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Overview

Victor Jetten is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Soil Science.

The main topics addressed in Victor Jetten's research include:

  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

Victor has contributed to several recent papers published across well-known venues. Selected publications include:

  • "Physically-based catchment-scale prediction of slope failure volume and geometry," 2021, Engineering Geology
  • "Revised Rainfall Threshold in the Indonesian Landslide Early Warning System," 2022, Geosciences
  • "A breakthrough in fast flood simulation," 2023, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • "Evaluation of the WRF Model to Simulate a High-Intensity Rainfall Event over Kampala, Uganda," 2021, Water
  • "Fuzzy logic for fine-scale soil mapping: A case study in Thailand," 2020, CATENA

The following venues have frequently published Victor's work:

  • Natural Hazards
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Water
  • CATENA

Collaborations play a significant role in Victor's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • J. Ettema
  • Bastian van den Bout
  • C.J. van Westen
  • Luigi Lombardo
  • Yakob Umer

Best Publications

  • Modeling Response of Soil Erosion and Runoff to Changes in Precipitation and Cover

    M.A. Nearing;V.G. Jetten;C. Baffaut;O. Cerdan

  • Characterising spectral, spatial and morphometric properties of landslides for semi-automatic detection using object-oriented methods

    Tapas R. Martha;Tapas R. Martha;Norman Kerle;Victor Jetten;Cees J. van Westen

  • Erosion models: quality of spatial predictions

    Victor Jetten;Gerard Govers;Rudi Hessel

  • Evaluation of field-scale and catchment-scale soil erosion models

    Victor Jetten;Ad de Roo;David Favis-Mortlock

  • Predicting depressional storage from soil surface roughness.

    E.C. Kamphorst;V.G. Jetten;J. Guérif;J. Pitkänen

  • Segment Optimization and Data-Driven Thresholding for Knowledge-Based Landslide Detection by Object-Based Image Analysis

    T. R. Martha;N. Kerle;C. J. van Westen;V. Jetten

  • Erosion models : quality of spatial predictions + erratum

    V.G. Jetten;G. Govers;R. Hessel

  • Object-oriented analysis of multi-temporal panchromatic images for creation of historical landslide inventories

    T.R. Martha;N. Kerle;C.J. van Westen;V.G. Jetten

  • Calibrating and validating the LISEM model for two data sets from the Netherlands and South Africa

    A.P.J De Roo;V.G Jetten

  • Landslide hazard and risk assessment using semi-automatically created landslide inventories

    Tapas R. Martha;Tapas R. Martha;Cees J. van Westen;Norman Kerle;Victor Jetten

  • Object-based gully feature extraction using high spatial resolution imagery

    Rajesh B.V. Shruthi;Norman Kerle;Victor Jetten

  • Selecting and weighting spatial predictors for empirical modeling of landslide susceptibility in the Darjeeling Himalayas (India)

    Saibal Ghosh;Saibal Ghosh;Emmanuel John M. Carranza;Cees J. van Westen;Victor G. Jetten

  • Developing a minimum data set for characterizing soil dynamics in shifting cultivation systems

    Martin Yemefack;Victor G. Jetten;David G. Rossiter

  • Prediction of soil depth using environmental variables in an anthropogenic landscape, a case study in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India.

    Sekhar L. Kuriakose;Sanjaya Devkota;D.G. Rossiter;V.G. Jetten

  • Analysing post-earthquake landslide activity using multi-temporal landslide inventories near the epicentral area of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Chenxiao Tang;Cees J. Van Westen;Hakan Tanyas;Victor G. Jetten

  • Quantitative landslide hazard assessment along a transportation corridor in southern India

    Pankaj Jaiswal;Pankaj Jaiswal;Cees J. van Westen;Victor Jetten

  • Estimating Manning's n for steep slopes

    Rudi Hessel;Victor Jetten;Zhang Guanghui

  • Effects of tillage on runoff and erosion patterns

    Ingrid Takken;Gerard Govers;Victor Jetten;Jeroen Nachtergaele

  • Interception of tropical rain forest : performance of a canopy water balance model

    V. G. Jetten

  • Exploring effects of rainfall intensity and duration on soil erosion at the catchment scale using openLISEM: Prado catchment, SE Spain

    J.E.M. Baartman;V.G. Jetten;C.J. Ritsema;J. de Vente;J. de Vente

  • Monitoring basin-scale land cover changes in Kagera Basin of Lake Victoria using ancillary data and remote sensing

    John E. Wasige;Thomas A. Groen;Eric Smaling;Victor Jetten

Frequent Co-Authors

C.J. van Westen
C.J. van Westen University of Twente
Norman Kerle
Norman Kerle University of Twente
Coen J. Ritsema
Coen J. Ritsema Wageningen University & Research
Emmanuel John M. Carranza
Emmanuel John M. Carranza University of the Free State
Marco P. Maneta
Marco P. Maneta University of Montana
Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven
Luigi Lombardo
Luigi Lombardo University of Twente
Th.W.J. van Asch
Th.W.J. van Asch Utrecht University
Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College
Santiago Beguería
Santiago Beguería Spanish National Research Council

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