Setting Up Optimal Meteorological Networks: An Example From Italy

Authors

  • Rita Aromolo Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Rome, Italy
  • Valerio Moretti Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Rome, Italy
  • Tiziano Sorgi Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Rome, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/spee1048-5236.4013

Keywords:

Climate, gauging stations, descriptive statistics, Mediterranean Europe.

Abstract

A permanent assessment of climate regime in forest sites has a key role in forest resource conservation and preservation of ecosystem services, biodiversity and landscape multi-functionality, informing sustainable forest management. In this view, time-series of meteorological data relative to several monitoring sites from the ICP-Forest network in Italy, were analyzed with the aim to define the number of site-specific observations, which can be considered adequate for further analysis on forest resource management. The relative importance of each factor accounted in our analysis (season, year, variable, plot, sampling proportion) was investigated comparing results through the use of descriptive statistics.

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Author Biographies

Rita Aromolo, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Rome, Italy

Rita Aromolo – Senior Technologist, degree in Biological Sciences from the La Sapienza University of Rome and specialization in General Pathology. Since 1988 she has been working for the Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of the Agricultural Economy at Center of Agriculture and Environment. She carries out research in the study and analysis of heavy metals in soil and plants, chemical indicators of soil fertility in assessing the environmental impact, the influence of cultivation practices on product quality and chemical characteristics physics of soils, air pollution and environmental quality. Responsible for various research also in the context of Mipaaf projects, the most recent “Valorbio”, Agroener, and thesis co-supervisor in the degree course in Forestry Sciences of the University of Tuscia of Viterbo. Since 1996 she has been responsible for various conventions in the environmental monitoring of the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano. She cooperates in various research projects such as projects aimed at optimizing fertilization through the use of biomass of various kinds on crops for industrial use, for the agricultural enhancement of waste biomass, and for the effects of the dynamics of unwanted elements on the soil. Since 2014 She has been working as an expert in the scientific technical group set up by interministerial decree as part of the investigations on the Terra dei Fuochi. She is the author of over 140 scientific publications and two patents.

Valerio Moretti, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Rome, Italy

Valerio Moretti, born in Rome on 16/12/1980. In 1999 he obtained a scientific high school diploma and subsequently began working at CREA in the context of national projects for the environmental protection of the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano. Since 2016 he has been dealing with the management of European projects both for the technical and administrative aspects. The most relevant technical tasks are the installation of weather stations in Italy and the implementation of climate databases.

Tiziano Sorgi, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Rome, Italy

Tiziano Sorgi, born in Rome on 24/07/1974. In 1993 he graduated as a technician of the electrical and electronic industries with a score of 60/60 and subsequently obtained a diploma of hardware and software technician with a score of 30/30. In 1998 he was hired at CREA where he is currently employed as a computer technician and electronic technician; among the most important tasks are the installation of meteorological stations on the Italian territory, the management of climate databases and the wiring of electronic instruments to the relative acquisition devices. The passion for electronics and for the computer led him to implement the design of interfaces and devices through the use of Arduino and the knowledge of the Visual C++ programming language.

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Published

2023-02-15

How to Cite

Aromolo, R., Moretti, V., & Sorgi, T. (2023). Setting Up Optimal Meteorological Networks: An Example From Italy . Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, 40(1), 39–54. https://doi.org/10.13052/spee1048-5236.4013

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