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Overview

Veerle Vanacker is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 40 and 27 publications respectively in these fields.

The scientist's subfields of study include Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Soil Science, and Civil and Structural Engineering. Their work extends across various main topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Veerle Vanacker's recent publications include the following papers:

  • The human impact on North American erosion, sediment transfer, and storage in a geologic context, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Parameterization of river incision models requires accounting for environmental heterogeneity: insights from the tropical Andes, 2020, Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Slope Gradient Controls Soil Thickness and Chemical Weathering in Subtropical Brazil: Understanding Rates and Timescales of Regional Soilscape Evolution Through a Combination of Field Data and Modeling, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Mountain Observatories: Status and Prospects for Enhancing and Connecting a Global Community, 2021, Mountain Research and Development
  • Vegetation effects on soil pore structure and hydraulic properties in volcanic ash soils of the high Andes, 2022, Hydrological Processes

The scientist has published frequently in venues including zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth Surface Dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, Hydrological Processes, and Biogeosciences.

Recurring collaborations involve coauthors such as:

  • Armando Molina
  • Sophie Opfergelt
  • Miluska A. Rosas
  • François Jonard
  • Kristof Van Oost

Best Publications

  • Soil erosion as a driver of land-use change

    Martha M. Bakker;Gerard Govers;Costas Kosmas;Veerle Vanacker

  • Reproducibility of UAV-based earth topography reconstructions based on Structure-from-Motion algorithms

    François Clapuyt;Veerle Vanacker;Kristof Van Oost

  • Use of LIDAR‐derived images for mapping old landslides under forest

    M. Van Den Eeckhaut;J. Poesen;G. Verstraeten;V. Vanacker

  • The effectiveness of hillshade maps and expert knowledge in mapping old deep-seated landslides

    M. Van Den Eeckhaut;J. Poesen;G. Verstraeten;V. Vanacker

  • Impacts of forest cover change on ecosystem services in high Andean mountains

    Vincent Balthazar;Veerle Vanacker;Armando Molina;Armando Molina;Eric F. Lambin;Eric F. Lambin

  • Restoring dense vegetation can slow mountain erosion to near natural benchmark levels

    Veerle Vanacker;Friedhelm von Blanckenburg;Gerard Govers;Armando Molina

  • Dynamic interactions of life and its landscape : feedbacks at the interface of geomorphology and ecology

    Liam Reinhardt;Douglas Jerolmack;Brad J. Cardinale;Veerle Vanacker

  • Linking hydrological, infinite slope stability and land-use change models through GIS for assessing the impact of deforestation on slope stability in high Andean watersheds

    Veerle Vanacker;Michiel Vanderschaeghe;Gerard Govers;Edith Willems

  • Runoff generation in a degraded Andean ecosystem: Interaction of vegetation cover and land use

    Armando Molina;Gerard Govers;Veerle Vanacker;Jean Poesen

  • Impacts of forests and forestation on hydrological services in the Andes: A systematic review

    Vivien Bonnesoeur;Bruno Locatelli;Bruno Locatelli;Manuel R. Guariguata;Boris F. Ochoa-Tocachi

  • River channel response to short-term human-induced change in landscape connectivity in Andean ecosystems

    Veerle Vanacker;Armando Molina;Gerard Govers;Jean Poesen

  • Evaluating the potential of post-processing kinematic (PPK) georeferencing for UAV-based structure- from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry and surface change detection

    He Zhang;Emilien Aldana-Jague;François Clapuyt;Florian Wilken;Florian Wilken

  • The effect of short-term socio-economic and demographic change on landuse dynamics and its corresponding geomorphic response with relation to water erosion in a tropical mountainous catchment, Ecuador

    Veerle Vanacker;Gerard Govers;Sandra Barros;Jean Poesen

  • Environmental factors controlling spatial variation in sediment yield in a central Andean mountain area

    Armando Molina;Gerard Govers;Jean Poesen;Hendrik Van Hemelryck

  • Low erosion rates measured for steep, sparsely vegetated catchments in southeast Spain

    N. Sougnez;B. van Wesemael;V. Vanacker

  • Evaluation and parameterization of ATCOR3 topographic correction method for forest cover mapping in mountain areas

    Vincent Balthazar;Veerle Vanacker;Eric F. Lambin;Eric F. Lambin

  • Constraining landscape development of the Sri Lankan escarpment with cosmogenic nuclides in river sediment

    Veerle Vanacker;F. von Blanckenburg;T. Hewawasam;P. W. Kubik

  • Impact of short-term rainfall fluctuation on interannual land cover change in sub-Saharan Africa

    Veerle Vanacker;Marc Linderman;Frederick Lupo;Stephanne Flasse

  • Abandonment of soil and water conservation structures in Mediterranean ecosystems: A case study from south east Spain

    N. Bellin;B. van Wesemael;A. Meerkerk;V. Vanacker

  • Logistic regression applied to natural hazards: rare event logistic regression with replications

    M. Guns;Veerle Vanacker

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Sophie Opfergelt
Sophie Opfergelt Université Catholique de Louvain
Kristof Van Oost
Kristof Van Oost Université Catholique de Louvain
Marcus Christl
Marcus Christl ETH Zurich
Eric F. Lambin
Eric F. Lambin Stanford University
Jozef Deckers
Jozef Deckers KU Leuven
Peter W. Kubik
Peter W. Kubik ETH Zurich
Pierre Delmelle
Pierre Delmelle Université Catholique de Louvain

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