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Climate change projections of precipitation and reference evapotranspiration for the Middle East and Northern Africa until 2050 by Terink, Wilco, Immerzeel, Walter Willem, Droogers, Peter

“…ABSTRACT The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region can be considered as the most water‐scarce region of the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…”
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Virtual Tracers to Detect Sources of Water and Track Water Reuse across a River Basin by Gijs Simons, Peter Droogers, Sergio Contreras, Jack Sieber, Wim Bastiaanssen

“…Water managers around the world face the increasingly challenging task to evaluate the impacts of technological measures and policy mechanisms from the local…”
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Hydrological Modelling using Satellite-Based Crop Coefficients: A Comparison of Methods at the Basin Scale by Hunink, Johannes E, Eekhout, Joris P C, de Vente, Joris, Contreras, Sergio, Droogers, Peter, Baille, Alain

“…The parameterization of crop coefficients (kc) is critical for determining a water balance. We used satellite-based and literature-based methods to derive kc…”
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Green Water Credits – exploring its potential to enhance ecosystem services by reducing soil erosion in the Upper Tana basin, Kenya by Kauffman, Sjef, Droogers, Peter, Hunink, Johannes, Mwaniki, Boniface, Muchena, Fred, Gicheru, Patrick, Bindraban, Prem, Onduru, Davies, Cleveringa, Rudolph, Bouma, Johan

“…Food production, water availability and energy production are important ecosystem services of the Upper Tana basin (Kenya) and they decline due to upstream…”
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Climate change in contrasting river basins: adaptation strategies for water, food and environment by Aerts, J. C. J. H, Droogers, P

“…Dealing with climate change is generally considered to be one of the greatest challenges for the coming decades. Changes in precipitation are likely to have a…”
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Simulation modelling for water governance in basins by Droogers, Peter, Bouma, Johan

“…Accelerating future water shortages require development of operational water governance models, as illustrated by three case studies: (1) upstream–downstream…”
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Effects of saline reclaimed waters and deficit irrigation on Citrus physiology assessed by UAV remote sensing by Romero-Trigueros, Cristina, Nortes, Pedro A., Alarcón, Juan J., Hunink, Johannes E., Parra, Margarita, Contreras, Sergio, Droogers, Peter, Nicolás, Emilio

“…•Reclaimed water significantly reduced total chlorophyll in grapefruit and mandarin leaves.•Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was related to gas…”
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Valuing investments in sustainable land management in the Upper Tana River basin, Kenya by Vogl, Adrian L., Bryant, Benjamin P., Hunink, Johannes E., Wolny, Stacie, Apse, Colin, Droogers, Peter

“…We analyze the impacts of investments in sustainable land use practices on ecosystem services in the Upper Tana basin, Kenya. This work supports implementation…”
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Q fever in The Netherlands: the role of local environmental conditions by van der Hoek, Wim, Hunink, Johannes, Vellema, Piet, Droogers, Peter

“…The Netherlands is facing a Q fever epidemic in which dairy goats are implicated. People living close to an affected farm have an increased risk. However, no…”
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Economic concepts to address future water supply–demand imbalances in Iran, Morocco and Saudi Arabia by Hellegers, Petra, Immerzeel, Walter, Droogers, Peter

“…•Iran, Morocco and Saudi Arabia will face water shortages in 2040–2050.•Water shortages in Iran are most sensitive to climate change due to agriculture.•In…”
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Adaptation to climate change to enhance food security and preserve environmental quality: example for southern Sri Lanka by Droogers, Peter

“…Adaptation strategies to climate change have been explored using a linked field-scale basin-scale modeling framework for Walawe basin, Sri Lanka. An integrated…”
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Global to regional scale evaluation of adaptation measures to reduce the future water gap by Straatsma, Menno, Droogers, Peter, Hunink, Johannes, Berendrecht, Wilbert, Buitink, Joost, Buytaert, Wouter, Karssenberg, Derek, Schmitz, Oliver, Sutanudjaja, Edwin H., van Beek, L.P.H., Vitolo, Claudia, Bierkens, Marc F.P.

“…The global water gap, water demand minus water supply, is expected to increase through 2100, negatively affecting agriculture, industry and households…”
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Adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability: A comparative study between seven contrasting river basins by Droogers, Peter, Aerts, Jeroen

“…Adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability to enhance food quantity and security and environmental quality and security have been explored…”
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Translating soil science into environmental policy: A case study on implementing the EU soil protection strategy in The Netherlands by Bouma, Johan, Droogers, Peter

“…The EU Commission has proposed a way forward towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection based on the distinction of seven soil functions and eight…”
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Estimating actual evapotranspiration using a detailed agro-hydrological model by Droogers, P.

“…Actual evapotranspiration (ET) is an important term of the water balance and actual crop transpiration is considered to be the determining factor in crop…”
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Irrigation Performance using Hydrological and Remote Sensing Modeling by Droogers, Peter, Bastiaanssen, Wim

“…Development of water saving measures requires a thorough understanding of the water balance. Irrigation performance and water accounting are useful tools to…”
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Combining remote sensing-simulation modeling and genetic algorithm optimization to explore water management options in irrigated agriculture by Ines, Amor V.M., Honda, Kiyoshi, Das Gupta, Ashim, Droogers, Peter, Clemente, Roberto S.

“…We present an innovative approach to explore water management options in irrigated agriculture considering the constraints of water availability and the…”
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Monitoring irrigation performance in Esfahan, Iran, using NOAA satellite imagery by Akbari, Mehdi, Toomanian, Norair, Droogers, Peter, Bastiaanssen, Wim, Gieske, Ambro

“…Performance of four irrigation systems in the Zayandeh Rud Basin, Esfahan, Iran, was assessed for the systems as a whole, rather than on only official…”
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Inverse modelling in estimating soil hydraulic functions: a Genetic Algorithm approach by Ines, A. V. M., Droogers, P.

“…The practical application of simulation models in the field is sometimes hindered by the difficulty of deriving the soil hydraulic properties of the study…”
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Remotely sensed data used for modelling at different hydrological scales : Application of Remote Sensing in Hydrology Guest Editors: Dr. A. Pietroniro and T. Prowse by DROOGERS, Peter, KITE, Geoff

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