Publications (selected, 2009 - 2012)

 

ISI journals

  • Cavalli M., Trevisani S., Comiti F., Marchi L. (2012) Geomorphometric assessment of spatial sediment connectivity in small Alpine catchments. Geomorphology (published on line).               
  • Mazzorana B., Comiti F., Fuchs S. (2012) A structured approach to enhance flood hazard assessment in mountain streams. Natural Hazards (published on line).
  • Wohl E.E, Bolton S, Cadol D, Comiti F, Goode J.R, Mao L.  (2012) A two end-member model of wood dynamics in headwater neotropical rivers. Journal of Hydrology (published on line).
  • Comiti F. (2012) How natural are Alpine mountain rivers? Evidence from the Italian Alps. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37 (7), 693-707.
  • Mazzorana B., Comiti F., Scherer C., Fuchs S. (2012) Developing consistent scenarios to assess flood hazards in mountain streams. Journal of Environmental Management, 94, 112-124.
  • Rigon E., Comiti F., Lenzi M.A. (2012)  Large wood storage in streams of the Eastern Italian Alps and the relevance of hillslope processes. Water Resources Research,  48,  1-18.
  • Mazzorana B., Comiti F., Volcan C., Scherer C. (2011) Determining flood hazard patterns through a combined stochastic–deterministic approach. Natural Hazards, 59, 301-316.
  • Rinaldi M., Surian N., Comiti F., Bussettini M. (2011). The morphological quality index (IQM) for stream evaluation and hydromorphological classification. Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment, 11(1), 17-36.
  • Wilcox A., Wohl E.E., Comiti F., Mao L. (2011) Hydraulics, morphology, and energy dissipation in an alpine step-pool channel. Water Resources Research, 47, W07514.
  • Comiti F., Da Canal M., Surian N., Mao L., Picco L., Lenzi M.A. (2011) Channel adjustments and vegetation cover dynamics in a large gravel bed river over the last 200 years. Geomorphology 125, 147-159.
  • Comiti F., Cadol D., Wohl E.E. (2010) Reply to comment by Keith Richardson on “Flow regimes, bed morphology, and flow resistance in self‐formed step‐pool channels”, Water Resources Research, 46, W12804.
  • Iroumè A., Andreoli A., Comiti F., Ulloa H., Huber A. (2010) Large wood abundance, distribution and mobilization in a third order Coastal mountain range river system, southern Chile. Forest Ecology and Management, 260 (4), 480-490.
  • MacVicar B., Piegay H., Henderson A., Comiti F., Oberline C., Pecorari E. (2009) Quantifying the temporal dynamics of wood in large rivers: field trials of wood surveying, dating, tracking, and monitoring techniques. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 34, 2031–2046.
  • Comiti F., Mao L., Lenzi M.A., Siligardi M. (2009) Artificial steps to stabilize mountain rivers: A post-project ecological assessment. River Research and Applications, 25(5), 639-659.
  • Surian N., Ziliani L., Comiti F., Lenzi M.A., Mao L. (2009) Channel adjustments and alteration of sediment fluxes in gravel-bed rivers of north-eastern Italy: Potentials and limitations for channel recovery, River Research and Applications, 25(5), 551-567.
  • Comiti F., Cadol D.,  Wohl E.E. (2009) Flow regimes, bed morphology, and flow resistance in self‐formed step‐pool channels. Water Resources Research, 45, W04424.

Books

  • Rinaldi M., Surian N., Comiti F., Bussettini M. (2011) Manuale tecnico – operativo per la valutazione ed il monitoraggio dello stato morfologico dei corsi d’acqua. Versione 1. Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Roma, 85 pp, ISBN 978-88-448-0487-9.

Book chapters

  • Comiti F., Mao L. (2012) Recent advances in the dynamics of steep channels. In: Gravel-bed rivers: processes, tools, environments. Chichester, West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., ISBN: 978-0-470-68890-8.
  • Comiti F., Lenzi M.A, Mao L. (2010) Local scouring at check dams in mountain rivers. In: Conesa-Garcia M., Lenzi M.A. (eds) Check Dams, Morphological Adjustments and Erosion Control in Torrential Streams. Nova Publsher, ISBN: 978-1-60876-146-3.

 

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