HydroLab - uniUD

Cluster

Land and Environment (AT)

Group's website

https://www.facebook.com/HydroLabUniud

Description

The research group operates mainly in the field of land technical survey and monitoring with high resolution topographic instruments and techniques. We employ up-to-date methodologies for data collection in the context of hydrological and glaciological studies, land use changes, green infrastructures and natural processes dynamics linked to the Anthropocene. The studies are carried on in a Geoinformatic environment (GIS) by integrating techniques of digital photogrammetry, remote sensing, satellite positioning, georeferenced databases, digital cartography to develop innovative operational approaches in the scientific technical field, aimed to the development of both mathematical simulation models and decision-making scenario models to support the technical-political decision-maker for land management. In addition to national and international research an important sector of activity is the consulting and the provision of services to public autorities, private organizations and businesses through analysis, tools and decision support systems. Recent researches: - development of very high precision land survey techniques using digital photogrammetry from ground and from SAPR to integrate LiDAR surveys - development of mathematical models in the field of erosion, solid transport, debris flow and sediment connectivity - study of the effects of climate change on the equilibrium of glaciers through direct surveys and numerical simulations of the mass balance - development of ecological connectivity models through spatialisation of environmental data and simulation of scenarios of different potential (GIS) in anthropized territory - development of structural models of the landscape and study of the effects of the spatial distribution pattern of habitats on ecosystem services. In addition to computing resources, our equipment consists of survey technology: GNSS Leica Zeno 20, GPS Trimble various models, photogrammetric SAPR, multispectral and optical cameras, topographic field instrumentation.

Research subjects

Hydrology, water resources management and soil conservation in mountain basins.
Monitoring and modeling the erosion dynamics and sediment transport in mountain waterways.
Glacier rurvey and modeling
GIS modules design and realization
Landscape characterization in anthropized environments.
Landscape dynamics monitoring and modeling (land use change, fragmentation, heterogeneity, intensity gradients of use).
Ecosystem services mapping with specific reference to the rural area.

ERC panels

PE10_17 Hydrology, hydrogeology, engineering and environmental geology, water and soil pollution
PE10_4 Terrestrial ecology, land cover change
SH3_9 Poverty and poverty alleviation
SH3_12 Communication and information, networks, media
PE10_14 Earth observations from space/remote sensing