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Marnik Vanclooster is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on water-related topics. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including water science and technology, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, soil science, and atmospheric science.

The main topics of Vanclooster's research cover a broad spectrum related to hydrology and environmental processes. These include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI

The scientist has contributed extensively to the academic literature, authoring numerous papers published in established journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Water research in support of the Sustainable Development Goal 6: A case study in Belgium," 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Time-series clustering approaches for subsurface zonation and hydrofacies detection using a real time-lapse electrical resistivity dataset," 2020, Journal of Applied Geophysics
  • "Confronting climate change and livelihood: smallholder farmers' perceptions and adaptation strategies in northeastern Burundi," 2023, Regional Environmental Change
  • "Detecting hydrological connectivity using causal inference from time series: synthetic and real karstic case studies," 2022, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Drought assessment in a south Mediterranean transboundary catchment," 2020, Hydrological Sciences Journal

Vanclooster frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Water
  • Preprints.org
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their academic activity, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Slaheddine Khlifi
  • Alice Alonso
  • Charles Bielders
  • Zonirina Ramahaimandimby
  • Alain Randriamaherisoa

Best Publications

  • SAFE--A hierarchical framework for assessing the sustainability of agricultural systems

    N. Van Cauwenbergh;K. Biala;Charles Bielders;V. Brouckaert

  • Modeling of ground-penetrating Radar for accurate characterization of subsurface electric properties

    S. Lambot;E.C. Slob;I. van den Bosch;B. Stockbroeckx

  • Intraseasonal dynamics of soil moisture variability within a small agricultural maize cropped field

    François Hupet;Marnik Vanclooster

  • Using inverse methods for estimating soil hydraulic properties from field data as an alternative to direct methods

    A Ritter;François Hupet;R Munoz-Carpena;Sébastien Lambot

  • A European test of pesticide-leaching models: methodology and major recommendations

    M. Vanclooster;J.J.T.I. Boesten;M. Trevisan;C.D. Brown

  • Analysis of air-launched ground-penetrating radar techniques to measure the soil surface water content

    Sébastien Lambot;Sébastien Lambot;Lutz Weihermüller;Johan A. Huisman;Harry Vereecken

  • Sensitivity of the SWAT model to the soil and land use data parametrisation : a case study in the thyle catchment, belgium

    Agnieszka Romanowicz;Marnik Vanclooster;Mark Rounsevell;I. La Junesse

  • Effect of the sampling frequency of meteorological variables on the estimation of the reference evapotranspiration

    François Hupet;Marnik Vanclooster

  • Framework for assessing sustainability levels in Belgium agricultural systems - SAFE

    Xavier Sauvenier;Jan Valckx;Nora Van Cauwenbergh;Erwin Wauters

  • Mapping the groundwater vulnerability for pollution at the pan African scale.

    Issoufou Ouedraogo;Pierre Defourny;Marnik Vanclooster

  • Sustainable development in small island developing states: Agricultural intensification, economic development, and freshwater resources management on the coral atoll of Tongatapu

    M. van der Velde;S. R. Green;Marnik Vanclooster;B. E. Clothier

  • A global multilevel coordinate search procedure for estimating the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties

    Sébastien Lambot;Mathieu Javaux;François Hupet;Marnik Vanclooster

  • Application of random forest regression and comparison of its performance to multiple linear regression in modeling groundwater nitrate concentration at the African continent scale

    Issoufou Ouedraogo;Issoufou Ouedraogo;Pierre Defourny;Marnik Vanclooster

  • Comparison of three methods to calibrate TDR for monitoring solute movement in undisturbed soil

    D. Mallants;M. Vanclooster;J. Vanderborght;J. Feyen

  • A set of analytical benchmarks to test numerical models of flow and transport in soils

    Jan Vanderborght;R. Kasteel;Michael Herbst;M. Javaux

  • Assessing ground water quality in the irrigated plain of Triffa (north-east Morocco)

    Sanae Fetouani;M. Sbaa;Marnik Vanclooster;Brahim Bendra

  • Determining local-scale solute transport parameters using time domain reflectometry (TDR)

    M Vanclooster;D Mallants;Jan Diels;Jan Feyen

  • Estimating solute transport in undisturbed soil columns using time-domain reflectometry

    D. Mallants;M. Vanclooster;M. Meddahi;J. Feyen

  • Monitoring Solute Transport in a Multi-Layered Sandy Lysimeter using Time Domain Reflectometry

    Marnik Vanclooster;D. Mallants;J. Vanderborght;J. Diels

  • Parameter and rating curve uncertainty propagation analysis of the SWAT model for two small Mediterranean catchments

    Haykel Sellami;Isabelle La Jeunesse;Sihem Benabdallah;Marnik Vanclooster

  • Estimating soil electric properties from monostatic ground-penetrating radar signal inversion in the frequency domain

    Sébastien Lambot;EC Slob;I. van den Bosch;B. Stockbroeckx

  • Sensitivity of the SWAT model to the soil and land use data parametrization: a case study of the Thyle catchment, Belgium

    Agnieszka Romanowicz;Marnik Vanclooster;Mark Rounsevell;Isabelle La Jeunesse

Frequent Co-Authors

Sébastien Lambot
Sébastien Lambot Université Catholique de Louvain
Mathieu Javaux
Mathieu Javaux Université Catholique de Louvain
Charles Bielders
Charles Bielders Université Catholique de Louvain
Evert Slob
Evert Slob Delft University of Technology
Jan Feyen
Jan Feyen University of Cuenca
Jan Vanderborght
Jan Vanderborght Forschungszentrum Jülich
Dirk Mallants
Dirk Mallants Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Mark Rounsevell
Mark Rounsevell University of Edinburgh
Brent Clothier
Brent Clothier Plant & Food Research

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