Dott. Dott. ric. Stefano Serafin
Summer term 2024
280357 SE Paper Club I
Winter term 2023
280375 KU Specialisation
Summer term 2023
280358 KU Specialisation



Manzato, A., Serafin, S., Miglietta, M. M., Kirshbaum, D. J., & Schulz, W. (2022). A pan-Alpine climatology of lightning and convective initiation. Monthly Weather Review, 150(9), 2213-2230. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0149.1


Rotach, M. W., Serafin, S., Ward, H. C., Arpagaus, M., Colfescu, I., Cuxart, J., De Wekker, S. F. J., Grubisic, V., Karl, T., Kirshbaum, D. J., Lehner, M., Mobbs, S. D., 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, 103(5), E1282-E1295. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0232.1

Pepin, N. C., Arnone, E., Gobiet, A., Haslinger, K., Kotlarski, S., Notarnicola, C., Palazzi, E., Seibert, P., Serafin, S., Schöner, W., Terzago, S., Thornton, J. M., Vuille, M., & Adler, C. (2022). Climate changes and their elevational patterns in the mountains of the world. Reviews of Geophysics, 60(1), [e2020RG000730]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020RG000730






Serafin, S., Adler, B., Cuxart, J., De Wekker, S. F. J., Gohm, A., Grisogono, B., Kalthoff, N., Kirshbaum, D. J., Rotach, M. W., Schmidli, J., Stiperski, I., Vecenaj, Z., & Zardi, D. (2018). Exchange processes in the atmospheric boundary layer over mountainous terrain. Atmosphere, 9(3), [102]. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9030102

Schneider, F. M., Fuchs, F., Kolinsky, P., Caffagni, E., Dorninger, M., Serafin, S., Bokelmann, G., & AlpArray Working Group (2018). Seismo-acoustic signals of the Baumgarten (Austria) gas explosion detected by the AlpArray seismic network. 78. Jahrestagung der DGG, Leoben, 2018, Leoben, Austria.




Stiperski, I., Serafin, S., Paci, A., Agustsson, H., Belleudy, A., Calmer, R., Horvath, K., Knigge, C., Sachsperger, J., Strauss, L., & Grubisic, V. (2017). Water Tank Experiments on Stratified Flow over Double Mountain-Shaped Obstacles at High-Reynolds Number. Atmosphere, 8(1), [13]. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8010013



Complex propagation of explosion-generated infrasound revealed by the large-scale AlpArray seismic network

Florian Fuchs (Speaker), Felix Schneider (Contributor), Petr Kolinsky (Contributor), Stefano Serafin (Contributor), Götz Bokelmann (Contributor) & AlpArray Working Group (Contributor)

Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


ICE CONTROL - Set-up and evaluation of an ensemble forecast model chain for icing conditions

Manfred Dorninger (Invited speaker), Lukas Strauss (Contributor) & Stefano Serafin (Contributor)

24 Jan 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Seismo-acoustic signals of the Baumgarten (Austria) gas explosion detected by the AlpArray seismic network

Felix Michael Schneider (Contributor), Florian Fuchs (Speaker), Petr Kolinsky (Contributor), Enrico Caffagni (Contributor), Stefano Serafin (Contributor), Manfred Dorninger (Contributor) & Götz Bokelmann (Contributor)

Nov 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Can we predict icing of structures and wind turbines reliably using high-resolution ensemble forecasts?

Lukas Strauss (Speaker), Stefano Serafin (Speaker), Manfred Dorninger (Speaker), Saskia Bourgeois (Speaker), Thomas Burchhart (Speaker) & Alexander Beck (Speaker)

7 Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Seismo-acoustic signals of the Baumgarten (Austria) gas explosion detected by the AlpArray seismic network

Felix Michael Schneider (Contributor), Florian Fuchs (Speaker), Petr Kolinsky (Contributor), Enrico Caffagni (Contributor), Stefano Serafin (Contributor), Manfred Dorninger (Contributor) & Götz Bokelmann (Contributor)

Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Seismo-acoustic signals of the Baumgarten (Austria) gas explosion detected by the AlpArray seismic network

Felix Michael Schneider (Speaker), Florian Fuchs (Contributor), Petr Kolinsky (Contributor), Enrico Caffagni (Contributor), Manfred Dorninger (Contributor), Stefano Serafin (Contributor) & Götz Bokelmann (Contributor)

Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Verification of high-resolution probabilistic forecasts of icing in Germany for the winter 2016/17

Lukas Strauss (Speaker), Stefano Serafin (Contributor), Manfred Dorninger (Contributor), Saskia Bourgeois (Speaker) & Thomas Burchhart (Speaker)

6 Feb 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Seismo-acoustic signals of the Baumgarten (Austria) gas explosion detected by the AlpArray seismic network

Felix Michael Schneider (Speaker), Florian Fuchs (Contributor), Petr Kolinsky (Contributor), Enrico Caffagni (Contributor), Manfred Dorninger (Contributor), Stefano Serafin (Contributor) & Götz Bokelmann (Contributor)

Feb 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Probabilistic forecasts of ice formation on wind turbines with a limited-area ensemble prediction system

Lukas Strauss (Speaker), Stefano Serafin (Contributor) & Manfred Dorninger (Contributor)

4 Sep 20178 Sep 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The challenge of reasonable icing forcasts for optimizing wind energy production

