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  1. Characterizing the 2019-2021 drought in southern and southeastern Brazil using S-TRACK method

    Article • Ciência e Natura, August 2026, Universidad Federal de Santa Maria

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  2. Advancing urban atmospheric modeling with coupled mesoscale–LES: A Bologna heatwave case study

    Article • Urban Climate, August 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  3. Convective cold pools and attendant turbulence at the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO)

    Article • Atmospheric Research, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  4. Energy Partitioning and Air Temperature Anomalies Above Urban Surfaces: A High-Resolution PALM-4U Study

    Article • Atmosphere, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  5. Urban Health Assessment Through a Planetary Health Perspective: Methods and First Results from the Rome NBFC Experiment

    Article • Atmosphere, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  6. The role of thermal stratification on the co‐spectral properties of momentum transport above an Amazonian forest

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  7. Avaliação do Desempenho das Simulações Históricas dos ´Modelos do CMIP6 na Representação do Regime de Precipitação no Sul do Brasil

    Article • Ciência e Natura, December 2024, Universidad Federal de Santa Maria

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  8. Tall tower observations of a northward surging gust front in central Amazon and its role in the mesoscale transport of carbon dioxide

    Article • Meteorological Applications, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  9. Atmospheric blocking events over Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic oceans in CMIP6 present-day climate

    Article • August 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  10. Atmospheric Blocking Events over the Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic Oceans in the CMIP6 Present-Day Climate

    Article • Climate, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  11. Precipitation Extremes and Trends over the Uruguay River Basin in Southern South America

    Article • Climate, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  12. Characterizing the 2019-2021 Drought in Southern and Southeastern Brazil Using S-TRACK Method

    Article • January 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  13. Coherent structures detection within a dense Alpine forest

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  14. Regimes de turbulência na camada limite noturna acima da floresta Amazônica

    Article • Ciência e Natura, November 2023, Universidad Federal de Santa Maria

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  15. The Relaxed Eddy Accumulation Method Over the Amazon Forest: The Importance of Flux Strength on Individual and Aggregated Flux Estimates

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  16. The 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 droughts events in Southern and Southeastern Brazil

    Article • July 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  17. Estimating the effect of roadside barriers in reducing PMs concentration with  PALM - 4U

    Article • May 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  18. Law-of-the wall adjustments above the Amazon Forest via Cospectral Budget Model

    Article • May 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  19. A New Stable Boundary Layer Parameterization for Numerical Weather Prediction Models: A Heat Flux Budget Approach

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  20. Assessing the Departures from the Energy- and Flux-Budget (EFB) Model in Heterogeneous and Urbanized Environment for Stable Atmospheric Stratification

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  21. Adjustments to the law-of-the wall above an Amazon Forest explained by a spectral link

    Article • Physics of Fluids, January 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  22. Coherent Structures Detection within a Dense Alpine Forest

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  23. Vertical propagation of submeso and coherent structure in a tall and dense Amazon Forest in different stability conditions PART I: Flow structure within and above the roughness sublayer

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  24. Vertical propagation of submeso and coherent structure in a tall and dense amazon forest in different stability conditions. PART II: Coherent structures analysis

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  25. Elevation-dependent warming in the tropical and subtropical Andes with CORDEX models

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  26. Impact of Atmospheric Stability on Vertical Propagation of Submeso and Coherent Structure in a Dense Amazon Forest

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  27. The ATTO Micrometeorological Intercomparison Experiment (ATMIX)

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  28. Effect of rotation on buoyant plume dynamics

    Article • Heat and Mass Transfer, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  29. Comparison of elevation-dependent warming and its drivers in the tropical and subtropical Andes

    Article • Climate Dynamics, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  30. Simulation of the Scalar Transport above and within the Amazon Forest Canopy

    Article • Atmosphere, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  31. A case study of a gravity wave induced by Amazon forest orography and low level jet generation

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Jost Lavric, Dr Luca Mortarini

  32. Influence of Atmospheric Stability on the flow dynamics within and above a dense Amazonian forest

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  33. How is the Two-Regime Stable Boundary Layer Reproduced by the Different Turbulence Parametrizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model?

