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Mueller, Marlin M. (author), Dubois, Clémence (author), Jagdhuber, Thomas (author), Hellwig, Florian M. (author), Pathe, Carsten (author), Schmullius, Christiane (author), Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author)Forests’ ecosystems are an essential part of the global carbon cycle with vast carbon storage potential. These systems are currently under external pressures showing increasing change due to climate change. A better understanding of the biophysical properties of forests is, therefore, of paramount importance for research and monitoring...journal article 2022
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Tiberius, C.C.J.M. (author), van der Marel, H. (author), Reudink, R.H.C. (author), van Leijen, F.J. (author)This book provides an introduction, at academic level, into the field of surveying and mapping. The book has been compiled based on hand-outs and readers written for the third-year course Surveying and Mapping, in the bachelor program Civil Engineering at Delft University of Technology. This book covers a wide range of measurement techniques,...book 2022
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Kumar, Sujay (author), Kolassa, Jana (author), Reichle, Rolf (author), Crow, Wade (author), de Lannoy, Gabrielle (author), de Rosnay, Patricia (author), MacBean, Natasha (author), Quaife, Tristan (author), Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author)The task of quantifying spatial and temporal variations in terrestrial water, energy, and vegetation conditions is challenging due to the significant complexity and heterogeneity of these conditions, all of which are impacted by climate change and anthropogenic activities. To address this challenge, Earth Observations (EOs) of the land and...review 2022
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Macchiarulo, V. (author), Milillo, Pietro (author), Blenkinsopp, Chris E. (author), Giardina, Giorgia (author)Ageing stock and extreme weather events pose a threat to the safety of infrastructure networks. In most countries, funding allocated to infrastructure management is insufficient to perform systematic inspections over large transport networks. As a result, early signs of distress can develop unnoticed, potentially leading to catastrophic...journal article 2022
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Dix, Barbara (author), Francoeur, Colby (author), Li, Meng (author), Serrano Calvo, R. (author), Levelt, Pieternel Felicitas (author), Veefkind, j. Pepijn (author), McDonald, Brian C. (author), De Gouw, Joost (author)The production of crude oil and natural gas is associated with emissions of air pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) and volatile organic compounds, which are precursors for the formation of ground-level ozone. Knowledge of these emissions is critical to the understanding and mitigation of local air quality. NOx emissions from...journal article 2022
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Karrer, Markus (author), Dias Neto, J. (author), von Terzi, Leonie (author), Kneifel, Stefan (author)Comparing the reflectivity flux at the top and bottom of the melting layer (ML) reveals the overall effect of the microphysical processes occurring within the ML on the particle population. If melting is the only process taking place and all particles scatter in the Rayleigh regime, the reflectivity flux increases in the ML by a constant...journal article 2022
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Whitworth, Michael R. Z. (author), Giardina, Giorgia (author), Penney, Camilla (author), Di Sarno, Luigi (author), Adams, Keith (author), Kijewski-Correa, Tracy (author), Black, Jacob (author), Foroughnia, Fatemeh (author), Macchiarulo, V. (author)On 14th August 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti, approximately 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince. Aftershocks up to moment magnitude 5.7 followed and over 1,000 landslides were triggered. These events led to over 2,000 fatalities, 15,000 injuries and more than 137,000...journal article 2022
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Simons, G.W.H. (author)Downstream reuse of previously withdrawn water resources is a common phenomenon across river basins worldwide, particularly those with (semi-)arid climate conditions and intensive water resources development. Water reuse often occurs unplanned, remains undetected, and as a result is insufficiently considered in water saving attempts, water...doctoral thesis 2021
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Bouaziz, L.J.E. (author)Contemplating the Meuse or any other river of the world, one may wonder about the journey of rain in becoming river. This fascinates hydrologists, as they develop theories to understand movement, storage and release of water through the landscape across climates. These theories are translated to hydrological models, which describe the complex...doctoral thesis 2021
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Sarna, K. (author)This thesis presents a new method for the continuous observation of aerosol-cloud interactions with ground-based remote sensing instruments. The described method is based on the measurements from UV lidar, radar and radiometer. All of those instruments are capable of obtaining continuous, high-resolution measurements. In order to facilitate its...doctoral thesis 2021
