The mission of the Hydrology and Water Resources Core (HWR) is to contribute to a better understanding of hydrological processes, to improve techniques for data monitoring and handling, to improve modelling of processes within the hydrological cycle, and the interpretation and presentation of results for implementation of integrated water resources management in the context of society and environment. The core group consists of 8 academics, augmented by 11 PhD research fellows.
The research activities focus on two research lines:
1 Impact of global changes on hydrological processes
2 Physical and biogeochemical processes in groundwater systems
This involves on the one hand experimental work carried out both in the field and the laboratory. On the other hand, hydrological models are applied and further developed to advance our capabilities in making process-based predictions of water and contaminant fluxes at the relevant spatial and temporal scales, under present and changing future circumstances. Besides using a variety of hydro-meteorological, remote sensing, tracer, and geophysical data, it also requires to work on the interface between hydrology and water management, hydraulic engineering, ecology, microbiology, biogeochemistry and atmospheric sciences.
The Core is also responsible for the Hydrology and Water Resources specialization in the Water Science and Engineering MSc Programme [Read more link]
HWR Staff Members: