Research Field and Subjects
Soil and water are key natural resources for agricultural development and ecosystem functioning. Sustainable exploitation of these resources implies that management objectives in space and time, across the different compartments of the hydrosphere and pedosphere be taken into consideration. Research in this area is devoted to the characterization and modelling of different soil and water functions and services, in support of the sustainable management of the natural soil and water resources.
Research fields and subjects
- Study of the fate and transport of chemicals of natural and anthropogenic origin, particular agricultural origin, in soil and water.
- Study of pollution pressure on soil and water resources.
- Development of analytical techniques to assess soil and water contamination risks.
- Development of geophysical, in particular hydrogeophysical prospecting techniques for contamination risk assessment.
- Development of mathematical models (deterministic and stochastic) to simulate water and chemical transport in soil and wa
Research Field and Subjects
- Study of the processes controlling flooding and mud flow risk, in particular:
- rainfall-runoff and surface sediment transport;
- the connectivity of surface flow in terms of soil surface properties (roughness, infiltration capacity, etc…);
- the space-time distribution of moisture content;
- hydraulic properties and other physical properties of the soil surface by means of geophysical and nearby remote sensing techniques.
- Development and improvement of f