Dr. ir. Niko Wanders

Dr. ir. Niko Wanders

Universitair hoofddocent
Landdegradatie en aardobservatie
030 253 7504
n.wanders@uu.nl

Publicaties

2024

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Van Jaarsveld, B., Hauswirth, S. M., & Wanders, N. (2024). Machine learning and global vegetation: random forests for downscaling and gap filling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(11), 2357-2374. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-2357-2024
Leijnse, M., F P Bierkens, M., H M Gommans, K., Lin, D., Tait, A., & Wanders, N. (2024). Key drivers and pressures of global water scarcity hotspots. Environmental Research Letters, 19(5), 1-13. Article 054035. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad3c54
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452258/Leijnse_2024_Environ._Res._Lett._19_054035.pdf?sequence=1
Ruess, P. J., Konar, M., Wanders, N., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2024). Total irrigation by crop in the Continental United States from 2008 to 2020. Scientific data, 11(1), Article 395. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03244-w
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/451733/s41597-024-03244-w.pdf?sequence=1
Bierkens, M. F. P., van Beek, R., & Wanders, N. (2024). Gisser-Sánchez revisited: A model of optimal groundwater withdrawal under irrigation including surface–groundwater interaction. Journal of Hydrology, 635, Article 131145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131145
Porkka, M., Virkki, V., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Gerten, D., Gleeson, T., Mohan, C., Fetzer, I., Jaramillo, F., Staal, A., Wierik, S. T., Tobian, A., Ent, R. V. D., Döll, P., Flörke, M., Gosling, S. N., Hanasaki, N., Satoh, Y., Schmied, H. M., Wanders, N., ... Kummu, M. (2024). Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change. Nature Water, 2, 262–273. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00208-7
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437690/s44221-024-00208-7.pdf?sequence=1
Guo, J., Ziegler, M., Wanders, N., Vreeken, M., Yin, Q., Lu, H., Fuchs, L., Dong, J., Sun, Y., & Peterse, F. (2024). Robust land surface temperature record for north China over the past 21,000 years. Science advances, 10(8), 1-10. Article eadj4800. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj4800
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436907/sciadv.adj4800.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Jones, E. R., Bierkens, M. F. P., Puijenbroek, P. J. T. M. V., Beek, L. P. H. V., Wanders, N., Sutanudjaja, E. H., & Vliet, M. T. H. V. (2023). Sub-Saharan Africa will increasingly become the dominant hotspot of surface water pollution. Nature Water, 1, 602-613. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00105-5
Wanders, N., Prudhomme, C., Vidal, J. P., Facer-Childs, K., & Stagge, J. H. (2023). Past and future hydrological drought. In Hydrological Drought: Processes and Estimation Methods for Streamflow and Groundwater, Second Edition (pp. 525-561). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819082-1.00015-1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436444/3-s2.0-B9780128190821000151-main.pdf?sequence=1
Van Loon, A. F., Wanders, N., Bloomfield, J. P., Fendeková, M., Ngongondo, C., & Van Lanen, H. A. J. (2023). Human influence. In Hydrological Drought: Processes and Estimation Methods for Streamflow and Groundwater, Second Edition (pp. 479-524). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819082-1.00007-2
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436443/3-s2.0-B9780128190821000072-main.pdf?sequence=1
Hisdal, H., Tallaksen, L. M., Gauster, T., Bloomfield, J. P., Parry, S., Prudhomme, C., & Wanders, N. (2023). Hydrological drought characteristics. In Hydrological Drought: Processes and Estimation Methods for Streamflow and Groundwater, Second Edition (pp. 157-231). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819082-1.00006-0
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436442/3-s2.0-B9780128190821000060-main.pdf?sequence=1
Van Lanen, H. A. J., Van Loon, A. F., Wanders, N., & Prudhomme, C. (2023). Process-based modelling. In Hydrological Drought: Processes and Estimation Methods for Streamflow and Groundwater, Second Edition (pp. 427-476). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819082-1.00019-9
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436441/3-s2.0-B9780128190821000199-main.pdf?sequence=1
Jones, E. R., Bierkens, M. F. P., Wanders, N., Sutanudjaja, E. H., Van Beek, L. P. H., & Van Vliet, M. T. H. (2023). DynQual v1.0: a high-resolution global surface water quality model. Geoscientific Model Development, 16(15), 4481-4500. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-4481-2023
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435066/gmd-16-4481-2023.pdf?sequence=1
Tradowsky, J. S., Philip, S. Y., Kreienkamp, F., Kew, S. F., Lorenz, P., Arrighi, J., Bettmann, T., Caluwaerts, S., Chan, S. C., De Cruz, L., de Vries, H., Demuth, N., Ferrone, A., Fischer, E. M., Fowler, H. J., Goergen, K., Heinrich, D., Henrichs, Y., Kaspar, F., ... Wanders, N. (2023). Attribution of the heavy rainfall events leading to severe flooding in Western Europe during July 2021. Climatic Change, 176(7), Article 90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03502-7
Chevuturi, A., Tanguy, M., Facer-Childs, K., Martínez-de la Torre, A., Sarkar, S., Thober, S., Samaniego, L., Rakovec, O., Kelbling, M., Sutanudjaja, E. H., Wanders, N., & Blyth, E. (2023). Improving global hydrological simulations through bias-correction and multi-model blending. Journal of Hydrology, 621, Article 129607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129607
Vega-Briones, J., de Jong, S., Galleguillos, M., & Wanders, N. (2023). Identifying driving processes of drought recovery in the southern Andes natural catchments. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 47, Article 101369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101369
Ruess, P. J., Konar, M., Wanders, N., & Bierkens, M. (2023). Irrigation by Crop in the Continental United States From 2008 to 2020. Water Resources Research, 59(2), Article e2022WR032804. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032804
Jones, E. R., Bierkens, M. F. P., Wanders, N., Sutanudjaja, E. H., van Beek, L. P. H., & van Vliet, M. T. H. (2023). Author Correction: Current wastewater treatment targets are insufficient to protect surface water quality (Communications Earth & Environment, (2022), 3, 1, (221), 10.1038/s43247-022-00554-y). Communications Earth and Environment, 4(1), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00738-0
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/428482/s43247_023_00738_0.pdf?sequence=1
Bakke, S. J., Wanders, N., Van Der Wiel, K., & Tallaksen, L. M. (2023). A data-driven model for Fennoscandian wildfire danger. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23(1), 65-89. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-65-2023
Hoch, J. M., Sutanudjaja, E. H., Wanders, N., Van Beek, R. L. P. H., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2023). Hyper-resolution PCR-GLOBWB: opportunities and challenges from refining model spatial resolution to 1km over the European continent. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(6), 1383-1401. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1383-2023
Hauswirth, S. M., Bierkens, M. F. P., Beijk, V., & Wanders, N. (2023). The suitability of a seasonal ensemble hybrid framework including data-driven approaches for hydrological forecasting. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(2), 501–517. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-501-2023
Hauswirth, S. M., van der Wiel, K., Bierkens, M. F. P., Beijk, V., & Wanders, N. (2023). Simulating hydrological extremes for different warming levels: combining large scale climate ensembles with local observation based machine learning models. Frontiers in Water, 5, 1-13. Article 1108108. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2023.1108108
van der Wiel, K., Batelaan, T. J., & Wanders, N. (2023). Large increases of multi-year droughts in north-western Europe in a warmer climate. Climate Dynamics, 60(5-6), 1781–1800. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06373-3

