Jaap Kwadijk

• The Netherlands, 2010

  Project director to develop an integrated modelling system for the Netherlands to produce water management scenario’s
  

• The Netherlands, 2009

  Compiler of a the research agenda “Samenwerken met kennis” to support the adaptation plan of the national Deltacommission
  

• The Netherlands, 2008

  Expert advisor for the national Delta commission on the assessment of future extreme river discharges
  

• The Netherlands, 2007-2009

  Scientific project leader on a project that explores the limits of adaptation of the Rhine-Meuse delta to sea level rise and climate change
  

• Europe, 2006

  DG XII: Expert-Evaluateur for the European Commission DGXII for research proposals on Climate Change, Hydrology and Geomorphology
  

• The Netherlands, 2006

  Project leader of designing a framework to measure the robustness of the Netherlands against climate change and sea level rise. (Adaptatie Ruimte voor Klimaat, routeplanner project)
  

• Egypt, 2002-2005

  Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation. Team leader of an international group of scientists and consultants that aims at studying possible alternative strategies for water management of Lake Nasser in view of changes in climate and water demand.
  

• Iran, 2001

  Senior consultant, responsible for the design and development of a Flood Early Warning System for the entire Hirmand Basin (Afghanistan) within the framework of the Sistan-Beluchistan flood control project
  

• Europe, 1999-2002

  DG XII: Project Manager of an international consortium of 12 Universities and International Research institutes to design and develop a prototype of a European Flood Forecasting System
  

• Switzerland, 1999-2002

  Project Manager of a project to develop and implement a new Flood Early Warning System in the River Rhine Basin for the Swiss and German basin sections
  

• The ability of IPCC GCM runs to reproduce current global river discharges

  Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1595-1621, 2010
  

• Adapting to sea level rise in the Netherlands

  John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. WIREs Clim. Change 2010 1 729–740
  

• Simulating river discharge under climate change using different scenarios and modelling methods, with a focus on flood-peak probabilities

  Water Resources Research, 46 (WR03512).
  

• Climate, water supply, management and use in the Nile, a comparison

  Invited paper for the International Geographical Union Congress, August 2008, Tunis
  

• Een afwegingskader voor de keuze van klimaatscenario’s in het waterbeheer

  H2O / 22 – 2007. 32-35 (in Dutch).
  

• Flood early warning systems for hydrological (sub) catchments

  Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, Wiley Publishing.9
  

• Perspectives on flood management in the Rhine and Meuse rivers

  River Research and Applications 20: p 327-342 (2004).
  

• Development of a European Flood Forecasting System. Int. J.River Basin Management.

  Vol. 1, No. 1 (2003), pp. 49–59 .
  

• Inundation of a Dutch river polder, sensitivity analysis of a physically based inundation model using historic

  Water Resources Research Vol. 39 No 9.
  

• Impact of climate change on hydrological regimes and water resources management in the Rhine basin

  Climatic Change 49. pp 105-128.
  

• Maatgevende afvoeren, onzekerheden en wereldbeelden

  Stromingen 7 no 2. (in Dutch).
  

• The impact of climate change on the River Rhine: a scenario study

  Climatic Change 30 pp 397-425.
  

• Estimation of impact of climate change on the peak discharge probability of the River Rhine

  Climatic Change 27 pp 199-224.
  

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