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van Hateren, J.A. (author), Kasse, C. (author), van der Woude, J. (author), Schokker, J. (author), Prins, M.A. (author), van Balen, R.T. (author)Aeolian deposits form rich archives of climatic and environmental changes, which have not been fully explored. In this study, results from end-member modelling of grain size-shape distributions were combined with palynological records to reconstruct sedimentary environments and transport mechanisms, and to distinguish climatically-caused from...article 2022
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Manders, A.M.M. (author), van Meijgaard, E. (author), Mues, A.C. (author), Kranenburg, R. (author), van Ulft, L.H. (author), Schaap, M. (author)Climate change may have an impact on air quality (ozone, particulate matter) due to the strong dependency of air quality on meteorology. The effect is often studied using a global climate model (GCM) to produce meteorological fields that are subsequently used by chemical transport models. However, climate models themselves are subject to large...article 2012
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Morgan, W.T. (author), Allan, J.D. (author), Bower, K.N. (author), Esselborn, M. (author), Harris, B. (author), Henzing, J.S. (author), Highwood, E.J. (author), Kiendler-Scharr, A. (author), McMeeking, G.R. (author), Mensah, A.A. (author), Northway, M.J. (author), Osborne, S. (author), Williams, P.I. (author), Krejci, R. (author), Coe, H. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)A case study of atmospheric aerosol measurements exploring the impact of the vertical distribution of aerosol chemical composition upon the radiative budget in North-Western Europe is presented. Sub-micron aerosol chemical composition was measured by an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) on both an airborne platform and a ground-based site...article 2010
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Muntendam-Bos, A.G. (author), Fokker, P.A. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)In an attempt to derive more information on the parameters driving compaction, this paper explores the feasibility of a method utilizing data on compaction-induced subsidence. We commence by using a Bayesian inversion scheme to infer the reservoir compaction from subsidence observations. The method's strength is that it incorporates all the...article 2009
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Raucoules, D. (author), Bourgine, B. (author), de Michele, M. (author), Le Cozannet, G. (author), Closset, L. (author), Bremmer, C. (author), Veldkamp, H. (author), Tragheim, D. (author), Bateson, L. (author), Crosetto, M. (author), Agudo, M. (author), Engdahl, M. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)This article presents the main results of the Persistent Scatterer Interferometry Codes Cross Comparison and Certification for long term differential interferometry (PSIC4) project. The project was based on the validation of the PSI (Persistent Scatterer Interferometry) data with respect to levelling data on a subsiding mining area near Gardanne...article 2009
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Zhang, Y.-C. (author), Slomp, C.P. (author), Broers, H.P. (author), Passier, H.F. (author), van Cappellen, P. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)This study focuses on denitrification in a sandy aquifer using geochemical analyses of both sediment and groundwater, combined with groundwater age dating (<sup>3</sup>H/<sup>3</sup>He). The study sites are located underneath cultivated fields and an adjacent forested area at Oostrum, The Netherlands. Shallow groundwater in the region has high...article 2009
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Hommes, S. (author), Vinke-de Kruijf, J. (author), Otter, H.S. (author), Bouma, G. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Water resources management issues tend to affect a variety of uses and users. Therefore, they often exhibit complex and unstructured problems. The complex, unstructured nature of these problems originates from uncertain knowledge and from the existence of divergent perceptions among various actors. Consequently, dealing with these problems is...article 2009
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Keuken, M. (author), Roemer, M. (author), van den Elshout, S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The annual air quality standard of NO2 is often exceeded in urban areas near heavy traffic locations. Despite significant decrease of NOx emissions in 1986-2005 in the industrial and harbour area near Rotterdam, NO2 concentrations at the urban background remain at the same level since the end of the nineties. Trend analysis of monitoring data...article 2009
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Zwart, J.J. (author), Richters, J.M. (author), Öry, F. (author), de Vries, J.I.P. (author), Bloemenkamp, K.W.M. (author), van Roosmalen, J. (author)Objective: To assess incidence of uterine rupture in scarred and unscarred uteri and its maternal and fetal complications in a nationwide design. Design: Population-based cohort study. Setting: All 98 maternity units in the Netherlands. Population: All women delivering in the Netherlands between August 2004 and August 2006 (n = 371 021). Methods...article 2009
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Brandes, F. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek (author)Since the early 1990s, 'Technology Foresight' exercises with special emphasis on the use of Delphi surveys have played an important role in science and technology (S + T) policy across Europe in an effort to focus resource allocation. Yet, none of the estimates made in the European Delphi surveys have been formally assessed in retrospect, while...article 2009