2022

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Jones, E. R., Bierkens, M. F. P., Wanders, N., Sutanudjaja, E. H., van Beek, L. P. H., & van Vliet, M. T. H. (2022). Current wastewater treatment targets are insufficient to protect surface water quality. Communications Earth and Environment, 3(1), Article 221. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00554-y
Kelder, T., Wanders, N., Van Der Wiel, K., Marjoribanks, T. I., Slater, L. J., Wilby, R. L., & Prudhomme, C. (2022). Interpreting extreme climate impacts from large ensemble simulations - Are they unseen or unrealistic? Environmental Research Letters, 17(4), 1-14. Article 044052. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5cf4
Van Loon, A. F., Rangecroft, S., Coxon, G., Werner, M., Wanders, N., Di Baldassarre, G., Tijdeman, E., Bosman, M., Gleeson, T., Nauditt, A., Aghakouchak, A., Breña-Naranjo, J. A., Cenobio-Cruz, O., Costa, A. C., Fendekova, M., Jewitt, G., Kingston, D. G., Loft, J., Mager, S. M., ... Van Lanen, H. A. J. (2022). Streamflow droughts aggravated by human activities despite management. Environmental Research Letters, 17(4), 1-16. Article 044059. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5def
Blauhut, V., Stoelzle, M., Ahopelto, L., Brunner, M. I., Teutschbein, C., Wendt, D. E., Akstinas, V., Bakke, S. J., Barker, L. J., Bartošová, L., Briede, A., Cammalleri, C., Kalin, K. C., De Stefano, L., Fendeková, M., Finger, D. C., Huysmans, M., Ivanov, M., Jaagus, J., ... Zivković, N. (2022). Lessons from the 2018-2019 European droughts: a collective need for unifying drought risk management. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22(6), 2201-2217. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2201-2022
Virkki, V., Alanärä, E., Porkka, M., Ahopelto, L., Gleeson, T., Mohan, C., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Flörke, M., Gerten, D., Gosling, S. N., Hanasaki, N., Müller Schmied, H., Wanders, N., & Kummu, M. (2022). Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(12), 3315-3336. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3315-2022
Bosmans, J., Wanders, N., Bierkens, M. F. P., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Schipper, A. M., & Barbarossa, V. (2022). FutureStreams, a global dataset of future streamflow and water temperature. Scientific data, 9(1), Article 307. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01410-6
de Bruin, S. P., Hoch, J. M., von Uexkull, N., Buhaug, H., Demmers, J., Visser, H., & Wanders, N. (2022). Projecting long-term armed conflict risk: An underappreciated field of inquiry? Global Environmental Change, 72, 1-5. Article 102423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102423
Boon, W., de Haan, J. J., van Sebille, E., Gould, L., Janssen, W., Jongsma, K. R., Milota, M., Maud, R., Stevens, S., Strick, M., Swinkels, M., Wanders, N., & Yerkes, M. (2022). Meaningful public engagement in the context of open science: reflections of early and mid-career academics. Research for All, 6(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.14324/RFA.06.1.23

