Detailed Report of Contractor for First Annual Report Contractor: University of Padova, Department of Land and Agro- Forest Environment – Water Resources Division Responsible Scientist: Prof

Francesco Comiti) had the following objectives included in the Workpackage WP1 "Development of functional relationships for debris flow behaviour" and WP3 " Development of a small basin debris flow impact model": • Organisation of the research team and scientific coordination of activities • Acquisition of existing data on debris flow characteristics in small basins located in the Veneto Region and in the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano • Acquisition of the available numeric and cartaceous maps • High-precision topographic surveying of the Rio Lenzi main channel and alluvial fan (test area C) • Development of the DTM (Digital Terrain Model) for the Rio Lenzi entire catchment and for the alluvial fan • Development of a 1-D submodel for debris flow routing • Installation of ultrasonic sensors in the Rio Rudan main channel