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Personal profile
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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African burned area and fire carbon emissions are strongly impacted by small fires undetected by coarse resolution satellite data
Ramo, R., Roteta, E., Bistinas, I., van Wees, D., Bastarrika, A., Chuvieco, E. & van der Werf, G. R., 2 Mar 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 9, p. 1-7 7 p., e2011160118.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Biomass burning combustion efficiency observed from space using measurements of CO and NO2 by the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI)
Van Der Velde, I. R., Van Der Werf, G. R., Houweling, S., Eskes, H. J., Pepijn Veefkind, J., Borsdorff, T. & Aben, I., 18 Jan 2021, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 21, 2, p. 597-616 20 p., 5972021.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Instantaneous pre-fire biomass and fuel load measurements from multi-spectral UAS mapping in southern African Savannas
Eames, T., Russell-Smith, J., Yates, C., Edwards, A., Vernooij, R., Ribeiro, N., Steinbruch, F. & van der Werf, G. R., Mar 2021, In: Fire. 4, 1, p. 1-19 19 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Intraseasonal variability of greenhouse gas emission factors from biomass burning in the Brazilian Cerrado
Vernooij, R., Giongo, M., Assis Borges, M., Costa, M. X. M., Carolina Sena Barradas, A. & Van Der Werf, G. R., 23 Feb 2021, In: Biogeosciences. 18, 4, p. 1375-1393 19 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Opportunities and challenges for savanna burning emissions abatement in southern Africa
Russell-Smith, J., Yates, C., Vernooij, R., Eames, T., van der Werf, G., Ribeiro, N., Edwards, A., Beatty, R., Lekoko, O., Mafoko, J., Monagle, C. & Johnston, S., 15 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 288, 112414.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Prizes
Press / Media
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Bosbranden van Californië tot Cyprus: wereld stevent af op record
18/08/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Het aantal bosbranden over de wereld neemt juist af
13/08/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Minder natuurbranden, maar wel heviger, zelfs in Arctische gebieden
10/08/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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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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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
Dataset
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The global carbon budget 1959-2011
Le Quere, C. (Contributor), Andres, R. J. (Contributor), Boden, T. (Contributor), Conway, T. (Contributor), Houghton, R. A. (Contributor), House, J. I. (Contributor), Marland, G. (Contributor), Peters, G. P. (Contributor), van der Werf, G. (Contributor), Ahlstrom, A. (Contributor), Andrew, R. M. (Contributor), Bopp, L. (Contributor), Canadell, J. G. (Contributor), Ciais, P. (Contributor), Doney, S. C. (Contributor), Enright, C. (Contributor), Huntingford, C. (Contributor), Jain, A. K. (Contributor), Jourdain, C. (Contributor), Kato, E. (Contributor), Keeling, R. F. (Contributor), Klein Goldewijk, K. (Contributor), Levis, S. (Contributor), Levy, P. (Contributor), Lomas, M. (Contributor), Poulter, B. (Contributor), Raupach, M. R. (Contributor), Schwinger, J. (Contributor), Sitch, S. (Contributor), Stocker, B. D. (Contributor), Viovy, N. (Contributor), Zaehle, S. (Contributor) & Zeng, N. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 1 Jan 2013
DOI: 10.3334/cdiac/gcp_v2013, https://doi.org/10.3334%2Fcdiac%2Fgcp_v2013
Dataset
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Global Fire Emissions Indicators, Grids: 1997-2015,Global Fire Emissions Indicators, Grids, v1 (1997-2015),
Giglio, L. (Contributor), Randerson, J. T. (Contributor) & van der Werf, G. (Contributor), Unknown Publisher, 1 Jan 2016
DOI: 10.7927/h400002v, https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/sdei-global-fire-emissions-indicators-grids-1997-2015
Dataset