Mauro Valt

Mauro Valt was born in Falcade, Italy, in 1963. He holds the Diploma of Chief Mining Technician and specialization in the use of explosives and in geotechnics. Since 1987, he has been working at the Avalanche Center of Arabba (ARPAV Environmental Agency), Arabba, Italy. From 1987 to 1992, he was involved in the study of avalanche dynamics. At the same time, he began training in the field of avalanche forecasting. He is currently a Senior Avalanche Forecaster at the Arabba Avalanche Center and AINEVA, Trento, Italy. In 1996, it was the first participation in the scientific expedition to Antarctica in the context of the PNRA, followed by the 1998 expedition again in the field of international projects related to remote sensing. In 2005, the third scientific expedition was on the Antarctic plateau for the study of mega snow dunes. In Artico, at the Italian base Dirigibile Italia, Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard), Italy, he continued his scientific research in the field of snowpack classification with multispectral signatures, participating in the creation of the SISpec and Snowcrystals.it database. Since 2004, he has been involved in the operational development of the SNOWPACK model of the snowpack with the SLF, Davos, Switzerland, and AlpSolut s.r.l., Livigno, Italy. Since 2015, he has been dealing with snow water equivalent of estimating water resources for large basins (PO, Piave, Brenta) through the use of MODIS images and ground monitoring networks. He has been a lecturer in snow, avalanche, and snow slope stability courses in the courses of AINEVA, of the Italian Alpine Club and since 2002, in professional training courses for ski instructors and mountain guides. Since 2000, he has been a member of the Editorial Board of “Neve e Valanghe” magazine. From 2005 to 2013, he was the representative of Italy in the international meetings of EAWS. He is the author or the coauthor of 50 articles published in peer-reviewed international journals, 150 articles in Italian trade journals, and over 700 citations.