Seminars and presentations
Invited seminars
2011
- 03/03/2011. British Embassy Bogota, UK Trade and Investment section Prediction, impact and attribution of inundations. Experiences from the Uk and the Andes.
- 15/02/2011. University of Sussex Managing water and other ecosystem services in the tropical Andes under conditions of global change.
- 10/02/2011. University of Birmingham Managing water and other ecosystem services in the tropical Andes
2010
- 13/10/2010. University of Edinburgh Unravelling the carbon and water cycle of tropical mountain areas
- 11/11/2010. University of Reading On the role of simulation for ecosystem services management: Case studies from the tropical Andes
- 10/06/2010. Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory Hydrological aspects of sugar cane production for biofuels.
- 29/03/2010. Oxford University (Hydra meeting). Water Science in South America.
- 02/03/2010. National Science Foundation. A UK Virtual Observatory. Modelling objectives.
2009
- 01/12/2009. King's College London. Climate change impacts on water resources in tropical mountain regions.
- 27/09/2009. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego. Integrated climate change impact assessment: challenges and opportunities.
- 16/09/2009. Mountain Research Initiative, University of Bern. Climate change impacts on water resources in the Andes.
- 18/06/2009. Worldbank, Washington. Water resources and environmental change in the tropical Andes: A scientific perspective.
- 04/06/2009. University of Giessen, Germany. As the condor flies: An overview of integrated water resources management in the Andes.
- 02/06/2009. University of Cottbus, Germany. Hydrological modelling with Topmodel (and other creatures).
- 09/02/2009. Newcastle University, UK. Predicting climate change impacts on water resources (with uncertainty): A case study from the Andes.
2008
- 06/09/2008. CONDESAN, Ecuador. Páramos y agua.
- 24/06/2008. University of Delft, The Netherlands. Hydrological prediction in non-stationary conditions.
- 19/06/2008. Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Sustainable water management in the tropical Andes.
- 03/03/2008. Keele University, UK. The art of modelling.
- 17/02/2008. University of Cuenca, Ecuador. Páramos, agua y cambio climático.
Conference presentations
Keynotes and invited presentations
- Keynote Buytaert W. 2010. Managing the ecosystem services and risks of the water cycle in the tropical Andes. International conference on geomatics. Bogota, Colombia, 8 - 12 August 2011
- Invited presentation Buytaert, W., Vuille, M., Karmalkar, A.V., Urrutia, R., Celleri, R., 2010. Climate change impacts on water resources in tropical mountain regions: an Andean perspective (Invited). AGU fall meeting 2010, San Francisco, 13 - 17 December 2010.
2011
- Almeida, S., Bulygina, N., Sawicz, K., McIntyre, N., Wagener, T., Buytaert, W., 2011. A Bayesian Framework for PUB. EGU General Assembly. 3 - 8 April 2011, Vienna.
- Buytaert, W., Cuesta, F., De Bièvre, 2011. Climate Change versus Demographic Change: Impacts on Future Water Resources. EGU General Assembly. 3 - 8 April 2011, Vienna.
- Buytaert, W., Baez, S., Veliz, C., 2011. Towards a virtual observatory for ecosystem services and poverty alleviation. EGU General Assembly. 3 - 8 April 2011, Vienna.
2010
- Ward, E., Buytaert, W., Wheater, H., 2010. A Comparison of Rainfall Measurement Methods in Ecuador. Proceedings of the British Hydrological Society’s Third International Symposium. Role of Hydrology in Managing Consequences of a Changing Global Environment. 19 - 22 July 2010.
- Buytaert, W., Tovar Ingar, C., Arnillas, C-A., 2010. A regional assessment of climate change impact on water resources in the tropical Andes. Proceedings of the British Hydrological Society's Third International Symposium. Role of Hydrology in Managing Consequences of a Changing Global Environment. 19 - 22 July 2010.
