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Nick van de Giesen is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Ocean Engineering. This broad range of expertise underscores a multidisciplinary approach to understanding environmental systems.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to hydrology and watershed management studies, precipitation measurement and analysis, meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate variability and models, flood risk assessment and management, hydrology and drought analysis, and water resources management and optimization. These topics highlight a strong emphasis on water-related environmental processes and climate interactions.

Nick van de Giesen has published in a variety of scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Water
  • Remote Sensing
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Applied Sciences

Their recent publications include:

  • "The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade" (2021) in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle" (2020) in Nature Geoscience
  • "Urban River Water Level Increase Through Plastic Waste Accumulation at a Rack Structure" (2020) in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Suitability of 17 gridded rainfall and temperature datasets for large-scale hydrological modelling in West Africa" (2020) in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Rarest rainfall events will see the greatest relative increase in magnitude under future climate change" (2022) in Communications Earth & Environment

The scientist collaborates frequently with multiple researchers, including Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis, Rolf Hut, Edo Abraham, J. S. Selker, and Chelsea Kaandorp. Such collaborations demonstrate involvement in a network of experts within their field.

Nick van de Giesen has also contributed to book publications, notably the 2022 title "Distributed Fiber-optic Hydrogeophysics" published by The Groundwater Project eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water

    Eric F. Wood;Joshua K. Roundy;Tara J. Troy;L. P. H. van Beek

  • Distributed fiber-optic temperature sensing for hydrologic systems

    John S. Selker;John S. Selker;Luc Thévenaz;Hendrik Huwald;Alfred Mallet

  • Earth's surface water change over the past 30 years

    Gennadii Donchyts;Fedor Baart;Hessel C. Winsemius;Noel Gorelick

  • Effects of charcoal production on soil physical properties in Ghana

    Philip G. Oguntunde;Philip G. Oguntunde;Philip G. Oguntunde;Babatunde J. Abiodun;Ayodele E. Ajayi;Ayodele E. Ajayi;Nick van de Giesen;Nick van de Giesen

  • Hyper-resolution global hydrological modelling: what is next?

    Marc F. P. Bierkens;Victoria A. Bell;Peter Burek;Nathaniel Chaney

  • The International Soil Moisture Network: Serving Earth system science for over a decade

    Wouter Dorigo;Irene Himmelbauer;Daniel Aberer;Lukas Schremmer

  • Organic pollution of rivers: Combined threats of urbanization, livestock farming and global climate change.

    Yingrong Wen;Gerrit Schoups;Nick van de Giesen

  • Fiber optics opens window on stream dynamics

    John Selker;Nick C. van de Giesen;Martijn Westhoff;Wim Luxemburg

  • Effects of charcoal production on maize yield, chemical properties and texture of soil

    Philip G. Oguntunde;Matthias Fosu;Ayodele E. Ajayi;Nick van de Giesen

  • Spatial and temporal variability of rainfall and their effects on hydrological response in urban areas – a review

    Elena Cristiano;Marie Claire Ten Veldhuis;Nick Van De Giesen

  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle

    Delphis F. Levia;Irena F. Creed;David M. Hannah;Kazuki Nanko

  • Calibrating single-ended fiber-optic Raman spectra distributed temperature sensing data.

    Mark B. Hausner;Francisco Suárez;Kenneth E. Glander;Nick van de Giesen

  • Estimation of small reservoir storage capacities in a semi-arid environment: A case study in the Upper East Region of Ghana

    Jens R. Liebe;Jens R. Liebe;N. van de Giesen;N. van de Giesen;Marc Andreini;Marc Andreini

  • Feasibility of soil moisture monitoring with heated fiber optics

    Chadi Sayde;Christopher Gregory;Maria Gil-Rodriguez;Nick Tufillaro

  • A distributed stream temperature model using high resolution temperature observations

    M. C. Westhoff;H. H. G. Savenije;W. M. J . Luxemburg;G. S. Stelling

  • Double-ended calibration of fiber-optic Raman spectra distributed temperature sensing data

    Nick van de Giesen;Susan C. Steele-Dunne;Jop Jansen;Olivier Hoes

  • A 30 m Resolution Surface Water Mask Including Estimation of Positional and Thematic Differences Using Landsat 8, SRTM and OpenStreetMap: A Case Study in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

    Gennadii Donchyts;Jaap Schellekens;Hessel Winsemius;Elmar Eisemann

  • Floods and flood management in Pakistan

    Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq;Nick van de Giesen

  • Hydroclimatology of the Volta River Basin in West Africa: Trends and variability from 1901 to 2002

    Philip G. Oguntunde;Jan Friesen;Jan Friesen;Nick van de Giesen;Hubert H.G. Savenije

  • Feasibility of soil moisture estimation using passive distributed temperature sensing

    S. C. Steele-Dunne;M. M. Rutten;D. M. Krzeminska;M. Hausner

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Selker
John S. Selker Oregon State University
Marc B. Parlange
Marc B. Parlange University of Rhode Island
Paul L. G. Vlek
Paul L. G. Vlek University of Bonn
Scott W. Tyler
Scott W. Tyler University of Nevada Reno
Hessel Winsemius
Hessel Winsemius Delft University of Technology
Pierre Gentine
Pierre Gentine Columbia University
Hubert H. G. Savenije
Hubert H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University
James S. Famiglietti
James S. Famiglietti University of Saskatchewan
Petra Döll
Petra Döll Goethe University Frankfurt

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