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Overview

Marco Cavalli is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research spans multiple domains within environmental science, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. Their work focuses on several subfields, including management, monitoring, policy and law, ecology, soil science, global and planetary change, and earth-surface processes.

The main topics covered in Marco Cavalli's research include:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Flood risk assessment and management
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Recent research outputs include:

  • "Predicting sediment connectivity in a mountain basin: A quantitative analysis of the index of connectivity" (2022) published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • "How does co-registration affect geomorphic change estimates in multi-temporal surveys?" (2020) published in GIScience & Remote Sensing
  • "Storm characteristics dictate sediment dynamics and geomorphic changes in mountain channels: A case study in the Italian Alps" (2022) published in Geomorphology
  • "The morphological response of the Tegnas alpine catchment (Northeast Italy) to a Large Infrequent Disturbance" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Debris flows recorded in the Moscardo catchment (Italian Alps) between 1990 and 2019" (2021) published in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Marco Cavalli frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Stefano Crema
  • Lorenzo Marchi
  • Francesco Comiti
  • Mahmood Arabkhedri
  • Lorenzo Martini

The scientist publishes primarily in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geomorphology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Maps
  • CATENA

This profile indicates a strong interdisciplinary approach centered on understanding sediment dynamics, geomorphic changes, and environmental monitoring in alpine and mountainous regions. Their scholarly output reflects a focus on quantitative analysis methods and the impact of natural disturbances on landscapes.

Best Publications

  • Geomorphometric assessment of spatial sediment connectivity in small Alpine catchments

    Marco Cavalli;Sebastiano Trevisani;Francesco Comiti;Lorenzo Marchi

  • Indices of sediment connectivity: opportunities, challenges and limitations

    Tobias Heckmann;Marco Cavalli;Olivier Cerdan;Saskia Foerster

  • The effectiveness of airborne LiDAR data in the recognition of channel-bed morphology

    Marco Cavalli;Paolo Tarolli;Lorenzo Marchi;Giancarlo Dalla Fontana

  • Characterisation of the surface morphology of an alpine alluvial fan using airborne LiDAR

    M. Cavalli;L. Marchi

  • SedInConnect: a stand-alone, free and open source tool for the assessment of sediment connectivity

    Stefano Crema;Marco Cavalli

  • 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

  • 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

  • The role of human activities on sediment connectivity of shallow landslides

    Maria Giuseppina Persichillo;Massimiliano Bordoni;Marco Cavalli;Stefano Crema

  • Assessment of erosion and deposition in steep mountain basins by differencing sequential digital terrain models

    Marco Cavalli;Beatrice Goldin;Francesco Comiti;Francesco Brardinoni

  • Dynamics of large wood during a flash flood in two mountain catchments

    A. Lucía;F. Comiti;M. Borga;M. Cavalli

  • The effects of land use and topographic changes on sediment connectivity in mountain catchments.

    M. Llena;D. Vericat;M. Cavalli;S. Crema

  • Sediment transfer processes in two Alpine catchments of contrasting morphological settings

    L. Mao;M. Cavalli;F. Comiti;L. Marchi

  • Flood probability quantification for road infrastructure: Data-driven spatial-statistical approach and case study applications

    Zahra Kalantari;Marco Cavalli;Carolina Cantone;Stefano Crema

  • Geomorphic effectiveness of check dams in a debris-flow catchment using multi-temporal topographic surveys

    Sara Cucchiaro;Sara Cucchiaro;Marco Cavalli;Damià Vericat;Stefano Crema

  • LiDAR-derived slopes for headwater channel network analysis

    Alessandro Vianello;Marco Cavalli;Paolo Tarolli

  • Monitoring sediment source areas in a debris-flow catchment using terrestrial laser scanning

    Giacomo Blasone;Marco Cavalli;Lorenzo Marchi;Federico Cazorzi

  • Monitoring topographic changes through 4D-structure-from-motion photogrammetry: application to a debris-flow channel

    Sara Cucchiaro;Sara Cucchiaro;Marco Cavalli;Damià Vericat;Stefano Crema

  • Channel control works and sediment connectivity in the European Alps.

    Lorenzo Marchi;Francesco Comiti;Stefano Crema;Marco Cavalli

  • Basin-scale analysis of the geomorphic effectiveness of flash floods: A study in the northern Apennines (Italy).

    V. Scorpio;Silvia Crema;Silvia Crema;F. Marra;M. Righini

  • Evaluating short-term morphological changes in a gravel-bed braided river using terrestrial laser scanner

    L. Picco;L. Mao;M. Cavalli;E. Buzzi

  • Analysis of debris-flow recordings in an instrumented basin: confirmations and new findings

    M. Arattano;L. Marchi;M. Cavalli

  • Topography-based flow-directional roughness: potential and challenges

    Sebastiano Trevisani;Marco Cavalli

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenzo Marchi
Lorenzo Marchi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Francesco Comiti
Francesco Comiti Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Marco Borga
Marco Borga University of Padua
Paolo Tarolli
Paolo Tarolli University of Padua
Damià Vericat
Damià Vericat University of Lleida
Luca Schenato
Luca Schenato University of Padua
Luca Mao
Luca Mao University of Lincoln
Daniele Penna
Daniele Penna University of Florence
Mario Aristide Lenzi
Mario Aristide Lenzi University of Padua
Andrés Iroumé
Andrés Iroumé Austral University of Chile

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