RT Journal Article
T1 Reconstruction of erosivity density in northwest Italy since 1701
A1 Diodato, Nazzareno
A1 Gómara Cardalliaguet, Íñigo
A1 Baronetti, Alice
A1 Fratianni, Simona
A1 Bellocchi, Gianni
AB Societies can be better prepared to face hydrological extremes (e.g. flash floods) by understanding the trends and variability of rainfall aggressiveness and its derivative, erosivity density (ED). Estimating extended time series of ED is, however, scientifically challenging because of the paucity of long-term high-resolution pluviometric observations. This research presents the longest ED time series reconstruction (1701–2019) in northwest Italy (Piedmont region) to date, which is analysed to identify damaging hydrological periods. With this aim, we developed a model consistent with a sample (1981–2015) of detailed novel Revised Universal Soil Loss Erosion-based high-resolution data and documentary hydrological extreme records. The modelled data show a noticeable rising trend in ED from 1897 onwards, together with an increase of extreme values for return periods of 10 and 50 years, consistent with the Clausius‐Clapeyron scaling of extreme rainfall. We also suggest the North Atlantic Oscillation and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation may be associated with rainfall extremes in Piedmont.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0262-6667, ESSN: 2150-3435
YR 2021
FD 2021-05-19
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8497
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8497
LA eng
NO © 2021 Taylor & Francis. N.D. and G.B. performed this research as an investigator-driven study without financial support. I.G. was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and  Competitiveness (MINECO) project PRE4CAST (CGL2017-86415-R). A.B. is PhD student at University of Turin (Italy).
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 jul 2025