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Overview

Francesco Comiti is affiliated with the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy and specializes in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily covers subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Soil Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work focuses on topics including Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Landslides and Related Hazards, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, and Climate Change and Permafrost.

Frequent publication venues for Francesco Comiti include Water Resources Research, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Geomorphology, Journal of Hydrology, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

The scientist has coauthored frequently with Velio Coviello, Andrea Andreoli, Michael Engel, Vittoria Scorpio, and Dieter Rickenmann.

Recent papers by Francesco Comiti illustrate their research scope and impact:

  • Pronounced increase in slope instability linked to global warming: A case study from the eastern European Alps, 2021, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • When do rock glacier fronts fail? Insights from two case studies in South Tyrol (Italian Alps), 2021, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Storm characteristics dictate sediment dynamics and geomorphic changes in mountain channels: A case study in the Italian Alps, 2022, Geomorphology
  • Contrasting physical and chemical conditions of two rock glacier springs, 2021, Hydrological Processes
  • Effects of catchment characteristics and hydro-meteorological scenarios on sediment connectivity in glacierised catchments, 2022, Geomorphology

Best Publications

  • Geomorphometric assessment of spatial sediment connectivity in small Alpine catchments

    Marco Cavalli;Sebastiano Trevisani;Francesco Comiti;Lorenzo Marchi

  • A method for the assessment and analysis of the hydromorphological condition of Italian streams: The Morphological Quality Index (MQI)

    M Rinaldi;N Surian;Francesco Comiti;M Bussettini

  • A multi-scale hierarchical framework for developing understanding of river behaviour to support river management

    A. M. Gurnell;M. Rinaldi;B. Belletti;S. Bizzi

  • Channel adjustments and vegetation cover dynamics in a large gravel bed river over the last 200 years

    F. Comiti;M. Da Canal;N. Surian;L. Mao

  • Large wood recruitment and transport during large floods: A review

    F. Comiti;A. Lucía;D. Rickenmann

  • The Natural Wood Regime in Rivers

    Ellen Wohl;Natalie Kramer;Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva;Daniel N Scott

  • Effective discharge for sediment transport in a mountain river: Computational approaches and geomorphic effectiveness

    Mario Aristide Lenzi;Luca Mao;Francesco Comiti

  • CHANNEL ADJUSTMENTS AND ALTERATION OF SEDIMENT FLUXES IN GRAVEL-BED RIVERS OF NORTH-EASTERN ITALY: POTENTIALS AND LIMITATIONS FOR CHANNEL RECOVERY

    Nicola Surian;Luca Ziliani;Francesco Comiti;Mario A. Lenzi

  • Field-derived relationships for flow velocity and resistance in high-gradient streams

    Francesco Comiti;Luca Mao;Andrew Wilcox;Andrew Wilcox;Ellen E. Wohl

  • Flow regimes, bed morphology, and flow resistance in self-formed step-pool channels

    F. Comiti;D. Cadol;E. Wohl

  • Characterising physical habitats and fluvial hydromorphology: A new system for the survey and classification of river geomorphic units

    Barbara Belletti;Massimo Rinaldi;Martina Bussettini;Francesco Comiti

  • Spatial density and characteristics of woody debris in five mountain rivers of the Dolomites (Italian Alps)

    Francesco Comiti;Andrea Andreoli;Mario Aristide Lenzi;Luca Mao

  • How natural are Alpine mountain rivers? Evidence from the Italian Alps

    Francesco Comiti

  • Magnitude-frequency analysis of bed load data in an Alpine boulder bed stream

    Mario Aristide Lenzi;Luca Mao;Francesco Comiti

  • Quantifying the temporal dynamics of wood in large rivers: field trials of wood surveying, dating, tracking, and monitoring techniques

    B. J. MacVicar;H. Piégay;A. Henderson;F. Comiti

  • Channel response to extreme floods: Insights on controlling factors from six mountain rivers in northern Apennines, Italy

    Nicola Surian;Margherita Righini;Ana Lucía;Laura Nardi

  • When does bedload transport begin in steep boulder-bed streams?

    Mario Aristide Lenzi;Luca Mao;Francesco Comiti

  • Tracer-based analysis of spatial and temporal variations of water sources in a glacierized catchment

    Daniele Penna;M. Engel;L. Mao;A. Dell'Agnese

  • A new monitoring station for debris flows in the European Alps: first observations in the Gadria basin

    F. Comiti;L. Marchi;P. Macconi;M. Arattano

  • Interannual variation of suspended sediment load and sediment yield in an alpine catchment

    M. A. Lenzi;L. Mao;F. Comiti

  • Characteristics, distribution and geomorphic role of large woody debris in a mountain stream of the Chilean Andes

    Andrea Andreoli;Francesco Comiti;Mario Aristide Lenzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Luca Mao
Luca Mao University of Lincoln
Mario Aristide Lenzi
Mario Aristide Lenzi University of Padua
Daniele Penna
Daniele Penna University of Florence
Lorenzo Marchi
Lorenzo Marchi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Nicola Surian
Nicola Surian University of Padua
Marco Borga
Marco Borga University of Padua
Marco Cavalli
Marco Cavalli National Research Council (CNR)
Massimo Rinaldi
Massimo Rinaldi University of Florence
Walter Bertoldi
Walter Bertoldi University of Trento
Andrés Iroumé
Andrés Iroumé Austral University of Chile

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