Personal Information
Lorenzo Sangelantoni
Address: Viale Bonopera Senigallia, 44, 60019 Ancona (AN), Italy Phone:(+39) 071-977231 | Mobile: (+39) 333-7351924
Email: lorenzo.sangelantoni@aquila.infn.it | l.sangelantoni@gmail.com Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: August 18th 1984
Professional Experience
Position Visiting scientist
Date February 2020-present
Institution Bjerknes Center for Climate Research – University of Bergen, Norway.
Activities Impact of convection-permitting scale on the simulation of heat waves in the present and future climate. Cordex Flagship Pilot Study.
Position Researcher assistant professor
Date August 2019-present
Institution CETEMPS (University of L’Aquila)– Centre of excellence in telesensing for environment and model prediction of severe events.
Activities • Characterisation of extreme events (heat waves and floods) at regional and local scale through dynamical downscaling of climate simulations.
• Convection-permitting scale (<=4km) climate simulations using WRF numerical model climate configuration.
• Assistant Professor in “Atmospheric Dynamics: meteorological modelling and climate modelling”.
Position Postdoctoral research fellow
Date January 2018 – July 2019
Institution CETEMPS (University of L’Aquila)– Centre of excellence in telesensing for environment and model prediction of severe events.
Activities • Implementation of an operative ensemble weather forecast system based on the WRF numerical model over Italian Peninsula.
• Regional-scale dynamically downscaled seasonal climate forecast system based on RegCM and WRF numerical models.
• Statistical bias correction (Quantile Mapping) of climate model simulations (Euro-Cordex) for defining regional-scale climate scenarios.
Position Postdoctoral research fellow
Date January 2017– December 2017
Institution Polytechnic University of Marche, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Via Brecce Bianche, 60100 Ancona (AN) (Italy).
Activities Advanced statistical bias correction and downscaling methodologies for regional to local scale climate scenarios.
Position Climate change adaptation expert Date November 2016 - December 2016
Institution Area Tecnica Territorio Ambiente – Senigallia municipality (Italy).
Activities Climate trends analysis to define climate change vulnerabilities at local level in the context of A1 action in the EU project Life SEC Adapt (LIFE14 CCA/IT/000316).
Position Affiliated Researcher
Date February 2016 – November 2016
Institution Geophysical Observatory, 62100 Macerata (Italy).
Activities • Quality control and statistical analysis of meteorological observations.
• Climate trends and ETCCDI climate extreme indices analysis for the A1 action in the EU project Life SEC Adapt (LIFE14 CCA/IT/000316).
Position Visiting Scholar
Date February 2015
Institution Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change 550 Sherbrooke West, Montréal (QC), Canada.
Activities Statistical bias correction of Regional Climate Models simulated wind components time series.
Position Visiting Scholar
Date January 2014 – April 2014
Institution Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change 550 Sherbrooke West, Montréal (QC), Canada.
Activities • Copula-based multivariate analysis of simulated and observed temperature and precipitation relationship in the context of Canadian Arctic climate.
• Univariate and multivariate statistical bias correction of Global Climate Models simulated temperature and precipitation time series.
Position Teaching Assistant in “Physics”
Date November 2013 –June 2014
Institution Polytechnic University of Marche, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Via Brecce Bianche, 60100 Ancona (AN) (Italy).
Activities Physics students tutor.
Position Internship
Date November 2011 – December 2011 Institution CNR - IRPI, Torino (Italy).
Activities • Alpine glaciers retreat spatial analysis from the last little ice age (LIA) to present.
• Historical report of Monviso glaciers, Cozie Alps, from LIA to present.
• Glacial surface mapping (ArcGis software).
• Management of "GlaRiskAlp" project database.
Position Internship
Institution Società Meteorologica Italiana - SMI (Italian Meteorological Society), Bussoleno (TO) (Italy)
Activities • Climatological, glaciological, meteorological, environmental research.
• Analysis of historical time series of climate data.
• Management of climatological time series database.
Computation of temperature and rainfall anomalies referring last four decades Historical time series processing for "Nimbus" journal (n.53-54)
Education
Title of qualification
Ph.D. in Science
Scientific sector: GEO/12 - Oceanography and atmospheric physics
Institution Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60100 Ancona (AN) (Italy)
Date November 2012 – October 2015 Principal
subjects
Definition of 21st century climate scenarios from regional to local scale through statistical downscaling and bias-correction techniques applied to regional climate model simulation ensembles.
Thesis: “From regional to local climate scenario: toward an integrated strategy for climate impacts reduction”.
(Advisor: Prof. Aniello Russo)
Title of qualification
Master of Science in “Environmental Sciences” (final grade 110/110 cum laude)
Institution Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60100 Ancona (AN) (Italy)
Date October 2010 – October 2012 Principal
subjects • Climate risk.
• Strategies aimed at environmental sustainability.
• Renewable and alternative energy resources.
• Geographic Information System (GIS).
• Integrated Systems Management and Environmental Recovery.
• Environmental physics.
Thesis: "Climate Projections analysis over Marche region to 2050"
Title of
qualification Bachelor of Science in "Forestry and Environmental Sciences” (final grade 101/110)
Institution Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60100 Ancona (AN) (Italy) Date October 2005 – June 2010
Principal
subjects • Soil chemistry and bio-chemistry.
• Forests management and environmental protection.
• Ecology and landscape ecology.
• Territory planning.
• Alternative and renewable energy sources.
Publications
Peer review journals
Ferretti R., Lombardi A., Tomassetti B., Sangelantoni L., Colaiuda V., Mazzarella V., Maiello I., Verdecchia M., Redaelli G. (Under review) Regional ensemble forecast for early warning system over small Apennine catchments on Central Italy, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (under review) https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-223
Shen J, Copertaro B, Sangelantoni L, et al (2020) An early-stage analysis of climate- adaptive designs for multi-family buildings under future climate scenario: Case studies in Rome, Italy and Stockholm, Sweden. J Build Eng 27:100972. doi:
10.1016/j.jobe.2019.100972
Sangelantoni L, Ferretti R, Redaelli G (2019) Toward a Regional-Scale Seasonal Climate Prediction System over Central Italy based on Dynamical Downscaling.
Climate 7:120. doi: 10.3390/cli7100120
Sangelantoni L, Tomassetti B, Colaiuda V, et al (2019) On the Use of Original and Bias-Corrected Climate Simulations in Regional-Scale Hydrological Scenarios in the Mediterranean Basin.Atmosphere 2019, 10, 799; doi:10.3390/atmos10120799 Sangelantoni L., Gioia E. and Marincioni F. (2018) Impact of climate change on landslides frequency: the Esino river basin case study (Central Italy), Natural Hazards https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3328-6
Sangelantoni L., Russo A. and Gennaretti F. (2018) Impact of the bias correction and downscaling aspects of quantile mapping on simulated climate change signal:
a case study over Central Italy, Theoretical and Applied Climatology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2406-8
Gennaretti F., Sangelantoni L. and Grenier P. (2015) Toward daily climate scenarios for Canadian Arctic coastal zones with more realistic temperature-precipitation interdependence, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JD023890
Other publications and reports
Sangelantoni L., Lombardelli P. (2016) Current Climate Baseline Assessment report for Macerata Municipality – LIFE SEC ADAPT (LIFE14 CCA/IT/000316). Action A1 report (http://www.lifesecadapt.eu/)
Sangelantoni L. (2016) Current Climate Baseline Assessment report for Senigallia Municipality – LIFE SEC ADAPT (LIFE14 CCA/IT/000316). Action A1 report (http://www.lifesecadapt.eu/)
Danovaro R., Gambi C., Gatto B., Gioia E., Sangelantoni L., and Marincioni F. (2013).
Clima, ecosistemi marini e adattamento. Ecoscienza, vol. 5, p. 57-60, ISSN: 2039- 0432
Sangelantoni L., Bertotto S., Chiarle M. (2011), Ghiacciaio del Coolidge (Monviso):
ricostruzione dell'evoluzione storica ed analisi territoriale. Internal report CNR-IRPI R.I. 2011/05
International congresses and workshops presentations and posters
Bonaldo D., Bucchignani E., Carniel S., Denamiel C., Pomaro A., Pranić P., Ricchi A., Sangelantoni L., Sclavo M., Vilibić I., Vitelletti ML. (2020) Hydrodynamic modelling for framing climate change in the Adriatic Sea and its coastal regions. EuroLag international conference, Venice 2020. (Poster) Sangelantoni L., Ferretti R., Redaelli G. (2019) A regional-scale seasonal prediction system based on a
CFSv2-RegCM dynamical downscaling. EMS European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2019 9–13 September 2019 Copenhagen. (Oral presentation)
Sangelantoni L., Lombardi A., Colaiuda V., Tomassetti B., Verdecchia M., Redaelli G. and Ferretti R.
(2019) On the use of original and bias-corrected climate simulations on regional-scale hydrological scenarios. EMS European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology EMS European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2019 9–13 September 2019 Copenhagen.
(Poster)
Ferretti R., Lombardi A., Tomassetti B., Sangelantoni L., Colaiuda V., Mazzarella V., Maiello I., Verdecchia M., Redaelli G. (2019) Regional ensemble forecast for early warning system over small
Ferretti R., Maiello I., Sangelantoni L., Lombardi A., Colaiuda V., Tomassetti B. and Verdecchia M.
(2018) Toward an operational NWP-ensemble for a hydrological early warning system over small Appennine’s catchments in Central Italy. National Congress of the Italian Association of the Atmospheric and Meteorology Sciences 2018 12 September 2018 Bologna.
Sangelantoni L., Lombardi A., Colaiuda V., Tomassetti B., Verdecchia M., Redaelli G. and Ferretti R.
(2018) Evaluating hydrological response to climate change projections over small Appennine’s catchments in Central Italy. National Congress of the Italian Association of the Atmospheric and Meteorology Sciences 2018 12 September 2018 Bologna. (Oral presentation)
Sangelantoni L., Lombardi A., Colaiuda V., Tomassetti B., Verdecchia M., Redaelli G. and Ferretti R.
(2018) Evaluating hydrological response to climate change projections over small Appennine’s catchments in Central Italy. EMS European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology 2018 3–7 September 2018 Budapest. (Oral presentation)
Sangelantoni L., Coluccelli A., Russo A., Gennaretti F. and Grenier P. (2017) Impact of the bias correction and downscaling aspects of quantile mapping on simulated climate change signal: a case study over Central Italy. Geophysical Research Abstract Vol. 19, EGU2017-13569-2, 2017 EGU General Assembly, April 2017 Wien. (Oral presentation)
Sangelantoni L., Coluccelli A., Di Marino M., Russo A., Gennaretti F. and Grenier P. (2016) On the coherence of quantile mapping effect on a regional and local scale climate scenario. EMS Annual Meeting & 11th European Conference on Applied Climatology (ECAC), September 2016 Trieste.
(Oral presentation)
Coluccelli A., Memmola F., Sangelantoni L., Ricchi A. and Russo A. (2016) An operational coupled wave-ocean system for the Adriatic Sea. EMS Annual Meeting & 11th European Conference on Applied Climatology (ECAC), September 2016 Trieste
Sangelantoni L., Russo A. (2015) From regional to local climate scenario: the effects of a statistical bias correction on different spatial scale climate change signal. Science Symposium on Climate. FAO headquarters, November-2015, Rome. (Oral presentation)
Sangelantoni L., Russo A. (2015) From regional to local climate scenario: the effects of a statistical bias correction on different spatial scale climate change signal. EMS Annual Meeting Abstracts Vol. 12, EMS2015-225-2, 2015 15th EMS / 12th ECAM, September-2015, Sofia. (Oral presentation)
Gennaretti F., Sangelantoni L., Grenier P. (2015) Inter-variable dependence in climate scenarios at daily resolution: testing a 2D statistical adjustment of CMIP5 simulations at Canadian Arctic coastal sites. AGU Joint Assembly, May-2015, Montreal (CA)
Gennaretti F., Sangelantoni L., Grenier P. (2014) Toward climate change scenarios for Canadian Arctic coastal zones with more realistic inter-variable dependence. 6th Ouranos Symposium, December-2014, Montreal (CA)
Gennaretti F., Sangelantoni L., Grenier P. (2014) Toward climate change scenarios for Canadian Arctic coastal zones with more realistic inter-variable dependence. Arctic change December- 2014, Ottawa (CA)
Sangelantoni L., Coluccelli A., and Russo A. (2014) Assessing climate change over the Marche Region (central Italy) from 1961 to 2100: projected changes in mean temperature and future heat waves characterization (with a statistical evaluation of RCMs local performance). Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 16, EGU2014-1787, 2014. EGU General Assembly, May-2014, Wien. (Poster)