- Buytaert, W., Baéz, S., Cuesta, F., Celiz Rosas, C., 2010. Towards a virtual observatory for ecosystem services and poverty alleviation. AGU fall meeting 2010, San Francisco, 13 - 17 December 2010.
- Gurney, R.J., Tetzlaff, D., Freer, J.E., Emmett, B., Mcdonald, A., Rees, G., Buytaert, W., Blair, G., Haygarth, P., 2010. A virtual observatory in a real world: building capacity for an uncertain future - the UK pVO. AGU fall meeting 2010, San Francisco, 13 - 17 December 2010.
- Clark, J.M., Ballard, C.E., Ireson, A. M.; Buytaert, W., Wheater, H.S., Rose R., 2010. Uncertainty in Estimates of the Apparent Temperature Sensitivity of Peatland Dissolved Organic Carbon Fluxes under Changing Hydrologic Conditions. AGU fall meeting 2010, San Francisco, 13 - 17 December 2010.
- Ward, E., Buytaert, W., Wheater, H., 2010. Spatial variability of rainfall in a tropical, data sparse, mountainous region. Proceedings of the international conference on Global Change and the World's Mountains. Perth, Scotland. 26-30 September 2010.
- Buytaert, W., Beven, K., 2010. Models as multiple working hypotheses: Hydrological simulation of neotropical alpine wetlands. International Interdisciplinary Conference on predictions for Hydrology, Ecology and Water Resources Management. 19 - 23 September 2010, Prague.
- Buytaert, W., Peaver, L., 2010. Evaluation of different precipitation products for hydrological prediction in mountainous areas. EGU General Assembly. 2 - 7 May 2010, Vienna.
- Blair, G., Buytaert, W., Emmett, B., Freer, J., Gurney, R., Haygarth, P., McDonald, A., Rees, G., Tetzlaff, D., 2010. A virtual observatory in a real world: building capacity for an uncertain future. EGU General Assembly.
- Reusser, D., Buytaert, W. 2010. RHydro - Hydrological models and tools to represent and analyze hydrological data in R. EGU General Assembly. 2 - 7 May 2010, Vienna.
- Buytaert., W., Schumann, G., Worbe, S., 2010. Modelling water and carbon budgets of tropical alpine regions with satellite rader data. EGU General Assembly. 2 - 7 May 2010, Vienna.
2009
- Buytaert, W., Schumann, G., Worbe, S., 2009. Modelling water and carbon budgets of tropical alpine regions with satellite radar data. Joint IAHS & IAH International Convention. Hyderabad, India, 6 - 12 September 2009.
- Buytaert, W., Celleri, R., Timbe, L., 2009. Predicting climate change impacts on water resources: The impact of GCM uncertainty. Joint IAHS & IAH International Convention. Hyderabad, India, 6 - 12 September 2009.
- Buytaert, W., Monitoreo de los procesos de páramo Una visión integrada. 2do Congreso Mundial de Páramos, 21 - 25 June 2009, Loja, Ecuador.
- Buytaert, W., Cuesta, F., Tobón, 2009. El impacto del cambio climático sobre los servicios ambientales de los páramos. 2do Congreso Mundial de Páramos, 21 - 25 June 2009, Loja, Ecuador.
- Buytaert, W., Schumann, G., 2009. Identifying tropical mountain wetlands with Asymmetric Synthetic Aperture Radar. 19 - 24 April 2009. Vienna, Austria.
- Vanegas, P., De Bieève, B., Jerves, L., Lazo, P., Buytaert, W., Cisneros, F., 2009. Artificial Neural Networks for Real Time Inflow Forecasting in the Paute River Reservoir. 19 - 24 April 2009. Vienna, Austria.
- Buytaert., W., Dussaillant, A., Maturrana, O., Arias, M., 2009. Characterisation of the hydrological regime of Patagonian river systems. 19 - 24 April 2009. Vienna, Austria.
