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Okke Batelaan

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Hydrology - Hydrogeology, Strategic Professor at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Hydro(geo)logical modelling; GIS-Remote Sensing; Re/Dis-charge; Ecohydrology; History of Hydrology; More is Different!

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A special paper: a strong international collaboration explored multilingual hydrological perspectives:
"Forestโ€“water interactions: a multilingual perspective through six historical vignettes".
Open-access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

30.09.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Revealing seasonal plasticity of whole-plant hydraulic properties using sap-flow and stem water-potential monitoring Abstract. Plant hydraulic properties are critical to predicting vegetation water use as part of landโ€“atmosphere interactions and plant responses to drought. However, current measurements of plant hydr...

Very nice new open-access paper by Zhechen Zhang et al.
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29.08.2025 08:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Uncovering evapotranspiration patterns in the Murray Darling Basin over two decades The Murray Darling Basin (MDB), Australia.Actual evapotranspiration (AET) plays a critical role in the basin's water balance, influencing water availaโ€ฆ

"Uncovering evapotranspiration patterns in the Murray Darling Basin over two decades": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New open access paper revealing intricate temporal-spatial patterns and uncertainty in evapotranspiration in the Murray Darling Basin.

06.08.2025 09:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enhanced runoff simulation with improved evapotranspiration accounting for vegetation response to climate variability Rainfall-runoff simulation plays a crucial role in predicting high runoff events. Hydrological models that use potential evapotranspiration (PET) equaโ€ฆ

New open-access paper in Journal of Hydrology:
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Integrating nonlinear stomatal conductance into PET improves runoff simulation.

29.07.2025 00:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New paper on 'Analytical and numerical adjoint solutions for cumulative streamflow depletion': doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

21.07.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We combine traditional groundwater measurements with a groundwater quality pilot and a gender study in Khammouane Province to advance sustainable groundwaterย management.

05.06.2025 03:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lao PDR faces growing groundwater abstraction due to rising demand. @flindersuniversity.bsky.social, @iwmi.bsky.social, and Gender Development Association collaborate with the Lao Department of Water Resources, supported by @waterpartnersau.bsky.social.

05.06.2025 03:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wolfgang Kinzelbach is Professor Emeritus of Hydromechanics at ETH Zurich, where he served from 1996 until his retirement in 2014. Watch Okke Batelaan interview Wolfgang at the 2024 World Groundwater Congress in Davos now! timecapsule.iah.org/person/wolfg...

27.05.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stagnation and Pseudoโ€Stagnation Lines for Separating 3D Groundwater Flow Systems in Tรณthian Basins We derive transient solution of flow in 3D basins with periodically changing water table and examined occurrence of stagnation points Stagnation or pseudo-stagnation lines are used to accurately ...

A new open-access paper on: Stagnation and Pseudoโ€Stagnation Lines for Separating 3D Groundwater Flow Systems in Tรณthian Basins - Zhang - 2025 - Water Resources Research - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

21.05.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MODSIM2025 โ€“ The 26th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation | Adelaide 30 Nov to 4 Dec 2025

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MODSIM2025 will be in the great city of Adelaide, 30 Nov - 4 Dec; please consider submitting a contribution to the session 'K1. Modelling Complexity: New Approaches for Water, Environment and Society in Large Basins'.

08.05.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Characterization of DOC in riparian wetland pore water and its interference in stable water isotope analysis of ฮด2H and ฮด18O Wetlands play an important role in carbon retention, which is greatly dependent on hydrological conditions. Therefore, the interest in wetland hydroloโ€ฆ

Nice new paper from Filippa Fredriksson from Denmark, who spent time with us @flindersuniversity.bsky.social: "Characterization of DOC in riparian wetland pore water and its interference in stable water isotope analysis of ฮด2H and ฮด18O": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

06.05.2025 05:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At #EGU25 interested in water education? Come to the session EOS2.1 'Open session on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education', Mon 28, room 2.32. At 11.15 am, I will talk about 'Transnational Collaboration and Capacity Building as the Key to Enhancing Greater Mekong Region Groundwater Management'.

27.04.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Walk with the authors and conveners along the History of Hydrology (posters) at #EGU25 session 'HS1.3.1 History of Hydrology', Tuesday 29 April, 2 pm, Hall A.

26.04.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Lao PDR further enhances its groundwater management "Lao PDR advances sustainable groundwater management through policy support, field training, and collaborative efforts with IWMI, DFAT, and Flinders University across four provinces."

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The beautiful Luangprabang Province, Lao PDR has now a draft sustainable groundwater management plan. @waterpartnersau.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @iwmi.bsky.social

23.04.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Citations: On the value of a history of hydrology and the establishment of a History of Hydrology Working Group Subscribe to citation updates from On the value of a history of hydrology and the establishment of a History of Hydrology Working Group

New open-access paper led by Keith Beven: On the value of a history of hydrology and the establishment of a History of Hydrology Working Group @iahs-aish.bsky.social

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15.04.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New open access paper on innovative approach to understorey evapotranspiration mapping
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28.03.2025 00:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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