Research interests
- Hydrology: modelling and remote sensing applications
- Water resources modelling and optimisation
- Irrigation and crop modelling
- Hydrologic extremes
Teaching
- GEO4171 – Floods, Avalanches and Landslides
- GEO4300 – Geophysical Data Science
- GEO2330 – Hydrology
- Supervision of MSc theses:
Background
Since 2020: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway.
2015-2020: Scientific/technical project officer, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy.
2014-2015: Researcher, National Centre for Meteorological Research, Météo France, Toulouse, France.
2011-2014: Researcher, Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences, Barcelona, Spain.
2007-2010: PhD, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
2000-2006: MSc and BSc, Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Publications
Scientific articles
Keetz, L. T., Lieungh, E., Karimi-Asli, K., Geange, S. R., Gelati, E., Tang, H., Yilmaz, Y. A., Aas, K. S., Althuizen, I. H. J., Bryn, A., Falk, S., Fisher, R., Fouilloux, A., Horvath, P., Indrehus, S., Lee, H., Lombardozzi, D., Parmentier, F.-J. W., Pirk, N., Vandvik, V., Vollsnes, A. V., Skarpaas, O., Stordal, F., and Tallaksen, L. M. (2023). Climate–ecosystem modelling made easy: The Land Sites Platform. Global Change Biology, 29(15):4440–4452. DOI:10.1111/gcb.16808
Zajac, Z., Gomez, O., Gelati, E., van der Velde, M., Bassu, S., Ceglar, A., Chukaliev, O., Panarello, L., Koeble, R., van den Berg, M., Niemeyer, S., and Fumagalli, D. (2022). Estimation of spatial distribution of irrigated crop areas in Europe for large-scale modelling applications. Agricultural Water Management, 266:107527. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107527
De Roo, A., Trichakis, I., Bisselink, B., Gelati, E., Pistocchi, A., and Gawlik, B. (2021). The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus in the Mediterranean: Current Issues and Future Challenges. Frontiers in Climate, 3. DOI:10.3389/fclim.2021.782553
Gelati, E., Zajac, Z., Ceglar, A., Bassu, S., Bisselink, B., Adamovic, M., Bernhard, J., Malagó, A., Pastori, M., Bouraoui, F., and de Roo, A. (2020). Assessing groundwater irrigation sustainability in the Euro-Mediterranean region with an integrated agro-hydrologic model. Advances in Science and Research, 17:227–253. DOI:10.5194/asr-17-227-2020
Cammalleri, C., Naumann, G., Mentaschi, L., Bisselink, B., Gelati, E., De Roo, A., and Feyen, L. (2020). Diverging hydrological drought traits over Europe with global warming. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(12):5919–5935. DOI:10.5194/hess-24-5919-2020
Adamovic, M., Gelati, E., Bisselink, B., and De Roo, A. (2020). Addressing the Water–Energy Nexus by Coupling the Hydrological Model with a New Energy LISENGY Model: A Case Study in the Iberian Peninsula. Water, 12(3). DOI:10.3390/w12030762
Busker, T., de Roo, A., Gelati, E., Schwatke, C., Adamovic, M., Bisselink, B., Pekel, J.-F., and Cottam, A. (2019). A global lake and reservoir volume analysis using a surface water dataset and satellite altimetry. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23(2):669–690. DOI:10.5194/hess-23-669-2019
Malagó, A., Bouraoui, F., Pastori, M., and Gelati, E. (2019). Modelling Nitrate Reduction Strategies from Diffuse Sources in the Po River Basin. Water, 11(5). DOI:10.3390/w11051030
Gelati, E., Decharme, B., Calvet, J.-C., Minvielle, M., Polcher, J., Fairbairn, D., and Weedon, G. P. (2018). Hydrological assessment of atmospheric forcing uncertainty in the Euro-Mediterranean area using a land surface model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(4):2091–2115. DOI:10.5194/hess-22-2091-2018
Bisselink, B., de Roo, A., Bernhard, J., and Gelati, E. (2018). Future Projections of Water Scarcity in the Danube River Basin Due to Land Use Water Demand and Climate Change. Journal of Environmental Geography, 11(3–4):25–36. DOI:10.2478/jengeo-2018-0010
