Publications by Ludovico Nicotina

SEHR-ECHO v1.0: a Spatially Explicit Hydrologic Response model for ecohydrologic applications

Andrea Rinaldo, Enrico Bertuzzo, Bettina Schaefli, Ludovico Nicotina, Cédric Imfeld, Pierfrancesco Da Ronco

This paper presents the Spatially Explicit Hydrologic Response (SEHR) model developed at the Laboratory of Ecohydrology of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne for the simulation of hydrological processes at the catchment scale. The key concept of ...

2014

Improving the degree-day method for sub-daily melt simulations with physically-based diurnal variations

Andrea Rinaldo, Cara Christine Tobin, Marc Parlange, Bettina Schaefli, Guillermo Barrenetxea Kobas, Ludovico Nicotina, Silvia Simoni

This paper proposes a new extension of the classical degree-day snowmelt model applicable to hourly simulations for regions with limited data and adaptable to a broad range of spatially-explicit hydrological models. The snowmelt schemes have been tested wi ...

Elsevier2013

Geomorphic signatures on brutsaert base flow recession analysis

Andrea Rinaldo, Marc Parlange, Enrico Bertuzzo, Steven Vincent Weijs, Raphaël Mutzner, Serena Ceola, Ludovico Nicotina, Nevena Tomasic

This paper addresses the signatures of catchment geomorphology on base flow recession curves. Its relevance relates to the implied predictability of base flow features, which are central to catchment-scale transport processes and to ecohydrological functio ...

American Geophysical Union2013

Hydrologic controls on equilibrium soil depths

Andrea Rinaldo, Ludovico Nicotina

This paper deals with modelling the mutual feedbacks between runoff production and geomorphological processes and attributes that lead to patterns of equilibrium soil depth. Our primary goal is an attempt to describe spatial patterns of soil depth resultin ...

American Geophysical Union2011

Improved interpolation of meteorological forcings and hydrologic implications for a Swiss alpine region

Andrea Rinaldo, Alexis Berne, Cara Christine Tobin, Marc Parlange, Ludovico Nicotina

This paper presents a comparative study on the mapping of temperature and precipitation fields in complex Alpine terrain. Its relevance hinges on the major impact that inadequate interpolations of meteorological forcings bear on the accuracy of hydrologic ...

2011

Catchment travel time distributions and water flow in soils

Andrea Rinaldo, Enrico Bertuzzo, Ludovico Nicotina, Gianluca Botter

Many details about the flow of water in soils in a hillslope are unknowable given current technologies. One way of learning about the bulk effects of water velocity distributions on hillslopes is through the use of tracers. However, this paper will demonst ...

2011

Sea Level Rise, Hydrologic Runoff and the Flooding of Venice

Andrea Rinaldo, Ludovico Nicotina, Gianluca Botter

American Geophysical Union2008

On the impact of rainfall patterns on the hydrologic response

Andrea Rinaldo, Ludovico Nicotina

American Geophysical Union2008