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
Pepin, NC, Arnone, E, Gobiet, A, Haslinger, K, Kotlarski, S, Notarnicola, C, Palazzi, E, Seibert, P, Serafin, S, Schöner, W, Terzago, S, Thornton, JM, Vuille, M & Adler, C 2022, 'Climate changes and their elevational patterns in the mountains of the world.', Reviews of Geophysics, vol. 60, no. 1, e2020RG000730. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020RG000730
Göbel, M, Serafin, S & Rotach, MW 2022, 'Numerically consistent budgets of potential temperature, momentum, and moisture in Cartesian coordinates: application to the WRF model.', Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 669-681. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-669-2022
Strauss, L, Serafin, S & Dorninger, M 2020, 'Skill and Potential Economic Value of Forecasts of Ice Accretion on Wind Turbines', Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 1845–1864. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0025.1
Serafin, S, Strauss, L & Dorninger, M 2019, 'Ensemble reduction using cluster analysis', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 145, no. 719, pp. 659-674. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3458
Fuchs, F, Schneider, F, Kolinsky, P, Serafin, S & Bokelmann, G 2019, 'Rich observations of local and regional infrasound phases made by the AlpArray seismic network after refinery explosion', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, 13027. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49494-2
Schneider, FM, Fuchs, F, Kolinsky, P, Caffagni, E, Serafin, S, Dorninger, M, Bokelmann, G & AlpArray Working Group 2018, 'Seismo-acoustic signals of the Baumgarten (Austria) gas explosion detected by the AlpArray seismic network', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 502, pp. 104-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.034
Kirshbaum, DJ, Adler, B, Kalthoff, N, Barthlott, C & Serafin, S 2018, 'Moist orographic convection: Physical mechanisms and links to surface-exchange processes', Atmosphere, vol. 9, no. 3, 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9030080
Serafin, S, Adler, B, Cuxart, J, De Wekker, SFJ, Gohm, A, Grisogono, B, Kalthoff, N, Kirshbaum, DJ, Rotach, MW, Schmidli, J, Stiperski, I, Vecenaj, Z & Zardi, D 2018, 'Exchange processes in the atmospheric boundary layer over mountainous terrain.', Atmosphere, vol. 9, no. 3, 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9030102
Scheffknecht, P, Serafin, S & Grubisic, V 2017, 'A long-lived supercell over mountainous terrain', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 143, no. 709, pp. 2973-2986. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3127
Lazzarini, G, Laiti, L, Serafin, S & Zardi, D 2017, 'The thermally driven diurnal wind system of the Adige Valley in the Italian Alps', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 143, no. 707, pp. 2389-2402. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3092
