Mitigation and warning systems
- Ratto S., Bonetto F., Comoglio C., The October 2000 flooding in Valle d'Aosta (Italy): Event description and land planning measures for the risk mitigation - International Journal of River Basin Management, 1:2, 105-116 (2002)
- Ratto S., L’expérience du Service de cartographie et d’aménagement hydrogéologique de la Région Autonome du Val d’Aoste (Italie) en matière de prévention et de prévision des risques naturels. - Géologues (2002), rivista trimestrale pubblicata da l'Union Française des Géologue (UFG)
- Gabellani S., Rudari R., Ferraris L., Rebora N., Ratto S., Stevenin H., Improving an operational probabilistic hydrometeorological forecasting chain in the Valle d'Aosta Region - European Geosciences Union General Assembly - Vienna, Austria, April 2010.
- P. Laiolo, S. Gabellani, N. Rebora, R. Rudari, L. Ferraris, H. Stevenin, S. Ratto, Verification of a probabilistic flood forecasting system for an Alpine Region of northern Italy - XIII Pliinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms - Savona, Italy (2011).
- Ratto S.M., Stevenin H., Navillod E., Cauduro M., Operational Procedure for a Hydrogeological Warning System in Aosta Valley. - In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2013)
- Ratto S.M., In Valle d’Aosta il parametro chiave è la quota neve, Ecoscienza n.3, p.72 (2015), Rivista bimestrale curata da Arpa Emilia Romagna.
Hydrology
- Piazzi G., Campo L., Gabellani S., Rudari R., Castelli F., Cremonese E., Morra di Cella U., Stevenin H., Ratto S.M, Snow multivariable data assimilation for hydrological predictions in mountain areas. - Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 18, EGU2016-7228, 2016. EGU General Assembly 2016
- Avanzi F., Ercolani G., Gabellani S., Cremonese E., Morra di Cella U., Pogliotti P., Filippa G., Ratto S., Stevenin H., Insights into precipitation orographic enhancement from snow-course data and their value for improved hydrologic predictions, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-1285, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-1285, 2019
- Avanzi F., Ercolani G., Gabellani S., Cremonese E., Morra di Cella U., Pogliotti P., Filippa G., Ratto S.M., Stevenin H., Cauduro M., Juglair S., Learning about precipitation lapse rates from snow course data improves water balance modeling, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. (HESS) 25, 2109–2131 (2021).
- Avanzi F., Gabellani S., Delogu F., Silvestro F., Cremonese E., Morra di Cella U., Ratto S.M., Stevenin H., S3M 5.1: a distributed cryospheric model with dry and wet snow, data assimilation, glacier mass balance, and debris-driven melt, Geoscientific Model Development Discussion (2021).
- Naumann G., Avanzi F., Ercolani G., Ponziani D., Stevenin H., Ratto S.M., Gabellani S., Drought monitoring in mountain areas with high resolution precipitation products, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-13376. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13376, 2022.
Hydraulic models
- Laiolo P., Gabellani S., Rebora N., Rudari R., Ferraris L., Ratto S., Stevenin H., Cauduro M., Validation of the Flood-PROOFS probabilistic forecasting system – Hydrological Processes (2013)
Landslides
- Ratto S., Giardino M. & Giordan D., Landslide inventory and hazard mapping in the Valle d’Aosta Region (NW-Italy) - Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 6, 06930 (2004)
- Giardino M., Ratto S.M., Analisi del dissesto da frana in Valle d'Aosta.: Rapporto sulle frane in Italia, APAT Rapporti, 78, p. 121-150 (2007)
- Ratto S., Armand M., Giardino M., Alberto W., Landslide inventory construction and its data analysis in Aosta Valley region (NW-Italy)- European Geosciences Union - Vienna, Austria, April 15 – 20, 2007.
- Ratto S., Armand M., Bois M., Giardino M., Giordan A., Alberto W., Il Progetto IFFI e le ricerche geomorfologiche regionali: caratteristiche e distribuzione dei fenomeni franosi in Valle d'Aosta, Memorie della Società Geografica Italiana, vol. 87(I-II) p. 261-275 (2009)
- Martinotti G., Giordan D., Giardino M., Ratto S.M., Controlling factors for deep-seated gravitational slope deformation (DSGSD) in the Aosta Valley. Slope Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 351.
- Salvatici T., Tofani V., Rossi G., D'Ambrosio M., Tacconi Stefanelli C., Masi E.B., Rosi A., Pazzi V., Vannocci P., Petrolo M., Catani F., Ratto S.M., Stevenin H., Casagli N., Application of a physically based model to forecast shallow landslides at a regional scale, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 18, 1919–1935 (2018)
Debris flows
- Giardino M., Ratto S., Palomba M., Alberto W., Armand M., Cignett, M. , The Debris Flows Inventory of the Aosta Valley Region: An Integrated Natural Hazards Assessment. In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2013)
- Ponziani M., Pogliotti P., Stevenin H., Ratto S.M., Debris-flow Indicator for an early warning system in the Aosta valley region. Natural Hazards 104, 1819–1839 (2020).
- Ponziani M., Ponziani D., Giorgi A, Stevenin H., Ratto S.M., The use of machine learning techniques for a predictive model of debris flows triggered by short intense rainfall. Natural Hazards 117, 143–162 (2023).
- Ponziani M., Ponziani D., Giorgi A, Stevenin H., Ratto S.M., A regional early warning system for debris flows. DFHM8 Conference (2023)
Climate change
- Palomba M., Giardino M., Ratto S., Pogliotti P.,Analysis of Factors Controlling Landslide Susceptibility in the Aosta Valley (NW Italy): Relationship to Climatic and Environmental Changes. In: Lollino, G., Manconi, A., Clague, J., Shan, W., Chiarle, M. (eds) Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 1. Springer, Cham.(2015)
- Cremonese E., Avanzi F., Ratto S.M., Pogliotti P., Filippa G., Stevenin H., Mammoliti Mochet A., Ercolani G., Gabellani S., Fosson J.P., Impatti dei cambiamenti climatici sul regime idrologico della Valle d’Aosta. Rapporto pubblico 42 p. (2021)