CoupEvent

CoupEvent: Hillslope - Channel coupling during extreme events in South Tyrol

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The main aim of the COUPEVENT project is to analyze the coupling of hillslope processes with the channel network at the event scale in South Tyrol. The COUPEVENT project will develop and test a novel multidisciplinary scientific framework for the understanding of the sediment supply connectivity between mass wasting processes and the channel network during extreme events. COUPEVENT will address its purposes at different spatial scales, from the single landslide/channel reach interaction to the channel network at the regional scale (Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano).

The project will use the area of South Tyrol as study area for calibration and validation, but it will be then applicable in other mountain regions worldwide with similar Alpine characteristics.

The main goal of the project will be achieved addressing the following aims:

1) to provide a basin-scale, evidence-based understanding of hillslopes-channels coupling during extreme events.

2) To develop a new GIS-based tool (ILC, index of landslides connectivity) addressing sediment transport efficiency from landslides /debris flows to the channel network.

 The project is financed by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Bozen (Bando di concorso mobilità di ricercatrici e ricercatori 2019)

Contact person: Vittoria Scorpio

Email: vittoria.scorpio@eurac.edu

Project funded by

Publications
Overview on Index of Connectivity applications: towards a quantitative approach
Cavalli M, Crema S, Steger S, Scorpio V, Comiti F, Macchi G, Marchi L (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: International Conference of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) | Coimbra | 12.9.2022 - 16.9.2022

More information: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/ICG2022/meetingprogr ...

A statistically driven spatial model to delineate (dis)connected debris flow release areas
Scorpio V, Steger S, Pitscheider F, Comiti F, Cavalli M (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2022 | Vienna | 22.5.2022 - 27.5.2022

Regional-scale application of a novel data-driven approach to assess susceptibility and (dis-)connectivity of debris flow: a case study in the Dolomites in South Tyrol (Italy)
Pitscheider F, Steger S, Cavalli M, Comiti F, Scorpio V (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: International Conference of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) | Coimbra | 12.9.2022 - 16.9.2022

More information: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/ICG2022/meetingprogr ...

Data‐driven modelling of joint debris flow release susceptibility and connectivity
Steger S, Scorpio V, Comiti F, Cavalli M (2022)
Wiley
Journal article
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

More information: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.5421

https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5421

Unravelling sediment connectivity during an extreme event in an Alpine catchment
Scorpio V, Cavalli M, Comiti F, Steger S (2021)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: EGU General Assembly 2021 | Vienna | 19.4.2021 - 30.7.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18554

Management of coarse sediment fluxes and morphological dynamics of Alpine rivers: lessons learned from South Tyrol (Eastern Italian Alps)
Comiti F, Scorpio V, Andreoli A, Coviello V (2021)
Conference proceedings article

Conference: International Symposium on Bedload Management | Interlaken, Switzeland | 8.11.2021 - 10.11.2021

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19655

Project Team
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Vittoria Scorpio

Vittoria Scorpio

Project Manager
Stefan Steger

Stefan Steger

Vice Manager