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Lorenzo Alfieri is affiliated with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Atmospheric Science, among other subfields.

The main areas of study in Lorenzo Alfieri's body of work include:

  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

The scientist has published notable recent papers covering various aspects of hydrology and climate impacts. Key publications include:

  • "GloFAS-ERA5 operational global river discharge reanalysis 1979-present," 2020, Earth system science data
  • "Cost-effective adaptation strategies to rising river flood risk in Europe," 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • "River flood hazard maps for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin region," 2021, Publications Office of the European Union
  • "High-resolution satellite products improve hydrological modeling in northern Italy," 2022, Hydrology and earth system sciences
  • "Climate change impacts and adaptation in Europe," 2020, Joint Research Centre (European Commission)

Frequent co-authors in Lorenzo Alfieri's research include:

  • Francesco Dottori
  • Huan Wu
  • Luc Feyen
  • Simone Gabellani
  • Peter Salamon

Lorenzo Alfieri's work has been published repeatedly in several venues, including:

  • Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
  • Geophysical monograph
  • Earth system science data

Best Publications

  • Global projections of river flood risk in a warmer world

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Berny Bisselink;Francesco Dottori;Gustavo Naumann

  • Global Changes in Drought Conditions Under Different Levels of Warming

    Gustavo Naumann;L. Alfieri;K. Wyser;L. Mentaschi

  • Increased human and economic losses from river flooding with anthropogenic warming

    Francesco Dottori;Wojciech Szewczyk;Juan Carlos Ciscar;Fang Zhao

  • Global warming increases the frequency of river floods in Europe

    L. Alfieri;P. Burek;L. Feyen;G. Forzieri

  • A high‐resolution global flood hazard model

    Christopher C. Sampson;Andrew M. Smith;Paul D. Bates;Jeffrey C. Neal

  • GloFAS – global ensemble streamflow forecasting and flood early warning

    L. Alfieri;P. Burek;E. Dutra;B. Krzeminski

  • Development and evaluation of a framework for global flood hazard mapping

    Francesco Dottori;Peter Salamon;Alessandra Bianchi;Lorenzo Alfieri

  • Ensemble flood risk assessment in Europe under high end climate scenarios

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Luc Feyen;Francesco Dottori;Alessandra Bianchi

  • Operational early warning systems for water-related hazards in Europe

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Peter Salamon;Florian Pappenberger;Fredrik Wetterhall

  • Advances in pan-European flood hazard mapping

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Peter Salamon;Alessandra Bianchi;Jeffrey Neal

  • Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change

    Giovanni Forzieri;Luc Feyen;Simone Russo;Michalis Vousdoukas

  • GloFAS-ERA5 operational global river discharge reanalysis 1979–present

    Shaun Harrigan;Ervin Zsoter;Lorenzo Alfieri;Christel Prudhomme;Christel Prudhomme

  • Changes in climate extremes, fresh water availability and vulnerability to food insecurity projected at 1.5°C and 2°C global warming with a higher-resolution global climate model

    Richard A. Betts;Lorenzo Alfieri;Catherine Bradshaw;John Caesar

  • Increasing flood risk under climate change: a pan-European assessment of the benefits of four adaptation strategies

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Luc Feyen;Giuliano Di Baldassarre

  • How do I know if my forecasts are better? Using benchmarks in hydrological ensemble prediction

    F. Pappenberger;F. Pappenberger;F. Pappenberger;M. H. Ramos;H. L. Cloke;F. Wetterhall

  • Evaluation of ensemble streamflow predictions in Europe

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Florian Pappenberger;Fredrik Wetterhall;Thomas Haiden

  • Calibration of the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) using daily streamflow data

    Feyera A. Hirpa;Peter Salamon;Hylke E. Beck;Valerio Lorini

  • A global streamflow reanalysis for 1980-2018.

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Valerio Lorini;Feyera A. Hirpa;Shaun Harrigan

  • Multi-Model Projections of River Flood Risk in Europe under Global Warming

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Francesco Dottori;Richard Betts;Peter Salamon

  • Cost-effective adaptation strategies to rising river flood risk in Europe

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  • Visualizing probabilistic flood forecast information: expert preferences and perceptions of best practice in uncertainty communication

    Florian Pappenberger;Elisabeth M. Stephens;Jutta Thielen;Peter Salamon

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc Feyen
Luc Feyen Stanford University
Peter Salamon
Peter Salamon Universitat Politècnica de València
Florian Pappenberger
Florian Pappenberger European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Christel Prudhomme
Christel Prudhomme European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Richard Betts
Richard Betts University of Exeter
Fredrik Wetterhall
Fredrik Wetterhall European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Hannah Cloke
Hannah Cloke University of Reading
Yukiko Hirabayashi
Yukiko Hirabayashi Shibaura Institute of Technology
Dai Yamazaki
Dai Yamazaki University of Tokyo
Francesco Laio
Francesco Laio Polytechnic University of Turin

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