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Radermacher, M. (author), de Schipper, M.A. (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author)Operational nearshore current forecasts based on numerical model simulations are gaining popularity as a measure to increase the safety of swimmers. Applying remotely-sensed bathymetry in these model simulations is often proposed in order to cope with rapidly changing nearshore bathymetry. Errors in the remotely-sensed bathymetry may...journal article 2018
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Reinoso Rondinel, R. (author), Unal, C.M.H. (author), Russchenberg, H.W.J. (author)One of the most beneficial polarimetric variables may be the specific differential phase K<sub>DP</sub> because of its independence from power attenuation and radar miscalibration. However, conventional K<sub>DP</sub> estimation requires a substantial amount of range smoothing as a result of the noisy characteristic of the measured...journal article 2018
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Ding, J. (author)Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are important air pollutants and play a crucial role in climate change. NOx emissions are important for chemical transport models to simulate and forecast air quality. Up-to-date emission information also helps policymakers to mitigate air pollution. In this thesis, we have focused on providing better NOx emission estimates...doctoral thesis 2018
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Nijzink, R.C. (author), Almeida, S. (author), Pechlivanidis, I. G. (author), Capell, R. (author), Gustafssons, D. (author), Arheimer, B. (author), Parajka, J. (author), Freer, J. (author), Han, D. (author), Wagener, T. (author), van Nooijen, R.R.P. (author), Savenije, Hubert (author), Hrachowitz, M. (author)The calibration of hydrological models without streamflow observations is problematic, and the simultaneous, combined use of remotely sensed products for this purpose has not been exhaustively tested thus far. Our hypothesis is that the combined use of products can (1) reduce the parameter search space and (2) improve the representation of...journal article 2018
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Pinto, M.J. (author), Barros, A.I. (author), Noomen, R. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), Lamballais Tessensohn, T (author)The operational use of satellite systems has been increasing due to technological advances and the reduced costs of satellites and their launching. As such it has become more relevant to determine how to better use these new capabilities which is reflected in an increase in application studies in this area. This work focuses on the problem of...conference paper 2018
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Pasetto, Damiano (author), Arenas-Castro, Salvador (author), Bustamante, Javier (author), Casagrandi, Renato (author), Chrysoulakis, Nektarios (author), Cord, Anna F. (author), Dittrich, Andreas (author), Domingo‐Marimon, Cristina (author), El Serafy, G.Y.H. (author), Karnieli, Arnon (author), Kordelas, Georgios A. (author), Manakos, Ioannis (author), Mari, Lorenzo (author), Monteiro, Antonio (author), Palazzi, Elisa (author), Poursanidis, Dimitris (author), Rinaldo, Andrea (author), Terzago, Silvia (author), Ziemba, A.M. (author), Ziv, Guy (author)Spatiotemporal ecological modelling of terrestrial ecosystems relies on climatological and biophysical Earth observations. Due to their increasing availability, global coverage, frequent acquisition and high spatial resolution, satellite remote sensing (SRS) products are frequently integrated to in situ data in the development of ecosystem...review 2018
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van Emmerik, T.H.M. (author)Vegetation is a crucial part of the water and carbon cycle. Through photosynthesis carbon is assimilated for biomass production, and oxygen is released into the atmosphere. During this process, water is transpired through the stomata, and is redistributed in the plant. Transpired water is refilled by uptake of water from the root zone in the...doctoral thesis 2017
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Shang, H. (author)The observation of surface water bodies in all weather conditions and better knowledge about inundation patterns are important for water resource management and flood early warning. Microwave radiometers at 37 GHz were applied to observe and study the inundation pattern in large subtropical floodplains in China, i.e. the Poyang Lake and Dongting...doctoral thesis 2017
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Bangira, T. (author), Alfieri, S.M. (author), Menenti, M. (author), van Niekerk, Adriaan (author), Vekerdy, Zoltán (author)The Caprivi basin in Namibia has been affected by severe flooding in recent years resulting in deaths, displacements and destruction of infrastructure. The negative consequences of these floods have emphasized the need for timely, accurate and objective information about the extent and location of affected areas. Due to the high temporal...journal article 2017
