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Personal information
Guido van der Werf received his MSc. (2001) and PhD (2006) from the Vrije Universiteit, the latter based on a 3 year internship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He received fellowships from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in 2006 (Veni) and 2014 (Vici) and a starting grant from the European Research Council (ERC) in 2011. Together with colleagues in the U.S. he developed the Global Fire Emissions Database and he is since 2014 amongst the 1% most frequently cited Earth scientists.
Research
Van der Werf aims to understand how the global carbon cycle interacts with the climate system. His group focuses specifically on deforestation and forest fires. Combining biogeochemical modeling, satellite data, and atmospheric modeling enables them to quantify fire and deforestation emissions, and these are the basis for exploring their response to and influence on climatic, demographic, and socio-economical changes. In addition, they use satellite data to test ecological hypotheses over large scales.
Education
Van der Werf teaches the Global Change course for Bachelor students Earth Sciences and Earth and Economics students, and coordinates the Master's course Global Biogeochemical Cycles for Earth Sciences students
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Increasing aerosol emissions from boreal biomass burning exacerbate Arctic warming
Zhong, Q., Schutgens, N., Veraverbeke, S. & van der Werf, G. R., Dec 2024, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, 12, p. 1275-1281 7 p., 172020.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Global rise in forest fire emissions linked to climate change in the extratropics
Jones, M. W., Veraverbeke, S., Andela, N., Doerr, S. H., Kolden, C., Mataveli, G., Pettinari, M. L., Le Quéré, C., Rosan, T. M., van der Werf, G. R., van Wees, D. & Abatzoglou, J. T., Oct 2024, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 386, 6719, p. 1-12 13 p., eadl5889.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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State of Wildfires 2023-2024
Jones, M. W., Kelley, D. I., Burton, C. A., Di Giuseppe, F., Barbosa, M. L. F., Brambleby, E., Hartley, A. J., Lombardi, A., Mataveli, G., McNorton, J. R., Spuler, F. R., Wessel, J. B., Abatzoglou, J. T., Anderson, L. O., Andela, N., Archibald, S., Armenteras, D., Burke, E., Carmenta, R. & Chuvieco, E. & 24 others, , Aug 2024, In: Earth System Science Data. 16, 8, p. 3601-3685 85 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Small Fires, Big Impact: Evaluating Fire Emission Estimates in Southern Africa Using New Satellite Imagery of Burned Area and Carbon Monoxide
van der Velde, I. R., van der Werf, G. R., van Wees, D., Schutgens, N. A. J., Vernooij, R., Houweling, S., Tonucci, E., Chuvieco, E., Randerson, J. T., Frey, M. M., Borsdorff, T. & Aben, I., 28 Jun 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 12, p. 1-10 10 p., e2023GL106122.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Comparison of observation- and inventory-based methane emissions for eight large global emitters
Petrescu, A. M. R., Peters, G. P., Engelen, R., Houweling, S., Brunner, D., Tsuruta, A., Matthews, B., Patra, P. K., Belikov, D., Thompson, R. L., Höglund-Isaksson, L., Zhang, W., Segers, A. J., Etiope, G., Ciotoli, G., Peylin, P., Chevallier, F., Aalto, T., Andrew, R. M. & Bastviken, D. & 18 others, , 2024, In: Earth System Science Data. 16, 9, p. 4325-4350 26 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Activities
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Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (External organisation)
van der Werf, G. (Member)
10 Apr 2021 → …Activity: Membership › Academic
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Press/Media
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Bosbranden van Californië tot Cyprus: wereld stevent af op record
18/08/21
1 Media contribution
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Het aantal bosbranden over de wereld neemt juist af
13/08/21
1 Media contribution
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Minder natuurbranden, maar wel heviger, zelfs in Arctische gebieden
10/08/21
1 Media contribution
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Droogte en aanhoudende hitte zijn 'perfect storm' voor branden Zuid-Europa
7/08/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Datasets
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Code for "New land-use-change emissions indicate a declining CO2 airborne fraction"
van Marle, M. (Creator), van Wees, D. (Creator), Houghton, R. A. (Contributor), Field, R. D. (Contributor), Verbesselt, J. (Contributor) & van der Werf, G. (Creator), Zenodo, 4 Mar 2022
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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Field data synthesis accompanying "Global biomass burning fuel consumption and emissions at 500-m spatial resolution based on the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED)"
van Wees, D. (Creator), van der Werf, G. (Contributor), Randerson, J. T. (Contributor), Rogers, B. M. (Contributor), Chen, Y. (Contributor), Veraverbeke, S. (Contributor), Giglio, L. (Contributor) & Morton, D. C. (Contributor), Zenodo, 26 Oct 2022
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Model data for "Global biomass burning fuel consumption and emissions at 500-m spatial resolution based on the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED)"
van Wees, D. (Creator), van der Werf, G. (Contributor), Randerson, J. T. (Contributor), Rogers, B. M. (Contributor), Chen, Y. (Contributor), Veraverbeke, S. (Contributor), Giglio, L. (Contributor) & Morton, D. C. (Contributor), Zenodo, 26 Oct 2022
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Model code for "Global biomass burning fuel consumption and emissions at 500-m spatial resolution based on the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED)"
van Wees, D. (Creator), van der Werf, G. (Contributor), Randerson, J. T. (Contributor), Rogers, B. M. (Contributor), Chen, Y. (Contributor), Veraverbeke, S. (Contributor), Giglio, L. (Contributor) & Morton, D. C. (Contributor), Zenodo, 20 Oct 2022
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Global Fire Emissions Indicators, Country-Level Tabular Data: 1997-2015,Global Fire Emissions Indicators, Country-Level Tabular Data, v1 (1997-2015),
Giglio, L. (Contributor), Randerson, J. T. (Contributor) & van der Werf, G. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 1 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.7927/h4v69gj5, https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/sdei-global-fire-emissions-indicators-country-level-1997-2015
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