Publications by Gianluca Botter

Data-driven statistical optimization of a groundwater monitoring network

We propose a comparative study of three different methods aimed at optimizing existing groundwater monitoring networks. Monitoring piezometric heads in subsurface porous formations is crucial at regional scales to properly characterize the relevant subsurf ...

Elsevier2024

Transit Time Estimation in Catchments: Recent Developments and Future Directions

Andrea Rinaldo, Paolo Benettin, Gianluca Botter, Myungjin Kim

Water transit time is now a standard measure in catchment hydrological and ecohydrological research. The last comprehensive review of transit time modeling approaches was published 15+ years ago. But since then the field has largely expanded with new data, ...

AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION2022

Using water age to explore hydrological processes in contrasting environments

Paolo Benettin, Gianluca Botter

WILEY2022

Using SAS functions and high-resolution isotope data to unravel travel time distributions in headwater catchments

Andrea Rinaldo, Paolo Benettin, Gianluca Botter

We use high-resolution tracer data from an experimental site to test theoretical approaches that integrate catchment-scale flow and transport processes in a unified framework centered on selective age sampling by streamflow and evapotranspiration fluxes. T ...

American Geophysical Union2017

Young runoff fractions control streamwater age and solute concentration dynamics

Andrea Rinaldo, Paolo Benettin, Gianluca Botter

We introduce a new representation of coupled solute and water age dynamics at the catchment scale, which shows how the contributions of young runoff waters can be directly referenced to observed water quality patterns. The methodology stems from recent tre ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Statistical characterization of spatiotemporal sediment dynamics in the Venice lagoon

Andrea Rinaldo, Gianluca Botter

Characterizing the dynamics of suspended sediment is crucial when investigating the long-term evolution of tidal landscapes. Here we apply a widely tested mathematical model which describes the dynamics of cohesive and noncohesive sediments, driven by the ...

Amer Geophysical Union2016

Reply to comment by Porporato and Calabrese on "Storage selection functions: A coherent framework for quantifying how catchments store and release water and solutes''

Andrea Rinaldo, Paolo Benettin, Enrico Bertuzzo, Gianluca Botter

Amer Geophysical Union2016

Modeling chloride transport using travel time distributions at Plynlimon, Wales

Andrea Rinaldo, Paolo Benettin, Gianluca Botter

Here we present a theoretical interpretation of high-frequency, high-quality tracer time series from the Hafren catchment at Plynlimon in mid-Wales. We make use of the formulation of transport by travel time distributions to model chloride transport origin ...

Amer Geophysical Union2015

Linking water age and solute dynamics in streamflow at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH, USA

Andrea Rinaldo, Paolo Benettin, Gianluca Botter

We combine experimental and modeling results from a headwater catchment at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF), New Hampshire, USA, to explore the link between stream solute dynamics and water age. A theoretical framework based on water age dynami ...

American Geophysical Union2015

Tracking residence times in hydrological systems: forward and backward formulations

Andrea Rinaldo, Paolo Benettin, Gianluca Botter

In recent years, several papers contributed to the development and clarification of key theoretical issues underlying the formulation of transport by travel time distributions in catchments. Such a formulation provides a robust description of the temporal ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015