Manfred Dorninger (Speaker), Lukas Strauss (Contributor), Stefano Serafin (Contributor), Alexander Beck (Contributor), Christoph Wittmann (Contributor), Florian Weidle (Contributor), Florian Meier (Contributor), Saskia Bourgeois (Contributor) & Rene Cattin (Contributor)

Sep 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Turbulence in breaking mountain waves and low-level rotors

Lukas Strauss (Speaker), Stefano Serafin (Contributor) & Vanda Grubisic (Contributor)

19 Jul 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A simple model for the amplitude of lee waves on the boundary-layer inversion

Johannes Sachsperger (Contributor), Stefano Serafin (Speaker), Vanda Grubisic (Contributor), Ivana Stiperski (Contributor) & Alexandre Paci (Contributor)

Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Atmospheric rotors, downslope windstorms and severe turbulence in a deep long valley

Vanda Grubisic (Speaker), Lukas Strauss (Contributor) & Stefano Serafin (Contributor)

Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The thermally driven wind system of the Adige Valley in the Alps

Lorenzo Giovannini (Speaker), Lavinia Laiti (Contributor), Stefano Serafin (Contributor) & Dino Zardi (Contributor)

Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


ICE CONTROL - Towards optimizing wind energy production during icing events

Manfred Dorninger (Speaker), Lukas Strauss (Contributor), Stefano Serafin (Contributor), Alexander Beck (Contributor), Christoph Wittmann (Contributor), Florian Weidle (Contributor), Florian Meier (Contributor), Saskia Bourgeois (Contributor), Rene Cattin (Contributor), Thomas Burchhart (Contributor) & Martin Fink (Contributor)

Apr 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


ICE CONTROL-Measurements and probabilistic forecasting of icing events in Austria and Germany

Lukas Strauss (Speaker), Stefano Serafin (Contributor), Manfred Dorninger (Contributor), Alexander Beck (Contributor), Christoph Wittmann (Contributor), Saskia Bourgeois (Contributor), Rene Cattin (Contributor) & Thomas Burchhart (Contributor)

Feb 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Dynamics of lee waves on the boundary layer inversion

Stefano Serafin (Invited speaker)

2016 → …

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Investigating convective boundary layer heights over mountain ridges

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2016 → …

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Investigation of the diurnal wind System in the Alpine Adige Valley

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2016 → …

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WRF Simulations of Synoptic Flow Modification over Mountain Terrain during MATHERHORN Observations Periods

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2016 → …

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Severe turbulence in a deep valley associated with rotors and interacting cross-mountain and up-valley flows

Lukas Strauss (Speaker), Stefano Serafin (Contributor), Vanda Grubisic (Contributor) & Vanda Grubisic (Contributor)

Sep 2015

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A climatological analysis of diurnal winds in the Adige Valley in the Alps

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


A factor-Separation study of convective boundary layer development over non-uniform land use and topography

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

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A mesocale model-based climatography of daytime atmospheric boundary layer heights over complex terrain

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

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An extended perspective for Deep Moist Convective Initiation in the Alpine Region ?

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

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Daytime processes in the atmospheric boundary layer over mountainous terrain

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

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Dynamics of Rotor Formation in Single-Layer Mountain Flows

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

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Dynamik von Leewellen an der Grenzschichtinversion

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

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Interfacial and trapped waves in flows over mountains

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Observations and modelling of atmospheric rotors

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

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The Impact of mountain width and stratification on wave-induces rotor formation

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

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Turbulenzenerscheinungen in einem Tal durch Rotorbildung und Wechselwirkung zwischen Föhnsturm und Talwind

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

2015 → …

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


A case study of nonstationary boundary-layer separation and rotor formation

Stefano Serafin (Invited speaker)

28 Aug 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


A modelling study of a nonstationary boundary-layer separation and rotor event

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

20 Aug 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


A case study of nonstationary boundary-layer separation and rotor formation

Stefano Serafin (Invited speaker)

15 Aug 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Wave-induced boundary-layer separation: A case study comparing airborne observations and results from a mesoscale model

Stefano Serafin (Contributor)

19 Jun 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


A modelling study of a nonstationary boundary-layer separation and rotor event

Stefano Serafin (Invited speaker)

16 May 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Mesoscale and Large-Eddy Simulations of Wave-Induced Boundary-Layer Separation

Stefano Serafin (Speaker)

23 Apr 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Wave-induced boundary-layer separation: A case study comparing airborne observations and results from a mesoscale model

Stefano Serafin (Contributor)

23 Apr 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Idealized simulations of thermally driven winds over mountainous terrain

Stefano Serafin (Invited speaker)

24 Jan 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Observations and large-eddy simulations of wave-induced boundary-layer separation

Stefano Serafin (Contributor)

22 Jan 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Leewellen-induzierte Grenzschichtablösung: Beobachtungen und hochauflösende numerische Modellierung

Stefano Serafin (Contributor)

3 Nov 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Idealized simulations of thermally driven winds over mountainous terrain

Stefano Serafin (Invited speaker)

30 Aug 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


An analytic solution for periodic thermally driven flows on an infinite slope - Defant (1949) revisited

Stefano Serafin (Contributor)

23 May 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther



Wave-induced boundary-layer separation and turbulence

Stefano Serafin (Contributor)

23 May 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Wave-induced boundary-layer separation and turbulence

Stefano Serafin (Contributor)

3 Apr 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Department of Meteorology and Geophysics

Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 (UZA II)
1090 Wien
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stefano.serafin@univie.ac.at