Bellafiore Debora

Hydrodynamic Modeling in shallow water, tidal and interaction processes in the coastal area barotropic and baroclinic processes in the coastal area, climate change, sea level rise, numerical modeling with finite elements, nesting approaches. Marine Governance.

• Collaboration in VECTOR Project (2006)
• Collaboration in the Infrastructural Project CMCC- Euromediterranean Center for Climate Change, Hydrodynamic Modeling (2007-2008)
• Collaboration in the ADRICOSM-STAR Project (2009)
• Representative of IOI, International Ocean Institute in Italy (since 2006).
• Teacher for the Course “Mathematics” at the Science Faculty, Cà Foscari University, Venice (2008 and 2010)

• Bellafiore D., Umgiesser G., (2006) Comparison between a Theoretical Model and a Numerical Simulation of the Interaction Lagoon- Open Sea in Northern Adriatic, First year of activity,   CORILA, Research Programme 2004-2006, vol. IV, 2005 Results, 301-310.
• Bastianini M., Solidoro C., Bandelj V., Bellafiore D., Codermatz R., Cossarini G., Cucco A.,  Melaku Canu D. , Ravagnan E., Umgiesser G., Vazzoler M., Zogno A. R., (2006) Assessment of water quality status in the coastal area close to the Lagoon of Venice. First year of activity, CORILA, Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Venice, Research Programme 2004-2006, vol. IV,2005 Results, 311-336.
• Bellafiore D. and Umgiesser G. (2007), 3D modelling of hydrodynamics processes of lagoon-open sea interaction, in NUMERICAL MODELLING OF HYDRODYNAMICS FOR WATER RESOURCES, P. Garcia Navarro and E. Playan Editors, Taylor & Francis, pp. 351-354.
• Bellafiore D. and Umgiesser G., (2008) 3D Numerical Modelling of Coastal and Sea-  Lagoon Processes,  in CORILA, Research Programme 2004-2006, Vol.VI, 2006 Results, pp.497-503.
• Bellafiore D., Umgiesser G. and Cucco A., (2008) Modeling the water exchange between the Venice Lagoon      and the Adriatic Sea, Ocean  Dynamics, 58, 397-413. doi: 10.1007/s10236-008-0152-7
• Ferrarin C., Cucco A., Umgiesser G., Bellafiore D., Amos C.L., Modelling fluxes of water and sediment between the Venice Lagoon and the sea, Continental Shelf Research, in Press. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.08.014
• Bellafiore D., and Umgiesser G., Hydrodynamic Coastal Processes in the North Adriatic investigated with a 3D Finite Element Model, Ocean Dynamics, in press. Doi: 10.1007/s10236-009-0254-x
• Ferrarin, C., Umgiesser, G., Bajo, M., Bella_ore, D., De Pascalis, F., Ghezzo, M., Mattassi, G., Scroccaro, I. Hydraulic zonation of the Lagoons of Marano and Grado, Italy. A modelling approach, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2010), doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.02.012
• Umgiesser, G., Ferrarin, C., Cucco, A., Perez Ruzafa, A., De Pascalis, F., Ghezzo, M., Bellafiore, D. and Bajo, M., (submitted). A comparison study of six Mediterranean lagoons with numerical modelling, Rassegna delle attività di ricerca scientifica e tecnologica del CNR nell’ambito del mare e delle sue risorse. Dipartimento Terra e Ambiente CNR.