Department of Hydrology and Geo-environmental Sciences
Mission
The main goal of the departmental research is to analyse, quantify and predict effects of changes in land use and climate on hydrological, meteorological, geomorphological and ecological processes, and how these processes integrate on watershed scale.
The group focuses its research on the analysis and synthesis of hydrological systems in order to:
- Enhance our knowledge of the role of water as a transport medium for energy, nutrients and carbon in the Earth's terrestrial ecosystems
- Quantify human impacts on natural hydrological systems
- Develop strategies for sustainable use and management of Earth's freshwater resources
We aim to achieve this through both theoretical and applied research. Field measurements are the key to the development of validated models for simulating exchanges of water, solutes, energy and carbon between the atmosphere, vegetation, soils, groundwater and surface water. These models are based on sound hydrological, physical and hydrochemical theory.
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Measurement of hydraulic conductivity in aeolian sands near the Dinkel River, The Netherlands
