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Overview

Okke Batelaan is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia, where the research focus primarily lies within environmental science. Their main research disciplines include global and planetary change, environmental engineering, water science and technology, ocean engineering, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics in hydrology and environmental studies. Key research areas include hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater flow and contamination studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, groundwater and watershed analysis, flood risk assessment and management, climate variability and models, and groundwater and isotope geochemistry.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Okke Batelaan include Huade Guan, Margaret Shanafield, Eddie W. Banks, Mohammad Zounemat-Kermani, and Reinhard Hinkelmann.

Okke Batelaan has published extensively in several scientific journals, with notable publication venues listed as:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Water Resources Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent papers by Okke Batelaan include:

  • "Ensemble machine learning paradigms in hydrology: A review," 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • "Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: A Case Study in Saudi Arabia," 2023, Water
  • "Streamflow Prediction in Highly Regulated, Transboundary Watersheds Using Multi-Basin Modeling and Remote Sensing Imagery," 2022, Water Resources Research
  • "Mapping center pivot irrigation systems in global arid regions using instance segmentation and analyzing their spatial relationship with freshwater resources," 2023, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Spatiotemporal fusion of multi-source remote sensing data for estimating aboveground biomass of grassland," 2023, Ecological Indicators

Best Publications

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • Ensemble machine learning paradigms in hydrology: A review

    Mohammad Zounemat-Kermani;Okke Batelaan;Marzieh Fadaee;Reinhard Hinkelmann

  • Hydrological modelling of urbanized catchments: A review and future directions

    Elga Salvadore;Elga Salvadore;Jan Bronders;Okke Batelaan;Okke Batelaan

  • Contrasting responses of water use efficiency to drought across global terrestrial ecosystems

    Yuting Yang;Huade Guan;Okke Batelaan;Tim R. McVicar

  • Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

    O. Batelaan;D.A. Hughes;P.W. Swarzenski;P. Willems

  • GIS-based recharge estimation by coupling surface–subsurface water balances

    Okke Batelaan;Okke Batelaan;F De Smedt

  • Physical water scarcity metrics for monitoring progress towards SDG target 6.4: An evaluation of indicator 6.4.2 “Level of water stress”

    D. Vanham;Arjen Y. Hoekstra;Y. Wada;F. Bouraoui

  • A distributed model for water and energy transfer between soil, plants and atmosphere (WetSpa)

    Zhong-Min Wang;Okke Batelaan;F. De Smedt

  • Lineament extraction and analysis, comparison of LANDSAT ETM and ASTER imagery. Case study: Suoimuoi tropical karst catchment, Vietnam

    L. Q. Hung;O. Batelaan;F. De Smedt

  • Regional groundwater discharge: phreatophyte mapping, groundwater modelling and impact analysis of land-use change

    Okke Batelaan;F De Smedt;L Triest

  • Historical land use change has lowered terrestrial silica mobilization

    Eric Struyf;Adriaan Smis;Stefan Van Damme;Josette Garnier

  • Effects of climate change on the groundwater system in the Grote-Nete catchment, Belgium

    S. T. Woldeamlak;O. Batelaan;F. De Smedt

  • WetSpass: A flexible, GIS based, distributed recharge methodology for regional groundwater modelling

    Okke Batelaan;Florimond De Smedt

  • Transitions in ancient inland freshwater resource management in Sri Lanka affect biota and human populations in and around coastal lagoons.

    F Dahdouh-Guebas;S Hettiarachchi;D Lo Seen;Okke Batelaan

  • Integration of soil moisture in SEBS for improving evapotranspiration estimation under water stress conditions

    M D Gokmen;Z Vekerdy;Anne Verhoef;W Verhoef

  • Spatial distribution of groundwater recharge and base flow: Assessment of controlling factors

    Z. Zomlot;B. Verbeiren;M. Huysmans;O. Batelaan;O. Batelaan

  • Transient or steady-state? Using vertical temperature profiles to quantify groundwater-surface water exchange

    Christian Anibas;Jan H. Fleckenstein;Nina Volze;Kerst Buis

  • Is the Hyporheic Zone Relevant beyond the Scientific Community

    Jörg Lewandowski;Jörg Lewandowski;Shai Arnon;Eddie Banks;Okke Batelaan

  • Hydrogeological conceptual model building and testing: A review

    Trine Enemark;Trine Enemark;Luk J.M. Peeters;Dirk Mallants;Okke Batelaan

  • A simple thermal mapping method for seasonal spatial patterns of groundwater–surface water interaction

    Christian Anibas;Kerst Buis;Ronny Verhoeven;Patrick Meire

  • Remote sensing applications to groundwater

    A.M.J. Meijerink;D. Bannert;O. Batelaan;M. Lubczynski

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Dassargues
Alain Dassargues University of Liège
Patrick Meire
Patrick Meire University of Antwerp
Dirk Mallants
Dirk Mallants Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Huade Guan
Huade Guan Flinders University
Gerd Vandersteen
Gerd Vandersteen Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven
Eric Struyf
Eric Struyf University of Antwerp
Luc Brendonck
Luc Brendonck KU Leuven
Peter G. Cook
Peter G. Cook Flinders University

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