Clouds and precipitation physics.
Physics of deep convective systems.
Physics of tropical like storms.
Satellite meteorology.
Regional climatology.
Water cycle.
Personal web site: http://www.cloudysky.it
Most recent publications
Bracci, A., L. Baldini, N. Roberto, E. Adirosi, M. Montopoli, C. Scarchilli, P. Grigioni, V. Ciardini, V. Levizzani, and F. Porcù, 2022: Quantitative precipitation estimation over Antarctica using different Ze-SR relationships based on snowfall classification combining ground observations. Remote Sens., 14(1), 82, doi:10.3390/rs14010082.
Cattani, E., O. Ferguglia, A. Merino, and V. Levizzani, 2021: Precipitation products’ inter-comparison over East and Southern Africa 1983-2017. Remote Sens., 13, 4419, doi:10.3390/rs13214419.
Kidd, C., and V. Levizzani, 2022: Satellite rainfall estimation. In: Rainfall: Modeling, Measurement and Applications. R. Morbidelli, Ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 135-169, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-822544-8.00005-6.
Laviola, S., G. Monte, E. Cattani, and V. Levizzani, 2022: Hail climatology in the Mediterranean basin using the GPM constellation (1999-2021). Remote Sens., 14(17), 4320, doi:10.3390/rs14174320
Levizzani, V., 2021: Il libro delle nuvole. Manuale pratico e teorico per leggere il cielo. Il Saggiatore, Milano, ISBN 9788842826828, 240 pp.
Marra, F., V. Levizzani, and E. Cattani, 2022: Changes in extreme daily precipitation over Africa: insights from a non asymptotic statistical approach. J. Hydrol. X, 16, 100130, doi:10.1016/j.hydroa.2022.100130.
Miglietta, M. M., D. Carnevale, V. Levizzani, and R. Rotunno, 2021: Role of moist and dry air advection in the development of Mediterranean Tropical-Like Cyclones (Medicanes). Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 147, 876-899, doi:10.1002/qj.3951.
Roca, R., Z. S. Haddad, F. F. Akimoto, L. Alexander, A. Behrangi, G. J. Huffman, S. Kato, C. Kidd, P. E. Kirstetter, T. Kubota, C. D. Kummerow, T. S. L’Ecuyer, V. Levizzani, V. Maggioni, C. Massari, H. Masunaga, M. Schröder, F. J. Tapiador, F. J. Turk, and N. Utsumi, 2021: The Joint IPWG/GEWEX Precipitation Assessment. WCRP Report, 2/2021, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP): Geneva, Switzerland, 125 pp, doi:10.13021/gewex.precip