What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Statistics
- Ecology
- Meteorology
His scientific interests lie mostly in Meteorology, Surface runoff, Hydrology, Water balance and Evapotranspiration.
His work carried out in the field of Meteorology brings together such families of science as Probabilistic logic and Flood myth, Flood forecasting.
His research in Surface runoff is mostly concerned with Snowmelt.
He has included themes like Quantitative precipitation forecast, Covariance matrix, Spatial dependence and Quantitative precipitation estimation in his Hydrology study.
His work in Water balance covers topics such as Hydrograph which are related to areas like Natural hazard, Spatial analysis, Energy balance and Altitude.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Meltwater, Glacier, Drainage basin and Precipitation in addition to Evapotranspiration.
His most cited work include:
- Are niche-based species distribution models transferable in space? (574 citations)
- Climate change and plant distribution: local models predict high-elevation persistence (397 citations)
- ALPINE3D: a detailed model of mountain surface processes and its application to snow hydrology (283 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Surface runoff, Hydrology, Meteorology, Climate change and Climatology are his primary areas of study.
His research integrates issues of Snow, Streamflow, Hydrology and Precipitation in his study of Surface runoff.
His research combines Meltwater and Hydrology.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Flood myth, Flash flood, Flood forecasting and Weather radar.
His work on Global warming as part of general Climate change research is often related to Science policy, thus linking different fields of science.
Massimiliano Zappa works mostly in the field of Climatology, limiting it down to concerns involving Hydrological modelling and, occasionally, Range.
He most often published in these fields:
- Surface runoff (23.50%)
- Hydrology (24.04%)
- Meteorology (20.22%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Climate change (16.94%)
- Water resource management (4.37%)
- Flood myth (13.66%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Climate change, Water resource management, Flood myth, Physical geography and Atmospheric sciences.
His biological study deals with issues like Leaf area index, which deal with fields such as Canopy, Distributed element model and Hydrology.
The concepts of his Flood myth study are interwoven with issues in Non stationarity, Environmental resource management and Hydrological modelling.
His Hydropower study also includes
- Preprocessor which intersects with area such as Hydrometeorology,
- Irrigation, which have a strong connection to Surface runoff.
His research integrates issues of Climatology, Ensemble average and Precipitation in his study of Streamflow.
Precipitation is a subfield of Meteorology that he explores.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Present and future water scarcity in Switzerland: Potential for alleviation through reservoirs and lakes. (25 citations)
- Future shifts in extreme flow regimes in Alpine regions (12 citations)
- Ensemble flood forecasting considering dominant runoff processes – Part 1: Set-up and application to nested basins (Emme, Switzerland) (11 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Statistics
- Ecology
- Hydrology
Massimiliano Zappa mainly investigates Climate change, Calibration, Surface runoff, Precipitation and Hydrology.
His Climate change research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Tree health, Biodiversity, Soil water and Wilting.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Rain gauge, Meteorology, Nowcasting, Flash flood and Flood forecasting.
His Surface runoff research includes elements of Water scarcity, Irrigation, Water resource management, Drainage basin and Snow.
His Precipitation study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Climatology, Numerical weather prediction, Ensemble average and Streamflow.
His specific area of interest is Hydrology, where Massimiliano Zappa studies Snowmelt.
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