In this Msc project, you will analyze terrestrial water storage changes from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment and its follow-on mission. You will create visualizations of these data and compute time series and monthly...
Look at TopicThe main objective of this research is apply time series analysis techniques (e.g. moving average, ARIMA models, machine learning) to Sentinel-1 SAR for the analysis of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 droughts.
Look at TopicIn this topic, you will investigate the potential of solar ponds as an alternative environmentally friendly source of energy. Solar pond power plants are low-tech installations that only require salt, freshwater, sunshine and land. All...
Look at TopicThe objective of this study is to develop and apply a data driven model to explore the relation between seasonal weather patterns and COVID infections. The method includes the following steps: (1) Describe relations between weather...
Look at TopicThe objective is to evaluate and develop effective methods for drought analysis for agricultural applications. Water cycle data from in-situ, reanalysis and satellite will be used to derive high resolution data relevant to agricultural...
Look at TopicAs a consequence of global warming, lakes are warming up [1]. This is expressed by steadily increasing base temperatures, but also in increases in the frequency and intensity of lake heatwaves [2]. Land-based organisms may adapt to a...
Look at TopicThe objective of this research is to study the feasibility of using (artificial) saline wetlands for osmotic power generation, thus combining the ecological function of wetlands with renewable energy generation. The feasibility study...
Look at TopicMain objective To estimate the lake open-water evaporation of the intermittent Lake Xau, Botswana Specific objectives Define periods when the Lake Xau was filled up with water within the time span from 2010 to 2019. Define daily...
Look at TopicDetection of free water on flood prone areas and wetlands. Radar and shortwave. Construction of long term time series of floods. Flood evolution: building and recessions. Construction of flood recurrence maps and water permanence...
Look at TopicThe topic deals with the scaling from global satellite water cycle products to field scale water states which includes both the surface and profile information on water states – with a focus on soil moisture and evapotranspiration. One...
Look at TopicThe objective of this study is to analyze the response of Douglas fir trees to water and temperature stress and light fluctuations. This will be carried out by processing data measured with the Piccolo hyperspectral system. The Piccolo...
Look at TopicUse Sentinel 1 and Sentinel-2MSI images to detect and identify land-based pollution in coastal areas. You will use a combined active-microwave and passive-optical methods detect and identify untreated sludge and oil spills in coastal...
Look at TopicThe objective of this research is to analyse and interpret seasonal cycles of solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), a data product of TROPOMI for a wet-to-dry gradient in tropical Africa or a temperate-continental gradient in...
Look at TopicDevelop method for createing time series of inundation maps with the integration of optical and radar satellite images.
Look at TopicThe objective is to analyse satellite NO2 data. The specific objectives will depend on the interest of the student and the open questions at the time of topic selection. It can include: - Methodology testing to identify and quantify...
Look at TopicClimate change causes degradation of permafrost in northern regions and unanticipated environmental problems. Microwave satellite data can be used to monitor these changes on global scale.
Look at TopicITC has established several regional in-situ soil moisture and soil temperature observation networks in the Twente area in the Netherlands, in the Tibetan plateau in China and in Kenya. The soil moisture probes are usually installed at...
Look at TopicThe STEMMUS numerical soil-water-atmosphere model (Zeng and Su, 2013; Yu et al., 2016) and SCOPE radiative transfer-photochemistry-non-radiative energy dissipation model (van der Tol et al., 2009) will be combined as a numerical toolbox...
Look at TopicQuantitative assessment of surface-groundwater interactions
Look at TopicMangroves provide protection against waves and flooding. However, little is known about how establishment of mangrove seedlings translates to the long-term development of mangrove forests. The key objectives of this study are to (1)...
Look at TopicThe objective of this study is to analyze the response of tree transpiration and evaporation to weather extremes. The methodology includes the following steps: (1) You will install sap flux density sensors and a thermal camera in trees...
Look at Topic* Get acquainted with GNSS reflectometry * Help building a raspberry pi powered gnss reflectometer receiver * Create a validation dataset of tree top heights. Write an observation plan. * Analyze reflected GNSS signals from the...
Look at TopicPossible objectives and methodology, depending on your interest: - Adapt spatial and economic planning methods for industrialization or coastal zone development - Develop collaborative spatial planning and decision support (SPDSS)...
Look at TopicThe objective of this MSc research topic is to analyze the spatial variability among soil moisture measurements that have been collected in Twente over the years from 2009 to 2019. A network of twenty soil moisture monitoring stations...
Look at TopicSustainability of groundwater resources evaluation under stresses
Look at TopicFor this research topic the following main research question(s) could be considered: - How can the different types of drought be best monitored in the selected region? - How has drought hazard changed in last 30 years? - What is the...
Look at TopicThe objective of this MSc research topic is to quantity the severity of the 2018 and 2019 droughts using the profile soil moisture measurements collected in Twente and assess whether remote sensing-based drought indices are able to...
Look at TopicThe main objective of this MSc research topic is to investigate the effectiveness of weirs as drought mitigation measure for the Brecklenkamp community. Through a combination of groundwater modelling and data analysis students analyze i)...
Look at TopicSoil moisture data at regional scale is readily available with a high accuracy from NASA’s Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) satellite. The objective of this research is to investigate what the predictive value of the regional scale...
Look at TopicThe WRS department of ITC faculty has developed urban climate observation flux tower sites and, in cooperation with the Creative Technology group at the EWI faculty, the City Council of Enschede and the Regional Water Authority...
Look at TopicClimate change is nowadays prominently present on the political and thus scientific agenda, which is reflected in the Dutch Delta-Programme for Spatial Adaptation (“Delta-Programma Ruimtelijke Adaptatie – DPRA”) in which an...
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