Barbariol Francesco

Scientific interests of Francesco Barbariol are mainly related with physical oceanography, particularly with the physical processes at the atmosphere-ocean interface, and their causes and effects on oceanic circulation. The main topic of research is the study of sea surface gravity waves dynamics and statistics.

Francesco Barbariol undertook the experimental activity just after he graduated in Environmental Engineering (2008, University of Padua, Italy), when he joined Protecno srl (Italy) where he spent two years working on the physical and numerical modeling of hydrodynamic phenomena and fluid-structure interactions. During his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering Sciences (2014, University of Padua, Italy) he devoted his interests to the study of sea surface waves dynamics and statistics. In particular, also thanks to the collaboration with ISMAR (Venice, Italy), he started merging the experimental approach and the numerical modeling, with the aim of understanding and predicting extreme wave phenomena (e.g. freak waves, space-time wave extremes). Since 2014 he is a post-doctoral researcher at ISMAR, keeping doing research with the main focus on the assessment and prediction of wave extremes. To this aim, in collaboration with colleagues at ISMAR and from Italian (e.g. Cà Foscari University of Venice) and international (e.g. NOAA) research groups, he is working on the observation (field campaigns on sea and lakes) and on the modeling of maximum wave heights that can occur during sea states. For the observational approach, the team relies on the stereo-photogrammetric system WASS that allows an accurate tridimensional survey of the sea surface profile (over space and time). For the numerical modeling approach, the team relies on the state-of-the-art spectral numerical wave models (WAVEWATCH III, SWAN). Francesco Barbariol is:

• Developer and beta-tester of WAVEWATCH III (NOAA) numerical wave model.
• Reviewer for international scientific journals (Renewable Energy, Coastal Engineering, Fluid Measurements and Instrumentation).

The complete and updated list of publications is available at:

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=Vaha1-AAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao

ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francesco_Barbariol