Barella-Ortiz, A., Polcher, J., de Rosnay, P., Piles, M., and Gelati, E. (2017). Comparison of measured brightness temperatures from SMOS with modelled ones from ORCHIDEE and H-TESSEL over the Iberian Peninsula. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(1):357–375. DOI:10.5194/hess-21-357-2017
Albergel, C., Munier, S., Leroux, D. J., Dewaele, H., Fairbairn, D., Barbu, A. L., Gelati, E., Dorigo, W., Faroux, S., Meurey, C., Le Moigne, P., Decharme, B., Mahfouf, J.-F., and Calvet, J.-C. (2017). Sequential assimilation of satellite-derived vegetation and soil moisture products using SURFEX_v8.0: LDAS-Monde assessmentover the Euro-Mediterranean area. Geoscientific Model Development, 10(10):3889–3912. DOI:10.5194/gmd-10-3889-2017
Pistocchi, A., Udias, A., Grizzetti, B., Gelati, E., Koundouri, P., Ludwig, R., Papandreou, A., and Souliotis, I. (2017). An integrated assessment framework for the analysis of multiple pressures in aquatic ecosystems and the appraisal of management options. Science of The Total Environment, 575:1477–1488. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.020
Polcher, J., Piles, M., Gelati, E., Barella-Ortiz, A., and Tello, M. (2016). Comparing surface-soil moisture from the SMOS mission and the ORCHIDEE land-surface model over the Iberian Peninsula. Remote Sensing of Environment, 174:69–81. DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.004
Zeng, Y., Su, Z., Calvet, J.-C., Manninen, T., Swinnen, E., Schulz, J., Roebeling, R., Poli, P., Tan, D., Riihelä, A., Tanis, C.-M., Arslan, A.-N., Obregon, A., Kaiser-Weiss, A., John, V., Timmermans, W., Timmermans, J., Kaspar, F., Gregow, H., Barbu, A.-L., Fairbairn, D., Gelati, E., and Meurey, C. (2015). Analysis of current validation practices in Europe for space-based climate data records of essential climate variables. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 42:150–161. DOI:10.1016/j.jag.2015.06.006
Fairbairn, D., Barbu, A. L., Mahfouf, J.-F., Calvet, J.-C., and Gelati, E. (2015). Comparing the ensemble and extended Kalman filters for in situ soil moisture assimilation with contrasting conditions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19(12):4811–4830. DOI:10.5194/hess-19-4811-2015
Rusiñol, M., Fernandez-Cassi, X., Timoneda, N., Carratalà, A., Abril, J. F., Silvera, C., Figueras, M. J., Gelati, E., Rodó, X., Kay, D., Wyn-Jones, P., Bofill-Mas, S., and Girones, R. (2015). Evidence of viral dissemination and seasonality in a Mediterranean river catchment: Implications for water pollution management. Journal of Environmental Management, 159:58–67. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.05.019
Gelati, E., Madsen, H., and Rosbjerg, D. (2014). Reservoir operation using El Niño forecasts–-case study of Daule Peripa and Baba Ecuador. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 59(8):1559–1581. DOI:10.1080/02626667.2013.831978
Gelati, E., Madsen, H., and Rosbjerg, D. (2011). Stochastic reservoir optimization using El Niño information: case study of Daule Peripa Ecuador. Hydrology Research, 42(5):413–431. DOI:10.2166/nh.2011.009
Gelati, E., Madsen, H., and Rosbjerg, D. (2010). Markov-switching model for nonstationary runoff conditioned on El Niño information. Water Resources Research, 46(2). DOI:10.1029/2009WR007736
Gelati, E., Christensen, O. B., Rasmussen, P. F., and Rosbjerg, D. (2010). Downscaling atmospheric patterns to multi-site precipitation amounts in southern Scandinavia. Hydrology Research, 41(3–4):193–210. DOI:10.2166/nh.2010.114
Official reports
De Roo, A., Bisselink, B., Grizzetti, B., Vigiak, O., Pistocchi, A., Udias Moinelo, A., Aloe, A., Zanni, M., Dorati, C., Weissteiner, C., Bouraoui, F., Adamovic, M., Guenther, S., Mentaschi, L., Christiansen, T., Globevnik, L., Bernhard, J., and Gelati, E. (2021). EU Ecosystem Assessment – Freshwater Ecosystem (Dataset). European Commission, Joint Research Centre.
