What I Do

Research

Director of Research at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC).

CV & Publications

My curriculum vitae.

My publications.

Writing

Communicating science is very important. I edit and write books and articles in English and Italian for specialists and the general public.

Fun

Life...apart from clouds. My hobbies are diverse. Gardening, music, books, arts, travel, photography...what else?

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Recently published

Bracci, A., L. Baldini, N. Roberto, E. Adirosi, M. Montopoli, C. Scarchilli, P. Grigioni, V. Ciardini, V. Levizzani, and F. Porcù, 2022: Quantitative precipitation estimation over Antarctica using different Ze-SR relationships based on snowfall classification combining ground observations. Remote Sens., 14(1), 82, doi:10.3390/rs14010082.

Davolio, S., M. Vercellino, M. M. Miglietta, L. Drago Pitura, S. Laviola, and V. Levizzani, 2023: Heavy precipitation over the Alps and the influence of an atmospheric river. Wea. Climate Extremes, 39(7), 100542, doi:10.1016/j.wace.2022.100542.

Kidd, C., and V. Levizzani, 2022: Satellite rainfall estimation. In: Rainfall: Modeling, Measurement and Applications. R. Morbidelli, Ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 135-169, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-822544-8.00005-6.

Laviola, S., G. Monte, E. Cattani, and V. Levizzani, 2023: How hail hazards are changing around the Mediterranean. Eos, 104, doi:10.1029/2023EO230070.

Levizzani, V., 2022: Piccolo manuale per cercatori di nuvole. Il Saggiatore, Milano, ISBN 9788842831846, 184 pp.

Levizzani, V., 2024: Quando fuori piove - Storia e futuro della pioggia. Il Saggiatore, Milano, ISBN 9788842833635, 296 pp.

Levizzani, V., and C. Kidd, 2023: Precipitation. In: Satellites for Atmospheric Sciences 2: Meteorology, Climate and Atmospheric Composition, T. Phulpin, D. Renaut, H. Roquet and C. Camy-Peyret, Eds., Wiley ISTE, ISBN 978-1-78945-141-2, 287-305.

Marra, F., V. Levizzani, and E. Cattani, 2022: Changes in extreme daily precipitation over Africa: insights from a non asymptotic statistical approach. J. Hydrol. X, 16, 100130, doi:10.1016/j.hydroa.2022.100130.

Miglietta, M. M., F. Buscemi, S. Dafis, A. Papa, A. Tiesi, D. Conte, S. Davolio, E. Flaounas, V. Levizzani, and R. Rotunno, 2023: A high-impact meso-beta vortex in the Adriatic Sea. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 149, 637-656, doi:10.1002/qj.4432.

Siena, M., V. Levizzani, and F. Marra, 2023: A method to derive satellite-based extreme precipitation return levels in poorly gauged areas. J. Hydrol., 626, 130295, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130295.

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