using satellite
flood imagery, Second NERC FREE Science Meeting, 12-13 November 2008.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, A. Montanari, A. Brath (2008). Studio di scenari di inondazione controllata al di fuori delle arginature
maestre (in Italian), Proceedings of the XXXI Italian Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Works, Perugia, September 2008.
Castellarin, A., G. Di Baldassarre, A. Brath (2008). Analisi numerica della capacità di laminazione del sistema golenale del corso medio
vallivo del Po (in Italian), Proceedings of the XXXI Italian Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Works, Perugia, September 2008.
Di Baldassarre, G., F. Laio, A. Montanari (2008). Criteri di selezione del modello probabilistico nell’analisi di frequenza degli estremi
idrologici (in Italian), Proceedings of the XXXI Italian Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Works, Perugia, September 2008.
Di Baldassarre, G., Laio, F. (2007). Model selection criteria for flood frequency analysis, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract H11C-0666.
Di Baldassarre, G., Castellarin, A., Horritt, M.S., Bates, P.D., Brath, A. (2007). A numerical approach for identifying the optimal crosssection distance in one-dimensional hydraulic models, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 9, 898, ISSN 10297006.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, A. Montanari, (2007). Flood-risk mapping: numerical analysis on the effects of a lateral weir, Geophysical
Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 9, 2004, ISSN 1029-7006.
Brandimarte, L., A. Brath, A. Castellarin, G. Di Baldassarre, E. Arizaga, E. Fedeli, (2007). Institutional capacity-building (ICB): an
international cooperation initiative for the water resources management in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Geophysical Research
Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 9, 9490, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., F. Laio, A. Montanari, (2007). Model selection techniques for flood frequency analysis, 9th Plinius Conference on
Mediterranean Storm, Varenna 10-13 Settembre, European Geosciences Union, PLINIUS9-A-00135.
Brath, A., G. Di Baldassarre, (2006). Modelli numerici per la simulazione di inondazioni fluviali (in Italian), Proceedings of the National
Conference on hydrological risk in Italy, L’Acqua, Vol. 4, 7-16 ISSN: 1125-1255.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, M.S. Horritt, P.D. Bates, A. Brath, (2006). Hydraulic 1D modelling: a cost-and-benefit analysis for
optimising topographical surveys, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 8, 8204, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, A. Montanari, A. Brath, (2006). A regional approach for estimating flow duration curves at ungauged
sites, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 8, 9059, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Montanari, A. Brath, (2006). Assessing the effectiveness of several depth-duration-frequency relationships at regional
scale, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 8, 3768, ISSN 1029-7006.
Horritt, M.S., G. Di Baldassarre, P.D. Bates, A. Brath, (2006). Evaluation of finite volume and finite element models for predicting flood
inundation, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 8, 2406, ISSN 1029-7006.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Brath, P.D. Bates, M.S. Horritt, (2006). Mappatura ASAR delle aree inondate per la calibrazione e la verifica dei
modelli bidimensionali di allagamento (in Italian), Proceedings of the XXX Italian Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Works,
Roma 11-16 September 2006, Edited by Casa Editrice Università La Sapienza, Publication n. 71, ISBN 978-88-87242-81-2.
Di Baldassarre, G., A. Castellarin, A. Brath, P.D. Bates, M.S. Horritt, (2006). Modellistica idraulica monodimensionale: alcune
considerazioni applicative sul grado di dettaglio ottimale della descrizione topografica (in Italian), Proceedings of the XXX Italian
Conference on Hydraulics and Hydraulic Works, Roma 11-16 September 2006, Edited by Casa Editrice Università La Sapienza,
Publication n. 26, ISBN 978-88-87242-81-2.
Brath, A., G. Di Baldassarre, (2005). Effects of topographic data resolution on a two-dimensional hydraulic model. Geophysical Research
Abstracts, EGU Fall Meeting, Vol. 7, 1159, ISSN 1029-7006.
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