Bisselink, B., Bernhard, J., Gelati, E., Adamovic, M., Guenther, S., Mentaschi, L., Feyen, L., and de Roo, A. (2020). Climate change and Europe’s water resources. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI:10.2760/15553
De Roo, A., Bisselink, B., Guenther, S., Gelati, E., and Adamovic, M. (2020). Assessing the effects of water saving measures on Europe’s water resources. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI:10.2760/739798
Feyen, L., Ciscar Martinez, J., Gosling, S., Ibarreta Ruiz, D., Soria Ramirez, A., Dosio, A., Naumann, G., Russo, S., Formetta, G., Forzieri, G., Girardello, M., Spinoni, J., Mentaschi, L., Bisselink, B., Bernhard, J., Gelati, E., Adamovic, M., Guenther, S., De Roo, A., Cammalleri, C., Dottori, F., Bianchi, A., Alfieri, L., Vousdoukas, M., Mongelli, I., Hinkel, J., Ward, P., Gomes Da Costa, H., De Rigo, D., Liberta, G., Durrant, T., San-Miguel-Ayanz, J., Barredo Cano, J., Mauri, A., Caudullo, G., Ceccherini, G., Beck, P., Cescatti, A., Hristov, J., Toreti, A., Perez Dominguez, I., Dentener, F., Fellmann, T., Elleby, C., Ceglar, A., Fumagalli, D., Niemeyer, S., Cerrani, I., Panarello, L., Bratu, M., Després, J., Szewczyk, W., Matei, N., Mulholland, E., and Olariaga-Guardiola, M. (2020). Climate change impacts and adaptation in Europe. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI:10.2760/171121
Salamon, P., Arnal, L., Asp, S., Baugh, C., Beck, H., Bisselink, B., De Roo, A., Disperati, J., Dottori, F., Garcia-Padilla, M., Garcia-Sanchez, R., Gelati, E., Gomes, G., Kalas, M., Krzeminski, B., Latini, M., Lorini, V., Mazzetti, C., Mikulickova, M., Muraro, D., Prudhomme, C., Rauthe-Schöch, A., Rehfeldt, K., Schweim, C., Skoien, J., Smith, P., Sprokkereef, E., Thiemig, V., Wetterhall, F., and Ziese (2019). EFAS upgrade for the extended model domain: technical documentation. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI:10.2760/806324
Pistocchi, A., Aloe, A., Grizzetti, B., Udias Moinelo, A., Vigiak, O., Bisselink, B., Bouraoui, F., de Roo, A., Gelati, E., Pastori, M., and van de Bund, W. (2018). Assessment of the effectiveness of reported Water Framework Directive Programmes of Measures. Part III – JRC Pressure Indicators v.2.0: nutrients urban runoff flow regime and hydromorphological alteration. European Commission, Joint Research Centre. DOI:10.2760/325451
Bisselink, B., Bernhard, J., Gelati, E., Adamovic, M., Jacobs, C., Mentaschi, L., Lavalle, C., and De Roo, A. (2018b). Impact of a changing climate land use and water usage on water resources in the Danube river basin: a model simulation study. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI:10.2760/89828
Bisselink, B., Bernhard, J., Gelati, E., Adamovic, M., Guenther, S., Mentaschi, L., and De Roo, A. (2018a). Impact of a changing climate land use and water usage on Europe’s water resources: a model simulation study. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI:10.2760/847068
Pistocchi, A., Gelati, E., Beck, H., Lavalle, C., Bisselink, B., and Feher, J. (2016). Water scenarios for the Danube river basin: elements for the assessment of the Danube agriculture energy water nexus. Publications Office of the European Union. DOI:10.2788/375680
Calvet, J.-C., Barbu, A., Fairbairn, D., Gelati, E., Toth, H., and Boussetta, S. (2015). ATBD FOR LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM. IMAGINES: Implementing Multi-scale AGricultural Indicators Exploiting Sentinels.