Diego Bruciaferri

Physical oceanographer and ocean modeller.

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Bruciaferri, D., Guiavarc`h, C., Hewitt, H.T., Harle, J., Almansi, M., Mathiot, P. Localised general vertical coordinates for quasi-Eulerian ocean models: the Nordic overflows test-case, Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth Systems, pre-print

Peer-reviewed

  • Jackson, L. C., Hewitt, H. T., Bruciaferri, D., Calvert, D., Graham, T., Guiavarc’h, C., Menary, M.B., New, A. L., Roberts, M. and Storkey, D. Challenges simulating the AMOC in climate models, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A., 2023, link

  • Polton, J., Harle, J., Holt, J., Katavouta, A., Partridge, D., Jardine, J., Wakelin, S., Rulent, J., Wise, A., Hutchinson, K., Byrne, D., Bruciaferri, D., O`Dea, E., De Dominicis, M., Mathiot, P., Coward, A., Yool, A., Palmiéri, J., Lessin, G., Mayorga-Adame, C.G., Le Guennec, V., Arnold, A. Reproducible and Relocatable Regional Ocean Modelling: Fundamentals and practices, Geoscientific Model Development, 2023, link

  • Bruciaferri, D., Tonani, M., Ascione, I., Al Senafi, F., O`Dea, E., Hewitt, H. T., and Saulter, A. GULF18, a high-resolution NEMO-based tidal ocean model of the Arabian/Persian Gulf, Geoscientific Model Development, 2022, link

  • Wise, A., Harle, J., Bruciaferri, D., O`Dea, E., Polton, J. The effect of vertical coordinates on the accuracy of a shelf sea model, Ocean Modelling, 2021 link

  • Bruciaferri, D., Tonani, M., Lewis, H. W., Siddorn, J. R., Saulter, A., Castillo Sanchez, J. M., Valiente, N. G., Conley, D., Sykes, P., Ascione, I., McConnell, N., The Impact of Ocean-Wave Coupling on the Upper Ocean Circulation During Storm Events, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2021, link

  • Valiente, N. G., Saulter, A., Edwards J.M, Lewis, H. W., Castillo Sanchez, J. M., Bruciaferri, D., Bunney, C., Siddorn, J. R., The Impact of Wave Model Source Terms and Coupling Strategies to Rapidly Developing Waves across the North-West European Shelf during Extreme Events, J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, link

  • Bruciaferri, D., Shapiro, G., Stanichny, S., Zatsepin, A., Ezer, T., Wobus, F., Francis, X., Hilton, D., The development of a 3D computational mesh to improve the representation of dynamic processes: the Black Sea test case, Ocean Modelling, 2020, link

  • Bruciaferri, D., Shapiro, G.I. and Wobus, F., A multi-envelope vertical coordinate system for numerical ocean modelling. Ocean Dynamics, 2018, link

  • De Dominicis, M., Bruciaferri, D., Gerin, R., Pinardi, N., Poulain, P.M., Garreau, P., Zodiatis, G., Perivoliotis, L., Fazioli, L., Sorgente, R., Manganiello, C., A multi-model assessment of the impact of currents, waves and wind in modelling surface drifters and oil spill, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2016, link

  • Trotta, F., Fenu, E., Pinardi, N., Bruciaferri, D., Giacomelli, L., Federico, I., Coppini, G., A Structured and Unstructured grid Relocatable ocean platform for Forecasting (SURF), Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2016, link

  • Zodiatis, G., De Dominicis, D., Perivoliotis, L., Radhakrishnan, H., Georgoudis, E., Sotillo, M., Lardner, R.W., Krokos, G., Bruciaferri, D., Clementi, E., Guarnieri, A., Ribotti, A., Drago, A., Bourma, E., Padorno, E., Daniel, P., Gonzalez, G., Chazot, C., Gouriou, V., Kremer, X., Sofianos, S., Tintore, J., Garreau, P., Pinardi, N., Coppini, G., Lecci, R., Pisano, A., Sorgente, R., Fazioli, L., Soloviev, D., Stylianou, S., Nikolaidis, A., Panayidou, X., Karaolia, A., Gauci, A., Marcati, A., Caiazzo, L., Mancini, M., The Mediterranean Decision Support System for Marine Safety dedicated to oil slicks predictions, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2016, link

Selected talks and conferences

  • Bruciaferri, D., Hewitt, H.T., Bell, M.J., Guiavarc'h, C., Storkey, D., Roberts, M.J. and Jackson, L. Sensitivity of the Western North Atlantic circulation to the vertical coordinate system in global ocean models. "Whither the Gulf Stream" Workshop - Woods Hole, MA, USA, June 2022.

  • Bruciaferri, D., Guiavarc'h, C., Hewitt, H., Harle, J., Almansi, M., and Mathiot, P. Improving nordic overflows representation in global ocean models, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-4072

  • Bell, M.J. and Bruciaferri, D. Accurate calculation of pressure forces on cells defined by steeply sloping coordinates, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-5012.

  • Bruciaferri, D., Harle, J., Wise, A., O'Dea, E., Polton J. The impact of the vertical discretization scheme on the accuracy of a model of the European north-west shelf, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-4152

  • Bruciaferri, D., Tonani, M., Lewis, H. W., Siddorn, J., King, R. R., Sykes, P., Castillo, J. M., Saulter, A., McConnell, N., Ascione, I., and O'Dea, E.: Modelling the upper ocean dynamics of the north-west European shelf during storm events with the UK Met Office ocean-wave prediction system, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-4960

  • Bruciaferri, D.: A Multi Envelope $s$-coordinate system for numerical ocean modelling: idealised and realistic experiments, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, 29th January 2020, Oxford (UK) (Invited).

  • Bruciaferri, D.: A numerical model of the Black Sea circulation using a structured multi-envelope mesh with variable resolution. Met Office seminars, 5th March 2019, Exeter (UK) (Invited).

  • Bruciaferri, D., Shapiro, G., Stanichny, S., Zatsepin, A., Ezer, T., Wobus, F., Francis, X., Hilton, D. An advanced numerical model of the Black Sea. PlyMSEF conference, Plymouth Marine Laboratoty, 5th February 2019, Plymouth (UK).

  • Bruciaferri, D., Shapiro, G.I., Wobus, F. An Advanced Vertical Coordinate System to Improve the Representation of the Oceanic Transport in Regional Non-Isopycnal Ocean Models. Abstract 310863 presented at 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, 12-16 February 2018.

Dissertations

Bruciaferri Diego, 2019. Advanced methods for numerical modelling of regional seas (Ph.D. dissertation) link

Bruciaferri Diego, 2014. Study of a Wind-Wave Numerical Model and its integration with an Ocean and an Oil-Spill Numerical Models (M.Sc. dissertation) link