- Dussaillant, A., Benito, G., Buytaert, W., Carling, P., Gonzalez, F., Link, O., Meier, C., 2009. Repeated Glacial-Lake Outburst Floods in Patagonia: An Increasing Hazard? 19 - 24 April 2009. Vienna, Austria.
- Dussaillant, A., Maturana, O., Arias, M., Meier, C., Buytaert, W., 2009. Catchment similarity and classification in high gradient regions: the case of Chilean Patagonia. EGU General Assembly. 19 - 24 April 2009. Vienna, Austria.
- Buytaert, W., 2009. Integration of environmental models using R. 8th International Conference on Hydroinformatics. Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile, 12 - 16 January 2009.
2008
- Buytaert, W., Schumann, G., Winsemius, H., 2008. Using remotely sensed data for water management in the tropics. Water Unifies - International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes and Groundwater Management Responses. Irvine, CA, 1 - 5 December 2008.
- Buytaert, W., Célleri, R, 2008. Climate change impacts on water supply in the tropical Andes. 4th Alexander von Humboldt International Conference - The Andes: Challenge for Geosciences. Santiago de Chile, Chile, 24 - 28 November 2008.
- Buytaert, W; Beven, K; De Bièvre, B, 2008. Global change in tropical mountain environments. EGU General Assembly. 13 - 18 April 2008. Vienna, Austria.
- Buytaert, W; Beven, K, 2008. A learning framework for regionalisation. EGU General Assembly. 13 - 18 April 2008. Vienna, Austria.
- Buytaert, W; De Bièvre, B; Cuesta, F, 2008. A blueprint for participatory environmental monitoring. EGU General Assembly. 13 - 18 April 2008. Vienna, Austria.
- Buytaert, W, 2008. Integrated environmental modelling - an R approach. EGU General Assembly. 13 - 18 April 2008. Vienna, Austria.
2007
- Buytaert, W., Beven K., 2007. Model transferability within an uncertainty framework. Proceedings of the IUGG General Assembly. 2 - 13 July 2007. Perugia, Italy.
- Buytaert, W., Beven K., 2007. The feasibility of the "models of everywhere" concept. Proceedings of the IUGG General Assembly. 2 - 13 July 2007. Perugia, Italy.
- Buytaert, W., De Bièvre, B., 2007. Securing water supply in the tropical Andes. EGU General Assembly. 15 - 20 April 2007. Vienna, Austria.
- Krause, S., Buytaert, W., Krueger, T., 2007. The carbon footprint of academic travelling - assessing the sustainability of different ways of travelling to the EGU Assembly. EGU General Assembly. 15 - 20 April 2007. Vienna, Austria.
2006 and earlier
- Buytaert, W., Célleri, R., De Bièvre, B., 2006. The impact of pine plantations on water yield: a case study from the Ecuadorian Andes. Third International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management. 26 - 28 September 2006. Bochum, Germany.
- Célleri, R., Buytaert, W., De Bièvre, B. 2006. Integrated water management in the Andean páramo: vulnerability and management options. Third International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management. 26 - 28 September 2006. Bochum, Germany.
- Buytaert, W., Celleri, R., De Bièvre, B. 2006. The impact of spatial variability on areal rainfall estimation in small mountainous catchments. Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennal conference of the Euromediterraneal network of experimental and representative basins, Luxembourg, 19 - 22 September 2006.
- Buytaert, W., Poyck, S., Iñiguez, V., De Bièvre, B., 2006. Hill slope flow in organic soils, a case study from the Ecuadorian páramo ecosystem. EGU General Assembly. 02 - 07 April 2006. Vienna, Austria.
- Buytaert, W., Celleri, R., Iñiguez, V., De Bièvre, B., 2006. The impact of climate change on the water supply of the Andean highlands. EGU General Assembly. 02 - 07 April 2006. Vienna, Austria.
