Item: HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF NIVOMETEO DATA OVER 100 YEARS OF RECORDINGS BY THE OROPA SEISMIC WEATHER OBSERVATORY
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Title: HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF NIVOMETEO DATA OVER 100 YEARS OF RECORDINGS BY THE OROPA SEISMIC WEATHER OBSERVATORY
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop 2024, Tromsø, Norway
Authors:
- Ingegnere Massimo Raviglione [ Studio Tecnico Dott Ing Massimo Raviglione ]
- Michela Barberis [ Mountains Working Sas ]
Date: 2024-09-23
Abstract: The seismic weather observatory of Oropa is located within the Marian religious complex "Santuario di Oropa”. Geographically, it is located in the north-western part of Italy, specifically in the Piedmont region. Its position, on the slopes of the 'Southern Pennine Alps' mountain complex at an altitude of 1180 m asl (lat. 45°37' long. 07°58') allows it to record nivo-weather data characteristic for the underlying mountainous sectorof Oropa”. The observatory was founded in 1874 by Barnabite Father Francesco Denza of Naples, an illustrious scientist and founder of the 'Regio Osservatorio Carlo Alberto' in Moncalieri. However, the real scientific activity began in 1920, the year in which, thanks to the work of the Redemptorist Fathers Rizzi, Balladinelli and Balzerani, the observatory went from being a thermo-pluviometric station to a meteo-seismic observatory, and daily manual recordings of weather conditions, temperatures and precipitation amounts (rain or snow) began systematically. Manual recordings continued until 2003, when automatic weather stations were adopted for continuous recording of weather data. In the 1980s, the observatory became part of the Piedmont regional weather network, the regional seismic network, and the national one
Object ID: ISSW2024_P5.9.pdf
Language of Article: English
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Keywords: Climate change, weather data analysis
Page Number(s): 677 - 681
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