High-resolution hydro-meteorological modeling of extreme weather events over complex orography areas: applications of WRF and WRF-Hydro model configurations

The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the complexity of modeling extreme hydrometeorological events in complex orography areas, starting from the atmospheric processes to terrestrial hydrology at different spatial and temporal scales. This work intends also to compare the classical stand alone meteorological approach with a fully coupled representation of the water cycle, and to explore possible improvements in terms of precipitation edictability of extreme flooding events in both of these configurations.