Hydrological PhD Theses in the Netherlands

acrobat_icon The role of macropore flow from PLOT to catchment scale – A study in a semi-arid area
     Loes van Schaik (2010); PhD thesis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 174 pp.
Desertification and landscape degradation is a worldwide problem, which is expected to grow in time due to unsustainable land use and climate change. In view of these problems, knowledge of the interaction between vegetation, soil moisture and surface runoff, with subsequent erosion risk is essential. This requires mapping of the spatial and temporal variability of infiltration and runoff production. The influence of preferential flow thereupon is nowadays widely recognized. Therefore in this thesis the role of preferential flow from plot scale to catchment scale on the hydrology is investigated, using field measurements and model applications.

acrobat_icon Climatology of extreme rainfall from raingauges and weather radar
     Aart Overeem (2009); PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 144 pp.
Extreme rainfall events can have a large impact on society and can lead to loss of life and property. Therefore, a reliable climatology of extreme rainfall is of importance, for instance, for the design of hydraulic structures. Such a climatology can be obtained by abstracting maxima from long rainfall records. Subsequently, a probability distribution is fitted to the selected maxima, so that rainfall depths can be estimated for a chosen return period, which can be longer than the rainfall record. In this thesis, the Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) distribution is used to model annual rainfall maxima.

acrobat_icon Satellite data as complementary information for hydrological modelling
     Hessel Winsemius (2009); PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 186 pp.
Important variables such as rainfall, evaporation, radiation, soil moisture and water storage can nowadays be estimated on the basis of raw satellite observations. This thesis describes the development and application of methods that allow to combine the scarce data, available in poorly gauged catchments, with expert knowledge and modern satellite data, with the purpose to conceptualise, calibrate and validate hydrological models.

acrobat_icon Effects of climate variability and land use change on the water budget of large river basins
     Ruud Hurkmans (2009); PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 196 pp.

acrobat_icon Trends in groundwater quality in relation to groundwater age
     Ate Visser (2009); PhD thesis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 188 pp.

acrobat_icon Terrestrial water storage change from temporal gravity variation
     S. Hasan (2009); PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 97 pp.

acrobat_icon Hydrological now- and forecasting
     J. M. Schuurmans (2008); PhD Thesis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 154 pp.
Integration of operationally available remotely sensed and forecasted hydrometeorological variables into distributed hydrological models

acrobat_icon Hillslope hydrological modeling
     – The role of bedrock geometry and hillslope-stream interaction
     K. Shahedi (2008); PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 146 pp.

acrobat_icon Spatial modelling of mountainous basins
     – An integrated analysis of the hydrological cycle, climate change and agriculture
     Walter Immerzeel (2008); PhD Thesis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 145 pp.

acrobat_icon The relation between geometry, hydrology and stability of complex hillslopes examined using low-dimensional
     hydrological models
     A. Talebi (2008); PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 137 pp.

acrobat_icon Global drought in the 20th and 21st centuries
     – Analysis of retrospective simulations and future projections of soil moisture
     J. Sheffield (2008); PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 218 pp.

acrobat_icon Hydrometeorological application of microwave links
     – Measurement of evaporation and precipitation
     H. Leijnse (2007); PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 164 pp.

acrobat_icon Soil moisture dynamics and land surface-atmosphere interaction
     A.J. Teuling (2007); PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 88 pp.

acrobat_icon Regional crop yield forecasting using probalistic crop growth modelling and remote sensing data assimilation
     A.J.W. de Wit (2007); PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 182 pp.

acrobat_icon Actor analysis for water resources management – Putting the promise into practice

     Leon Hermans (2005); PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 235 pp.
»The promise of actor analysis can only truly be fulfilled if water experts commit themselves to the exploration of new ways of supporting policy development, venturing along roads they have not travelled before.«

acrobat_icon Patterns of groundwater quality – in sandy aquifers under environmental pressure
     M.J.M. Vissers (2005); PhD Thesis Utrecht University, Utrecht, 142 pp.

acrobat_icon Groundwater salinization processes in the coastal area of the Netherlands due to transgressions during the Holocene
     V.E.A. Post (2004); PhD thesis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 138 pp.
The primary objective of Vincent Post’s thesis is to develop quantitative understanding of the processes that caused salinization of groundwater in the coastal area of the Netherlands during the Holocene under natural conditions.

acrobat_icon Studies for regional groundwater quality monitoring
     Hans Peter Broers (2002), PhD thesis Utrecht University, Utrecht, 229 pp.

Ben_Gouweleeuwacrobat_icon Satellite passive microwave surface moisture monitoring
     B.T. Gouweleeuw (2000); PhD thesis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 184 pp.
Ben Gouweleeuw’s thesis investigates the interaction between land use change, climate variability and the regional hydrology in a semi-arid are ain Central Spain. The study has used passive microwave monitoring to investigate spatial variation in soil moisture and produced a model.

acrobat_icon Groundwater flow in layered aquifers
     C.J. Hemker (2000); PhD thesis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 143 pp.

acrobat_icon Water and Nutrient Dynamics of Pinus caribaea Plantation Forests on degraded grassland
     soils in Southwest Viti Levu, Fiji
     M.J. Waterloo (1994), PhD thesis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 478 pp.

acrobat_icon On Convolutional Processes and Dispersive Groundwater Flow
     C. Maas (1994); PhD thesis, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 162 pp.
     Review (in Dutch) by Harry Boukes (1995) in Stromingen, vol 1, nr 1, pp 64–65.

acrobat_icon Analytical elements for transient groundwater flow
     W.J. Zaadnoordijk (1988); PhD thesis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 140 pp.

    
     Hydrological and Biogeochemical aspects of man-made forests in South-Central Java, Indonesia
     L.A. Bruijnzeel (1983); PhD thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 249 pp.
1983_BruijnzeelThis thesis deals with the hydrology and nutrient cycling of tropical plantation forest in Java. It includes information on rainfall interception, evaporation and stream runoff, as well as the associated fluxes of nutrients. This study formed the start of Sampurno’s great hydrological research career in the tropics. Unfortunately, this thesis is not available online as it was printed in the early days of the computer age.