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Hoch, J., de Bruin, S., Buhaug, H., von Uexkull, N., van Beek, R., & Wanders, N. (2021). Projecting armed conflict risk in Africa towards 2050 along the SSP-RCP scenarios: a machine learning approach. Environmental Research Letters, 16(12), 1-21. Article 124068. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3db2
Bierkens, M. F. P., Sutanudjaja, E. H., & Wanders, N. (2021). Large-scale sensitivities of groundwater and surface water to groundwater withdrawal. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(11), 5859-5878. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5859-2021
Hauswirth, S. M., Bierkens, M. F. P., Beijk, V., & Wanders, N. (2021). The potential of data driven approaches for quantifying hydrological extremes. Advances in Water Resources, 155, 1-24. Article 104017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.104017
Boulange, J., Hanasaki, N., Satoh, Y., Yokohata, T., Shiogama, H., Burek, P., Thiery, W., Gerten, D., Müller Schmied, H., Wada, Y., Gosling, S. N., Pokhrel, Y., & Wanders, N. (2021). Validity of estimating flood and drought characteristics under equilibrium climates from transient simulations. Environmental Research Letters, 16(10), 1-10. Article 104028. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac27cc
AghaKouchak, A., Mirchi, A., Madani, K., Di Baldassarre, G., Nazemi, A., Alborzi, A., Anjileli, H., Azarderakhsh, M., Chiang, F., Hassanzadeh, E., Huning, L. S., Mallakpour, I., Martinez, A., Mazdiyasni, O., Moftakhari, H., Norouzi, H., Sadegh, M., Sadeqi, D., Van Loon, A. F., & Wanders, N. (2021). Anthropogenic Drought: Definition, Challenges, and Opportunities. Reviews of Geophysics, 59(2), 1-23. Article e2019RG000683. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019rg000683
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412866/2019RG000683.pdf?sequence=1
Telteu, C. E., Müller Schmied, H., Thiery, W., Leng, G., Burek, P., Liu, X., Boulange, J. E. S., Andersen, L. S., Grillakis, M., Gosling, S. N., Satoh, Y., Rakovec, O., Stacke, T., Chang, J., Wanders, N., Shah, H. L., Trautmann, T., Mao, G., Hanasaki, N., ... Herz, F. (2021). Understanding each other's models An introduction and a standard representation of 16 global water models to support intercomparison, improvement, and communication. Geoscientific Model Development, 14(6), 3843-3878. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3843-2021
Najafi, H., Robertson, A. W., Massah Bavani, A. R., Irannejad, P., Wanders, N., & Wood, E. F. (2021). Improved multi-model ensemble forecasts of Iran's precipitation and temperature using a hybrid dynamical-statistical approach during fall and winter seasons. International Journal of Climatology, 41(12), 5698-5725. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7148
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412395/joc.7148.pdf?sequence=1
Barbarossa, V., Bosmans, J., Wanders, N., King, H., Bierkens, M. F. P., Huijbregts, M. A. J., & Schipper, A. M. (2021). Threats of global warming to the world’s freshwater fishes. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 1701. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21655-w
Vergopolan, N., Xiong, S., Estes, L., Wanders, N., Chaney, N. W., Wood, E. F., Konar, M., Caylor, K., Beck, H. E., Gatti, N., Evans, T., & Sheffield, J. (2021). Field-scale soil moisture bridges the spatial-scale gap between drought monitoring and agricultural yields. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(4), 1827-1847. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1827-2021
Hoch, J., de Bruin, S., & Wanders, N. (2021). CoPro: a data-driven modelling framework for conflict risk projections. The Journal of Open Source Software, 6(58), 1-2. Article 2855. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02855
Kew, S. F., Philip, S. Y., Hauser, M., Hobbins, M., Wanders, N., Jan Van Oldenborgh, G., Van Der Wiel, K., Veldkamp, T. I. E., Kimutai, J., Funk, C., & Otto, F. E. L. (2021). Impact of precipitation and increasing temperatures on drought trends in eastern Africa. Earth System Dynamics, 12(1), 17-35. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-17-2021
Duden, A. S., Verweij, P. A., Kraak, Y. V., van Beek, L. P. H., Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D. J., Sutanudjaja, E. H., & van der Hilst, F. (2021). Hydrological impacts of ethanol-driven sugarcane expansion in Brazil. Journal of Environmental Management, 282, Article 111942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.111942
Bonekamp, P. N. J., Wanders, N., van der Wiel, K., Lutz, A. F., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2021). Using large ensemble modelling to derive future changes in mountain specific climate indicators in a 2 and 3°C warmer world in High Mountain Asia. International Journal of Climatology, 41(suppl. 1), E964-E979. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6742

