Università di Napoli Parthenope Dipartimento di Scienze per l’Ambiente

Stefano Pierini’s research interests lie in the fields of geophysical fluid dynamics, physical oceanography, climate dynamics and oceanographic modeling. More specifically, they concern: the variability of the large-scale wind-driven ocean circulation (in the context of climate dynamics, chaos theory and altimetry); laboratory models of geophysical flows; regional and coastal oceanography; nonlinear waves; nonlinear stability analysis of geophysical flows. His research activities have been supported by the following projects (last update: February 2013):
Logos	Project	Description (and main publications)
	RITMARE SP3-WP4-AZ1-UO03 (2012-2016)	RITMARE Flagship Project is one of the National Research Programmes funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, and is the leading national marine research project for the period 2012-2016. It is coordinated by the National Research Council and involves an integrated effort of most of the scientific community working on marine and maritime issues, as well as some major industrial groups. CNR entrusted the management of RITMARE to Dr. Fabio Trincardi. S. Pierini is responsible (for CoNISMa) of a research unit within the action "Process-Oriented Modeling".
	MATH-ACC 2010/A2.11 (2011-2013)	Title of the PNRA project: “Mathematical modeling and theoretical analysis of the dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, with validation through in situ and altimeter data”. Coordinator: S. Pierini. H. A. Dijkstra is the scientific responsible of the research unit of Utrecht University. The PhD student G. Sgubin is among the participants. (Publications: Pierini 2012).
	ASI (2010-2012)	Title of the ASI project: “Improvement of oceanic modeling for coastal management by means of COSMO-SkyMed SAR data”. National coordinator: M. Migliaccio. S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of the oceanographic modeling research unit of DiSAm. (Publications: Montuori et al. 2013).
	Regione Campania L.R. 5/02 (2007-2010)	The project “Modeling studies of the marine circulation and diffusion, and related experimental validation: from the coastal (Gulf of Naples) to the global scale” was funded by the Settore Ricerca Scientifica of the Regione Campania of Italy. Coordinator: S. Pierini (Publications: Pierini 2010, Pierini 2011).
	HYDRALAB III (2008)	The project of HYDRALAB III “Laboratory simulation of western boundary currents over shelf topography and of their extensions” was coordinated by S. Pierini. The laboratory experiments were carried out in September 2008 with the 5-m diameter Coriolis rotating platform of SINTEF in Trondheim (Norway) (Publications: Pierini et al. 2010, Pierini et al. 2011).
	VECTOR (2006-2010)	The project “Vulnerabilità delle coste e degli ecosistemi marini italiani ai cambiamenti climatici e loro ruolo nei cicli del carbonio mediterraneo” is funded by the “Fondo Integrativo Speciale per la Ricerca” of the Italian Government and is managed by CoNISMa. National coordinator: C. Corselli. S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of the sub-task 4.1.6 on oceanographic modeling (coordinator of task 4: A. Zingone).
	HPC-EUROPA RII3-CT-2003-506079 (2007)	The project of the “High Performance Computing Europa” Visitor Programme of the European Commission entitled “Low-frequency variability of the Kuroshio Extension: model studies in the context of climate dynamics and dynamical systems theory” was coordinated by S. Pierini. H. A. Dijkstra, of the “Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research” of Utrecht University (The Netherlands) was the host researcher. The visit lasted 6 weeks (1/2-2007). This project was based on a model study of the Kuroshio Extension internal low-frequency variability (Pierini 2006). A. Riccio, of the Department of Applied Sciences of the University of Naples Parthenope parallelized the code, that ran on the SGI Altix 3700 Aster system at SARA (Amsterdam). (Publications: Pierini 2007; Pierini, Dijkstra and Riccio 2009).
