Luca Brocca is Director of Research at the National Research Council, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection of (CNR-IRPI) in Perugia. His main research interest lies in the development of innovative methods for exploiting satellite observations (soil moisture, rainfall, river discharge) for hydrological applications including floods, landslides, rainfall, droughts, irrigation, and water resources management. Following his presentation at the OEMC Science Webinar, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.