2020

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Philip, S. Y., Kew, S. F., Van Der Wiel, K., Wanders, N., Jan Van Oldenborgh, G., & Philip, S. Y. (2020). Regional differentiation in climate change induced drought trends in the Netherlands. Environmental Research Letters, 15(9), Article 094081. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab97ca
Ward, P. J., de Ruiter, M. C., Mård, J., Schröter, K., Van Loon, A., Veldkamp, T., von Uexkull, N., Wanders, N., AghaKouchak, A., Arnbjerg-Nielsen, K., Capewell, L., Carmen Llasat, M., Day, R., Dewals, B., Di Baldassarre, G., Huning, L. S., Kreibich, H., Mazzoleni, M., Savelli, E., ... Wens, M. (2020). The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies. Water Security, 11, Article 100070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2020.100070
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410572/1_s2.0_S2468312420300109_main.pdf?sequence=1
Vogels, M. F. A., de Jong, S. M., Sterk, G., Wanders, N., Bierkens, M. F. P., & Addink, E. A. (2020). An object-based image analysis approach to assess irrigation-water consumption from MODIS products in Ethiopia. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 88, Article 102067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2020.102067
Smith, N. E., Kooijmans, L. M. J., Koren, G., Van Schaik, E., Van Der Woude, A. M., Wanders, N., Ramonet, M., Xueref-Remy, I., Siebicke, L., Manca, G., Brümmer, C., Baker, I. T., Haynes, K. D., Luijkx, I. T., & Peters, W. (2020). Spring enhancement and summer reduction in carbon uptake during the 2018 drought in northwestern Europe: Carbon uptake during 2018 Eur. drought. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1810), Article 20190509. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0509
Watson, L., Straatsma, M. W., Wanders, N., Verstegen, J. A., De Jong, S. M., & Karssenberg, D. (2020). Global ecosystem service values in climate class transitions. Environmental Research Letters, 15(2), Article 024008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5aab

2019

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Samaniego, L., Thober, S., Wanders, N., Pan, M., Rakovec, O., Sheffield, J., Wood, E. F., Prudhomme, C., Rees, G., Houghton-Carr, H., Fry, M., Smith, K., Watts, G., Hisdal, H., Estrela, T., Buontempo, C., Marx, A., & Kumar, R. (2019). Hydrological forecasts and projections for improved decision-making in the water sector in europe. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(12), 2451-2471. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0274.1
Wang, Y., Byers, E., Parkinson, S., Wanders, N., Wada, Y., Mao, J., & Bielicki, J. M. (2019). Vulnerability of existing and planned coal-fired power plants in Developing Asia to changes in climate and water resources. Energy and Environmental Science, 12(10), 3164-3181. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee02058f
Sutanto, S. J., van der Weert, M., Wanders, N., Blauhut, V., & Van Lanen, H. A. J. (2019). Moving from drought hazard to impact forecasts. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 4945. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12840-z
Visser-Quinn, A., Beevers, L., Collet, L., Formetta, G., Smith, K., Wanders, N., Thober, S., Pan, M., & Kumar, R. (2019). Spatio-temporal analysis of compound hydro-hazard extremes across the UK. Advances in Water Resources, 130, 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.05.019
Alkon, M., He, X., Paris, A. R., Liao, W., Hodson, T., Wanders, N., & Wang, Y. (2019). Water security implications of coal-fired power plants financed through China's Belt and Road Initiative. Energy Policy, 132, 1101-1109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.06.044
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/384523/Water_security_implications.pdf?sequence=1
Wanders, N., Thober, S., Kumar, R., Pan, M., Sheffield, J., Samaniego, L., & Wood, E. F. (2019). Development and evaluation of a pan-European multimodel seasonal hydrological forecasting system. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20(1), 99-115. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0040.1
Philip, S., Sparrow, S., Kew, S. F., Van Der Wiel, K., Wanders, N., Singh, R., Hassan, A., Mohammed, K., Javid, H., Haustein, K., Otto, F. E. L., Hirpa, F., Rimi, R. H., Saiful Islam, A. K. M., Wallom, D. C. H., & Jan Van Oldenborgh, G. (2019). Attributing the 2017 Bangladesh floods from meteorological and hydrological perspectives. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23(3), 1409-1429. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1409-2019
Wanders, N., van Vliet, M. T. H., Wada, Y., Bierkens, M. F. P., & van Beek, L. P. H. (2019). High-Resolution Global Water Temperature Modeling. Water Resources Research, 55(4), 2760-2778. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023250
Khanal, S., Lutz, A. F., Immerzeel, W. W., de Vries, H., Wanders, N., & van den Hurk, B. (2019). The impact of meteorological and hydrological memory on compound peak flows in the Rhine river basin. ATMOSPHERE, 10(4), Article 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10040171
van der Wiel, K., Wanders, N., Selten, F. M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2019). Added Value of Large Ensemble Simulations for Assessing Extreme River Discharge in a 2 °C Warmer World. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(4), 2093-2102. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL081967