	ASI ASI I/R/131/01 (2001-2002) ASI I/R/200/02 (2003-2004)	Title of the ASI project: “Telerilevamento del mare mediante scatterometro: modelli elettromagnetici, inversione dei dati e applicazione a modelli di circolazione”. National coordinator: M. Migliaccio. S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of the oceanographic modeling task. (Publications: Pierini 2005; Pierini 2006; Grieco and Pierini 2006)
	MARISYST HPRI-CT-1999-00060 (2003)	S. Pierini was the coordinator of the project entitled: “Laboratory Modeling of Western Boundary Currents”. This project was funded within MARISYST (of the Trondheim Marine Systems Research Infrastructure) and the ”Improving Human Research Potential - Access to Research Infrastructures” programmes of the European Commission. The laboratory experiments were carried out in the 5-m diameter Coriolis rotating platform of SINTEF (Trondheim, Norway). (Publications: Pierini et al. 2004; Pierini et al. 2006; Pierini et al. 2008)
	ASI (2000-2002)	Title of the ASI project: “Validazione e Assimilazione dati da satellite e modellistica numerica”. National coordinator: G. Visconti. S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of a task on oceanographic modeling and remote sensing by microwave altimetry. (Publications: Pierini 2002; Pierini 2003; Pierini and Zambianchi 2003)
	SINAPSI L. 95/95 Decr. MURST 16-12-97 (2000-2004)	Title of the project: “Variabilità stagionale, interannuale e decadale dell’atmosfera, dell’oceano e degli ecosistemi marini”. National coordinator: N. Pinardi. S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of the task entitled: “Studi della circolazione Mediterranea guidata dal vento, con particolare attenzione al Mar Tirreno”. (Publications: Pierini et al. 2006)
	PNRA (1998-2002)	The project: “Interazioni Aria-Mare-Ghiaccio” was funded by the “Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide”. National coordinator: G. Spezie. S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of a task on oceanographic modeling. (Publications: Commodari and Pierini 1999; Rubino et al. 2003)
	HYDRIV HPRI-1999-50042 (1997)	S. Pierini was the coordinator of the project entitled: "Laboratory Modeling of Topographic Rossby Modes”. This project was funded within HYDRIV and the ”Improving Human Research Potential - Access to Research Infrastructures” programmes of the European Commission. The laboratory experiments were carried out in the 13-m diameter Coriolis rotating platform (the largest in the world) of LEGI (Grenoble, France). (Publications: Pierini et al. 1999; Pierini et al. 2002)
	Sonderforschungs-bereich-512 (1998)	This project supported a 2-month visit of S. Pierini at the “Institut für Meereskunde " of Hamburg University, and contributed to the research on the Sicily Strait modeling initiated with MATER (see below). (Publications: Pierini and Rubino 2001)
	MTP II-MATER MAS3-CT96-0051 (1996-1999)	The Mediterranean Targeted Project II “Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response” was funded within the “Marine, Science and Technology Programme” of the European Commission. Coordinator: A. Monaco. S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of the work entitled: “Sicily Strait Modeling”. (Publications: Pierini and Rubino 2001)
	MTP I-MERMAIDS-II MAS2-CT93-0055 (1993-1996)	The Mediterranean Targeted Project I: “Mediterranean Eddy Resolving and Inter-Disciplinary Studies-II” was funded within the “Marine, Science and Technology Programme” of the European Commission. Coordinator: N. Pinardi. S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of the task entitled: “Wind Driven Adjustment Processes in the Mediterranean”. (Publications: Pierini 1997; Pierini and Simioli 1998)
	MURST 40% (1996-1998)	This “40%” MURST project was devoted to the analysis of nonlinear wave dynamics. National coordinator: L. Bergamasco. S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of a task on 2D solitary wave evolution. (Publications: Rubino et al. 1998)
	CNR-Comitato Scienze Fisiche (1988-1994)	S. Pierini was the scientific responsible of various projects funded by the Physical Sciences Committee of the Italian “National Research Council” devoted to oceanographic modeling. (Publications: Longo et al. 1992; Pierini 1996)
	FORMEZ (1987)	S. Pierini benefited from a FORMEZ scholarship at the “Center for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography” of the “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” (Cambridge, MA, USA) for 8 months. (Publications: Pierini 1989; Pierini 1990; Pierini 1991)
	CNR-Comitato Scienze Fisiche (1985-1986)	S. Pierini benefited from a CNR scholarship at the “Department of Engineering Sciences” of the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA) for 6 months. (Publications: Pierini 1986)
	CNR-Comitato Scienze Fisiche (1981-1982)	S. Pierini benefited from CNR scholarships at the “Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics” of the University of Cambridge (UK) for 20 months. (Publications: Pierini and Vulpiani 1981; Benzi et al. 1982; Pierini and Salusti 1982; Pierini 1984; Pierini 1985)