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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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Research Output 2003 2019
Global fire emissions buffered by the production of pyrogenic carbon
Jones, M. W., Santín, C., van der Werf, G. R. & Doerr, S. H., 1 Jan 2019, In : Nature Geoscience.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
carbon
biomass
carbon cycle
carbon sequestration
land use change
Historical background and current developments for mapping burned area from satellite Earth observation
Chuvieco, E., Mouillot, F., van der Werf, G. R., San Miguel, J., Tanasse, M., Koutsias, N., García, M., Yebra, M., Padilla, M., Gitas, I., Heil, A., Hawbaker, T. J. & Giglio, L., 1 May 2019, In : Remote Sensing of Environment. 225, p. 45-64 20 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Fires
Earth (planet)
Satellites
fire management
satellite sensor
The Global Fire Atlas of individual fire size, duration, speed and direction
Andela, N., Morton, D. C., Giglio, L., Paugam, R., Chen, Y., Hantson, S., Van Der Werf, G. R. & Randerson, J. T., 24 Apr 2019, In : Earth System Science Data. 11, 2, p. 529-552 24 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
atlas
speed
biomass burning
ecosystem
humid tropics
Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system
Archibald, S., Lehmann, C. E. R., Belcher, C. M., Bond, W. J., Bradstock, R. A., Daniau, A. L., Dexter, K. G., Forrestel, E. J., Greve, M., He, T., Higgins, S. I., Hoffmann, W. A., Lamont, B. B., McGlinn, D. J., Moncrieff, G. R., Osborne, C. P., Pausas, J. G., Price, O., Ripley, B. S., Rogers, B. M. & 5 others, 6 Mar 2018, In : Environmental Research Letters. 13, 3, p. 1-19 18 p., 033003.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Disentangling effects of key coarse woody debris fuel properties on its combustion, consumption and carbon gas emissions during experimental laboratory fire
Zhao, W., van Logtestijn, R. S. P., van der Werf, G. R., van Hal, J. R. & Cornelissen, J. H. C., 1 Nov 2018, In : Forest Ecology and Management. 427, p. 275-288 14 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
gas emissions
coarse woody debris
combustion
decayed wood
carbon
Prizes
early Earth