2018

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Di Baldassarre, G., Wanders, N., AghaKouchak, A., Kuil, L., Rangecroft, S., Veldkamp, T. I. E., Garcia, M., van Oel, P. R., Breinl, K., & Van Loon, A. F. (2018). Water shortages worsened by reservoir effects. Nature Sustainability, 1(11), 617-622. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0159-0
van Oel, P. R., Martins, E. S. P. R., Costa, A. C., Wanders, N., & van Lanen, H. A. J. (2018). Diagnosing drought using the downstreamness concept: the effect of reservoir networks on drought evolution. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63(7), 979-990. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2018.1470632
Samaniego, L., Thober, S., Kumar, R., Wanders, N., Rakovec, O., Pan, M., Zink, M., Sheffield, J., Wood, E. F., & Marx, A. (2018). Anthropogenic warming exacerbates European soil moisture droughts. Nature Climate Change, 8(5), 421-426. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0138-5
Sutanudjaja, E. H., Van Beek, R., Wanders, N., Wada, Y., Bosmans, J. H. C., Drost, N., Van Der Ent, R. J., De Graaf, I. E. M., Hoch, J. M., De Jong, K., Karssenberg, D., López López, P., Peßenteiner, S., Schmitz, O., Straatsma, M. W., Vannametee, E., Wisser, D., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2018). PCR-GLOBWB 2: A 5 arcmin global hydrological and water resources model. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(6), 2429-2453. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2429-2018
Van Tiel, M., Teuling, A. J., Wanders, N., Vis, M. J. P., Stahl, K., & Van Loon, A. F. (2018). The role of glacier changes and threshold definition in the characterisation of future streamflow droughts in glacierised catchments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(1), 463-485. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-463-2018
Thober, S., Kumar, R., Wanders, N., Marx, A., Pan, M., Rakovec, O., Samaniego, L., Sheffield, J., Wood, E. F., & Zink, M. (2018). Multi-model ensemble projections of European river floods and high flows at 1.5, 2, and 3 degrees global warming. Environmental Research Letters, 13(1), Article 014003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9e35
Marx, A., Kumar, R., Thober, S., Rakovec, O., Wanders, N., Zink, M., Wood, E. F., Pan, M., Sheffield, J., & Samaniego, L. (2018). Climate change alters low flows in Europe under global warming of 1.5, 2, and 3°C. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(2), 1017-1032. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1017-2018
Zhang, Y., Pan, M., Sheffield, J., Siemann, A. L., Fisher, C. K., Liang, M., Beck, H. E., Wanders, N., MacCracken, R. F., Houser, P. R., Zhou, T., Lettenmaier, D. P., Pinker, R. T., Bytheway, J., Kummerow, C. D., & Wood, E. F. (2018). A Climate Data Record (CDR) for the global terrestrial water budget: 1984-2010. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(1), 241-263. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-241-2018
Wanders, N., & Wood, E. F. (2018). Assessing Seasonal Climate Forecasts over Africa to Support Decision-Making: Bridging Science and Policy Implication for Managing Climate Extremes. World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, 10, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813235663_0001

