Francesco Trotta
Scientist, Ocean Predictions and Applications
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
Scientist, Ocean Predictions and Applications
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
I am a scientist at the Global Coastal Ocean division of the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC). My work focuses on high-resolution ocean modeling and ocean dynamics, supporting our division's modeling activities. I hold a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Florence.
From 2012 to 2022, I worked at the University of Bologna, where I contributed to the development of the SURF platform (Structured and Unstructured Grid Relocatable Ocean Platform for Forecasting). This innovative tool is designed to produce high-resolution oceanic forecasts.
Throughout my career, I have been involved in several national and international projects, including TESSA, MARISA, IMMERSE, and Edito Model Lab. I have participated in various oceanographic campaigns to collect essential oceanographic data and have conducted numerous training sessions as a lecturer, focusing on numerical ocean modeling.
2001 - 2004
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna
Thesis Title: Extragalactic Jets
2004 - 2008
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna
Thesis Title: Magnetohydrodynamic Instability in Accretion Disks
2009 - 2012
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence
Thesis Title: Constraining Variations of Dust Properties in Circumstellar Disks with mm Observations
October 2022 - Present
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
Viale Berti Pichat, 6/2, Bologna, Italy
October 2017 - October 2022
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Italy
Viale Berti Pichat, 6/2, Bologna, Italy
2012 - 2017
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Italy
Viale Berti Pichat, 6/2, Bologna, Italy
September 26 – 28, 2017
October 1 – 10, 2014
May 17 – 22, 2014
July 15, 2019 – October 15, 2019
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Mechanical Engineering Department, Boston
October 2009 – July 2011
European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching, Germany
January 18 – 20, 2023 (Online)
September 2022 (e-GEOS Headquarters, Rome)
July 2022 (Cuban Institute of Meteorology, Havana)
2021 - 2023 (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna)
2021 - 2022 (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna)
June 2021 (Online)
2020 (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna)
June 1, 2016 - July 31, 2016 (Bologna)
2012 - 2016
2017 - 2020
2017 - 2020
2019 - 2021
2023 - 2025
1. Vecchioni, G., Cessi, P., Pinardi, N., Rousselet, L., & Trotta, F. A Lagrangian Estimate of the Mediterranean Outflow's Origin, Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50, e2023GL103699. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103699
2. Pranavam Ayyappan Pillai, U., Pinardi, N., Federico, I., Causio, S., Trotta F., Unguendoli, S., and Valentini, A.: Wind-Wave Characteristics and Extremes along the Emilia-Romagna Coast, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. , 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-103
3. Trotta, F., Federico, I., Pinardi, N., Coppini, G., Causio, S., Jansen, E., Iovino, D., and Masina, S.: A Relocatable Ocean Modeling Platform for Downscaling to Shelf-Coastal Areas to Support Disaster Risk Reduction, FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 2021, 8, pp. 1 - 22. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.642815
4. Federico, I., Pinardi, N., Lyubartsev, V., Maicu, F., Causio, S., Trotta, F., et al.: Observational evidence of the basin-wide gyre reversal in the Gulf of Taranto, Geophysical Research Letters, 2020, 47, e2020GL091030. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091030
5. Sepp Neves, A.A., Pinardi, N., Navarra, A., Trotta, F.: A General Methodology for Beached Oil Spill Hazard Mapping, FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 2020, 7, pp. 1 - 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00065
