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Kadiev, Adam (author)
The goal of this research is to model and understand the effects of tourism demand on air quality by performing data integration on multi-source data. This research is aimed at researchers and practitioners aiming to perform multidisciplinary research in the fields of data science and geoscience, presenting the methods and challenges that arise...
master thesis 2023
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Da Silva Fanzeres, Débora (author)
This study aimed to generate accurate evapotranspiration (ETA) data for the Mountain Aquifer region using the SEBAL model in Google Earth Engine (GEE) with a resolution of 30 m. The analysis provided valuable insights into evapotranspiration's spatial and temporal dynamics and its relationship with land use characteristics. Significant spatial...
student report 2023
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Zhou, J. (author), Menenti, M. (author), Jia, Li (author), Gao, Bo (author), Zhao, Feng (author), Cui, Yilin (author), Xiong, Xuqian (author), Liu, Xuan (author), Li, Dengchao (author)
Spatiotemporal residual noise in terrestrial earth observation products, often caused by unfavorable atmospheric conditions, impedes their broad applications. Most users prefer to use gap-filled remote sensing products with time series reconstruction (TSR) algorithms. Applying currently available implementations of TSR to large-volume...
journal article 2023
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de Roda Husman, S. (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), Bolibar, J. (author), Izeboud, M. (author), Hu, Zhongyang (author), Shukla, S. (author), van der Meer, Marijn (author), Long, David (author), Wouters, B. (author)
While the influence of surface melt on Antarctic ice shelf stability can be large, the duration and affected area of melt events are often small. Therefore, melt events are difficult to capture with remote sensing, as satellite sensors always face the trade-off between spatial and temporal resolution. To overcome this limitation, we developed...
journal article 2023
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Roor, Twanne (author)
Coasts are constantly under the pressure of hydrodynamic conditions such as waves, tides, and storms. In the Netherlands, sand nourishments are executed every few years in order to maintain the country’s sandy beaches for purposes of safety, recreation, and ecology. In order to determine where to carry out these nourishments, the whole sandy...
master thesis 2022
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Mandal, Dipankar (author), Kumar, V. (author), Lopez-Sanchez, Juan M. (author), Rao, Y. S. (author), McNairn, Heather (author), Bhattacharya, Avik (author), Mitchell, Scott (author)
Biophysical parameters are descriptors of crop growth and production estimates. Retrieval of these biophysical parameters from synthetic aperture radar sensors at operational scales is highly interesting given the increase in access to data from radar missions. Vegetation backscattering can be simulated using the water cloud model (WCM). Crop...
book chapter 2022
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Ghorbanpour, Ali Karbalaye (author), Kisekka, Isaya (author), Afshar, Abbas (author), Hessels, T.M. (author), Taraghi, Mahdi (author), Hessari, Behzad (author), Tourian, Mohammad J. (author), Duan, Zheng (author)
Scarce water resources present a major hindrance to ensuring food security. Crop water productivity (WP), embraced as one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is playing an integral role in the performance-based evaluation of agricultural systems and securing sustainable food production. This study aims at developing a cloud-based...
journal article 2022
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Hu, Zhongyang (author), Kuipers Munneke, Peter (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), Dirscherl, Mariel (author), Ji, Chaonan (author), van den Broeke, Michiel (author)
Antarctic blue ice areas are exposed due to erosion and sublimation of snow. At the same time, surface melt can form surface types that are spectrally similar to blue ice, especially at low elevations. These are termed melt-induced blue ice areas. Both types of blue ice are sensitive indicators of climate change. Satellite remote sensing is a...
journal article 2022
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Touloumidis, Dimos (author)
Agriculture is an important source of income for many countries in the Global South, where it may account for as much as 25% of GDP. Precipitation is crucial for agriculture in countries like Ghana, where ~95% of farming is rainfed. Accurate rainfall observations are limited in Ghana. The sparse rain gauge network and the lack of weather radars...
master thesis 2021
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Fernandes Potter, Estela (author)
Groundwater use has seen a significant increase in the rapidly urbanising city of Kumasi, Ghana, due to its reliability, general good quality, and low-cost development. Conversion of vegetated to urban land along with the challenges of growing groundwater abstraction has put the groundwater system at risk. This study aims to assess how the...
master thesis 2021
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Latella, Melissa (author), Luijendijk, Arjen (author), Moreno-Rodenas, Antonio M. (author), Camporeale, Carlo (author)
In recent years, satellite imagery has shown its potential to support the sustainable management of land, water, and natural resources. In particular, it can provide key information about the properties and behavior of sandy beaches and the surrounding vegetation, improving the ecomor-phological understanding and modeling of coastal dynamics....
journal article 2021
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Beselly, S.M. (author), van der Wegen, Mick (author), Grueters, Uwe (author), Reyns, J.A.H. (author), Dijkstra, Jasper (author), Roelvink, D. (author)
This article presents a novel approach to explore mangrove dynamics on a prograding delta by integrating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and satellite imagery. The Porong Delta in Indonesia has a unique geographical setting with rapid delta development and expansion of the mangrove belt. This is due to an unprecedented mud load from the LUSI...
journal article 2021
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Janssen, Jente (author)
For cotton cultivation, large amounts of water are necessary. One of the countries facing water challenges related to cotton cultivation is India. India experiences a monsoon weather pattern causing large amount of rain from June to October and no rain during the other months. One of the challenges India’s small holder cot- ton farmers face is...
master thesis 2020
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Onrust, Menno (author)
The world's coasts are at risk: an estimated 24% of the world's beaches are eroding. Extreme events such as storms continuously threaten the coastal region and pose a serious risk of coastal flooding. Under the influence of climate change, the seaward pressures are only expected to increase. Sea level rise is accelerating, storm intensities and...
master thesis 2020
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Zandbergen, Sean (author)
Research on the physical, ecological and environmental processes in the coastal zone often rely on the availability of accurate bathymetric information. The traditional method to acquire these data is by conducting depth soundings from a vessel, which is a very accurate way for measuring bottom elevations in all kinds of water, but has as a...
master thesis 2020
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Liu, Qiaodan (author)
In many parts of the world, water retained in snowpack and glaciers are critical to the stability of downstream ecosystems and human society. This study sets out to quantify, map, and explain the spatiotemporal pattern of annual snow cover duration, which are quantified by regional differences in the number of annual snow cover days (Dsc) and...
master thesis 2020
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van Esch, Thijs (author)
Snow in mountainous areas is of great importance for the water supply in many catchments. To get data on snow cover, ground station data is not enough and, in many catchments, not available. Therefore, satellite data is used to measure snow cover. In this thesis the MODIS daily snow cover dataset (MOD10A1) is used. These images are obstructed by...
master thesis 2019
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van der Vliet, Nils (author)
River data on discharge and characteristics is essential for water management and water supply, as well as for flood prediction and flood control (Pan, Wang, and Xi 2016). In practice, many watersheds are ungauged due to high costs, inaccessibility and even due to political instability (Pan, Wang, and Xi 2016). For this reason, measuring...
master thesis 2019
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Tantawy, Iman (author)
Water scarcity has been a growing problem for many places around the world as water usage has been increasing with double the rate of population growth in the twentieth century. As agriculture accounts for 70 percent of global freshwater withdrawals, fresh water availability will thus face even greater stress (World Bank, 2013). Sustainable...
master thesis 2019
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Mao, Mao (author)
Seaports are important maritime commercial facilities and key hubs for national and global trades. There is a growing need for seaborne transport and, hence, seaport facilities, especially in emerging economies due to economic and population growth, such as in Africa. In sedimentary environments, port construction may induce coastal impacts...
master thesis 2018
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