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Alterra – part of Wageningen University and Research CentreAllard de Wit
Alterra and Wageningen University and Research Centre
(Stichting DLO) Wageningen
Alterra: The institute
650 people annual turnover ~40M€ 5 departments (centres): ecosystems,
landscape, water & climate, soil and geo-information
Disciplines: water, nature, biodiversity, climate, landscape, forest, ecology, environment, soil, spatial planning, geo-information, remote sensing, flora and fauna, urban green, etc.
Relevant expertise for E-AGRI
Weather data processing for agrometeorological monitoring & modelling
Developing, calibrating and applying agrometeorological models
Processing and analyzing of geographical data (maps, satellite data)
Data assimilation, model optimization Software engineering (models, interfaces,
visualisation, databases) Statistical systems for yield forecasting
Track record and experience
Consortium leader of the MARSOP1,2,3 projects (MARS operations for JRC Agri4Cast/FoodSec)
GLOBAM project: crop models and satellite data assimilation
Huabei-CGMS: application of agromet. models in the North China Plain
Geoland1,2: scientific extensions to MARSOP projects
CGMS-China: providing support for CAAS in building CGMS for China.