About Me
Christiaan van der Tol (1978) is an associate professor in 'Ecohydrology and Earth Observation' at the Water Resources department. His interest is in the relations between water, energy and other resources on Earth.
He obtained his MSc in Hydrology at Wageningen University (2001), and PhD in Earth Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2007) with the thesis ‘Climatic Constaints on Cabon Assimilation and Transpiration of sub-Mediterranean forests’. He developed the ‘Soil-Canopy Observation of Photosynthesis and Energy fluxes’ (SCOPE) model, and worked on the interpretation of Solar Induced Chlorophyll fluorescence: https://github.com/christiaanvandertol
Expertise
Earth & Environmental Sciences
# Canopy
# Chlorophyll
# Energy Flux
# Fluorescence
# Photosynthesis
Agriculture & Biology
# Canopy
# Fluorescence
# Radiative Transfer
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Water Resources (WRS)Research
- ‘Soil-Canopy Observation of Photosynthesis and Energy fluxes’ (SCOPE) model
- Radiative transfer and energy budgets of vegetation
- Solar Induced Chlorophyll fluorescence
- Vegetation structure and functioning
- Energy dissipation pathways at the Earth surface
- Rainfall interception, evaporation and transpiration
- Photosynthesis and heat, water, and nutrient stress
- FLEX satellite mission
Publications
Recent
Tang, E.
, Zeng, Y., Wang, Y.
, Song, Z.
, Yu, D., Wu, H., Qiao, C.
, van der Tol, C., Du, L.
, & Su, Z. (2023).
Understanding the effects of revegetated shrubs on energy, water and carbon fluxes in a semiarid steppe ecosystem using STEMMUS-SCOPE Model. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria.
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2749
Zeng, Y., Alidoost, F., Schilperoort, B., Liu, Y., Grootes, M. W., Wang, Y.
, Song, Z.
, Yu, D., Tang, E.
, Han, Q.
, van der Tol, C.
, Zurita-Milla, R.
, Yang, M. Y.
, Girgin, S., Dzigan, Y.
, & Su, Z. (2023).
Towards an open digital twin of soil-plant system following Open Science . Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria.
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9786
Wang, Y.
, Zeng, Y., Alidoost, F.
, Song, Z.
, Yu, D., Tang, E.
, Han, Q.
, Retsios, V.
, Girgin, S.
, van der Tol, C.
, & Su, Z. (2023).
STEMMUS-SCOPE for PLUMBER2: Understanding water-energy-carbon fluxes with a physically consistent dataset across thesSoil-plant-atmosphere (SPAC) continuum. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria.
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16633
Prikaziuk, E., Migliavacca, M.
, Su, Z.
, & van der Tol, C. (2023).
Simulation of ecosystem fluxes with the SCOPE model: Sensitivity to parametrization and evaluation with flux tower observations.
Remote sensing of environment,
284, [113324].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113324
Prikaziuk, E.
, Ntakos, G., ten Den, T., Reidsma, P., van der Wal, T.
, & van der Tol, C. (2022).
Using the SCOPE model for potato growth, productivity and yield monitoring under different levels of nitrogen fertilization.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,
114, [102997].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102997
Rastogi, A., Antala, M.
, Prikaziuk, E.
, Yang, P.
, van der Tol, C., & Juszczak, R. (2022).
Exploring the potential of SCOPE model for detection of leaf area index and sun-induced fluorescence of peatland canopy.
Remote sensing,
14(16), [4010].
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14164010
Martini, D. (2022).
Deciphering the factors relating sun-induced fluorescence to photosynthesis and transpiration in space and time. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554145
Prikaziuk, E., Migliavacca, M.
, Su, Z.
, & van der Tol, C. (2022).
Multi-site validation of daily SCOPE-model-simulated carbon and energy fluxes. Poster session presented at Living Planet Symposium, LPS 2022, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
https://express.converia.de/frontend/index.php?page_id=18446&v=AuthorList&do=17&day=all&q=prikaziuk&entity_id=322692
Berger, K., Machwitz, M., Kycko, M., Kefauver, S. C., Van Wittenberghe, S., Gerhards, M., Verrelst, J., Atzberger, C.
, van der Tol, C., Damm, A., Rascher, U., Herrmann, I., Sobejano Paz, V., Fahrner, S., Pieruschka, R.
, Prikaziuk, E., Buchaillot, M. L., Halabuk, A., Celesti, M., ... Schlerf, M. (2022).
Multi-sensor spectral synergies for crop stress detection and monitoring in the optical domain: A review.
Remote sensing of environment,
280, [113198].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113198
Duarte Rocha, A., Vulova, S.
, van der Tol, C., Förster, M., & Kleinschmit, B. (2022).
Modelling hourly evapotranspiration in urban environments with SCOPE using open remote sensing and meteorological data.
Hydrology and earth system sciences,
26(4), 1111-1129.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-1111-2022
Antala, M., Juszczak, R.
, van der Tol, C., & Rastogi, A. (2022).
Impact of climate change-induced alterations in peatland vegetation phenology and composition on carbon balance.
Science of the total environment,
827, [154294].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154294
Martini, D., Sakowska, K., Wohlfahrt, G., Pacheco-Labrador, J.
, van der Tol, C., Porcar-Castell, A., Magney, T. S., Carrara, A., Colombo, R., El-Madany, T. S., Gonzalez-Cascon, R., Martín, M. P., Julitta, T., Moreno, G., Rascher, U., Reichstein, M., Rossini, M., & Migliavacca, M. (2022).
