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Valk, M. (author), Savenije, H.H.G. (author), Tiberius, C.C.J.M. (author), Luxemburg, W.M.J. (author)
In this paper we present a novel method to determine the time of occurrence of tidal slack with a GPS receiver mounted on an anchored buoy commonly used to delineate shipping lanes in estuaries and tidal channels. Slack tide occurs when the tide changes direction from ebb to flood flow or from flood to ebb. The determination of this point in...
journal article 2014
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Van der Put, T.A.C.M. (author)
The results of an investigation of splitting of joints of [1] are used for a discussion of design methods and as necessary answer on comments and for confirmation of the extended fracture mechanics theory which accounts for the part of the external energy which is needed for plastic dissipation at the dowels, (which cause the crack opening). It...
journal article 2014
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Van der Put, T.A.C.M. (author)
The exact derivation of the mode I geometric correction factor is given, based on the small crack merging mechanism to show that this always is the real fracture mechanism in wood. This mechanism dominates at late softening and explains fully the apparent decrease of the energy release rate of macrocrack extension as already known for mode I and...
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Euser, T. (author), Luxemburg, W.M.J. (author), Everson, C.S. (author), Mengistu, M.G. (author), Clulow, A.D. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)
The Bowen ratio surface energy balance method is a relatively simple method to determine the latent heat flux and the actual land surface evaporation. The Bowen ratio method is based on the measurement of air temperature and vapour pressure gradients. If these measurements are performed at only two heights, correctness of data becomes critical....
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Gao, H. (author), Hrachowitz, M. (author), Fenicia, F.F. (author), Gharari, S. (author), Savenije, H.H.G. (author)
Although elevation data are globally available and used in many existing hydrological models, their information content is still underexploited. Topography is closely related to geology, soil, climate and land cover. As a result, it may reflect the dominant hydrological processes in a catchment. In this study, we evaluated this hypothesis...
journal article 2014
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Ding, J. (author), Van der A, R.J. (author), Mijling, B. (author), Levelt, P.F. (author), Hao, N. (author)
The Nanjing Government has taken temporary environmental regulations to guarantee good air quality during the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2014. We study the effect of those regulations by applying the emission estimate algorithm DECSO (Daily Emission estimates Constrained by Satellite Observations) to measurements of the Ozone Monitoring...
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Pande, S. (author), Arkesteijn, L. (author), Savenije, H.H.G. (author), Bastidas, L.A. (author)
This paper presents evidence that model prediction uncertainty does not necessarily rise with parameter dimensionality (the number of parameters). Here by prediction we mean future simulation of a variable of interest conditioned on certain future values of input variables. We utilize a relationship between prediction uncertainty, sample size...
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Savenije, H.H.G. (author), Hoekstra, A.Y. (author), Van der Zaag, P. (author)
This paper reviews the changing relation between human beings and water since the Industrial Revolution, a period that has been called the Anthropocene because of the unprecedented scale at which humans have altered the planet during this time. We show how the rapidly changing world urges us to continuously improve our understanding of the...
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Cai, H. (author), Savenije, H.H.G. (author), Toffolon, M. (author)
The effect of river discharge on tidal damping in estuaries is explored within one consistent theoretical framework where analytical solutions are obtained by solving four implicit equations, i.e. the phase lag, the scaling, the damping and the celerity equation. In this approach the damping equation is obtained by subtracting the envelope...
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Pande, S. (author), Ertsen, M. (author), Sivapalan, M. (author)
The ancient civilization in the Indus Valley civilization dispersed under extreme dry conditions; there are indications that the same holds for many other ancient societies. Even contemporary societies, such as the one in Murrumbidgee river basin in Australia, have started to witness a decline in overall population under increasing water...
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Otto, T. (author), Russchenberg, H.W.J. (author)
In 2007, the horizontally scanning polarimetric X-band radar IDRA (IRCTR Drizzle Radar) was installed on top of the 213 m high mast at the Dutch meteorological observatory Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research (CESAR) at Netherlands. This radar complements a large variety of measurement instruments at CESAR by providing information...
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Schepers, P. (author), Heinen, E. (author), Methorst, R. (author), Wegman, F.C.M. (author)
Bicycle-motor vehicle crashes are concentrated along distributor roads where cyclists are exposed to greater volumes of high-speed motorists than they would experience on access roads. This study examined the road safety impact of network-level separation of vehicular and cycle traffic in Dutch urban networks, a strategy for which the term ...
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Van der Put, T.A.C.M. (author)
A derivation is given of simplified, exact stability design rules according to limit analysis, applied to timber beam-columns. These rules are lacking but are necessary to be able to provide real and calculable reliability as is required according to European pacts and laws. Necessary therefore are the obtained exact combined bi-axial bending,...
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Van der Spek, J.E. (author), Bogaard, T.A. (author), Bakker, M. (author)
Groundwater dynamics may play a significant role in landslides. A detailed model is developed of the groundwater dynamics in landslides in varved clays in the Trieves area in the French Alps. The varved clays consist of a sequence of alternating silt and clay layers, covered by a colluvium layer and intersected by fissures. The hydraulic...
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Pande, S. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)
We propose and test the theory of endogenous change based on historical reconstructions of two ancient civilizations, Indus and Hohokam, in two water scarce basins, the Indus basin in the Indian subcontinent and the Lower Colorado basin in Southwestern United States. The endogenous institutional change sees changes in institutions as a sequence...
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Van der Put, T.A.C.M. (author)
The derivation is given of the combined bi-axial bending, compression and shear strength of timber beams. As for other materials the elastic–full plastic limit design approach applies, which is known to precisely explain and predict uniaxial bending strength behaviour. The derivation is based on choosing the location of the neutral line. This...
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Zhang, E.F. (author), Savenije, H.H.G. (author), Chen, S.L. (author), Mao, X.H. (author)
An analytical model for tidal dynamics has been applied to the Yangtze Estuary for the first time, to describe the tidal propagation in this large and typically branched estuary with three-order branches and four outlets to the sea. This study shows that the analytical model developed for a single-channel estuary can also accurately describe the...
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Van der Put, T.A.C.M. (author)
This chapter discusses the theory of fracture mechanics based on the flat elliptical crack; the derivation of the mixed "mode I - II" - interaction equation, with the relations between the mode I and mode II stress intensities and energy release rates, based on an orthotropic-isotropic transformation of the Airy stress function; the derivation...
book chapter 2011
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Hak, B. (author), Mulder, W.A. (author)
Seismic data enable imaging of the Earth, not only of velocity and density but also of attenuation contrasts. Unfortunately, the Born approximation of the constant-density visco-acoustic wave equation, which can serve as a forward modelling operator related to seismic migration, exhibits an ambiguity when attenuation is included. Different...
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Van Leeuwen, T. (author), Mulder, W.A. (author)
Wave-equation traveltime tomography tries to obtain a subsurface velocity model from seismic data, either passive or active, that explains their traveltimes. A key step is the extraction of traveltime differences, or relative phase shifts, between observed and modelled finite-frequency waveforms. A standard approach involves a correlation of the...
journal article 2010
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