Reinier Koster

Consultant/Researcher


Reinier Koster is a hydrologist with over 5 years of experience in water resources management and surface water- and geohydrology. Countries of work experience include The Netherlands, Rwanda, Madagscar, Angola, Mozambique, Ghana and Egypt. Reinier has advanced skills in hydraulic and hydrological modeling and GIS analysis using a variety of tools (e.g. WEAP, SPHY, Sobek2 (1D, 1D-2D), Sobek3, iMOD, Groundwater Vistas, ArcGIS, QGIS, R, Python). Reinier is currently a consultant / researcher Hydrology at the FutureWater office in Wageningen.

    Related publications

    • 2021 - FutureWater Report 225Koster, R., G.W.H. Simons, J.E. Hunink, R. Hamed. 2021. Rainfall radar for soil moisture forecasts in the Netherlands: Development and testing of climate service DroogteNL. FutureWater Report 225.X

      Rainfall radar for soil moisture forecasts in the Netherlands

      Koster, R., G.W.H. Simons, J.E. Hunink, R. Hamed

    • 2021 - FutureWater Report 224Droogers, P., J.E. Hunink, R. Koster. 2021. Effectiveness of Improved Watershed and Forestry Activities to secure Hydropower, Komo river, Gabon. FutureWater Report 224X

      Effectiveness of Improved Watershed and Forestry Activities to secure Hydropower, Komo river, Gabon

      Droogers, P., J.E. Hunink, R. Koster

    • 2020 - One-pagerKaune, A., R. Koster. 2020. Land suitability service in Angola: Planting options for closing the yield gapsX

      Land suitability service in Angola: Planting options for closing the yield gaps

      Kaune, A., R. Koster

    • 2020 - One-pagerKaune, A., R. Koster. 2020. Supporting decisions on irrigation and fertilizer application in large farms in AngolaX

      Supporting decisions on irrigation and fertilizer application in large farms in Angola

      Kaune, A., R. Koster

    • 2020 - FutureWater Report 213Simons, G.W.H., R. Koster, P. Droogers. 2020. HiHydroSoil v2.0 - A high resolution soil map of global hydraulic properties. FutureWater Report 213.X

      HiHydroSoil v2.0 – High Resolution Soil Maps of Global Hydraulic Properties

      Simons, G.W.H., R. Koster, P. Droogers

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    • 2020 - FutureWater Report 209Koster, R., G.W.H. Simons. 2020. Evaluation of PAGDP plans in Madagascar with the LANDSIM-R prototype. FutureWater Report 209.X

      Evaluation of PAGDP plans in Madagascar with the LANDSIM-R prototype

      Koster, R., G.W.H. Simons

    • 2019 - FutureWater Report 193Koster, R., P. Droogers. 2019. Haalbaarheid van 'small-hydro climate risk assessment tool'. FutureWater Report 193.X

      Haalbaarheid van ‘small-hydro climate risk assessment tool’

      Koster, R., P. Droogers