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Zieher, Thomas (author), Pfeiffer, Jan (author), van Natijne, A.L. (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author)Continuous landslide monitoring is a crucial task for the management of natural hazards for identifying suitable mitigation measures, including nature-based solutions. In the present study, three monitoring techniques including (i) an automated tracking total station (ATTS), (ii) multi-temporal terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and (iii) space...conference paper 2021
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Ali, Muhammad Gufran (author), Ali, Sikandar (author), Arshad, Rao Husnain (author), Nazeer, A. (author), Waqas, Muhammad Mohsin (author), Waseem, Muhammad (author), Aslam, Rana Ammar (author), Cheema, Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud (author), Leta, Megersa Kebede (author), Shauket, Imran (author)Near real-time estimation of soil loss from river catchments is crucial for minimizing environmental degradation of complex river basins. The Chenab river is one of the most complex river basins of the world and is facing severe soil loss due to extreme hydrometeorological conditions, unpredictable hydrologic response, and complex orography....journal article 2021
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Schoups, G.H.W. (author), Nasseri, M. (author)To fully benefit from remotely sensed observations of the terrestrial water cycle, bias and random errors in these data sets need to be quantified. This paper presents a Bayesian hierarchical model that fuses monthly water balance data and estimates the corresponding data errors and error-corrected water balance components (precipitation,...journal article 2021
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Mokkenstorm, Lone C. (author), van den Homberg, Marc J.C. (author), Winsemius, H.C. (author), Persson, Andreas (author)Detecting and forecasting riverine floods is of paramount importance for adequate disaster risk management and humanitarian response. However, this is challenging in data-scarce and ungauged river basins in developing countries. Satellite remote sensing data offers a cost-effective, low-maintenance alternative to the limited in-situ data when...journal article 2021
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Daggers, Tisja D. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), van der Wal, Daphne (author)Understanding the spatial structure of microphytobenthos (MPB) on intertidal flats is necessary to gain insight in the benthic community structure and ecosystem processes. The increasing availability of high resolution satellite sensors provides the opportunity to better understand spatial patterns of MPB on various (meter to km) scales. We...journal article 2020
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Singh, C. (author), Wang-Erlandsson, Lan (author), Fetzer, Ingo (author), Rockström, Johan (author), van der Ent, R.J. (author)Climate change and deforestation have increased the risk of drought-induced forest-to-savanna transitions across the tropics and subtropics. However, the present understanding of forest-savanna transitions is generally focused on the influence of rainfall and fire regime changes, but does not take into account the adaptability of vegetation...journal article 2020
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Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), Sun, Sainan (author), Shuman, Christopher (author), Wouters, B. (author), Pattyn, Frank (author), Wuite, Jan (author), Berthier, Etienne (author), Nagler, Thomas (author)Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea Embayment are among the fastest changing outlet glaciers in West Antarctica with large consequences for global sea level. Yet, assessing how much and how fast both glaciers will weaken if these changes continue remains a major uncertainty as many of the processes that control their...journal article 2020
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Gossart, Alexandra (author), Palm, Stephen P. (author), Souverijns, Niels (author), Lenaerts, Jan T.M. (author), Gorodetskaya, Irina V. (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), van Lipzig, Nicole P.M. (author)Continuous measurements of blowing snow are scarce, both in time and space. Satellites now provide the opportunity to derive blowing snow occurrences, transport and sublimation rates over Antarctica. These products are extremely valuable and offer a continental-wide assessment of blowing snow, which is an important but unknown component of...journal article 2020
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Oude Nijhuis, A.C.P. (author)Scanning radars are promising sensors for atmospheric remote sensing, giving potential to retrieve parameters that characterize the local air dynamics during rain. For the observation of air motion, radars are relying on the backscatter of particles, which can, for example, be raindrops or insects. To measure wind vectors and turbulence...doctoral thesis 2019
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Fokker, Peter A. (author), van Leijen, F.J. (author), Orlic, Bogdan (author), van der Marel, H. (author), Hanssen, R.F. (author)Ground surface dynamics is one of the processes influencing the future of the Wadden Sea area. Vertical land movement, both subsidence and heave, is a direct contributor to changes in the relative sea level. It is defined as the change of height of the Earth's surface with respect to a vertical datum. In the Netherlands, The Normaal Amsterdams...journal article 2018