Dr. Manuel Antonetti

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate

www.zhaw.ch/iunr/oekohydrologie/

Expertise and research interests

Hydrodynamic modelling of fluvial systems, hydrological modelling of catchments, post-processing of remote sensing data

Educational background

October 2013 to September 2017: Dissertation at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL and the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich. Title of PhD thesis: Runoff generation during heavy rainfall events: integrating expert knowledge about dominant runoff processes in conceptual hydrological models.

February 2010 to March 2013: Double Master's degree - Civil and Environmental Engineering - specialisation "Water and Environment" at the Università degli Studi di Trento (I) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (D).

September 2006 to January 2010: Bachelor's degree - Environmental Engineering at the Università degli Studi di Trento (I).

Projects

• Entwicklung von hydrologischen Modellen zur Ökosystemforschung im alpinen Raum / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Entwicklung eines Bewertungssystems für eine stressor-spezifische Schwallbewertung / Team member / Project ongoing
• Monitoring künstliche Hochwasser an der Sarine / Team member / Project ongoing
• 3D Visualisierung von Fluss- und Landschaftsveränderungen durch Revitalisierungsmassnahmen / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Development of small hydropower in Kazakhstan - Seed Project / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Quantifizierung von Grundwasserexfiltrationen anhand von Isotopenmessungen und WärmebilderIsotopenmessungen und Wärmebilder / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Entwicklung Modellierungstool über die Auswirkungen der Schwall-Sunk Sanierungen an der Saane / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Modellierung der Auswirkungen von Massnahmen zur Geschiebesanierung / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Drohnen-gestützte TIR-Erfassung der räumlichen Temperaturheterogenität zur Beurteilung von Thermalrefugien / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Altermatt, Florian; Carraro, Luca; Antonetti, Manuel; Albouy, Camille; Zhang, Yan; Lyet, Arnaud; Zhang, Xiaowei; Pellissier, Loïc,

  2023.

  Quantifying biodiversity using eDNA from water bodies : general principles and recommendations for sampling designs.

  Environmental DNA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.430

• Wissen Hayek, Ulrike; Gutscher, Fabian; Braune, Philipp; Dantas, Nuno; Roost, Dano; Schürch, Jenifer; Antonetti, Manuel; Grêt Regamey, Adrienne; Döring, Michael,

  2023.

  Sensing river and floodplain biodiversity : developing a prototype.

  Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture.

  (8), pp. 523-532.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.14627/537740055

• Antonetti, Manuel; Hoppler, Luca; Tonolla, Diego; Vanzo, Davide; Schmid, Martin; Doering, Michael,

  2022.

  Integrating two‐dimensional water temperature simulations into a fish habitat model to improve hydro‐ and thermopeaking impact assessment.

  River Research and Applications.

  39(3), pp. 501-521.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4043

• Antonetti, Manuel; Zappa, Massimiliano,

  2018.

  How can expert knowledge increase the realism of conceptual hydrological models? : a case study based on the concept of dominant runoff process in the Swiss Pre-Alps.

  Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.

  22(8), pp. 4425-4447.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4425-2018

• Antonetti, Manuel; Buss, Rahel; Scherrer, Simon; Margreth, Michael; Zappa, Massimiliano,

  2016.

  Mapping dominant runoff processes : an evaluation of different approaches using similarity measures and synthetic runoff simulations.

  Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.

  20(7), pp. 2929-2945.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2929-2016

• Döring, Michael; Tonolla, Diego; Antonetti, Manuel,

  2023.

  Adaptive management and restoration of a complex floodplain system using artificial flooding (Sarine floodplain, Western Switzerland) [paper].

  In:

  Slovenian Water Days, Rimske Toplice, Slovenia, 24-25 May 2023.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27937

• Tonolla, Diego; Junghardt, Johann; Antonetti, Manuel; Döring, Michael,

  2019.

  Drohnen-gestützte und terrestrische Wärmebilder zur Beurteilung der Fliessgewässer-Temperatur.

  Aqua & Gas.

  2019(4), pp. 44-50.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19443

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Publications (peer reviewed)

Antonetti, M., Horat, C., Sideris, I. V., and Zappa, M.: Ensemble flood forecasting considering dominant runoff processes: I. Setup and application to nested basins (Emme, Switzerland), Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 19-40, doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-19-2019, 2019.

Antonetti, M., Scherrer, S., Kienzler, P. M., Margreth, M., and Zappa, M.: Process-based Hydrological Modelling: The Potential of a Bottom-Up Approach for Runoff Predictions in
Ungauged Catchments. Hydrol. Process., doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11232, 2017.

Not Peer reviewed articles:

Antonetti, M., Scherrer, S., Kienzler, P.M., Margreth, M., and Zappa, M. Überprüfung eines prozessnahen Abflussbildungsmoduls auf der Hangskale und in klein- und mesoskaligen Gebieten. In Forum Für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 36.16, 63–74, 2016.

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