stefano.serafin(at)univie.ac.at
Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 (UZA II), 1090 Vienna
Roomnumber: 2G556
T: +43-1-4277-537 13
- 2020: Senior Scientist, University of Vienna
- 2018: National scientific qualification (Italy), disciplines 04/A4 (Geophysics) and 02/C1 (Astronomy, Astrophysics, Earth and Planetary Sciences)
- 2018: Project leader, University of Innsbruck
- 2010: Assistant professor, University of Vienna
- 2006: Doctorate in Environmental Engineering, University of Trento (Italy)
- 2002: Project scientist, CETEMPS/University of L'Aquila (Italy)
- 2002: Degree in Environmental Science, University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
- Complete curriculum vitae
Research Interests
- Mountain meteorology
- Dynamic meteorology
- Numerical weather prediction
- Boundary-layer meteorology
Projects
- 2024-2028: FWF (Austrian Science Fund) Stand-alone project P 37259, "DEmonstrating Parameter Estimation with eNsemble-based Data Assimilation for Boundary-Layer modElling over mountains"
- 2018-present: TEAMx (Multi-scale transport and exchange processes in the atmosphere over mountains – Programme and experiment)
- 2018-2022: FWF (Austrian Science Fund) Stand-alone project P 30808, "Multiscale Interactions in Convection Initiation in the Alps"
- 2012-2015: FWF (Austrian Science Fund) Stand-alone project P 24726, "STABLEST: Stable boundary layer separation and turbulence"
Links
- ORCID / ResearcherID / Scopus profiles
- Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences (ACINN), University of Innsbruck
- Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento
- CETEMPS, University of L'Aquila
Publications
Doglioni, G, Serafin, S, Weissmann, M, Ferrari, G & Zardi, D 2025, 'Impact of the Assimilation of Surface Observations on Limited-Area Forecasts Over Complex Terrain', Meteorological Applications, vol. 32, no. 5, e70107. https://doi.org/10.1002/met.70107
TIM Partners 2025, 'Invited perspectives: Thunderstorm intensification from mountains to plains', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 2629-2656. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2629-2025
Serafin, S & Weissmann, M 2025, 'Can ensemble‐based parameter estimation aid parameterization design?', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.5031
Kramer, R, Lu, Y, Wang, Q-Y, Serafin, S, Ceppi, A & Bokelmann, G 2025, 'Identifying large vulnerable water reservoirs using passive seismic monitoring', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 653, 119223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119223
Necker, T, Wolfgruber, L, Kugler, L, Weissmann, M, Dorninger, M & Serafin, S 2024, 'The fractions skill score for ensemble forecast verification', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 150, no. 764, pp. 4457-4477. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4824
Weinkaemmerer, J, Göbel, M, Serafin, S, Ďurán, IB & Schmidli, J 2023, 'Boundary-layer plumes over mountainous terrain in idealized large-eddy simulations', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 149, no. 757, pp. 3183-3197. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4551
Göbel, M, Serafin, S & Rotach, MW 2023, 'Adverse impact of terrain steepness on thermally driven initiation of orographic convection', Weather and Climate Dynamics, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 725-745. https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-725-2023
Manzato, A, Serafin, S, Miglietta, MM, Kirshbaum, DJ & Schulz, W 2022, 'A pan-Alpine climatology of lightning and convective initiation.', Monthly Weather Review, vol. 150, no. 9, pp. 2213-2230. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0149.1
Strauss, L, Serafin, S & Dorninger, M 2022, 'Probability forecasts of ice accretion on wind turbines derived from multiphysics and neighbourhood ensembles', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 148, no. 746, pp. 2446-2467. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4311
Rotach, MW, Serafin, S, Ward, HC, Arpagaus, M, Colfescu, I, Cuxart, J, De Wekker, SFJ, Grubisic, V, Karl, T, Kirshbaum, DJ, Lehner, M, Mobbs, SD, Paci, A, Palazzi, E, Bailey, A, Schmidli, J, Wittmann, C, Wohlfahrt, G & Zardi, D 2022, 'A collaborative effort to better understand, measure and model atmospheric exchange processes over mountains.', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 103, no. 5, pp. E1282-E1295. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0232.1