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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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Liu, X. (author), Fu, Dafang (author), Zevenbergen, C. (author), Busker, Tim (author), Yu, Meixiu (author)As a result of high-density urbanization and climate change, both the frequency and intensity of extreme urban rainfall are increasing. Drainage systems are not designed to cope with this increase, and as a result, floods are becoming more common in cities, particularly in the rapidly growing cities of China. To better cope with more frequent...journal article 2021
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Konings, Alexandra G. (author), Saatchi, Sassan S. (author), Frankenberg, Christian (author), Keller, Michael (author), Leshyk, Victor (author), Anderegg, William R.L. (author), Humphrey, Vincent (author), Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author), Wang, Yujie (author)Droughts in a warming climate have become more common and more extreme, making understanding forest responses to water stress increasingly pressing. Analysis of water stress in trees has long focused on water potential in xylem and leaves, which influences stomatal closure and water flow through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. At the...review 2021
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Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author), Hahn, Sebastian (author), Wagner, Wolfgang (author), Vreugdenhil, M. (author)The TU Wien Soil Moisture Retrieval (TUW SMR) approach is used to produce several operational soil moisture products from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on the Metop series of satellites as part of the EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H SAF). The incidence angle dependence...journal article 2021
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Overeem, A. (author), Leijnse, Hidde (author), van Leth, Thomas C. (author), Bogerd, Linda (author), Priebe, Jan (author), Tricarico, Daniele (author), Droste, Arjan (author), Uijlenhoet, R. (author)Commercial microwave links (CMLs) from cellular telecommunication networks can provide a valuable 'opportunistic' source of high-resolution space-time rainfall information, complementing traditional in-situ measurement devices (rain gauges, disdrometers) and remote sensors (weather radars, satellites). Their greatest potential lies in areas...journal article 2021
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Overeem, A. (author), de Vries, Hylke (author), Sakka, Hassan Al (author), Uijlenhoet, R. (author), Leijnse, Hidde (author)The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) operates two operational dual-polarization C-band weather radars providing 2D radar rainfall products. Attenuation can result in severe underestimation of rainfall amounts, particularly in convective situations that are known to have high impact on society. To improve the radar-based...journal article 2021
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Bogerd, Linda (author), Overeem, Aart (author), Leijnse, Hidde (author), Uijlenhoet, R. (author)Applications like drought monitoring and forecasting can profit from the global and near-real-time availability of satellite-based precipitation estimates once their related uncertainties and challenges are identified and treated. To this end, this study evaluates the IMERG V06B Late Run precipitation product from the Global Precipitation...journal article 2021
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Schoups, G.H.W. (author), Nasseri, M. (author)To fully benefit from remotely sensed observations of the terrestrial water cycle, bias and random errors in these data sets need to be quantified. This paper presents a Bayesian hierarchical model that fuses monthly water balance data and estimates the corresponding data errors and error-corrected water balance components (precipitation,...journal article 2021
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Mokkenstorm, Lone C. (author), van den Homberg, Marc J.C. (author), Winsemius, H.C. (author), Persson, Andreas (author)Detecting and forecasting riverine floods is of paramount importance for adequate disaster risk management and humanitarian response. However, this is challenging in data-scarce and ungauged river basins in developing countries. Satellite remote sensing data offers a cost-effective, low-maintenance alternative to the limited in-situ data when...journal article 2021
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Cabboi, A. (author), Gentile, Carmelo (author), Zonno, Giacomo (author)A radar equipment was used to measure the deflection response of bridge stay-cables induced by ambient and traffic excitation. After a concise description of the radar equipment and a summary of advantages and potential issues of the microwave technology, the paper focuses on the experimental tests performed on all stay-cables of the curved...conference paper 2021
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Molijn, R.A. (author)In this study, research on productivity and land cover monitoring is presented, with a focus on sugarcane, based on space-based remote sensing observations that were collected by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and optical sensors. The study aims to provide new insights into techniques and methodologies that allow for cost-efficient monitoring of...doctoral thesis 2020
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Tian, Jinyan (author), Wang, Le (author), Yin, Dameng (author), Li, Xiaojuan (author), Diao, Chunyuan (author), Gong, Huili (author), Shi, Chen (author), Menenti, M. (author), Ge, Yong (author)Invasive Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora), a native riparian species in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has led to serious degradation to the ecosystem and biodiversity as well as economic losses since it was introduced to China in 1979. Although multi-temporal remote sensing offers unique capability to monitor S. alterniflora over large...journal article 2020
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van Natijne, A.L. (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author), Bogaard, T.A. (author)Nowcasting and early warning systems for landslide hazards have been implemented mostly at the slope or catchment scale. These systems are often difficult to implement at regional scale or in remote areas. Machine Learning and satellite remote sensing products offer new opportunities for both local and regional monitoring of deep-seated...journal article 2020
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Daggers, Tisja D. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), van der Wal, Daphne (author)Understanding the spatial structure of microphytobenthos (MPB) on intertidal flats is necessary to gain insight in the benthic community structure and ecosystem processes. The increasing availability of high resolution satellite sensors provides the opportunity to better understand spatial patterns of MPB on various (meter to km) scales. We...journal article 2020
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Bouaziz, L.J.E. (author), Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author), Schellekens, Jaap (author), Weerts, Albrecht H. (author), Stam, Jasper (author), Sprokkereef, Eric (author), Winsemius, H.C. (author), Savenije, Hubert (author), Hrachowitz, M. (author)The spatiotemporal dynamics of water volumes stored in the unsaturated root zone are a key control on the response of terrestrial hydrological systems. Robust, catchment-scale root-zone soil moisture estimates are thus critical for reliable predictions of river flow, groundwater recharge, or evaporation. Satellites provide estimates of near...journal article 2020
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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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Chen, Yu (author), Ming, Zutao (author), Menenti, M. (author)This paper proposes a multioral image change detection algorithm based on adaptive parameter estimation, which is used to solve the problems of severe interference of coherent speckle noise and the retention of detailed information about changing regions in synthetic aperture radar remote sensing images. The change area in the initial...journal article 2020
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Gawehn, M.A. (author), van Dongeren, Ap (author), de Vries, S. (author), Swinkels, Cilia (author), Hoekstra, Roderik (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author), Friedman, Joshua (author)Coastal management in the Netherlands has the aim to defend coastal zones by preventing flooding and mitigating erosion. To that end, large-scale nourishments are placed in the nearshore, which are supposed to dynamically preserve the coastal zone over a timescale of years. To assess their effectiveness, these nourishments are monitored over...journal article 2020
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Singh, C. (author), Wang-Erlandsson, Lan (author), Fetzer, Ingo (author), Rockström, Johan (author), van der Ent, R.J. (author)Climate change and deforestation have increased the risk of drought-induced forest-to-savanna transitions across the tropics and subtropics. However, the present understanding of forest-savanna transitions is generally focused on the influence of rainfall and fire regime changes, but does not take into account the adaptability of vegetation...journal article 2020
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Hahn, Sebastian (author), Wagner, Wolfgang (author), Steele-Dunne, S.C. (author), Vreugdenhil, M. (author), Melzer, Thomas (author)This study investigates the performance of the TU Wien soil moisture retrieval (TUW-SMR) algorithm by adapting the strength of the vegetation correction. The semiempirical change detection method TUW-SMR exploits the multiangle backscatter observations from spaceborne fan-beam scatterometer systems in order to derive surface soil moisture...journal article 2020