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1 January 2009
Further expansion of FutureWater team
Since January 2009 the FutureWater team is enforced by Dr. J.M. (Hanneke) Schuurmans. Hanneke recently received her PhD degree from Utrecht University and will focus on both Dutch and international projects.
1 December 2008
Supporting the Nile Basin Initiative in several projects
Since the end of 2008 FutureWater has executed several project for the Nile Basin Initiative. A training program was organized dealing with remote sensing and modelling and the irrigation potential of several areas around Lake Victoria was assessed. More details can be found at: Irrigation Potential Lake Victoria, Tanzania Training on RS-GIS-Models
1 July 2008
Drought assessment using new climate scenarios in the North of the Netherlands
In 2006 the Dutch meteorological service has updated the climate change scenarios for the Netherlands. FutureWater has made an update of a drought assessment in the area of waterboard “Hunze en Aa” using these scenarios. Major conclusion of the study is that the drought effects on agriculture are much more severe than for the old...
1 June 2008
FutureWater participates in EU funded research in Tibet
FutureWater is a partner in an international cooperation project between Europe and Asia to improve knowledge on hydrology and meteorology of the Tibetan Plateau and its role in climate, monsoon and extreme meteorological events.The effort of this project builds upon 10 years of experimental and modeling research and the consortium includes 17 partners from 8...
1 January 2008
Water resource management and remote sensing
FutureWater has started a project to assess requirements for ESA satellite missions for water resource management. The project aims at integrating several remote sensing products (GRACE, SEBAL, TRMM) with a hydrological simulation model in a pilot basin in Spain. More details can be found here.
1 December 2007
NWO-Casimir grant for Monsoon research
Dr. Walter Immerzeel of FutureWater has been awarded a CASIMIR grant by the Dutch science foundation. In close collaboration with Utrecht University he will investigate the monsoon dynamics in the Himalayas and develop a flood forecasting system.
1 November 2007
Using rain radar for water management
FutureWater has evaluated the usability of rainradar for waterboard Rivierenland More details can be found here.(in dutch)
1 November 2007
FutureWater maps water excess problems related to climate change
FutureWater supports the VU university and Delft Hydraulics in mapping problems related to water excess and climate change for the entire Netherlands using an innovative methodology. More details can be found here (in dutch).
1 October 2007
Further extension China activities
FutureWater has acquired a new project focusing on the development of a groundwater management package in China. More details can be found at the GMEP website.
1 September 2007
FutureWater inventories knowledge projects on adaptation and climate change
FutureWater has made an inventory of all knowledge project in the Netherlands dealing with adaptation to climate chnage and spatiall planning. The results of this inventory can be found at the website
