Anagrafe della ricerca

In this regard, one of the main uncertainties concerns the understanding of the behavior of soil during extreme events, synthetically conceptualized in the runoff coefficient, i.e. the percentage of non-infiltrated rainfall that produces runoff volumes. The main goal of FRISBEE is to develop a robust procedure to assess the hydrologic response of small basins in the whole Italian territory to extreme rainfall events through analysis and mapping of runoff coefficients, at very high (1 km) spatial resolution. For this purpose, we will integrate long-term in-situ data records with spatially distributed remote sensing observations. The combined use of such datasets, developed by the project partners, will constitute the first attempt to assess the small basins flood hazard in Italy.