Author: matthijs
1 September 2004
Correction of laser altimetry DEM data (AHN) The Netherlands
Knowledge on the exact elevation is crucial in many strategic and research studies on water management and water policy. In the Netherlands the available DEM is very accurate, but especially when trying to determine the lowest elevation in certain areas problems arise. In many places the lowest elevations in the DEM are actually located within...
1 July 2004
Publication list online
As part of our download section FutureWater now has an online publication list as a extra service to our website visitors. The publication list contains a large selection of (scientific) publications with links and oppertunities to download abstracts or gives even full-text access to papers. For more information about our publications, please visit our download...
1 May 2004
New FutureWater product launched: FutureView
In May FUTUREVIEW, the newest product of FutureWater was launched and marketed on the Dutch water market. FUTUREVIEW is a method for regional spatial distributed analysis of the possibilities to retain and store current and future precipitation surplusses in the soil and surface water. FUTUREVIEW is unique since is focusses on soil water and the...
1 February 2004
Course Climate Change and Water Management a succes
On 3 and 4 February the course climate change and water management was given at the KNMI in de Bilt, The Netherlands. The course, in colloboration with Royal Dutch Meteorologic Institute (KNMI) and the Institute for Environmental Studies(IVM) successfully bridged the gap between the most recent state of the art knowledge on climate and climate...
1 January 2004
Analysis of Effects of Adjustable Weirs: Opportunities to Retain and Store Water
With this pilot project Waterboard Zuiderzeeland implements the principles of the Dutch policy “WB21” (Water Policy 21st Century): first retain, second store, and finally discharge of water. The project concluded that adjustable weirs can reduce and delay peak discharges without agicultural crop growth reduction due to increased soil moisture content upstream of the weirs; adjustable...