2017

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Sutanudjaja, E. H., Beek, R. V., Wanders, N., Wada, Y., Bosmans, J. H. C., Drost, N., Ent, R. J. V. D., Graaf, I. E. M. D., Hoch, J. M., Jong, K. D., Karssenberg, D., López, P. L., Peßenteiner, S., Schmitz, O., Straatsma, M. W., Vannametee, E., Wisser, D., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2017, Dec 12). PCR-GLOBWB 2: a 5 arc-minute global hydrological and water resources model. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2017-288
Karthikeyan, L., Pan, M., Wanders, N., Kumar, D. N., & Wood, E. F. (2017). Four decades of microwave satellite soil moisture observations: Part 1. A review of retrieval algorithms. Advances in Water Resources, 109, 106-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.09.006
Stigter, E. E., Wanders, N., Saloranta, T. M., Shea, J. M., Bierkens, M. F. P., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2017). Assimilation of snow cover and snow depth into a snow model to estimate snow water equivalent and snowmelt runoff in a Himalayan catchment. Cryosphere, 11(4), 1647-1664. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1647-2017
Wada, Y., Bierkens, M. F. P., De Roo, A., Dirmeyer, P. A., Famiglietti, J. S., Hanasaki, N., Konar, M., Liu, J., Schmied, H. M., Oki, T., Pokhrel, Y., Sivapalan, M., Troy, T. J., Van Dijk, A. I. J. M., Van Emmerik, T., van Huijgevoort, M. H. J., van Lanen, H. A. J., VöRöSmarty, C. J., Wanders, N., & Wheater, H. (2017). Human-water interface in hydrological modelling: Current status and future directions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(8), 4169-4193. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4169-2017
Karthikeyan, L., Pan, M., Wanders, N., Kumar, D. N., & Wood, E. F. (2017). Four decades of microwave satellite soil moisture observations: Part 2. Product validation and inter-satellite comparisons. Advances in Water Resources, 109, 236-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.09.010
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/358219/microwave2.pdf?sequence=1
Samaniego, L., Kumar, R., Thober, S., Rakovec, O., Zink, M., Wanders, N., Eisner, S., Müller Schmied, H., Sutanudjaja, E., Warrach-Sagi, K., & Attinger, S. (2017). Toward seamless hydrologic predictions across spatial scales. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(9), 4323-4346. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4323-2017
Wanders, N., Bachas, A., He, X. G., Huang, H., Koppa, A., Mekonnen, Z. T., Pagán, B. R., Peng, L. Q., Vergopolan, N., Wang, K. J., Xiao, M., Zhan, S., Lettenmaier, D. P., & Wood, E. F. (2017). Forecasting the Hydroclimatic Signature of the 2015/16 El Niño Event on the Western United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(1), 177-186. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0230.1
He, X., Wada, Y., Wanders, N., & Sheffield, J. (2017). Intensification of hydrological drought in California by human water management. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(4), 1777-1785. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071665

2016

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Wanders, N., & Wood, E. F. (2016). Improved sub-seasonal meteorological forecast skill using weighted multi-model ensemble simulations. Environmental Research Letters, 11(9), Article 094007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094007
Van Loon, A. F., Stahl, K., Di Baldassarre, G., Clark, J., Rangecroft, S., Wanders, N., Gleeson, T., Tallaksen, L. M., Hannaford, J., Uijlenhoet, R., Teuling, A. J., Hannah, D. M., Sheffield, J., Svoboda, M., Verbeiren, B., wagener, T., & van Lanen, H. A. J. (2016). Drought in a human-modified world: Reframing drought definitions, understanding, and analysis approaches. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20(9), 3631-3650. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3631-2016
Revilla-Romero, B., Wanders, N., Burek, P., Salamon, P., & de Roo, A. (2016). Integrating remotely sensed surface water extent into continental scale hydrology. Journal of Hydrology, 543, 659-670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.10.041
Lopez, P. L., Wanders, N., Schellekens, J., Renzullo, L. J., Sutanudjaja, E. H., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2016). Improved large-scale hydrological modelling through the assimilation of streamflow and downscaled satellite soil moisture observations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20(7), 3059-3076. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3059-2016
Van Loon, A. F., Gleeson, T., Clark, J., Van Dijk, A. I. J. M., Stahl, K., Hannaford, J., Di Baldassarre, G., Teuling, A. J., Tallaksen, L. M., Uijlenhoet, R., Hannah, D. M., Sheffield, J., Svoboda, M., Verbeiren, B., Wagener, T., Rangecroft, S., Wanders, N., & Van Lanen, H. A. J. (2016). Drought in the Anthropocene. Nature Geoscience, 9(2), 89-91. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2646

2015

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Immerzeel, W. W., Wanders, N., Lutz, A., Shea, J. M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2015). Reconciling high-altitude precipitation in the upper Indus basin with glacier mass balances and runoff. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19(11), 4673-4687. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4673-2015
Wanders, N., & Wada, Y. (2015). Decadal predictability of river discharge with climate oscillations over the 20th and early 21st century. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(24), 10689-10695. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066929
Wanders, N. (2015). Hydrological extremes: Improving simulations of flood and drought in large river basins. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/310177/Wanders.pdf?sequence=1
Wanders, N., & Wada, Y. (2015). Human and climate impacts on the 21st century hydrological drought. Journal of Hydrology, 526, 208-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.047
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/371407/wanders.pdf?sequence=1
Wanders, N., & Van Lanen, H. A. J. (2015). Future discharge drought across climate regions around the world modelled with a synthetic hydrological modelling approach forced by three general circulation models. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 15(3), 487-504. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-487-2015
Wanders, N., Pan, M., & Wood, E. F. (2015). Correction of real-time satellite precipitation with multi-sensor satellite observations of land surface variables. Remote Sensing of Environment, 160, 206-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.01.016
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/310176/correction.pdf?sequence=1
Wanders, N., Wada, Y., & van Lanen, H. A. J. (2015). Global hydrological droughts in the 21st century under a changing hydrological regime. Earth System Dynamics, 6, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-1-2015

Vakpublicaties

Wanders, N. (2015). Verbeteringen in overstromings- en droogtesimulaties van grote rivieren. Geo.brief, 4, 11-13.

