Luca Mao

Dr. Luca Mao

School of Geography, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
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Academic Career Length

24Years (2003-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2011 in Geomorphology
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FCF. Comiti
F. Comiti
MCM. Da Canal
M. Da Canal
Nicola SurianNicola Surian
Nicola Surian
Luca MaoLuca Mao
Luca Mao
LPLorenzo Picco
Lorenzo Picco
MLM.A. Lenzi
M.A. Lenzi

1 July 2006 in Journal of Hydrology
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MLM.A. Lenzi
M.A. Lenzi
Luca MaoLuca Mao
Luca Mao
FCF. Comiti
F. Comiti

17 December 2014 in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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DPDaniele Penna
Daniele Penna
MEM. Engel
M. Engel
Luca MaoLuca Mao
Luca Mao
ADA. Dell'AGnese
A. Dell'AGnese
Giacomo BertoldiGiacomo Bertoldi
Giacomo Bertoldi
FCF. Comiti
F. Comiti
Snow-dominated and glacierized catchments are important sources of fresh water for biological communities and for populations living in mountain valleys. Gaining a better understanding of the runoff origin and of the hydrological interactions between meltwater, streamflow and groundwater is critical for natural risk assessment and mitigation as well as for effective water resource management in mountain regions. This study is based on the use of stable isotopes of water and electrical conductivity as tracers to identify the water sources for runoff and groundwater and their seasonal variability in a glacierized catchment in the Italian Alps. Samples were collected from rainfall, snow, snowmelt, ice melt, spring and stream water (from the main stream at different locations and from selected tributaries) in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The tracer-based mixing analysis revealed that, overall, snowmelt and glacier melt were the most important end-members for stream runoff during late spring, summer and early fall. The temporal variability of the tracer concentration suggested that stream water was dominated by snowmelt at the beginning of the melting season (May–June), by a mixture of snowmelt and glacier melt during mid-summer (July–early August), and by glacier melt during the end of the summer (end of August–September). The same seasonal pattern observed in streamflow was also evident for groundwater, with the highest electrical conductivity and least negative isotopic values found during cold or relatively less warm periods, when the melt of snowpack and ice was limited. Particularly, the application of a two-component mixing model to data from different springs showed that the snowmelt contribution to groundwater recharge varied between 21% (±3%) and 93% (±1%) over the season, and the overall contribution during the three study years ranged between 58% (±24%) and 72% (±19%). These results provided new insights into the isotopic characterization of the study catchment presenting further understanding of the spatio-temporal variability of the main water sources contributing to runoff.

1 December 2018 in Journal of Hydrology
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Khabat KhosraviKhabat Khosravi
Khabat Khosravi
Luca MaoLuca Mao
Luca Mao
Ozgur KisiOzgur Kisi
Ozgur Kisi
ZYZaher Mundher Yaseen
Zaher Mundher Yaseen
Shamsuddin ShahidShamsuddin Shahid
Shamsuddin Shahid

4 February 2009 in River Research and Applications
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Nicola SurianNicola Surian
Nicola Surian
LZLuca Ziliani
Luca Ziliani
FCFrancesco Comiti
Francesco Comiti
MLMario A. Lenzi
Mario A. Lenzi
Luca MaoLuca Mao
Luca Mao

1 June 2007 in Journal of Hydrology
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FCFrancesco Comiti
Francesco Comiti
Luca MaoLuca Mao
Luca Mao
AWAndrew Wilcox
Andrew Wilcox
EWEllen E. Wohl
Ellen E. Wohl
MLMario A. Lenzi
Mario A. Lenzi