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My researcher id on Thompson Scientific is
C-1205-2009.
New papers
Fundel F, Zappa M. 2011. Hydrological Ensemble Forecasting in Mesoscale Catchments: Sensitivity to Initial Conditions and Value of Reforecasts. Water Resour. Res.,
47,
W09520,
doi:10.1029/2010WR009996.
Addor N, Jaun S, Fundel F, Zappa M. 2011. An operational hydrological ensemble prediction system for
the city of Zurich (Switzerland): skill, case studies and scenarios,
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2327-2347, doi:10.5194/hess-15-2327-2011. [Direct Link]New papers
Fundel F, Zappa M. 2011. Hydrological Ensemble Forecasting in Mesoscale Catchments: Sensitivity to Initial Conditions and Value of Reforecasts. Water Resour. Res.,
47,
W09520,
doi:10.1029/2010WR009996.
Addor N, Jaun S, Fundel F, Zappa M. 2011. An operational hydrological ensemble prediction system for
the city of Zurich (Switzerland): skill, case studies and scenarios,
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2327-2347, doi:10.5194/hess-15-2327-2011. [Direct Link]
Applied Research
Zappa M. 2011. Aussergewöhnliche Trockenheit im 2011
- Neue Vorhersagesysteme für Wasserressourcen [published online December 2011]
Available from World Wide Web "http://www.slf.ch/dienstleistungen/newsletter/index_DE", 3/2011: 5-6.
Schädler B, Weingartner R, Zappa M. 2011. Auswirkungen der Klimaänderung auf die
Wasserkraftnutzung: Einleitung und Überblick über das Projekt. Wasser, Energie, Luft,
Heft 4/2011: S. 265-267.
Stähli M, Raymond Pralong M, Zappa M, Ludwig A, Paul F, Bosshard T, Dupraz Ch. 2011. Auswirkungen
auf die Wasserverfügbarkeit und Stromproduktion an den Beispielen
Oberhasli und Mattmark. Wasser,
Energie, Luft, Heft 4/2011: S. 285-291.
Dr. Massimiliano Zappa
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Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements
Hydrological Forecasts
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Research interests
- Spatially distributed hydrological
modelling
- Hydrological extremes – from
flash floods [Dossier Floods] to hydrological droughts [Dossier Drought]
- Climate change impacts on
water resources [Focus Climate change]
- Operational hydrology
(nowcasting and forecasting) [Teaser]
- Catchment hydrology (including
measurements)
- Mountain hydrology
Education and professional development
- Since January 2012: Deputy Head of the WSL Research Unit
"Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements" and head of the Group “Hydrological Forecasts” of the
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
- Since September 2010: Deputy Head of the WSL Research Unit
"Mountain Hydrology and Torrents"
- Since 2010: Member of the management board of the Swiss Association for Hydrology and Limnology [SGHL]
- Since July 2006: Head of the Group „Hydrological Extreme Events" in the Research Unit „Mountain Hydrology and Torrents“ of the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
- Since January 2006: Scientific collaborator at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
- August 2003 to December 2005: Postdoc at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
- November 2002 to Juli 2003: Postdoc
at the ETH Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Group "Regional climate and water cycle". [Link to IACETH]
- May 1999 to October 2002: PhD at the ETH Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Group "Regional climate and water cycle". [Link to Diss-ETH 14895]
- November 1994 to May 1999: Master studies at the ETH Department for Earth Sciences. [Link to D-ERDW]
- September 1990 to July 1994: High School in Mendrisio (Ticino). [Link to Liceo Mendrisio]
Lecture
- 701-1250-00 - Hydrological processes and modelling. Rolf Weingartner & Massimiliano
Zappa. HG G 26.5. Block course 20. June - 24. June 2011. [Programme] [Details]
Ongoing Master Thesis
- 2012-2013: Christoph Pflugshaupt, Hydrological resources for energy production in Switzerland: A study based on the CH2011 scenarios, [starts in September 2012], ETH Zürich.
- 2012: Julia Franzen, Neue Regulierung des Sihlsees im Hinblick auf dem Hochwasserschutz, Prof. P. Burlando - ETH Zürich.
- 2012: Paul Schattan, Waldveränderung und Wasserhaushalt - Ein Konzeptstudie, Prof. Diekkrüger - UNI Bonn.
- 2011-2012: Stephan Hemri, Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) of Stream Flow Forecasts, Prof. H. Künsch - ETH Zürich.
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Ongoing PhD-Projects
- 2009-2012: Käthi Liechti, Uncertainty propagation in operational flash flood forecasting systems (tentative title), Prof. J. Seibert - University of Zürich.
- 2010-2013: Stefanie Jörg-Hess, Towards Operational Monthly Predictions of Critical Water Resources Anomalies in the Swiss Alps (tentative title), Prof. S. Seneviratne - ETH Zürich
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