Born 24 September 1961 in Castrovillari (CS), Italy. Doctor in Physics, University of Bologna, 18 March 1988; 1989-1991 granted 2 annual fellowships at the Institute FISBAT for research in radarmeteorology. Since 1992 he has a contract for scientific collaboration at the Institute of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences ISAO - Cloud and Precipitation Group. Since 1993 he teaches Physics at High School [ISIT "BASSI-BURGATTI" of CENTO (FE)]. He is/has been involved in the following fields:

Radarmeteorology.

Millimetric radar studies.

Theoretical modelling by hydrometeors at different frequencies and laboratory measurements of backscattering by hydrometeors at 35.8 GHz.

Computation of the most important scattering coefficients (s _sca, s _ext, s _abs, s _back, depolarisation ratios LDR, CDR and ZDR) and radar coefficients (reflectivity Z, attenuation K_dp, Z_DP, r _hv e d _hv and so on) for different size distributions and canting angle.

Cloud Physics:

Study of optical properties of hydrometeors.

Simulation of cloud scenarios.

PUBLICATIONS:

Papers on international Journal

Sturniolo, O., A. Mugnai, and F. Prodi, 1995 : A Numerical sensitivity study on the backscattering at 35.8 GHz from precipitation-sized hydrometeors. Radio Science, 30, 903-919.

Prodi, F., A. Moretti and O. Sturniolo, 1996: Backscattering gain measurements of spherical ice hydrometeors at 35.8 GHz and comparison to numerical computation. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 13, No. 2, 407-418.

Prodi, F., R. Medini, A. Battaglia and O. Sturniolo, 1998: Radar parameters calculations for G distribution of cloud particles in single scattering, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. B, No. 3, 213-218.

Prodi, F., O. Sturniolo, R. Medini and A. Battaglia, 1999: Radar parameter simulation for populations of spherical and non-spherical hydrometeors: dependence on size distributions, shapes and composition, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 63, 677-699.

Prodi, F., A. Battaglia, F. Brunelli and O. Sturniolo, 2000: Measurements of natural precipitation with 35 GHz scatterometer and corresponding simulations, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B), Vol. 25, No. 10-12, 1343-1346.

Battaglia, A., O. Sturniolo and F. Prodi, 2001: Radar and scattering parameters through falling hydrometeors with axially-symmetric shapes, Applied Optics, 40, No. 18, 3092-3100.

Battaglia, A., O. Sturniolo and F. Prodi, 2001: Radar multiparameters analysis for ice clouds, Atmospheric Research. 59-60, 231-250.

Communications at international congress and workshop

Sturniolo, O., A. Mugnai, and F. Prodi, 1992: Hydrometeor backscattering at millimeter wavelengths, Proceeding of the 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, Volume 2, Elsevier Sc. Publ., Amsterdam, Olanda, pp. 1001-1004.

Prodi, F., O. Sturniolo, A. Mugnai, and M. Montanari, 1993: Backscattering of ice hydrometeors at 35 GHz: Laboratory measurements and numerical computations. Proceeding of the 26th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, Oklahoma, USA, American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachussets, USA, pp. 126-128.

Sturniolo, O., F. Prodi and A. Cola, 1996: Scattering at 35.8 Ghz by axially symmetric particles: Measurements and numerical computations. Proceeding of 12th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Zurich, Switzerland, Volume 1, pp. 382-385.

Prodi, F., O. Sturniolo and R. Medini, 1998: Simulation of radar returns for different cloud scenarii, using monodisperse and polydisperse populations of randomly oriented axially symmetric hydrometeors, Proceeding of Workshop on Synergy of Active Instruments in the Earth Radiation Mission, ESA, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany, pp. 127 – 134.

Prodi, F., O. Sturniolo, R. Medini and A. Battaglia, 1998: Simulation of cloud scenarios using monodisperse and polydisperse populations of randomly oriented axially symmetric hydrometeors, Proceeding of Conference on Light Scattering By Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, American Meteorological Society, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA, pp. 309-312.