- Buytaert, W., Celleri, R., De Bièvre, B., Deckers, J., Wyseure, G., 2005. Sustainable management and use of the Andean páramo ecosystem in view of climate change. Open Science Conference: Global Change in Mountain Regions. 2 - 6 October 2005. Perth, UK.
- Buytaert, W., Iñiguez, V., Celleri, R., De Bièvre, B., Wyseure, G, 2005. Analysis of the water balance of small páramo catchments in south Ecuador. Headwater Control VI: Hydrology, Ecology and Water Resources in Headwaters. 20 - 23 June 2005. Bergen, Norway.
- Buytaert, W., Celleri, R., De Bièvre, B., 2006. Forestation and sustainable water resources management. A case study from the Andean highlands Bangkok. Proceedings of the 3th 3rd APHW Conference on Wise Water Resources Management Towards Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction, 16-18 October 2006, Bangkok, Thailand.
- De Bièvre B., Iñiguez V., Buytaert W., Celleri R., 2004, Evaluación del Efecto del Cambio de Uso del Suelo en la Hidrología del Páramo, IX Congreso Ecuatoriano, I Congreso Binacional de la Ciencia del Suelo Ecuador-Peru, Loja, Ecuador, 6-8 Oct. 2004, CD-ROM.
- Buytaert W., 2004. El impacto humano sobre la hidrologia del páramo en el Austro Ecuatoriano. Proyecto Páramo Andino - CONDESAN. Electronic publication at the "III foro electronico sobre páramos. 10 May - 9 July 2004" workshop at http://www.condesan.org/infoandina/foros/paramo2004/WBuytaert1.htm
- Buytaert, W., R. Celleri, B. De Bièvre, J. Deckers, G. Wyseure, 2004. Characterizing the hydrological response of small mountainous catchments in the Ecuadorian páramo. International conference on the hydrology of mountain environments. 27 sept - 01 Oct 2004. Berchtesgaden, Germany.
- Buytaert, W., R. Celleri, B. De Bièvre, J. Deckers, G. Wyseure, 2004. Comparison of the runoff ratio of cultivated and non-cultivated mountainous microcatchments in the Ecuadorian páramo. International conference on the hydrology of mountain environments. 27 Sept - 01 Oct 2004. Berchtesgaden, Germany.
- Buytaert W., J. Deckers, 2004. On the crossroads between Andosols, Histosols, Podzols and Umbrisols in South Ecuador. Soil Classification 2004 international conference and field workshop. 3 - 8 August. Petrozavodsk, Russia.
- Buytaert W., H. Duyck, G. Dercon, G. Wyseure, J. Deckers, 2003. Parent material, climate and volcanism as major soil forming factors in the Ecuadorian high Andes region. Abstracts of the EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, 06-11 April 2003. Nice, France.
- Buytaert, W., R. Celleri, B. De Bièvre, J. Deckers and G. Wyseure, 2003. Modelizacion del comportamiento hidrologico de microcuencas de paramo en el sur del Ecuador usando TOPmodel, III Congreso Latinoamericano de manejo de cuencas hidrograficas, 8-13 june, Arequipa, Peru, Abstract p. 238, full version CD-ROM, FAO.
- Buytaert W., B. De Bièvre, G. Wyseure, J. Deckers, 2002. Using the linear reservoir concept to assess impact of land use changes on the hydrology of the Ecuadorian Andes. Abstracts of the symposium on land use change and geomorphic, soil and water processes in tropical mountain environments, 16 - 21 december, 2002. Quito-Cuenca, Ecuador.
- Buytaert, W., B. De Bièvre, J. Deckers and G. Dercon, 2000. Influence of land use on the hydrological properties of volcanic soils: the case of catchments providing water to Andean cities. Food and Agriculture organisation of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. Electronic publication at the "Land-Water Linkages in Rural Watersheds" workshop at http://www.fao.org/landandwater/watershed.