Hydrological Sciences

Fabrizio Fenicia

Fabrizio is Group Leader in hydrological modeling at Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland. He works on model development at the catchment scale, with applications ranging from streamflow simulations, pesticide transport, distributed models, and model regionalization. He advocates for the use of flexible modeling frameworks (e.g. search for the recently released SuperflexPy software), and investigates their applications to improve catchment modeling and to address fundamental questions such as how to justify model decisions. Together with Dmitri Kavetski he organizes summer schools such as “Principles of catchment scale hydrological models”, which will be reactivated as soon as conditions will allow. Although he is Italian, he does not disdain the Bündner Nusstorte.

Behind every robust result is a robust method: Perspectives from a hydrological case study

Fabrizio Fenicia and Dmitri Kavetski September 29, 2021

Weierbach catchment in Luxembourg

Scientific studies and mathematical models are increasingly used to guide the management and development of society. But while science and modelling can indeed provide a robust basis for decision making, we must be mindful of two related considerations. First, science is based not on trust but on skepticism, meticulous technique and careful verification. Second, science is not made of absolute tru ...[Read More]