Battaglia, A., O. Sturniolo and F. Prodi, 1999: Radar parameters for partially aligned hydrometeors, with axially-symmetric shapes, Proceeding of Cloud Symposium on Remote Sensing of Cloud Parameters: Retrieval and Validation, IRCTR, Delft University of Technology, Nederland, in press.

Sturniolo O., A. Battaglia and F. Prodi, 2000: Depolarization ratios for partially aligned populations of hydrometeors with axially-symmetric shapes, Proceeding of 13^th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Reno Area, Nevada, USA, pp. 276 - 279.

Prodi, F., A. Battaglia, F. Brunelli, and O. Sturniolo 2000: Measurements of natural precipitation with 35 GHz scatterometer and corresponding simulations, Proceeding of First European Conference on Radar Meteorology (ERAD), Bologna, Italy, in press.

Communications at national congress and workshop

Sturniolo, O., A. Mugnai, and F. Prodi, 1992: Backscattering di radiazione millimetrica da parte di idrometeore. 9° Convegno Nazionale di Fisica dell'Atmosfera e dell'Oceano (G.N.F.A.O.), Roma, Bollettino Geofisico GNFAO-CNR, anno XV, N. 1, pp. 139-141.

Sturniolo, O., A. Mugnai, and F. Prodi, 1993: Modellazione numerica dello scattering di particelle di ghiaccio non-sferiche e non-omogenee. 10° Convegno Nazionale GNFAO-CNR, Lerici, Bollettino Geofisico GNFAO-CNR, anno XVI, N. 2-3, pp. 231-235.

Prodi, F., L. Cristaudo, and O. Sturniolo, 1990: Misure di backscattering di chicchi di grandine a 35.8 GHz. LXXVI Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Fisica, Trento, Atti Congresso p. 104.

Sturniolo, O., A. Mugnai, and F. Prodi, 1991: Calcolo dei coefficienti di scattering per idrometeore non sferiche e non omogenee. LXXVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Fisica, L'Aquila, Atti Congresso pp. 119-120.

Prodi, F., A. Moretti and O. Sturniolo, 1995: Misure di backscattering a 35.8 GHz su idrometeore artificiali sferiche e non omogenee e confronto con i calcoli numerici. LXXXI Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Fisica Perugia, Atti Congresso p.202.

Reports

Sturniolo, O. and F. Prodi, 1997: Scattering by monodisperse and polydisperse populations of randomly oriented axially-symmetric hydrometeors at different frequencies, Technical Report for European Space Agency contract, Work order contract: "Measurement, studies and developments in the field of propagation and remote sensing", ESTEC Contract No. 9949/92/NL/PB(SC).

Sturniolo, O., F. Prodi and R. Medini, 1997: Simulation of cloud scenarii using monodisperse and polydisperse populations of randomly oriented axially-symmetric hydrometeors, Technical Report for European Space Agency contract, Work order contract: "Measurement, studies and developments in the field of propagation and remote sensing", ESTEC Contract No. 9949/92/NL/PB(SC).

Witternigg, N., W.L. Randeu, E. Barthazy, P. Cavazzini, M. Leitner, F. Prodi, W. Schmid, and O. Sturniolo, 1997: Feasibility study for a ground-based millimetre-wave cloud profiling radar, Work order contract: "Measurement, studies and developments in the field of propagation and remote sensing", ESTEC Contract No. 9949/92/NL/PB(SC).

Prodi, F., R. Medini, A. Battaglia and O. Sturniolo 1998: Single scattering model evaluations for spaceborne backscatter radar signal processing, , Technical Report for ESA/ESTEC, contract n. CN11142/94/NL/CN.

Contribute to books

Scienza e Supercalcolo al Cineca - Rapporto 1993, Sturniolo, O., A. Mugnai, and F. Prodi, 1993: Modellazione numerica per il calcolo dei coefficienti di scattering da parte di idrometeore non sferiche e non omogenee.

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