Research



Present and future global availability and scarcity of land with sufficient green water resources for agricultural production: The potential of green water for reducing agricultural blue water consumption

2013-2017

daily supervisor of Joep Schyns (PhD student)

funded by WFN and Deltares


Hydrological characterization of land use in two exemplary catchments

2013-2017

daily supervisor of Andry Rustanto (PhD student)

funded by DIKTI and KNAW (project number 07-DIKTI-SPIN PhD)



Impact of land use changes on water availability in Heart of Borneo and Java catchments under variable climatic conditions

2013-2017

daily supervisor of Hero Marhaento (PhD student)

funded by DIKTI and KNAW (project number 07-DIKTI-SPIN PhD)


Future flow projections and their impacts on reservoir operation

2012-2016

daily supervisor of Xujie Zhang (PhD student)

funded by CSC (project number 201306320104)


Exploring downstream water availability of Yellow River based on historic and projected runoff change in the source region area

2010-2014

daily supervisor of Donghai Zheng (PhD student)

funded by CSC (project number 2010604039)



Uncertainty in climate change impacts on extreme discharges of twinning river basins

2010-2013

daily supervisor of Tian Ye (PhD student)

funded by CSC (project number 2010632097)



Water footprints v2.bmp

Modelling the total water balance in Indonesia

2009-2010

supervisor, investigator

funded by KNAW Mobility Programme (project number 08-MP-04)



Seasonal and long-term prediction of low flows in the Rhine basin

2008-2014

daily supervisor of Mehmet Demirel (PhD student)

funded by CLS (project number 08.012)



Uncertain hydraulic roughness in river models

2007-2011

daily supervisor of Jord Warmink (PhD student)

funded by STW (project number TCB.6231)



Flood security strategies for dike ring 6 - reducing system risk

2007-2008

daily supervisor of Carolien Steinweg, investigator

funded by Cartesius Institute, University of Twente



PUB: Predictions in Ungauged Basins

2005-2014

supervisor MSc students, investigator

funded by University of Twente



High and low flows in the Meuse

2003-present

supervisor MSc students, investigator

funded by University of Twente, RIZA, Royal Haskoning



Appropriate modelling in decision support systems for river basin management

2001-2005

daily supervisor of Yueping Xu (PhD student)

funded by KNAW (project number 02CDP036) and University of Twente



Appropriate flow forecasting for reservoir operation

2001-2005

daily supervisor of Xiaohua Dong (PhD student)

funded by KNAW (project number 02CDP036) and University of Twente



FLOCODS: FLOod COntrol Decision Support

2001-2004

work package leader, principal investigator

funded by EC FP5 (contract number ICA4-CT2001-10035)



Appropriate modelling of climate change impacts on river flooding

1997-2002

PhD student

funded by University of Twente