Heatwave breaks down the linearity between sun-induced fluorescence and gross primary production.
New phytologist,
233(6), 2415-2428.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17920
Malenovský, Z., Regaieg, O., Yin, T., Lauret, N., Guilleux, J., Chavanon, E., Duran, N., Janoutová, R., Delavois, A., Meynier, J., Medjdoub, G.
, Yang, P.
, Van Der Tol, C., Morton, D., Cook, B. D., & Gastellu-etchegorry, J. (2021).
Discrete anisotropic radiative transfer modelling of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: Structural impacts in geometrically explicit vegetation canopies.
Remote sensing of environment,
263, 1-24. [112564].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112564
Siegmann, B., Cendrero-mateo, M. P., Cogliati, S., Damm, A., Gamon, J., Herrera, D., Jedmowski, C., Junker-frohn, L. V., Kraska, T., Muller, O., Rademske, P.
, Van Der Tol, C., Quiros-vargas, J.
, Yang, P., & Rascher, U. (2021).
Downscaling of far-red solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence of different crops from canopy to leaf level using a diurnal data set acquired by the airborne imaging spectrometer HyPlant.
Remote sensing of environment,
264, 1-19. [112609].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112609
Yang, P.
, Prikaziuk, E.
, Verhoef, W.
, & Van Der Tol, C. (2021).
SCOPE 2.0: A model to simulate vegetated land surface fluxes and satellite signals.
Geoscientific Model Development,
14(7), 4697-4712.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4697-2021
Prikaziuk, E. (2021).
Plant productivity and evaporation from remote sensing. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036552578
Zhu, N.
, Van Der Tol, C., Feng, A., Huang, L., & Wang, N. (2021).
Mapping of biophysical and biochemical properties of coastal tidal wetland habitats with Landsat 8.
Journal of applied remote sensing,
15(3), 1-17. [038508].
https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.15.038508
Hofste, J. G.
, Van Der Velde, R., Wen, J., Wang, X., Wang, Z., Zheng, D.
, Van Der Tol, C.
, & Su, Z. (2021).
Year-long, broad-band, microwave backscatter observations of an alpine meadow over the Tibetan Plateau with a ground-based scatterometer.
Earth system science data,
13(6), 2819-2856.
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2819-2021
Wang, Y.
, Zeng, Y.
, Yu, L.
, Yang, P.
, Van Der Tol, C., Yu, Q., Lü, X., Cai, H.
, & Su, Z. (2021).
Integrated modeling of canopy photosynthesis, fluorescence, and the transfer of energy, mass, and momentum in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum (STEMMUS–SCOPE v1.0.0).
Geoscientific Model Development,
14(3), 1379-1407.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1379-2021
Yang, P.
, Van Der Tol, C., Campbell, P. K. E., & Middleton, E. M. (2021).
Unraveling the physical and physiological basis for the solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthesis relationship using continuous leaf and canopy measurements of a corn crop.
Biogeosciences,
18(2), 441-465.
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-441-2021
Pacheco-Labrador, J., El-Madany, T. S.
, van der Tol, C., Martin, M. P., Gonzalez-Cascon, R., Perez-Priego, O., Guan, J., Moreno, G., Carrara, A., Reichstein, M., & Migliavacca, M. (2021).
senSCOPE: Modeling mixed canopies combining green and brown senesced leaves. Evaluation in a Mediterranean Grassland.
Remote sensing of environment,
257, 1-18. [112352].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112352
Damm, A., Haghighi, E., Paul-Limoges, E.
, & van der Tol, C. (2021).
On the seasonal relation of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and transpiration in a temperate mixed forest.
Agricultural and forest meteorology,
304-305, 1-12. [108386].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108386
Yang, P.
, Verhoef, W.
, Prikaziuk, E.
, & van der Tol, C. (2021).
Improved retrieval of land surface biophysical variables from time series of Sentinel-3 OLCI TOA spectral observations by considering the temporal autocorrelation of surface and atmospheric properties.
Remote sensing of environment,
256, 1-17. [112328].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112328
Prikaziuk, E.
, Yang, P.
, & van der Tol, C. (2021).
Google Earth Engine Sentinel-3 OLCI Level-1 dataset deviates from the original data: Causes and consequences.
Remote sensing,
13(6), 1-19. [1098].
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13061098
Naz, R., Ashraf, A.
, Van der Tol, C., & Aziz, F. (2020).
Modeling hydrological response to land use/cover change: case study of Chirah Watershed (Soan River), Pakistan.
Arabian Journal of Geosciences,
13, 1-16. [1220].
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-06177-x
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Education
Christiaan van der Tol has supervised nearly 50 Msc research thesis projects on topics of remote sensing of water fluxes and vegetation processes. He coordinates the curriculum of the Water Resources specialization of the MSc course of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation. He also trains young researchers in (among others) the PhD training network TRuStEE.
Affiliated Study Programmes
Master
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses Academic Year 2021/2022
Projects
My research projects funded by NWO and the EU focus on understanding the interactions between plants, hydrology and climate.
Current Projects
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
ITC
(building no. 75), room 5-147
Hengelosestraat 99
7514AE Enschede
The Netherlands
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
(building no. 19), room 1102
Hallenweg 8
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
1102
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands