Projects
Improving drought monitoring through assimilating multi-source remote sensing observations in hydrologic models Ghent University
The main objective of this research is to develop and improve techniques for the processing and assimilation of multi-source remote sensing products into large-scale hydrologic models with the aim to improve current worldwide early-warning systems for droughts. This will be based on an intelligent use of complementary remote sensing data and innovative modelling techniques. Existing algorithms will be further evaluated and adapted to the ...
UrbanEARS : Urban ecosystem analysis supported by remote sensing. KU Leuven
SD/CL/03 SUDEMCLL. KU Leuven
EO for understanding and monitoring changing conditions in tropical peatlands KU Leuven
Peatlands store about one third of the global soil carbon. Field-based research indicates a tight coupling between hydrological conditions in peatlands and their vegetation and soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions, suggesting that only small changes in groundwater table depth in response to human disturbance or climate change can lead to profound changes in peatland functioning. This can turn peatlands from carbon sinks into global ...
Environmental hazards associated with mining activities in the tropics (EDITOR). University of Antwerp
ICP : Interuniversity Programme Physical land resources 2016-2017. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The courses focus primarily on participants from developing countries. VLIR-UOS finances on the one hand through an operating grant and on the other through scholarships for students from developing countries.
Past climate extremes and their impact on the terrestrial carbon cycle Ghent University
1. To provide new observational evidence of how droughts, heatwaves and extreme high rainfall events have changed in frequency and intensity during the past three decades and at the global scale.
2. To attribute the causes of These changes (e.g., intensification of the hydrological cycle, the widening of the tropical belt, ocean-Âatmospheric oscillations, etc.) and gain understanding about their sensitivity to specific climatic and ...