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Albrecht Weerts is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, focusing on environmental science and hydrology. Their research output spans 112 publications in the field of Environmental Science, with notable contributions in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics, including:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
  • Climate Variability and Models

Weerts has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication platforms being:

  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Water Resources Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Journal of Hydrology

Some of the recent papers by Weerts include:

  • Scaling Point-Scale (Pedo)transfer Functions to Seamless Large-Domain Parameter Estimates for High-Resolution Distributed Hydrologic Modeling: An Example for the Rhine River, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • A hydrography upscaling method for scale-invariant parametrization of distributed hydrological models, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Behind the scenes of streamflow model performance, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Spatial and Temporal Evaluation of Radar Rainfall Nowcasting Techniques on 1,533 Events, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Improved Understanding of the Link Between Catchment-Scale Vegetation Accessible Storage and Satellite-Derived Soil Water Index, 2020, Water Resources Research

Throughout their career, Weerts has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Ruben Imhoff
  • Willem van Verseveld
  • Claudia Brauer
  • R. Uijlenhoet
  • Dirk Eilander

Best Publications

  • Advancing data assimilation in operational hydrologic forecasting: progresses, challenges, and emerging opportunities

    Yuqiong Liu;Yuqiong Liu;A. Weerts;M. Clark;H.-J Hendricks Franssen

  • Particle filtering and ensemble Kalman filtering for state updating with hydrological conceptual rainfall-runoff models

    Albrecht H. Weerts;Ghada Y. H. El Serafy

  • Continental and global scale flood forecasting systems

    Rebecca E. Emerton;Rebecca E. Emerton;Elisabeth M. Stephens;Florian Pappenberger;Thomas C. Pagano

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Estimation of predictive hydrological uncertainty using quantile regression: examples from the national flood forecasting system (England and Wales)

    A. H. Weerts;H. C. Winsemius;J. S. Verkade

  • Post-processing ECMWF precipitation and temperature ensemble reforecasts for operational hydrologic forecasting at various spatial scales ☆

    J.S. Verkade;J.S. Verkade;J.D. Brown;P. Reggiani;A.H. Weerts

  • Distributed Evaluation of Local Sensitivity Analysis (DELSA), with application to hydrologic models

    O. Rakovec;Mary C. Hill;M. P. Clark;A. H. Weerts

  • A global network for operational flood risk reduction

    Lorenzo Alfieri;Sagy Cohen;John Galantowicz;Guy J.P. Schumann

  • Information content of data for identifying soil hydraulic parameters from outflow experiments

    J.A. Vrugt;W. Bouten;A.H. Weerts

  • A Bayesian approach to decision-making under uncertainty: An application to real-time forecasting in the river Rhine

    P. Reggiani;A.H. Weerts

  • State updating of a distributed hydrological model with Ensemble Kalman Filtering: Effects of updating frequency and observation network density on forecast accuracy

    O. Rakovec;A. H. Weerts;P. Hazenberg;P. Hazenberg;P. J. J. F. Torfs

  • Skill of a global seasonal streamflow forecasting system, relative roles of initial conditions and meteorological forcing

    Naze Candogan Yossef;Hessel Winsemius;Albrecht Weerts;Rens van Beek

  • Data assimilation of GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates into a regional hydrological model of the Rhine River basin

    N. Tangdamrongsub;S. C. Steele-Dunne;B. C. Gunter;B. C. Gunter;P. G. Ditmar

  • A hydrography upscaling method for scale-invariant parametrization of distributed hydrological models

    Dirk Eilander;Willem van Verseveld;Dai Yamazaki;Albrecht Weerts

  • Scaling Point???Scale (Pedo)transfer Functions to Seamless Large???Domain Parameter Estimates for High???Resolution Distributed Hydrologic Modeling: An Example for the Rhine River

    R. O. Imhoff;W. J. van Verseveld;B. van Osnabrugge;A. H. Weerts

  • Estimation of predictive hydrologic uncertainty using the quantile regression and UNEEC methods and their comparison on contrasting catchments

    N. Dogulu;N. Dogulu;P. López López;P. López López;D. P. Solomatine;D. P. Solomatine;A. H. Weerts

  • Discharge simulations performed with a hydrological model using bias corrected regional climate model input

    S. C. van Pelt;P. Kabat;H. W. ter Maat;B. J. J. M. van den Hurk

  • Uncertainty assessment via Bayesian revision of ensemble streamflow predictions in the operational river Rhine forecasting system

    P. Reggiani;M. Renner;A. H. Weerts;P. A. H. J. M. van Gelder

  • Redressing the balance : Quantifying net intercatchment groundwater flows

    Laurène Bouaziz;Albrecht Weerts;Jaap Schellekens;Eric Sprokkereef

  • Extracting information from an ensemble of GCMs to reliably assess future global runoff change

    F.C. Sperna Weiland;L.P.H. van Beek;A.H. Weerts;M.F.P. Bierkens

  • Significant uncertainty in global scale hydrological modeling from precipitation data errors

    Frederiek C. Sperna Weiland;Jasper A. Vrugt;Jasper A. Vrugt;Rens P.H. van Beek;Albrecht H. Weerts

  • Comparison of travel time analysis and inverse modeling for soil water content determination with time domain reflectometry

    J. A. Huisman;A. H. Weerts;T. J. Heimovaara;W. Bouten

Frequent Co-Authors

Remko Uijlenhoet
Remko Uijlenhoet Delft University of Technology
Hessel Winsemius
Hessel Winsemius Delft University of Technology
Dimitri Solomatine
Dimitri Solomatine IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Keith Beven
Keith Beven Lancaster University
Wilco Hazeleger
Wilco Hazeleger Utrecht University
Markus Hrachowitz
Markus Hrachowitz Delft University of Technology
Hubert H. G. Savenije
Hubert H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology
Christel Prudhomme
Christel Prudhomme European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Florian Pappenberger
Florian Pappenberger European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University

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