Check out these new publications from members of our group that recently appeared on line: Vannametee, E., D. Karssenberg, M. R. Hendriks and M. F. P. Bierkens, 2013. Hortonian runoff closure relations for geomorphologic response units: evaluation against field data. Hydrology and Earth System Science 17, 2981-3004. Candogan-Yossef, N, H. Winsemius, A. Weerts, R. van Beek, and…

In a new publication in Nature Geoscience Walter Immerzeel and Marc Bierkens project an increase in runoff from Himalayan catchmants during the 21st century, despite a decline in glacier size.  See why and how on: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo1896.html or read the Utrecht University press release: http://pers.uu.nl/himalayas-warmer-wetter-next-century/ reference: W.W. Immerzeel, F. Pellicciotti en M.F.P. Bierkens, ‘Rising river flows throughout the…

Two new publications appeared in journals of the American Meteorological Society with contributions from our group: 1) In BAMS: a position paper calling for setting up a global drought forecasting infrastructure. Our group may contribute one of the global models that can calculate soil moisture drought and hydrological drought. Pozzi, W. et al., 2013: Toward global drought…

Walter Immerzeel, Steven de Jong and Marc Bierkens have conducted field work at Lirung Glacier in Langtang National Park, Nepal (4000-5000 m amsl). Marc, Walter and Steven at 5007 m altitude Using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) they made overlapping photo’s of the glacier with the goal to construct a digital elevation model (4-10 cm…

We recently published a commentary in Nature Geoscience explaining the multifaceted approach to needed to assess Asian’s water resources and its resilience to change: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v5/n12/full/ngeo1643.html pdf upon request.   See also the special feature on water from Nature Geoscience and Nature Climate Change: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/focus/water-warm-world/index.html where this commentary and the Groundwater and Climate review are part…

The Following initiatives are underway in higher resolution modelling PCR-GLOBWB 2.0: in development.  It operates at 6 minutes globally and is coded in PCRaster-Python.  In PCR-GLOBWB 2.0 we will fully integrate the PCR-GDEM water demand calculations and then add at run-time demand-driven water withdrawal, consumptive water use and return flows as part of the global hydrological…

Our group co-authered a review paper that just appeared in Nature Climate Change: Groundwater and Climate change See: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1744.html

The ability to use PCR-GLOBW in a seasonal forecasting framework as compared to runoff climatology and Re-analysis P-E is investigated: Candogan-Yossef, N., L.P.H. van Beek, J.C.J. Kwadijk and M.F.P. Bierkens, 2012. Assessment of the potential forecasting skill of a global hydrological model in reproducing the occurrence of monthly flow extremes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16, 4233-4246.

See our new publication about global modelling of fresh surface water temperature using PRR-GLOBWB. Important for ecology and biogeochemistry: Van Beek, L. P. H., T. Eikelboom, M. T. H. van Vliet, and M. F. P. Bierkens (2012), A physically based model of global freshwater surface temperature, Water Resources Research 48, W09530.   Data can be downloaded from our…

Our group co-authored a publication in nature about global sustainable and non-sustainable groundwater use: The nature news feature: http://www.nature.com/news/demand-for-water-outstrips-supply-1.11143 The paper: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7410/full/nature11295.html Also check out the podcast with lead author Tom Gleeson of McGill University http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast