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WATER RESOURCES SECTION
FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCES
DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Recent Advances in Water Resources
58th Colloquium
The colloquium series Recent Advances in Water Resources is organised by the
Water Resources Section of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft
University of Technology. It serves as a forum for presenting results of up-to-date
research in hydrology and water resources management.
The following talks are scheduled for the fifty-eighth colloquium in the series.
LOCATION, DATE
AND TIME:
Thursday, September 25, 2014, 16h00
Room 4.99
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences,
Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.
SPEAKER 1:
Ir. Tim van Emmerik (16h00 - 16h20)
PhD Researcher, Water Resources Section,
Delft University of Technology
email: [email protected]
TITLE:
Towards plant water stress monitoring using radar
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SPEAKER 2:
Dr. Stefan Dekker (16h20 - 17h00)
Associate Professor EcoHydrology and Environmental Sciences.
Faculty of Geoscienses, Utrecht University
email: [email protected]
TITLE:
Ecohydrological feedbacks at different scales
INFORMATION:
Dr. ir. Ruud van der Ent
email: [email protected]
Please turn over for abstracts.
WATER RESOURCES SECTION
FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCES
DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
ABSTRACTS:
Towards plant water stress monitoring using radar
Ir. Tim van Emmerik
Recent research on a maize canopy has shown that leaf
water content can change considerably during the day and in
response to water stress. Model simulations suggest that
these changes can significantly influence radar backscatter,
especially in times of water stress. This presentation
provides insight in the effects of water stress on vegetation
and its dielectric properties and highlights the potential use
of radar for plant water stress detection.
Ecohydrological feedbacks at different scales
Dr. Stefan Dekker
My research is to identify, analyse and model the
interactions and feedbacks between soil, anthropogenic landuse change, vegetation, atmosphere and climate. I generate
new knowledge on these interactions and feedbacks between
the different environmental compartments to understand
changes in the ecohydrological and climate system at
different spatial (local to global) and temporal (from
Holocene to present) scales. My research has close
connections to meteorology, soil science, climate science,
hydrology and ecology.

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