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2026

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D-Index
84
Citations
23264
World Ranking
798
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Marco Borga is a researcher affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on key subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Water Science and Technology.

Their research topics include:

  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Marco Borga has published extensively in several journals, with frequent appearances in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Advances in Water Resources
  • Hydrological Sciences Journal

Recent papers include:

  • A Unified Framework for Extreme Subdaily Precipitation Frequency Analyses Based on Ordinary Events (2020), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Differential orographic impact on sub-hourly, hourly, and daily extreme precipitation (2021), published in Advances in Water Resources
  • The Role of Experience and Different Sources of Knowledge in Shaping Flood Risk Awareness (2020), published in Water
  • Multi-model convection-resolving simulations of the October 2018 Vaia storm over Northeastern Italy (2021), published in Atmospheric Research
  • Exploring changes in hydrogeological risk awareness and preparedness over time: a case study in northeastern Italy (2020), published in Hydrological Sciences Journal

Collaboration is a significant component of Marco Borga's research activity. Frequent coauthors include Francesco Marra, Eleonora Dallan, Mattia Zaramella, Daniele Penna, and Giulia Zuecco, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their scientific investigations.

In addition to journal articles, Marco Borga has also contributed to academic book publications. One notable book is Climate Change, Hazards and Adaptation Options, published by Springer Nature in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Changing climate both increases and decreases European river floods

    Günter Blöschl;Julia Hall;Alberto Viglione;Alberto Viglione;Rui A P Perdigão

  • Changing climate shifts timing of European floods

    Günter Blöschl;Julia Hall;Juraj Parajka;Rui A. P. Perdigão

  • A compilation of data on European flash floods

    Eric Gaume;Valerie Bain;Pietro Bernardara;Olivier Newinger

  • Characterisation of selected extreme flash floods in Europe and implications for flood risk management

    L. Marchi;M. Borga;E. Preciso;Eric Gaume

  • Understanding Flood Regime Changes in Europe: A state of the art assessment

    J Hall;B Arheimer;M Borga;R Brazdil;R Brazdil

  • Hydrogeomorphic response to extreme rainfall in headwater systems: Flash floods and debris flows

    Marco Borga;Markus Stoffel;Markus Stoffel;Lorenzo Marchi;Francesco Marra

  • The influence of soil moisture on threshold runoff generation processes in an alpine headwater catchment

    D. Penna;H. J. Tromp-van Meerveld;A. Gobbi;M. Borga

  • Flash flood warning based on rainfall thresholds and soil moisture conditions: An assessment for gauged and ungauged basins

    Daniele Norbiato;Marco Borga;Silvia Degli Esposti;Eric Gaume

  • Land use change impacts on floods at the catchment scale : challenges and opportunities for future research

    M. Rogger;M. Agnoletti;A. Alaoui;J.C. Bathurst

  • Hydrometeorological Analysis of the 29 August 2003 Flash Flood in the Eastern Italian Alps

    Marco Borga;Paolo Boscolo;Francesco Zanon;Marco Sangati

  • Flash flood forecasting, warning and risk management: the HYDRATE project

    M. Borga;E.N. Anagnostou;G. Blöschl;J.-D. Creutin

  • HYMEX , a 10-year Multidisciplinary Program on the mediterranean water cycle.

    P. Drobinski;Véronique Ducrocq;P. Alpert;E. Anagnostou

  • The missing link between flood risk awareness and preparedness: findings from case studies in an Alpine Region

    Anna Scolobig;B. De Marchi;M. Borga

  • HyMeX-SOP1: The Field Campaign Dedicated to Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flooding in the Northwestern Mediterranean

    Véronique Ducrocq;Isabelle Braud;Silvio Davolio;Rossella Ferretti

  • Space-time variability of climate variables and intermittent renewable electricity production – A review

    Kolbjørn Engeland;Kolbjørn Engeland;Marco Borga;Jean-Dominique Creutin;Jean-Dominique Creutin;Baptiste François;Baptiste François

  • Regional frequency analysis of extreme precipitation in the eastern Italian Alps and the August 29, 2003 flash flood

    Daniele Norbiato;Marco Borga;Marco Sangati;Francesco Zanon

  • Accuracy of radar rainfall estimates for streamflow simulation

    Marco Borga

  • Surveying flash floods: gauging the ungauged extremes

    Marco Borga;Eric Gaume;Jean Dominique Creutin;Lorenzo Marchi

  • Hillslope scale soil moisture variability in a steep alpine terrain

    Daniele Penna;Marco Borga;Daniele Norbiato;Giancarlo Dalla Fontana

  • Shallow landslide hazard assessment using a physically based model and digital elevation data

    M. Borga;G. Dalla Fontana;D. Da Ros;L. Marchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniele Penna
Daniele Penna University of Florence
Lorenzo Marchi
Lorenzo Marchi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou University of Connecticut
Jean-Dominique Creutin
Jean-Dominique Creutin Grenoble Alpes University
Francesco Comiti
Francesco Comiti Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Eric Gaume
Eric Gaume Université Gustave Eiffel
Alberto Viglione
Alberto Viglione Polytechnic University of Turin
Guy Delrieu
Guy Delrieu Grenoble Alpes University
Paolo Tarolli
Paolo Tarolli University of Padua

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