Aldo Fiori

Prof. Aldo Fiori

Roma Tre University, Rome (Italy)
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Academic Career Length

31Years (1996-Present)

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

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20 July 2011 in Water Resources Research
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ARA. Rinaldo
A. Rinaldo
KBK. J. Beven
K. J. Beven
EBE. Bertuzzo
E. Bertuzzo
LNL. Nicotina
L. Nicotina
JDJ. Davies
J. Davies
GBG. Botter
G. Botter

1 September 2000 in Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
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Aldo FioriAldo Fiori
Aldo Fiori
GDGedeon Dagan
Gedeon Dagan

22 August 2015 in Water Resources Research
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AZA. Zech
A. Zech
SAS. Attinger
S. Attinger
VCV. Cvetkovic
V. Cvetkovic
GDG. Dagan
G. Dagan
PDPeter Dietrich
Peter Dietrich
GTG. Teutsch
G. Teutsch
Spreading of conservative solutes in groundwater due to aquifer heterogeneity is quantified by the macrodispersivity, which was found to be scale dependent. It increases with travel distance, stabilizing eventually at a constant value. However, the question of its asymptotic behavior at very large scale is still a matter of debate. It was surmised in the literature that macrodispersivity scales up following a unique scaling law. Attempts to define such a law were made by fitting a regression line in the log-log representation of an ensemble of macrodispersivities from multiple experiments. The functional relationships differ among the authors, based on the choice of data. Our study revisits the data basis, used for inferring unique scaling, through a detailed analysis of literature marcodispersivities. In addition, values were collected from the most recent tracer tests reported in the literature. We specified a system of criteria for reliability and reevaluated the reliability of the reported values. The final collection of reliable estimates of macrodispersivity does not support a unique scaling law relationship. On the contrary, our results indicate, that the field data can be explained as a collection of macrodispersivities of aquifers with varying degree of heterogeneity where each exhibits its own constant asymptotic value. Our investigation concludes that transport, and particularly the macrodispersivity, is formation-specific, and that modeling of transport cannot be relegated to a unique scaling law. Instead, transport requires characterization of aquifer properties, e.g., spatial distribution of hydraulic conductivity, and the use of adequate models.


28 February 2014 in Water Resources Management
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BFB. M. Fiseha
B. M. Fiseha
SSS. G. Setegn
S. G. Setegn
Assefa MelesseAssefa Melesse
Assefa Melesse
EVE. Volpi
E. Volpi
Aldo FioriAldo Fiori
Aldo Fiori

27 September 2003 in Water Resources Research
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GDG. Dagan
G. Dagan
Aldo FioriAldo Fiori
Aldo Fiori
IJI. Janković
I. Janković