Langezijds

dr. P.C. Vermunt (Paul)

Researcher
ITC-WRS
Langezijds 1126
p.c.vermunt@utwente.nl
+31534894477
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I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Water Resources (WRS), Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).

My research and teaching concentrate on microwave remote sensing of vegetation and soil moisture. Specifically, I am passionate about forests and their hydraulic system. My current research mission is to accelerate the development of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite products for forest water status assessments. This way, we can use the unique features of microwave remote sensing to advance the study of forest resilience to droughts. I have a great love for fieldwork, and I am interested in the opportunistic use of existing data networks. 

Expertise

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Vegetation
    • Canopy
    • Investigation
    • Corn
    • Netherlands
    • Ultrahigh Frequency
    • Soil Moisture
    • Moisture Content

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Publications

2024

The influence of surface canopy water on L-band backscatter from corn: A study combining detailed In situ data and the Tor Vergata radiative transfer model (2024)Science of Remote Sensing, 9. Article 100137. Khabbazan, S., Steele-Dunne, S. C., Vermunt, P. C., Guerriero, L. & Judge, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100137

2023

A network of in situ soil moisture observations operational since 2009 (2023)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2023. Vermunt, P., van der Velde, R., Benninga, H.-J., Retsios, B. & Salama, M. S.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1850Twelve years of profile soil moisture and temperature measurements in Twente, the Netherlands (2023)Earth system science data, 15(4), 1889-1910. van der Velde, R., Benninga, H. F., Retsios, V., Vermunt, P. C. & Salama, S.https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1889-2023

2022

Twelve years profile soil moisture and temperature measurements in Twente, the Netherlands (2022)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. DATA Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). van der Velde, R., Benninga, H.-J. F., Vermunt, P. C. & van der Velde, R.https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-znj-wyg5Towards Understanding the Influence of Vertical Water Distribution on Radar Backscatter from Vegetation Using a Multi-Layer Water Cloud Model (2022)Remote sensing, 14(16). Article 3867. Vermunt, P. C., Steele-Dunne, S. C., Khabbazan, S., Kumar, V. & Judge, J.https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14163867Extrapolating continuous vegetation water content to understand sub-daily backscatter variations (2022)Hydrology and earth system sciences, 26(5), 1223-1241. Vermunt, P. C., Steele-Dunne, S. C., Khabbazan, S., Judge, J. & Van De Giesen, N. C.https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-1223-2022The influence of surface canopy water on the relationship between L-band backscatter and biophysical variables in agricultural monitoring (2022)Remote sensing of environment, 268. Article 112789. Khabbazan, S., Steele-Dunne, S. C., Vermunt, P., Judge, J., Vreugdenhil, M. & Gao, G.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112789

2021

The importance of overpass time in agricultural applications of radar (2021)In IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings (pp. 6084-6087) (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Vol. 2021-July). IEEE. Khabbazan, S., Vermunt, P. C., Steele-Dunne, S. C. & Judge, J.https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553391

Research profiles

I teach "Microwave remote sensing of soil moisture" as part of the MSc course "Earth Observation of Water Resources", and as part of EO Africa programmes. 

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University of Twente

Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1126
Hallenweg 8
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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