1st Edition
The Value of Using Hydrological Datasets for Water Allocation Decisions: Earth Observations, Hydrological Models and Seasonal Forecasts
1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.1 WATER SCARCITY AND IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
1.2 WATER ALLOCATION DECISIONS IN IRRIGATION
1.3 THE NEED FOR GOOD QUALITY AND ACCESIBLE HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL DATA
1.4 THE VALUE OF USING HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION
1.5 PROBLEM STATEMENT
1.6 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
1.7 OUTLINE OF THE THESIS
2 A TOOL TO ASSESS AVAILABLE HYDROLOGICAL INFORMATION AND WATER ALLOCATION DECISIONS
2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 METHODS
2.3 RESULTS
2.4 DISCUSSION
2.5 CONCLUSION
3 THE BENEFIT OF USING AN ENSEMBLE OF GLOBAL HYDROLOGICAL MODELS IN SURFACE WATER AVAILABILITY ESTIMATES
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 MEHTODS
3.3 RESULTS
3.4 DISCUSSION
3.5 CONCLUSIONS
4 CAN GLOBAL PRECIPITATION DATASETS BENEFIT THE ESTIMATION OF THE AREA TO BE CROPPED?
4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.2 METHODS
4.3 RESULTS
4.4 DISCUSSION
4.5 CONCLUSION
5 THE BENEFIT OF USING AN ENSEMBLE OF SEASONAL STREAMFLOW FORECASTS
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 METHODS
5.3 RESULTS
5.4 DISCUSSION
5.5 CONCLUSION
6 SYNTHESIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
6.1 SYNTHESIS
6.2 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
7 APPENDIX A
8 APPENDIX B
Biography
Alexander José Kaune Schmidt was born in Germany, raised in Costa Rica and currently working as a consultant in a Dutch company with special interest in developing projects in Costa Rica. He is an Agricultural Engineer with an MSc degree in Hydraulic Engineering, and over ten years of work experience in water and agriculture projects in the commercial, government, and research sector in the Netherlands, Costa Rica, Colombia, Angola, Georgia, Iran and Australia. Alexander also has experience in consultancy and research projects for hydrological assessment, biomass growth evaluation, and irrigation advice using ground data, numerical tools and remote sensing. He is skilled in project management, valuation methods, simulation models and risk assessment, and passionate about solving problems related to climate change, water supply, food and fibre production and irrigation system operation and planning.
