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Gawehn, M.A. (author), Almar, Rafael (author), Bergsma, Erwin W. J. (author), de Vries, S. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author)Optical satellite images of the nearshore water surface offer the possibility to invert water depths and thereby constitute the underlying bathymetry. Depth inversion techniques based on surface wave patterns can handle clear and turbid waters in a variety of global coastal environments. Common depth inversion algorithms require video from shore...journal article 2022
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Kovacevic, Meho Sasa (author), Bačić, Mario (author), Librić, Lovorka (author), Gavin, Kenneth (author)To identify the unknown values of the parameters of Burger’s constitutive law, commonly used for the evaluation of the creep behavior of the soft soils, this paper demonstrates a procedure relying on the data obtained from multiple sensors, where each sensor is used to its best advantage. The geophysical, geotechnical, and unmanned aerial...journal article 2022
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Whitworth, Michael R. Z. (author), Giardina, Giorgia (author), Penney, Camilla (author), Di Sarno, Luigi (author), Adams, Keith (author), Kijewski-Correa, Tracy (author), Black, Jacob (author), Foroughnia, Fatemeh (author), Macchiarulo, V. (author)On 14th August 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti, approximately 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince. Aftershocks up to moment magnitude 5.7 followed and over 1,000 landslides were triggered. These events led to over 2,000 fatalities, 15,000 injuries and more than 137,000...journal article 2022
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Macchiarulo, V. (author), Milillo, Pietro (author), Blenkinsopp, Chris E. (author), Giardina, Giorgia (author)Ageing stock and extreme weather events pose a threat to the safety of infrastructure networks. In most countries, funding allocated to infrastructure management is insufficient to perform systematic inspections over large transport networks. As a result, early signs of distress can develop unnoticed, potentially leading to catastrophic...journal article 2022
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Ali, Muhammad Gufran (author), Ali, Sikandar (author), Arshad, Rao Husnain (author), Nazeer, A. (author), Waqas, Muhammad Mohsin (author), Waseem, Muhammad (author), Aslam, Rana Ammar (author), Cheema, Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud (author), Leta, Megersa Kebede (author), Shauket, Imran (author)Near real-time estimation of soil loss from river catchments is crucial for minimizing environmental degradation of complex river basins. The Chenab river is one of the most complex river basins of the world and is facing severe soil loss due to extreme hydrometeorological conditions, unpredictable hydrologic response, and complex orography....journal article 2021
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Hessels, T.M. (author), Davids, Jeffrey C. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)Strategic planning of water management at the river-basin scale requires (1) measurement and accounting of individual hydrological processes, (2) quantification of water resources, and (3) their optimal allocation. Scalable Water Balances from Earth Observations (SWEO) is an open-access parameterization enabling automated reporting of water...journal article 2022
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Hà, T.L. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author), Simons, Gijs W. H. (author), Poortinga, Ate (author)Hydrological ecosystem services (HESS) describe the benefits of water for multiple purposes with an emphasis on environmental values. The value of HESS is often not realized because primary benefits (e.g., food production, water withdrawals) get the most attention. Secondary benefits such as water storage, purification or midday temperature...journal article 2023
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Hà, T.L. (author), Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (author)The principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), conservation of natural capital, and water accounting requires Hydrological Eco-System Services (HESS) to be determined. This paper presents a modeling approach for quantifying the HESS framework using the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). SWAT was used–after calibration against...journal article 2023
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Jeu, Richard A.M. (author), Wagner, W. (author), Holmes, T. R.H. (author), Dolman, A. J. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author), Friesen, J (author)Within the scope of the upcoming launch of a new water related satellite mission (SMOS) a global evaluation study was performed on two available global soil moisture products. ERS scatterometer surface wetness data was compared to AMSR-E soil moisture data. This study pointed out a strong similarity between both products in sparse to moderate...journal article 2008
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Otosaka, I.N. (author), Shepherd, Andrew (author), Ivins, Erik R. (author), Schlegel, Nicole-Jeanne (author), Amory, Charles (author), Simon, K.M. (author), Schrama, Ernst (author), van der Wal, W. (author), Wouters, B. (author)Ice losses from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have accelerated since the 1990s, accounting for a significant increase in the global mean sea level. Here, we present a new 29-year record of ice sheet mass balance from 1992 to 2020 from the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE). We compare and combine 50 independent...journal article 2023
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de Roda Husman, S. (author), Hu, Zhongyang (author), Wouters, B. (author), Munneke, Peter Kuipers (author), Veldhuijsen, Sanne (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author)Surface melt is an important driver of ice shelf disintegration and its consequent mass loss over the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Monitoring surface melt using satellite remote sensing can enhance our understanding of ice shelf stability. However, the sensors do not measure the actual physical process of surface melt, but rather observe the presence...journal article 2022
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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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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 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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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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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
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Amani, Meisam (author), Foroughnia, Fatemeh (author), Moghimi, Armin (author), Mahdavi, Sahel (author), Jin, Shuanggen (author)Progress toward habitat protection goals can effectively be performed using satellite imagery and machine-learning (ML) models at various spatial and temporal scales. In this regard, habitat types and landscape structures can be discriminated against using remote-sensing (RS) datasets. However, most existing research in three-dimensional (3D)...journal article 2023
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Ortner, Thomas (author), Walch, Andreas (author), Nowak, Rebecca (author), Barnes, Robert (author), Höllt, T. (author), Groller, Eduard (author)Geological analysis of 3D Digital Outcrop Models (DOMs) for reconstruction of ancient habitable environments is a key aspect of the upcoming ESA ExoMars 2022 Rosalind Franklin Rover and the NASA 2020 Rover Perseverance missions in seeking signs of past life on Mars. Geologists measure and interpret 3D DOMs, create sedimentary logs and combine...journal article 2021
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Dix, Barbara (author), Francoeur, Colby (author), Li, Meng (author), Serrano Calvo, R. (author), Levelt, Pieternel Felicitas (author), Veefkind, j. Pepijn (author), McDonald, Brian C. (author), De Gouw, Joost (author)The production of crude oil and natural gas is associated with emissions of air pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) and volatile organic compounds, which are precursors for the formation of ground-level ozone. Knowledge of these emissions is critical to the understanding and mitigation of local air quality. NOx emissions from...journal article 2022
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Phan, M.H. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author)Mangroves play an important role in sustaining a healthy coastal environment, providing a natural habitat to various species, a stable shoreline and forestry products. However, the extent of mangroves developed along the tidal coast of the Mekong delta in southern Vietnam has faced and still faces the impact from both natural and...journal article 2022