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Barth, J.A.C. (author), Grathwohl, P. (author), Fowler, H.J. (author), Bellin, A. (author), Gerzabek, M.H. (author), Lair, G.J. (author), Barceló, D. (author), Petrovic, M. (author), Navarro, A. (author), Négrel, P. (author), Petelet-Giraud, E. (author), Darmendrail, D. (author), Rijnaarts, H. (author), Langenhoff, A. (author), de Weert, J. (author), Slob, A. (author), van der Zaan, B.M. (author), Gerritse, J. (author), Frank, E. (author), Gutierrez, A. (author), Kretzschmar, R. (author), Gocht, T. (author), Steidle, D. (author), Garrido, F. (author), Jones, K.C. (author), Meijer, S. (author), Moeckel, C. (author), Marsman, A. (author), Klaver, G. (author), Vogel, T. (author), Bürger, C. (author), Kolditz, O. (author), Broers, H.P. (author), Baran, N. (author), Joziasse, J. (author), von Tümpling, W. (author), van Gaans, P. (author), Merly, C. (author), Chapman, A. (author), Brouyère, S. (author), Batlle Aguilar, J. (author), Orban, Ph. (author), Tas, N. (author), Smidt, H. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)AquaTerra is one of the first environmental projects within the 6th Framework program by the European Commission. It began in June 2004 with a multidisciplinary team of 45 partner organizations from 13 EU countries, Switzerland, Serbia, Romania and Montenegro. Results from sampling and modeling in 4 large river basins (Ebro, Danube, Elbe and...article 2009
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Rosmuller, N. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)In the Netherlands, the Betuweline is a dedicated freight railway. It will, among other things, be used for transportation of all kinds of hazardous materials from the Port of Rotterdam to the German Hinterland and vice versa. The line is approximately 150 km long. Alongside the line, more than 100 km noise shields have been constructed. The...article 2009
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Compositional variation in Roman colourless glass objects from the bocholtz burial (the Netherlands)Huisman, D.J. (author), de Groot, T. (author), Pols, S. (author), van Os, B.J.H. (author), Degryse, P. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)We investigated the major and trace element composition and Pb and Sr isotope characteristics of a series of about 20 colourless glass objects from a single high-status Roman burial from the Netherlands (Bocholtz). The major elements show a relatively homogeneous group, with one outlier. This is corroborated by the Sr isotopes. Based on the Sb...article 2009
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Prendergast, G.S. (author), Zurn, C.M. (author), Bers, A.V. (author), Head, R.M. (author), Hansson, L.J. (author), Thomason, J.C. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek (author)Barnacle cypris larvae respond to many cues when selecting a settlement site. The settlement of over a million larvae on tiles of different textures, orientations and densities of incumbent settlers was measured on the rocky intertidal at Great Cumbrae, Scotland. Half of the tiles were replaced every tide whereas the others simultaneously...article 2009
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Donders, T.H. (author), Weijers, J.W.H. (author), Munsterman, D.K. (author), Kloosterboer-van Hoeve, M.L. (author), Buckles, L.K. (author), Pancost, R.D. (author), Schouten, S. (author), Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (author), Brinkhuis, H. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)A palynological and organic geochemical record from a shallow marine paleoenvironmental setting in SE Netherlands documents the coupled marine and terrestrial climate evolution from the late Burdigalian (∼ 17 Ma) through the early Zanclean (∼ 4.5 Ma). Proxy climate records show several coeval variations in both relative sea surface (deduced from...article 2009
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van Wees, J.-D. (author), Juez-Larre, J. (author), Mijnlieff, H. (author), Kronimus, A. (author), van Gessel, S. (author), Kramers, L. (author), Obdam, A. (author), Verweij, H. (author), Bonté, D. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)In the recent years the use of geothermal energy through implementation of low enthalpy geothermal production systems for both electricity and heating have been growing rapidly in north-western Europe. Geothermal exploration and production takes largely place in sedimentary basins at depths from 2 to 5 km. Geothermal activities can take...conference paper 2009
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Kombrink, H. (author), van Os, B.J.H. (author), van der Zwan, C.J. (author), Wong, Th.E. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)Geochemical studies on Upper Carboniferous marine bands showed that marked enrichment in redox-sensitive trace elements (uranium (U), vanadium (V), molybdenum (Mo)) mostly occur if they contain Goniatites. Goniatites indicate deposition in relatively distal and deep marine environments. In contrast, Westphalian marine bands found in the...article 2008
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Wijnker, E. (author), Bor, T.J. (author), Wesselingh, F.P. (author), Munsterman, D.K. (author), Brinkhuis, H. (author), Burger, A.W. (author), Vonhof, H.B. (author), Post, K. (author), Hoedemakers, K. (author), Janse, A.C. (author), Taverne, N. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)The locality of Langenboom (eastern Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands), also known as Mill, is famous for its Neogene molluscs, shark teeth, teleost remains, birds and marine mammals. The stratigraphic context of the fossils, which have been collected from sand suppletions, was hitherto poorly understood. Here we report on a section which has been...article 2008
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Schaap, M. (author), Apituley, A. (author), Timmermans, R.M.A. (author), Koelemeijer, R.B.A. (author), de Leeuw, G. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)To acquire daily estimates of PM2.5 distributions based on satellite data one depends critically on an established relation between AOD and ground level PM2.5. In this study we aimed to experimentally establish the AOD-PM2.5 relationship for the Netherlands. For that purpose an experiment was set-up at the AERONET site Cabauw. The average PM 2.5...article 2008
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Gerrits, L. (author), Marks, P. (author), TNO Bouw en Ondergrond (author)In this article the theoretical concepts of path-dependency and lock-in are applied to the geometry of the Zeeland delta in the Netherlands. They are used to show that even very small and unpredictable events can cause systems to remain on a path that is practically impossible to leave because the costs of leaving are too high. As a result,...article 2008