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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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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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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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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
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Echevarria Icaza, L. (author), van der Hoeven, F.D. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)The urban heat island effect is often associated with large metropolises. However, in the Netherlands even small cities will be affected by the phenomenon in the future (Hove et al., 2011), due to the dispersed or mosaic urbanisation patterns in particularly the southern part of the country: the province of North Brabant. This study analyses the...journal article 2016
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Ritter, B. (author), Meskers, A.J.H. (author), Miles, O. (author), Russwurm, M. (author), Scully, S. (author), Roldan, A. (author), Hartkorn, O. (author), Jüstel, P. (author), Réville, V. (author), Lupu, S. (author), Ruffenach, A. (author)The Earth’s magnetosphere is formed as a consequence of interaction between the planet’s magnetic field and the solar wind, a continuous plasma stream from the Sun. A number of different solar wind phenomena have been studied over the past 40 years with the intention of understanding and forecasting solar behavior. One of these phenomena in...journal article 2015
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Yang, Z. (author), Zhou, Y. (author), Wenninger, J. (author), Uhlenbrook, S. (author), Wan, L. (author)Groundwater is the most important resource for local society and the ecosystem in the semi-arid Hailiutu River catchment. The catchment water balance was analyzed by considering vegetation types with the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), determining evapotranspiration rates by combining sap flow measurements and NDVI values,...journal article 2015
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Pham, N.Q. (author), Tran, H.N. (author), Thi, K.V.L. (author), Nong, A.B. (author), Rutten, M.M. (author)Ecosystems are providing a stream of essential goods and services for the national socio-economic prosperity and welfare; paradoxically, these services have to suffer a high vulnerability against the increasingly uncontrolled use of human beings. World-wide researchers and authorities are working to ensure the sustainability of nature; and...conference paper 2015
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Van Emmerik, T.H.M. (author), Mulder, G. (author), Eilander, D. (author), Piet, M. (author), Savenije, H.H.G. (author)The hydrological decade on Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) led to many new insights in model development, calibration strategies, data acquisition and uncertainty analysis. Due to a limited amount of published studies on genuinely ungauged basins, model validation and realism assessment of model outcome has not been discussed to a great...journal article 2015
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Giyanani, A.H. (author), Bierbooms, W.A.A.M. (author), Van Bussel, G.J.W. (author)Remote sensing of the atmospheric variables with the use of LiDAR is a relatively new technology field for wind resource assessment in wind energy. The validation of LiDAR measurements and comparisons is of high importance for further applications of the data.conference paper 2015
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Shang, H. (author), Li, J. (author), Menenti, M. (author)The soil wetness condition is a useful indicator of inundation hazard in floodplains, such as the Poyang Lake floodplain. Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) passive microwave data were used to monitor water-saturated soil and open water areas of the Poyang Lake floodplain from 2001 to 2008, capturing the inundation patterns of this area in...journal article 2015
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Chen, Q. (author), Jia, L. (author), Hutjes, R. (author), Menenti, M. (author)Most land surface models require information on aerodynamic roughness length and its temporal and spatial variability. This research presents a practical approach for determining the aerodynamic roughness length at fine temporal and spatial resolution over the landscape by combining remote sensing and ground measurements. The basic framework of...journal article 2015
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Rutten, M.M. (author)The boundary that separates the earth from the atmosphere is a crucial zone of study for meteorology and hydrology. Here, solar energy is partitioned into sensible heat which drives atmospheric circulation, latent heat needed for evaporation from the soil and transpiration of vegetation, and soil heat which warms the subsurface. Precipitation is...doctoral thesis 2015
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De Graaf, M. (author), Bellouin, N. (author), Tilstra, L.G. (author), Haywood, J. (author), Stammes, P. (author)The aerosol direct radiative effect (DRE) of African smoke was analyzed in cloud scenes over the southeast Atlantic Ocean, using Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography (SCIAMACHY) satellite observations and Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model version 2 (HadGEM2) climate model simulations. The observed mean DRE...journal article 2014
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Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), Karimi, P. (author), Rebelo, L.M. (author), Duan, Z. (author), Senay, G. (author), Muttuwatte, L. (author), Smakhtin, V. (author)The increasing competition for water resources requires a better understanding of flows, fluxes, stocks, and the services and benefits related to water consumption. This paper explains how public domain Earth Observation data based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Second Generation Meteosat (MSG), Tropical Rainfall...journal article 2014
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Knist, C.L. (author)Accurate ground-based remotely sensed microphysical and optical properties of liquid water clouds are essential references to validate satellite-observed cloud properties and to improve cloud parameterizations in weather and climate models. This requires the evaluation of algorithms for retrieval of cloud microphysical and optical properties...doctoral thesis 2014
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Akdim, N. (author), Alfieri, S.M. (author), Habibi, A. (author), Choukri, A. (author), Cheruiyot, E.K. (author), Labbassi, K. (author), Menenti, M. (author)The appraisal of crop water requirements (CWR) is crucial for the management of water resources, especially in arid and semi-arid regions where irrigation represents the largest consumer of water, such as the Doukkala area, western Morocco. Simple and (semi) empirical approaches have been applied to estimate CWR: the first one is called Kc-NDVI...journal article 2014
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Karimi, P. (author)This thesis introduces Water Accounting Plus (WA+), which is a new framework designed to provide explicit spatial information on water depletion and net withdrawal processes in complex river basins. WA+ is a simple, yet comprehensive and understandable water accounting framework that provides a standardized way of data collection and a...doctoral thesis 2014
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Eilander, D.M. (author), Annor, F.O. (author), Iannini, L. (author), Van de Giesen, N.C. (author)Multipurpose small reservoirs are important for livelihoods in rural semi-arid regions. To manage and plan these reservoirs and to assess their hydrological impact at a river basin scale, it is important to monitor their water storage dynamics. This paper introduces a Bayesian approach for monitoring small reservoirs with radar satellite images....journal article 2014
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Kiptala, J.K. (author), Mohamedi, Y. (author), Mul, M.L. (author), Van der Zaag, P. (author)Evapotranspiration (ET) accounts for a substantial amount of the water use in river basins particular in the tropics and arid regions. However, accurate estimation still remains a challenge especially in large spatially heterogeneous and data scarce areas including the Upper Pangani River Basin in Eastern Africa. Using multitemporal Moderate...journal article 2013