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  34. A Micrometeorological Analysis of the Vento Norte Phenomenon in Southern Brazil

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  35. Orographic gravity wave and low-level jet interaction above a tall and dense Amazonian forest

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini, Dr Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado

  36. Influence of submeso motions on scalar oscillations and surface energy balance

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  37. Concentration Fluctuations and Odor Dispersion in Lagrangian Models

    Article • Atmosphere, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  38. Horizontal Meandering as a Distinctive Feature of the Stable Boundary Layer

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, October 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  39. The nocturnal boundary layer transition from weakly to very stable. Part I: Observations

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  40. The nocturnal boundary layer transition from weakly to very stable. Part II: Numerical simulation with a second‐order model

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  41. Submeso Motions and Intermittent Turbulence Across a Nocturnal Low-Level Jet: A Self-Organized Criticality Analogy

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  42. Modeling air quality impact of pollutants emitted by an oil/gas plant in complex terrain in view of a health impact assessment

    Article • Air Quality Atmosphere & Health, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  43. Interaction of Submeso Motions in the Antarctic Stable Boundary Layer

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  44. Elevation-dependent warming in global climate model simulations at high spatial resolution

    Article • Climate Dynamics, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  45. Monitoring the Micrometeorology of a Coastal Site next to a Thermal Power Plant from the Surface to 140 m

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, April 2018, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  46. Development of an analytical Lagrangian model for passive scalar dispersion in low-wind speed meandering conditions

    Article • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  47. Observations of submeso motions and intermittent turbulent mixing across a low level jet with a 132-m tower

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  48. Comparison of WRF PBL Models in Low-Wind Speed Conditions Against Measured Data

    Article • September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  49. Dispersion Modeling Over Complex Terrain in the Bolzano Basin (IT): Preliminary Results from a WRF-CALPUFF Modeling System

    Article • September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  50. Modelling the Dispersion of Ship Emissions in Different Scenarios and Sensitivity Analysis

    Article • September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  51. Evaluation of high-order concentration statistics in a dispersing plume

    Article • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  52. Model chain for buoyant plume dispersion

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2017, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  53. A wavelet analysis of low-wind-speed submeso motions in a nocturnal boundary layer

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  54. A Simple Parametrization for the Concentration Variance Dissipation in a Lagrangian Single-Particle Model

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  55. Employing the Hilbert–Huang Transform to analyze observed natural complex signals: Calm wind meandering cases

    Article • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  56. Temperature auto-correlation and spectra functions in low-wind meandering conditions

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  57. Characterization of Wind Meandering in Low-Wind-Speed Conditions

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  58. Proposal of a new autocorrelation function in low wind speed conditions

    Article • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  59. Physical simulation of atmospheric microbursts

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, June 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  60. Proposal of an empirical velocity spectrum formula in low-wind speed conditions

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  61. Experimental investigation of surface-layer parameters in low wind-speed conditions in a suburban area

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  62. Pollutant source identification in a city district by means of a street network inverse model

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2014, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  63. Analytical offline approach for concentration fluctuations and higher order concentration moments

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2014, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  64. An Experimental Study of the Statistics of Temperature Fluctuations in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  65. Review and Validation of MicroSpray, a Lagrangian Particle Model of Turbulent Dispersion

    Article • March 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  66. Application of a Bivariate Gamma Distribution for a Chemically Reacting Plume in the Atmosphere

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  67. Low-frequency processes and turbulence structure in a perturbed boundary layer

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  68. Influence of the Sonic Anemometer Temperature Calibration on Turbulent Heat-Flux Measurements

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  69. A fluctuating plume model for pollutants dispersion with chemical reactions

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2012, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  70. Fast Model to Compute the Concentration Covariance of Two Passive Scalars from Their Mean Concentration Field

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  71. Simulating the characteristic patterns of the dispersion during sunset PBL

    Article • Atmospheric Research, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  72. Well mixed condition verification in windy and low wind speed conditions

    Article • International Journal of Environment and Pollution, January 2010, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  73. Assessment of dispersion parameterizations through wind data measured by three sonic anemometers in a urban canopy

    Article • Advances in Science and Research, May 2009, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  74. A fluctuating plume model for concentration fluctuations in a plant canopy

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  75. Boundary-Layer Stress Instabilities in Neutral, Rotating Turbulent Flows

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  76. Experimental study of higher-order moments in shear-driven boundary layers with rotation

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, February 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  77. A Lagrangian Stochastic Model for the concentration fluctuations

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", September 2005, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  78. Concentration fluctuations and relative dispersion PDF

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, April 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Luca Mortarini

  79. Concentration Fluctuations in Turbulent Flow

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Luca Mortarini