Full-funded PhD position in hydrology and Remote Sensing: "Monitoring and risk assessment of Swedish water resources"
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Fernando Jaramillo
Apr 4, 2023, 8:14:24 AM4/4/23
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Please apply here, the deadline April 24.
Project description
Inland still waters provide key ecosystem services to humans, whether natural, such as lakes and wetlands, or anthropogenic such as reservoirs. Since freshwater supply, storage, and water power for electricity are the most relevant services for humans, the waters providing these services are the most monitored. However, most inland waters remain unmonitored. For instance, less than 1% of all lakes is being monitored in Sweden. Unmonitored inland still waters are already facing threats from accelerated Earth system change, driven by direct human activities and climate change. Worryingly, the effects of Earth system change on unmonitored water resources remain unknown. Water levels in still waters may be already changing beyond their thresholds for ecosystem service provision. Although future plans exist to monitor still inland waters, there is an increasing need to observe and quantify the latest and ongoing hydrological changes in still inland waters. Such monitoring is the only way to determine climate-related risks to water supply and resources.
This project addresses these needs for the case of Sweden and Scandinavia by using hydrogeodetic technologies such as interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), altimetry, and the new Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, if available. Furthermore, it develops a framework to address water-related risks in Scandinavia. The project is a collaboration between Lund University, Uppsala University and Stockholm University.
Inland still waters provide key ecosystem services to humans, whether natural, such as lakes and wetlands, or anthropogenic such as reservoirs. Since freshwater supply, storage, and water power for electricity are the most relevant services for humans, the waters providing these services are the most monitored. However, most inland waters remain unmonitored. For instance, less than 1% of all lakes is being monitored in Sweden. Unmonitored inland still waters are already facing threats from accelerated Earth system change, driven by direct human activities and climate change. Worryingly, the effects of Earth system change on unmonitored water resources remain unknown. Water levels in still waters may be already changing beyond their thresholds for ecosystem service provision. Although future plans exist to monitor still inland waters, there is an increasing need to observe and quantify the latest and ongoing hydrological changes in still inland waters. Such monitoring is the only way to determine climate-related risks to water supply and resources.
This project addresses these needs for the case of Sweden and Scandinavia by using hydrogeodetic technologies such as interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), altimetry, and the new Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, if available. Furthermore, it develops a framework to address water-related risks in Scandinavia. The project is a collaboration between Lund University, Uppsala University and Stockholm University.
Contact: Fernando Jaramillo; fernando....@natgeo.su.se
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