Po River Basin's Changing Hydro-Climatology (1991-2020) and Future Activities to Prevent Projected Effects on Po Valley Agriculture

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Biosphere Atmosphere Climate Interactions lab 2025

Go to the Theory and Concepts page

This page contains the laboratory materials for the BACI2025 course, specifically covering the sections I oversee. The laboratory sessions build upon concepts from the hydrology class while extending into more advanced simulations, including applications of the GEOSPACE system.  GEOSPACE is based upon GEOframe is an open-source, component-based hydrological modeling framework developed primarily by researchers in Italy. It's designed to be modular and flexible, allowing researchers to combine different hydrological processes and models.

Installations

• Conda (Vimeo2025)
• Java (Vimeo2025)
• OMS material

Generalities about the Object Modelling System

OMS3 (Object Modeling System 3) is a Java-based environmental modeling framework developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Colorado State University. It's designed to facilitate the development, integration, and deployment of environmental and agricultural models.

• OMS3 (Slides) (Video)
• Working Environment (Slides) (Video)
• Simulation files and OMS3 Console (Slides) (Video: 1, 2)

OMS Project that will be used

• Example 0
• Other Examples for your inspection
• WHETGEO basic Project
• GEOET basic project

WHETGEO specifically focuses on simulating the coupled processes of water and heat transport, which are crucial for understanding: Soil moisture dynamics, Evapotranspiration processes, Energy balance at the land surface, Groundwater-surface water interactions, Snow and ice processes (where temperature is critical)

• Exploring a WHETGEO project
• What is required by WHETGEO
• How to implement the grid, initial conditions and boundary conditions
• How to build rainfall files
• Analysis of WHETGEO1D.sim
• How to run WHETGEO
• How to visualize and interpret the data

RADIATION ESTIMATION

• Exploring a Radiation project
• What is required to estimate radiation
• Analysis of  XXXXX
• How to run  XXXXX
• How to visualize and interpret the data

GEOET

• What is GEOET ?
• Exploring a GEOET project
• What is required by GEOET
• How to visualize and interpret the data

GEOSPACE

• What is GEOSPACE ?
• Exploring a GEOSPACE project
• What is required by GEOSPACE
• How to visualize and interpret the data

Go to the Theory and Concepts page

REFERENCES

• Bottazzi, M. 2020. “Transpiration Theory and the Prospero Component of GEOframe.” Edited by R. Rigon and G. Bertoldi. Ph.D., DICAM.
• D’Amato, Concetta. n.d. “Exploring the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum: Advancements, Integrated Modeling and Ecohydrological Insights.” Ph.D., Università di Trento.
  
• D’Amato, Concetta, Niccolò Tubini, and Riccardo Rigon. 2025. “A Component Based Modular Treatment of the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum: The GEOSPACE Framework (v.1.2.9).” https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-4128.
• Tubini, N. 2021, June. “Theoretical and Numerical Tools for Studying the Critical Zone from Plots to Catchments.” Edited by R. Rigon and S. Gruber. Ph.D., Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e Meccanica, Università di Trento.
  
• Tubini, Niccolò, and Riccardo Rigon. 2022. “Implementing the Water, HEat and Transport Model in GEOframe (WHETGEO-1D v.1.0): Algorithms, Informatics, Design Patterns, Open Science Features, and 1D Deployment.” Geoscientific Model Development 15 (1): 75–104. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-75-2022.
  

A CV template for postdocs that I like

I frequently receive PhD applications with standardized EuroPass CVs. While these formats have their place, I find they often lack personality and fail to effectively showcase a candidate's unique qualities. Even when institutions explicitly request standardized formats, these templates rarely help applicants stand out.
Previously, I've written about the differences between CVs and resumes, and shared my own CV on this blog. However, as a senior academic, my format may not be ideal for early-career researchers. 

Recently, I collaborated with one of my former PhD students to refine her curriculum vitae for postdoctoral applications. She created a format that effectively highlights her qualifications while demonstrating alignment with potential supervisors' research directions. I'm sharing this template below as a resource for prospective postdoc candidates.

Important advice: Always tailor your research plans to align with those of the principal investigator issuing the call for which you are writing your resume. Failing to do this significantly undermines your application's chances of success.

While your past achievements matter—they demonstrate your capability to complete projects—what's truly critical is how your future goals complement mine. Unless you've accomplished truly exceptional work (landmark publications or breakthroughs), focus more on articulating how your skills and interests will contribute to advancing our shared research objectives.

Please you can find here:

• A pdf template with fake contents
• A pdf template
• A LaTeX file (hyperlinks not working)
• An HTML file that can be eventually imported and edited in a word processor

The formatting can be improved since I did not dedicate all the time it needed. Obviously each one cane personalize some parts according to their own personality and attitude. Something can be missing. However, it contains what I expect it should be there.