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Herrero Huerta, M. (author), Lagüela, S. (author), Alfieri, S.M. (author), Menenti, M. (author)Remote sensing imagery to monitor global biophysical dynamics requires the availability of thermal infrared data at high temporal and spatial resolution because of the rapid development of crops during the growing season and the fragmentation of most agricultural landscapes. Conversely, no single sensor meets these combined requirements. Data...conference paper 2017
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Marijnissen, R.J.C. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author)The goal of the study is to map the changes of marsh extent and topography on both Sturgeon Bank and Westham Island between 1980 and now. The study will look for a correlation between the recession and the possible loss of sediment from the banks. If a sediment deficit is a (major) contributor of marsh recession within the...report 2017
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Qin, Xiaoqiong (author), Liao, Mingsheng (author), Zhang, L (author), Yang, M. (author)Thermal dilation is a vital component of deformation along the extensive railway network infrastructure. To monitor subtle deformation, the synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) technique has been adopted as a space-borne geodetic tool. However, InSAR applications in railway stability surveillance have been largely limited by the...journal article 2017
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Wesselink, Dieuwertje S. (author), Malnes, Eirik (author), Eckerstorfer, Markus (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author)Snow avalanches pose a threat to people and infrastructure in and around Svalbard’s main settlement Longyearbyen. Since January 2016, publically available regional avalanche warnings are issued daily for Nordenskiöld Land, the area around Longyearbyen. Avalanche warning services rely on information of when and where avalanches occur....journal article 2017
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Pfitzenmaier, L. (author), Dufournet, Y. (author), Unal, C.M.H. (author), Russchenberg, H.W.J. (author)The interaction of ice crystals with supercooled liquid droplets in mixed-phase clouds leads to an enhanced growth of ice particles. However, such processes are still not clearly understood although they are important processes for precipitation formation in midlatitudes. To better understand how ice particles grow within such clouds, changes...journal article 2017
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Lu, S. (author)Volcanic eruptions release a large amount of volcanic ash, which can pose hazard to human and animal health, land transportation, and aviation safety. Volcanic Ash Transport and Dispersion (VATD) models are critical tools to provide advisory information and timely volcanic ash forecasts. Due to the complexity and the uncertainty of many dynamic...doctoral thesis 2017
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Lu, S. (author), Heemink, A.W. (author), Lin, H.X. (author), Segers, Arjo (author), Fu, Guangliang (author)Remote sensing, as a powerful tool for monitoring atmospheric phenomena, has been playing an increasingly important role in inverse modeling. Remote sensing instruments measure quantities that often combine several state variables as one. This creates very strong correlations between the state variables that share the same observation variable....journal article 2017
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Mianabadi, A. (author), Coenders-Gerrits, Miriam (author), Shirazi, P. (author), Ghahraman, B. (author), Alizadeh, Amin (author)Evaporation is a very important flux in the hydrological cycle and links the water and energy balance of a catchment. The Budyko framework is often used to provide a first order estimate of evaporation, since it is a simple model where only rainfall and potential evaporation is required as input. Many researchers have tried to improve the Budyko...journal article 2017
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Faivre, R.D. (author), Colin, Jérôme (author), Menenti, M. (author)The parameterization of heat transfer based on remote sensing data, and the Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) scheme to retrieve turbulent heat fluxes, already proved to be very appropriate for estimating evapotranspiration (ET) over homogeneous land surfaces. However, the use of such a method over heterogeneous landscapes (e.g., semi-arid...journal article 2017
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Li, Nana (author), Jia, Li (author), Lu, Jing (author), Menenti, M. (author), Zhou, J. (author)The regional surface soil heat flux (G0) estimation is very important for the large-scale land surface process modeling. However, most of the regional G0 estimation methods are based on the empirical relationship between G0 and the net radiation flux. A physical model based on harmonic analysis was improved (referred to as "HM model") and...journal article 2017
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Echevarria Icaza, L. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), van der Hoeven, F.D. (author)The purpose of this research is to analyse the thermal behaviour of South Holland provincial parks during heat waves, in order to provide design adaptation guidelines to increase their cooling capacity over the hotspots present in their urban surroundings. This research analyses the thermal behaviour of different land use patches (forests,...journal article 2016