2014

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Wanders, N., Pan, M., & Wood, E. F. (2014). Correction of real-time satellite precipitation with multi-sensor satellite observations of land surface variables. In Proceeding of AGU
Wanders, N., van Lanen, H. A. J., & van Loon, A. F. (2014). Uncover the real drought. In Proceedings of AGU
Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D., De Roo, A., De Jong, S. M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2014). The suitability of remotely sensed soil moisture for improving operational flood forecasting. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(6), 2343-2357. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-2343-2014
Wanders, N., Bierkens, M. P. F., de Jong, S. M., de Roo, A., & Karssenberg, D. (2014). The benefits of using remotely sensed soil moisture in parameter identification of large-scale hydrological models. Water Resources Research, 50(8), 6874-6891. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014639
Alderlieste, M. A. A., Lanen, H. A. J., & Wanders, N. (2014). Future low flows and hydrological drought: how certain are these for Europe? IAHS-AISH Publication, 363, 60-65.
van Loon, A. F., Tijdeman, E., Wanders, N., Lanen, H. A. J., Teuling, A. J., & Uijlenhoet, R. (2014). How climate seasonality modifies drought duration and deficit. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(Issue 8), 4640-4656. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020383

Overige resultaten

Wanders, N., Sutanudjaja, E., van Beek, R., & Bierkens, M. (2014). The PCR-GLOBWB global hydrological reanalysis product. Poster session presented at GEWEX 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy Cycle, The Hague, Netherlands.
van Lanen, H. A. J., Wanders, N., van Huijgevoort, M. H. J., Wada, Y., & Alderlieste, M. A. A. (2014). Future hydrological drought on a global and continental scale: overview and outlook. Abstract from Leonardo HYPER Drought Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
Wanders, N., Sutanudjaja, E. H., van Beek, L. P. H., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2014). The PCR-GLOBWB global hydrological reanalysis product. Poster session presented at European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria.
Wanders, N., Sutanudjaja, E. H., van Beek, L. P. H., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2014). The PCR-GLOBWB global hydrological reanalysis product. Poster session presented at GEWEX 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Water and Energy Cycle, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Wanders, N., Sutanudjaja, E. H., van Beek, L. P. H., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2014). The PCR-GLOBWB global hydrological reanalysis product. Poster session presented at Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres 12, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.

2013

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D., de Roo, A., de Jong, S. M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2013). The suitability of remotely sensed soil moisture for improving operational flood forecasting. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 10(11), 13783-13816. https://doi.org/10.5194/hessd-10-13783-2013
Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D. J., de Roo, A. P. J., de Jong, S. M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2013). The potential of remotely sensed soil moisture for operational flood forecasting. In Geophysical Abstracts H44E-08
Lanen, H. A. J., Wanders, N., Tallaksen, L. M., & van Loon, A. F. (2013). Hydrological drought across the world: impact of climate and physical catchment structure. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 1715-1732. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-1715-2013
Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D. J., de Roo, A. P. J., de Jong, S. M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2013). The benefits of using remotely sensed soil moisture in parameter identification of large-scale hydrological models. In Geophysical Abstracts H24E-04
Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D. J., de Roo, A. P. J., de Jong, S. M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2013). The PCR-GLOBWB global hydrological reanalysis product. In Geophysical Abstracts H33B-1352 American Geophysical Union. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AGUFM.H33B1352B
Wada, Y., van Beek, L. P. H., Wanders, N., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2013). Human water consumption intensifies hydrological drought worldwide. Environmental Research Letters, 8(3)(034036), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034036
van Lanen, H., Wanders, N., & Wada, Y. (2013). Global trends in future hydrological drought. In Geophysical Abstracts GC44C-05 (pp. oral).

Vakpublicaties

de Jong, S. M., Sutanudjaja, E. H., Wanders, N., & Addink, E. A. (2013). Annual Report Remote Sensing Activities Utrecht University. EARSeL News Letter, 94, 29-32.
Tijdeman, E., van Loon, A. F., Wanders, N., & Lanen, H. A. J. (2013). The effect of climate on droughts and their propagation in different parts of the hydrological cycle. (Tech. Rept. EU Drought R&SPI project ed.) EU Drought R&SPI.

