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. (2024).
Understanding the effects of revegetated shrubs on fluxes of energy, water, and gross primary productivity in a desert steppe ecosystem using the STEMMUS-SCOPE model.
Biogeosciences,
21(4), 893-909.
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-893-2024
Gumindoga, W. (2023).
Observing Zambezi Basin from space: Satellite rainfall bias error correction and propagation analysis for hydrological modelling. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036556286
Marshall, M., Haridasan, D., Florencio, C. V.
, Tol, C. V. D.
, Vrieling, A., Tu, K.
, Zhang, L.
, & Nelson, A. (2023).
Biogeographic limits of C4 engineered rice. Research Square Publications.
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3333949/v1
Sun, Y., Wen, J., Gu, L., Joiner, J., Chang, C. Y.
, van der Tol, C., Porcar-Castell, A., Magney, T., Wang, L., Hu, L., Rascher, U., Zarco-Tejada, P., Barrett, C. B., Lai, J., Han, J., & Luo, Z. (2023).
From remotely-sensed solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence to ecosystem structure, function, and service: Part II—Harnessing data.
Global change biology,
29(11), 2893-2925.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16646
Sun, Y., Gu, L., Wen, J.
, van der Tol, C., Porcar-Castell, A., Joiner, J., Chang, C. Y., Magney, T., Wang, L., Hu, L., Rascher, U., Zarco-Tejada, P., Barrett, C. B., Lai, J., Han, J., & Luo, Z. (2023).
From remotely sensed solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence to ecosystem structure, function, and service: Part I—Harnessing theory.
Global change biology,
29(11), 2926-2952.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16634
Acebron, K. T., McMahon, S. M., Garcia, M. N., Southwick, C. D., Braun, E. J., Detto, M., Vasquez, V.
, Prikaziuk, E.
, van der Tol, C., & Albert, L. (2023).
Using the radiative-transfer SCOPE model to predict the vulnerability of tropical forests to changing climate. Poster session presented at NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystem Joint Science Workshop 2023, College Park, Maryland, United States.
https://cce-datasharing.gsfc.nasa.gov/conferences/absbyid/145/35/h/1/
van der Tol, C., Julitta, T.
, Yang, P., Sabater, N., Reiter, I., Tudoroiu, M., Schuettemeyer, D., & Drusch, M. (2023).
Retrieval of chlorophyll fluorescence from a large distance using oxygen absorption bands.
Remote sensing of environment,
284, Article 113304.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113304
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, Article 113324.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113324
Moreno, J., Colombo, R., Damm, A., Goulas, Y., Miglietta, F., Mohammed, G., Mottus, M., North, P., Rascher, U.
, van der Tol, C., & Drusch, M. (2022).
The fluorescence explorer (FLEX) mission: imaging spectroscopy in very high spectral resolution. Abstract from 12th EARSeL Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy 2022, Potsdam, Germany.
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, Article 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), Article 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, Article 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, Article 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. Article 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. Article 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. Article 038508.
https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.15.038508
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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.
Courses Academic Year 2023/2024
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 2022/2023
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
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