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Okke Batelaan

@okke-batelaan.bsky.social
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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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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
New paper: lnkd.in/gz5dNyMS "A unified framework for groundwater level imputation and forecasting in data-limited catchments" by Yaggesh Kumar Sharma. • Neural Architecture Search (NAS) for groundwater forecasting. • Proven robust across six basins with diverse aquifers, climates, and LULC.
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
New paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ej... "Groundwater resources in the Greater Mekong Region: A review": updated hydrogeological mapping covering Vietnam, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Myanmar and is an outcome of the @flindersuniversity.bsky.social PhD graduate Mathieu Viossanges (@iwmi.bsky.social).
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EGU Hydrological Sciences Division @hs.egu.eu · 17/04/2026
We’re excited to launch our new podcast on the History of Hydrology! 🎙️ This series brings together expert interviews to explore how hydrological science has evolved over time— & how past insights continue to shape today’s water challenges and solutions. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...
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Podcast Launch: History of Hydrology Interviews
“The number one piece of advice I would give anybody is to pick a problem and go after that problem. Ideally, you should pick a problem that requires a lifetime to solve.”  Prof. Siva Sivapalan, episo...
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A fantastic new paper by Saskia Noorduijn et al. on the assumptions of conceptual models. The value of a model is determined by the quality of the documentation of the conceptual model. Hydrological Processes | Hydrology Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Making the Implicit Explicit: Documenting the Hidden Assumptions in Conceptual Models
Recognition of the role of the Mental Model Domain and the analysis tool choice as part of a project's workflow. The workflow consists of three domains; the Problem Domain, Mental Model Domain, and M...
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A Multi‐Conceptual Model Approach to Untangling the MADE Experiment - Herweijer et al. - 2026 - Groundwater - Wiley Online Library ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A Multi‐Conceptual Model Approach to Untangling the MADE Experiment
Using the MADE experiment as a case, a multi-conceptual model roadmap is proposed for holistic assessment of solute transport including uncertainty assessment. This process involves “back to basics” ...
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... A special paper: a strong international collaboration explored multilingual hydrological perspectives: "Forest–water interactions: a multilingual perspective through six historical vignettes". Open-access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Very nice new open-access paper by Zhechen Zhang et al. hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
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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 land–atmosphere interactions and plant responses to drought. However, current measurements of plant hydr...
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
"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.
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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 availa…
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
New open-access paper in Journal of Hydrology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Integrating nonlinear stomatal conductance into PET improves runoff simulation.
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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) equa…
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
New paper on 'Analytical and numerical adjoint solutions for cumulative streamflow depletion': doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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.
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International Association of Hydrogeologists @iahgroundwater.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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...
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
A new open-access paper on: Stagnation and Pseudo‐Stagnation Lines for Separating 3D Groundwater Flow Systems in Tóthian Basins - Zhang - 2025 - Water Resources Research - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Stagnation and Pseudo‐Stagnation Lines for Separating 3D Groundwater Flow Systems in Tóthian 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 ...
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2025 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'.
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MODSIM2025 – The 26th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation | Adelaide 30 Nov to 4 Dec 2025
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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 δ2H and δ18O": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Characterization of DOC in riparian wetland pore water and its interference in stable water isotope analysis of δ2H and δ18O
Wetlands play an important role in carbon retention, which is greatly dependent on hydrological conditions. Therefore, the interest in wetland hydrolo…
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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'.
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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.
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
www.iwmi.org/blogs/lao-pd... The beautiful Luangprabang Province, Lao PDR has now a draft sustainable groundwater management plan. @waterpartnersau.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @iwmi.bsky.social
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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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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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 www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/...
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Okke Batelaan @okke-batelaan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
New open access paper on innovative approach to understorey evapotranspiration mapping doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
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