Alessandro Mazza received his Master’s Degree in Physics from the University of Florence, Florence, Italy, in 1992, and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, in 1998. His Ph.D. thesis was on quantum mechanics. From 1992 to 1994, he worked with SMA Company, Florence. Since 2001, he has worked with LaMMA, first with the Information Technology Group and then with the Atmospheric Research Division. Since 2012, he has worked on radar meteorology applications and hydrology. Since 2003, he has been a researcher with the CNR-IBE Institute, Florence, Italy. He has been involved in many projects funded by various organizations, such as the European Community and the Tuscany Region.

Andrea Antonini received a Laurea Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Florence, Florence, Italy, in 2002, and a Ph.D. in Information Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, in 2013.Since 2003, he has collaborated in various forms with the Tuscany Region Weather Center, Florence. Since 2011, he has been a researcher at the LaMMA Consortium, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. His research activities have been mainly dedicated to the retrieval and integration of atmospheric parameters for nowcasting applications, based on the processing of satellite- and ground-based observational data. His work also includes meteorological applications of nonconventional sensors and innovative remote sensing techniques, spanning radar, satellite, and GNSS meteorology, as well as the prototyping and development of a nonconventional rainfall measurement system based on an acoustic impact sensor. He has extensive experience in the design, implementation, and management of operational measurement systems in the fields of radar meteorology, GNSS meteorology, and surface parameter monitoring.

Samantha Melani received her Master's Degree in Physics from the University of Bologna (Italy) in 1999, with a thesis on radiative transfer in cloudy atmospheres and numerical modeling for satellite data interpretation. She subsequently obtained a Ph.D. in Physical Modeling for Environmental Protection from the University of Bologna. From 1999 to 2002, she worked at the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAO) in Bologna. In 2004, she joined the Institute of Biometeorology (CNR-IBIMET) in Florence as a researcher. Since June 2019, she has been affiliated with CNR-IBE, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, partially assigned to Consorzio LaMMA, and became Senior Researcher in January, 2023. Her current research interests lie in atmospheric sciences, with particular focuses on remote sensing of cloud systems using satellite and radar observations, cloud physics studies of severe storms, atmospheric modeling, and data assimilation, as well as validation techniques for heterogeneous data. Since 2018, she has also been teaching Atmospheric Physics in the Master’s program in Physical and Astrophysical Sciences at the University of Florence.

Alberto Ortolani received his Master’s Degree (cum laude) in Physics from the University of Florence, Florence, Italy, in 1995 and his Ph.D. in physical modeling for environmental protection from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, in 2011. From 1997 to 1998, he worked with SMA Company (Systems for meteorology and the environment), Florence, on satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. In 1997, he won a three-year Marie Curie Grant to work on astrophysics, then declined to continue his career in remote sensing. From 1998 to 2002, he worked with the Foundation for the Climate and Sustainability (FCS), Florence, on remote sensing applications for the sea and the atmosphere. Since 2002,he has been with the Institute for the BioEconomy (formerly the Institute for Biometeorology), of CNR, Florence, where he is a Senior Researcher. Since 1997, his research focus has been in the framework of Consorzio LaMMA (formerly the LaMMA project), Florence, Italy, where he is assigned by CNR and is the Head of the Atmospheric Research Division, focused on project developments in satellite, radar, and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) meteorology, atmospheric modeling, and data assimilation, as well as meteo-based services for maritime transportation. Since 2018, he has been teaching Physics of the Atmosphere at the Master’s Program in Physical and Astrophysical Sciences with the University of Florence. He has also been involved in the NEFOCAST Project.