Overige resultaten

Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D., de Roo, A., de Jong, S., Bierkens, M. F., & de Jong, S. (2013). The potential of remotely sensed soil moisture for operational flood forecasting. H44E-08. Abstract from American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, United States. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AGUFM.H44E..08W
Karssenberg, D., Wanders, N., de Roo, A., de Jong, S., Bierkens, M. F., & de Jong, S. (2013). The benefits of using remotely sensed soil moisture in parameter identification of large-scale hydrological models. H24E-04. Abstract from American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, United States. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AGUFM.H24E..04K
Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D. J., Bierkens, M. F. P., de Roo, A. P. J., & de Jong, S. M. (2013). The benefits of using remotely sensed soil moisture for large-scale hydrological modelling. Abstract from Satellite Soil Moisture validation & application workshop, Frascatti, Italy.
van Huijgevoort, M. H. J., Lanen, H. A. J., Teuling, A., Wanders, N., & Uijlenhoet, R. (2013). Influence of climate change on drought occurrence in catchments across the globe. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15(EGU2013-).
Wanders, N., Bierkens, M. F. P., de Jong, S. M., de Roo, A. P. J., & Karssenberg, D. J. (2013). The benefits of using remotely sensed soil moisture in parameter identification of large-scale hydrological models. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15(EGU2013-10215).
Lanen, H. A. J., & Wanders, N. (2013). Future hydrological drought in the context of water scarcity. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15(EGU2013-).
Lanen, H. A. J., van Loon, A. F., van Huijgevoort, M. H. J., Wanders, N., Alderlieste, M. A. A., Stahl, K., & Tallaksen, L. M. (2013). Past and future hydrological drought in water-scarce European regions. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15(EGU2013-).
van Loon, A. F., Tijdeman, E., Wanders, N., Lanen, H. A. J., Teuling, A., & Uijlenhoet, R. (2013). Upscaling drought information from the catchment scale to the global scale: how seasonality in climate influences drought characteristics. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15(EGU2013-).

2012

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D. J., Bierkens, M. F. P., Parinussa, R. M., de Jeu, R. A. M., van Dam, J. C., & de Jong, S. M. (2012). Observation uncertainty of satellite soil moisture products determined with physically-based modelling. Remote Sensing of Environment, 127, 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.004
Wada, Y., van Beek, L. P. H., Wanders, N., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2012). Human water consumption intensifies hydrological drought worldwide. In AGU Fall Meeting 2012 abstracts (pp. H43H-08-oral).

Populariserende publicaties

de Jong, S. M., Wanders, N., & de Roo, A. P. J. (2012). Satellieten helpen overstromingen te voorspellen. Geografie, 21(9), 10-13.

Overige resultaten

Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D., Bierkens, M. F. P., Van Dam, J. C., & De Jong, S. M. (2012). Using high-resolution soil moisture modelling to assess the uncertainty of microwave remotely sensed soil moisture products at the correct spatial and temporal support. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, Article EGU2012-5338. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012EGUGA..14.5338W
Lanen, H. A. J., Tallaksen, L. M., Stahl, K., van Loon, A. F., van Huijgevoort, M. H. J., Corzo Perez, C. A., & Wanders, N. (2012). Drought, Water Scarcity and Climate Change. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14(EGU2012-), oral.
Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D. J., Bierkens, M. F. P., van Dam, J. C., & de Jong, S. M. (2012). Using high-resolution soil moisture modelling to assess the uncertainty of microwave remotely sensed soil moisture products at the correct spatial and temporal support. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14(EGU2012-5338).
Bierkens, M. F. P., Wada, Y., Visser, D., Wanders, N., & van Beek, L. P. H. (2012). Human water consumption intensifies hydrological drought worldwide. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14(EGU2012-6138).
Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D. J., Bierkens, M. F. P., Parinussa, R. M., de Jeu, R. A. M., van Dam, J. C., & de Jong, S. M. (2012). Observation uncertainty of satellite soil moisture products determined with physically-based modelling. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14(EGU2012-????).

2011

Vakpublicaties

Lanen, H. A. J., & Wanders, N. (2011). High flows in the 21st Century: analysis with a simple conceptual hydrological models using the input of 3 GCMs (A2 scenario). (EU-WATCH Technical Report ed.) WATCH.
Melsen, L. A., Lanen, H. A. J., Wanders, N., van Huijgevoort, M. H. J., & Weedon, G. P. (2011). Reference evapotranspiration with radiation-based and temperature-based method - impact on hydrological drought using WATCH Forcing Data. (EU-WATCH Technical Report ed.) WATCH.
Wanders, N., Hendriks, D. M. D., & van der Velde, Y. (2011). Combined groundwater - surface water modeling with a lumped hydrological model. (Deltares-rapport ed.) Deltares.

Overige resultaten

Lanen, H. A. J., van Huijgevoort, M. H. J., Corzo Perez, C. A., Wanders, N., Hazenberg, P., van Loon, A. F., Estifanos, S., & Melsen, L. A. (2011). Global Drought Assessment using a Multi-Model Dataset. Abstract from American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2011, San Fransico, USA, San Francisco, USA.
Wanders, N., Karssenberg, D. J., de Jong, S. M., & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2011). Evaluation of SMOS soil moisture level 2A products with modelled near-surface soil moisture patterns over Spain. Abstract from SMOS 2011 workshop, Arles, France.