Sangelantoni L., Coluccelli A., and Russo A. (2014) Assessing climate change over the Marche Region (central Italy) from 1961 to 2100: projected changes in mean and severe precipitation (with a statistical evaluation of RCMs local performance). Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 16, EGU 2014-1790, 2014. EGU General Assembly, May-2014, Wien. (Poster)
Sangelantoni L., Russo A, Marincioni F., and Appiotti F. (2013) Assessing climate change over the Marche Region (central Italy) from 1951 to 2050: toward an integrated strategy for climate impacts reduction. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, EGU2013-10611, 2013. EGU General Assembly April-2013, Wien. (Poster)
Sangelantoni L., Russo A, Marincioni F., and Appiotti F. (2013) Assessing climate change over the Marche Region (Central Italy) from 1951 to 2050. Climate Transition-PhD conference, Tyndall Centre, April-2013, Cardiff. (Poster)
Invited research seminars
CICERO – International Center for Climate Research, Oslo, Norway, 10/5/2019: Dynamical and statistical downscaling approaches in regional scale weather and climate predictions
DALARNA University - Borlänge, Sweden, 20/2/2019: Climate services for better managing climate change adaptation and mitigation
CETEMPS – Università dell’Aquila, 5/10/2017: Connecting climate simulations to impact studies: effects of statistical bias correction/downscaling methods on climate scenarios
CMCC – Euro Mediterranean Center for Climate Change - Climate Simulation and Prediction division, Bologna, 6/10/2016: Effects of a statistical bias correction method on a regional and local scale climate scenario
Conferences and specialist courses attended
• European Meteorological Society annual meeting and European conference on Applications of Meteorology, Copenhagen 9–13/09/2019
• National Congress of the Italian Association of the Atmospheric and Meteorology Sciences, Bologna 12/09/2018
• European Meteorological Society annual meeting and European conference on Applications of Meteorology, Budapest 3–7/09/2018
• ISSAOS International Summer School on Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, CETEMPS, University of L’Aquila, 26-31/08/2018
• CORDEX-FPS on Convection over Europe and the Mediterranean Annual meeting 22-24, November 2017 ICTP, Trieste
• Regional Climate Tutorial at National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 10-12 July 2017- Boulder, Colorado (USA)
• European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, 24/04/– 28/04/2017, Vienna
• European Meteorological Society annual meeting and European Conference on Applications of Meteorology 12–16 September 2016 Trieste
• European Meteorological Society annual meeting and European Conference on Applications of Meteorology 07–11 September 2015 Sofia
• Climate Services Masterclass, 18-22 May 2015. Directors: C. Buontempo (ECMWF) e A. Dell’Aquila (ENEA), EURAC-Bolzano
• European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, 27/04/– 02/05/2014, Vienna
• European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, 7-12/04/2013, Vienna
• Release of the IPCC report - Group II, 31/03/2014, Montreal, Québec, Canada
• ICCG - CMCC Summer School on: “Climate Change Impacts and Policy in the Mediterranean Basin", 20-25/05/2013, Venezia
Technical skills Numerical modeling
• UNIX/LINUX shell scripting
• MatLab
• R
• NCAR Model Evaluation Tool (MET)
• GrADS
• CDO,
• NCO
• Fortran
Atmospheric numerical models:
• Weather Research and Forecast Model (WRF) run at the Italian Super Computing Resource Allocation
• Regional Climatic Model (RegCM)
10-04-2020,
National and international research projects
• PON “AIM” - Attraction and international mobility
• RESPONSe - INTERREG Italy – Croatia Programme https://www.italy-croatia.eu/web/response/
•
Class B project: CPSWCM – HP10BRUALV at CINECA-ISCRA Italian Super Computing Resource Allocation.Personal skills and competences
Mother tongue Italian Other
languages
English
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level (*)
Listening Reading Spoken interaction
Spoken production English B2 Independent
user C1 Proficient
user B2 Independent
user B2 Independent
user B2 Independent
user
(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