6. Tintore J., Pinardi N., Alvarez-Fanjul E., Aguiar E., Alvarez-Berastegui D., Bajo M., Balbin R., Bozzano R., Nardelli B.B., Cardin V., Casas B., Charcos-Llorens M., Chiggiato J., Clementi E., Coppini G., Coppola L., Cossarini G., Deidun A., Deudero S., D'Ortenzio F., Drago A., Drudi M., El Serafy G., Escudier R., Farcy P., Federico I., Fernandez J.G., Ferrarin C., Fossi C., Frangoulis C., Galgani F., Gana S., Garcia Lafuente J., Sotillo M.G., Garreau P., Gertman I., Gomez-Pujol L., Grandi A., Hayes D., Hernandez-Lasheras J., Herut B., Heslop E., Hilmi K., Juza M., Kallos G., Korres G., Lecci R., Lazzari P., Lorente P., Liubartseva S., Louanchi F., Malacic V., Mannarini G., March D., Marullo S., Mauri E., Meszaros L., Mourre B., Mortier L., Munoz-Mas C., Novellino A., Obaton D., Orfila A., Pascual A., Pensieri S., Perez Gomez B., Perez Rubio S., Perivoliotis L., Petihakis G., de la Villeon L.P., Pistoia J., Poulain P.-M., Pouliquen S., Prieto L., Raimbault P., Reglero P., Reyes E., Rotllan P., Ruiz S., Ruiz J., Ruiz I., Ruiz-Orejon L.F., Salihoglu B., Salon S., Sammartino S., Sanchez Arcilla A., Sanchez-Roman A., Sannino G., Santoleri R., Sarda R., Schroeder K., Simoncelli S., Sofianos S., Sylaios G., Tanhua T., Teruzzi A., Testor P., Tezcan D., Torner M., Trotta F., Umgiesser G., von Schuckmann K., Verri G., Vilibic I., Yucel M., Zavatarelli M., Zodiatis G., Challenges for Sustained Observing and Forecasting Systems in the Mediterranean Sea, FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 2019, 6, pp. 1 - 30. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00065
7. P.F.J. Lermusiaux, M. Doshi, C.S. Kulkarni, A. Gupta, P.J. Haley, C. Mirabito, F. Trotta, S.J. Levang, G.R. Flierl, J. Marshall, T. Peacock, C. Noble, Plastic Pollution in the Coastal Oceans: Characterization and Modeling, MTS/IEEE SEATTLE, OCEANS 2019, New York, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019, pp. 1 - 10.
8. Trotta F., Pinardi N., Fenu E., Grandi A., Multi-nest High-resolution Model of Submesoscale Circulation Features in the Gulf of Taranto, OCEAN DYNAMICS, 2017, 67, pp. 1609 - 1625.
9. Pinardi N., Lyubartsev V., Cardellicchio N., Caporale C., Ciliberti S., Coppini G., De Pascalis F., Dialti L., Federico I., Filippone M., Grandi A., Guideri M., Lecci R., Lorenzetti G., Lusiani P., Macripo C.D., Maicu F., Tartarini D., Trotta F., Umgiesser G., Zaggia L., Marine Rapid Environment Assessment in the Gulf of Taranto: A Multi-scale Approach, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 2016.
10. Trotta F., Fenu E., Pinardi N., Bruciaferri D., Giacomelli L., Federico I., Coppini G., A Structured and Unstructured Relocatable Ocean Platform for Forecasting (SURF), Deep-Sea Research Part II, 2016.
11. De Dominicis M., Falchetti S., Trotta F., Pinardi N., Giacomelli L., Napolitano E., Fazioli L., Sorgente R., P.J. Haley Jr., Lermusiaux P.F.J., Martins F., Cocco M., A Relocatable Ocean Model in Support of Environmental Emergencies - The Costa Concordia Emergency Case, OCEAN DYNAMICS, 2014.
12. Trotta F., Testi L., Natta A., Isella A., Ricci L., Constraints on the Radial Distribution of Dust Properties in the CQ Tau Protoplanetary Disk, A&A 558A, 64T, 2013.
13. Ricci L., Trotta F., Testi L., Natta A., Isella A., Wilner D.J., The Effect of Local Optically Thick Regions in the Long-wave Emission of Young Circumstellar Disks, A&A, 2012, 540A, 6R.
14. Birnstiel T., Ricci L., Trotta F., Dullemond C.P., Natta A., Testi L., Dominik C., Henning T., Ormel C.W., Zsom A., Testing the Theory of Grain Growth and Fragmentation by Millimeter Observations of Protoplanetary Disks, A&AL, 2010, 516.
24-28 February 2022, Online
19-30 April 2021, Online
27-30 January 2020, Bologna, Italy
5-6 November 2019, Qingdao, China
21 May 2019, Madrid, Spain
14 June 2018, The Hague, Netherlands
8-13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria
3-5 October 2017, Bergen, Norway
23-28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria
7-10 June 2016, University of Bologna, Italy
2-4 December 2014, Lecce, Italy
17-20 June 2013, University of Bergen, Norway
11-12 November 2013, Lecce, Italy
4-7 February 2013, Lecce, Italy
18-20 July 2011, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
3-6 November 2009, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching, Germany
4-11 September 2009, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching, Germany