In hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, climatology and, more generally, in geophysics—all sciences which are involved in water resources management, researches and studies—technological and operational developments come up against a fundamental difficulty which is the extreme variability of geophysical fields. This extreme variability is often associated with natural hazards such as earthquak...

Geophysical and geochemical investigations concerning deformation events of tectonic interest at the underground laboratory of Gran Sasso have been carried out and possible correlations with local seismicity are also investigated. We have planned and realized an automatic multiparametric equipment (water temperature, electrical conductivity, pH, Rn) and from the May 1996 we performs automatic m...

This thesis interfaces geophysical techniques with local and traditional knowledge (LTK) of indigenous ice experts to track and evaluate coastal sea ice conditions over annual and interannual timescales. A novel approach is presented for consulting LTK alongside a systematic study of where, when, and how the community of Barrow, Alaska uses the ice cover. The goal of this research is to improve...

This Special Issue reports on recent work related to extreme events. It focuses on research related to the EuropeanCommission–supported project “Extreme Events: Causes and Consequences” (E2C2). E2C2 investigated various methodologies for the study of extreme events and their applications to several areas of the geosciences in which such events occur. The strength of the project – which included...