Analisi meteorologica di eventi con precipitazione intensa nell'Italia Centrale

In this work we analyze five events of intense precipitation that affected Central Italy between 2011 and 2015. These events caused important flood phenomena, with a significant impact on both the economy and people. This study mainly uses data from ERA5, the latest reanalysis produced by the ECMWF (European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecast), in addition to data from the meteorological network managed by Centro Funzionale of Protezione Civile d’Abruzzo. In the first part is reported an overview of the general issues that characterize the study of intense precipitation events, with a deepening of some recently analyzed cases. Subsequently the data and tools used are reported, with a description of the events studied and the method of investigation. We then go to analyze the synoptic framework in which the event developed and to investigate the causes that generated it. Finally, the precipitation pattern was studied and the degree of reproducibility by the ERA5 reanalysis was tested through a comparison with the meteorological network.