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High throughput single-molecule technology

Kim, S.H. (author), Severins, I.W.H. (author), Brandenburg, Frank (author), Bastiaanssen, C.K.J.M.L. (author), Joo, C. (author)

journal article 2023

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A New Framework of 17 Hydrological Ecosystem Services (HESS17) for Supporting River Basin Planning and Environmental Monitoring

Hà, T.L. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), Simons, Gijs W. H. (author), Poortinga, Ate (author)

Hydrological ecosystem services (HESS) describe the benefits of water for multiple purposes with an emphasis on environmental values. The value of HESS is often not realized because primary benefits (e.g., food production, water withdrawals) get the most attention. Secondary benefits such as water storage, purification or midday temperature...

journal article 2023

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Determination of Spatially-Distributed Hydrological Ecosystem Services (HESS) in the Red River Delta Using a Calibrated SWAT Model

Hà, T.L. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)

The principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), conservation of natural capital, and water accounting requires Hydrological Eco-System Services (HESS) to be determined. This paper presents a modeling approach for quantifying the HESS framework using the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). SWAT was used–after calibration against...

journal article 2023

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Scalable Water Balances from Earth Observations (SWEO): results from 50 years of remote sensing in hydrology

Hessels, T.M. (author), Davids, Jeffrey C. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)

Strategic planning of water management at the river-basin scale requires (1) measurement and accounting of individual hydrological processes, (2) quantification of water resources, and (3) their optimal allocation. Scalable Water Balances from Earth Observations (SWEO) is an open-access parameterization enabling automated reporting of water...

journal article 2022

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Spatial–temporal modeling of root zone soil moisture dynamics in a vineyard using machine learning and remote sensing

Kisekka, Isaya (author), Peddinti, Srinivasa Rao (author), Kustas, William P. (author), McElrone, Andrew J. (author), Bambach-Ortiz, Nicolas (author), McKee, Lynn (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)

High-resolution spatial–temporal root zone soil moisture (RZSM) information collected at different scales is useful for a variety of agricultural, hydrologic, and climate applications. RZSM can be estimated using remote sensing, empirical equations, or process-based simulation models. Machine learning (ML) approaches for evaluating RZSM...

journal article 2022

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Small RNA-directed DNA elimination: the molecular mechanism and its potential for genome editing

Bastiaanssen, C.K.J.M.L. (author), Joo, C. (author)

Transposable elements have both detrimental and beneficial effects on their host genome. Tetrahymena is a unicellular eukaryote that deals with transposable elements in a unique way. It has a separate somatic and germline genome in two nuclei in a single cell. During sexual reproduction, a small RNA directed system compares the germline and...

review 2021

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A novel method to quantify consumed fractions and non-consumptive use of irrigation water: Application to the indus Basin irrigation system of Pakistan

Simons, G.W.H. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), Cheema, M.J.M. (author), Ahmad, B. (author), Immerzeel, W.W. (author)

Increasing irrigation efficiencies remains the focus of numerous efforts to mitigate water scarcity. In reality, higher local efficiencies do often not reduce water scarcity, but instead cause a redistribution of water flows when the entire irrigation scheme or river basin is considered. Insufficient understanding of consumed fractions and non...

journal article 2020

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Virtual tracers to detect sources ofwater and track water reuse across a river basin

Simons, G.W.H. (author), Droogers, Peter (author), Contreras, Sergio (author), Sieber, Jack (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)

Water managers around the world face the increasingly challenging task to evaluate the impacts of technological measures and policy mechanisms from the local to the river basin scale. A toolset providing quantitative, actionable information on dependencies and trade-offs between upstream and downstream water users is currently lacking. Yet,...

journal article 2020

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The spatial variability of actual evapotranspiration across the Amazon River Basin based on remote sensing products validated with flux towers

da Motta Paca, V.H. (author), Espinoza-Dávalos, Gonzalo E. (author), Hessels, T.M. (author), Moreira, Daniel Medeiros (author), Comair, Georges F. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)

Actual evapotranspiration (ET) is a major component of the water balance. While several international flux measurement programs have been executed in the tropical rain forest of the Amazon, those measurements represent the evaporative process at a few selected sites only. The aim of this study is to obtain the spatial distribution of ET,...

journal article 2019

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A simplified water accounting procedure to assess climate change impact on water resources for agriculture across different European river basins

Hunink, Johannes (author), Simons, Gijs (author), Suárez-Almiñana, Sara (author), Solera, Abel (author), Andreu, Joaquín (author), Giuliani, Matteo (author), Zamberletti, Patrizia (author), Grillakis, Manolis (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)

European agriculture and water policies require accurate information on climate change impacts on available water resources. Water accounting, that is a standardized documentation of data on water resources, is a useful tool to provide this information. Pan-European data on climate impacts do not recognize local anthropogenic interventions in...

journal article 2019

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Mapping ecological production and benefits from water consumed in agricultural and natural landscapes: A case study of the Pangani Basin

Kiptala, Jeremiah K. (author), Mul, Marloes (author), Mohamed, Yasir (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), van der Zaag, P. (author)

Scarcity of information on the water productivity of different water, land, and other ecosystems in Africa, hampers the optimal allocation of the limited water resources. This study presents an innovative method to quantify the spatial variability of biomass production, crop yield, and economic water productivity, in a data scarce landscape...

journal article 2018

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From global goals to local gains—a framework for crop water productivity

Blatchford, Megan Leigh (author), Karimi, Poolad (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), Nouri, Hamideh (author)

Crop water productivity (CWP) has become a recognised indicator in assessing the state of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 6.4—to substantially increase water use efficiency. This indicator, while useful at a global scale, is not comprehensive at a local scale. To fill this gap, this research proposes a CWP framework, that takes advantage...

journal article 2018

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Physical water scarcity metrics for monitoring progress towards SDG target 6.4: An evaluation of indicator 6.4.2 “Level of water stress”

Vanham, D. (author), Hoekstra, A (author), Wada, Y (author), Bouraoui, F. (author), de Roo, A. (author), Mekonnen, M. M. (author), van de Bund, W. J. (author), Batelaan, O. (author), Pavelic, P. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), Kummu, M (author), Rockström, J. (author), Liu, J. (author), Bisselink, B. (author), Ronco, P. (author), Pistocchi, A. (author), Bidoglio, G. (author)

Target 6.4 of the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deals with the reduction of water scarcity. To monitor progress towards this target, two indicators are used: Indicator 6.4.1 measuring water use efficiency and 6.4.2 measuring the level of water stress (WS). This paper aims to identify whether the currently proposed...

review 2018

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Calibration of spatially distributed hydrological processes and model parameters in SWAT using remote sensing data and an auto-calibration procedure: A case study in a Vietnamese river basin

Hà, T.L. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), van Griensven, Ann (author), van Dijk, Albert I. .J M. (author), Senay, Gabriel B. (author)

In this paper, evapotranspiration (ET) and leaf area index (LAI) were used to calibrate the SWAT model, whereas remotely sensed precipitation and other climatic parameters were used as forcing data for the 6300 km2 Day Basin, a tributary of the Red River in Vietnam. The efficacy of the Sequential Uncertainty Fitting (SUFI-2) parameter...

journal article 2018

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The predictability of reported drought events and impacts in the Ebro Basin using six different remote sensing data sets

Linés, Clara (author), Werner, Micha (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)

The implementation of drought management plans contributes to reduce the wide range of adverse impacts caused by water shortage. A crucial element of the development of drought management plans is the selection of appropriate indicators and their associated thresholds to detect drought events and monitor the evolution. Drought indicators...

journal article 2017

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The predictability of reported drought events and impacts in the Ebro Basin using six different remote sensing data sets

Lines Diaz, C. (author), Werner, M (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)

The implementation of drought management plans contributes to reduce the wide range of adverse impacts caused by water shortage. A crucial element of the development of drought management plans is the selection of appropriate indicators and their associated thresholds to detect drought events and monitor their evolution. Drought indicators...

journal article 2017

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Evaluation of three energy balance-based evaporation models for estimating monthly evaporation for five lakes using derived heat storage changes from a hysteresis model

Duan, Z. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)

The heat storage changes (Qt) can be a significant component of the energy balance in lakes, and it is important to account for Qt for reasonable estimation of evaporation at monthly and finer timescales if the energy balance-based evaporation models are used. However, Qt has been often neglected in many studies due to the lack of required water...

journal article 2017

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Evaluation of water harvesting and managed aquifer recharge potential in Upper Fara'basin in Palestine: Comparing MYWAS and water productivity approaches

Tiehatten, B.M.H. (author), Assaf, K (author), Barhumic, Hala (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), Ghaneme, Marwan (author), Jayyousi, Anan (author), Marei, Amer (author), Mostert, E. (author), Shadeed, Sameer (author), Schoups, G.H.W. (author), Smidt, Ebel (author), Zayed, O (author)

The Upper Wadi Fara' basin, located at the West Bank, Palestine, has an average annual rainfall of 500 mm, which occurs only during winter. Agriculture uses stored soil water and complimentary irrigation from groundwater. Water harvesting (WH) and managed aquifer recharge (MAR) therefore is essential for sustainable water resources management in...

journal article 2017

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Global root zone storage capacity from satellite-based evaporation

Wang-Erlandsson, L. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), Gao, H. (author), Jägermeyr, Jonas (author), Senay, Gabriel B. (author), Van Dijk, Albert I J M (author), Guerschman, Juan P. (author), Keys, Patrick W. (author), Gordon, Line J. (author), Savenije, Hubert (author)

This study presents an "Earth observation-based" method for estimating root zone storage capacity-a critical, yet uncertain parameter in hydrological and land surface modelling. By assuming that vegetation optimises its root zone storage capacity to bridge critical dry periods, we were able to use state-of-the-art satellite-based evaporation...

journal article 2016

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Integrating global satellite-derived data products as a pre-analysis for hydrological modelling studies: a case study for the Red River Basin

Simons, G.W.H. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), Ngô, L.A. (author), Hain, C.R. (author), Anderson, M. (author), Senay, G. (author)

With changes in weather patterns and intensifying anthropogenic water use, there is an increasing need for spatio-temporal information on water fluxes and stocks in river basins. The assortment of satellite-derived open-access information sources on rainfall (P) and land use/land cover (LULC) is currently being expanded with the application of...

journal article 2016