Innovative Sensor Networks in Ghana: Operating and validating sensor networks for river discharge in Ghana during the wet season

In a Ghana project, field measurements at the Black Volta aimed to enhance hydrological predictions for the Bui power dam. Validating devices and exploring floodplain contributions, such as with GNSS reflectometry and cameras, provides crucial insights for dam management and model improvement.<br/><br/>In this multidisciplinary project,...

Unpaired day-night domain adaptation using CycleGANs combined with CIConv

CycleGANs [1] and CIConv [2] are both relatively new approaches to their respective applications. For CycleGANs this application is unpaired image-to-image domain adaptation and for CIConv this application is making images more<br/>robust to illumination changes. We investigate whether CycleGANs in combination with CIConv can be used to improve...

Linking Drought Forecast Information to Smallholder Farmer's Agricultural Strategies and Local Knowledge in Southern Malawi

Most people of Malawi are dependent on rainfed agriculture for their livelihoods. This leaves them vulnerable to drought and changing rainfall patterns due to climate change. Over time, farmers have adopted local strategies and knowledge that help reducing the overall vulnerability to climate variability shocks. One other option to increase the...

Manyame Catchment: A Risk Assessment

This study investigates the many dynamics of the Manyame Catchment and comes up with recommendations on how to adapt or become more resilient to the risks at hand. The bad politics and forthcoming economic situation of Zimbabwe has led to instability and dramatic inflation over the last decade. This has resulted in a terrible investment climate,...

A New Image Between City and Land: Landscape Structures Reconnected in the Urban Fringe of East Utrecht

Stirling Solar cooling in office façades

The requirements, comfort needs and expectations for facades have increased, so has the need for energy efficient design. Present climate systems are using a lot of energy, especially to control heat and cooling loads. The cool load and solar power often occur at the same time and an increase of solar power often increases the cool load of a...

Improving manageability of Large Technological expansion Projects in the Oil Storage Industry

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