Publications
More information about various aspects of WA+ can be found in these publications, focussing on development of the WA+ methodology, WA+ implementation in various case studies and validation of Remote Sensing products. Some key publications can be found here, for a full list check out the sub-pages.
Key publications
WA+ concepts
- Mul, M., Karimi, P., Coerver, H.M., Pareeth, S., Rebelo, L.M., 2020. Water Productivity and Water Accounting Methodology Manual. Project report, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands and the International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka.
- FAO and IHE Delft, 2019. WaPOR Quality Assessment – technical report on the data quality of the WaPOR Database version 1.0. FAO report, Rome, Italy
- Batchelor, C., Hoogeveen, J., Faurès, J.M. and Peiser, L., 2016. Water accounting and auditing – A sourcebook. FAO Water Reports no. 43, 212 p
- Karimi, P., Wim G. M. Bastiaanssen, and Molden, D., 2013. Water Accounting Plus (WA+) - A Water Accounting Procedure for Complex River Basins Based on Satellite Measurements. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 17 (7): 2459–2472.
- Molden, D., and Sakthivadivel, R., 1999. Water Accounting to Assess Use and Productivity of Water. International Journal of Water Resources Development 15 (1-2): 55–71.
WA+ methodology
- Msigwa, A., Komakech, H.C., Salvadore, E., Seyoum, S., Mul, M.L., van Griensven, A., 2021. Comparison of Blue and Green water use estimates for different land use classes in a Semi-arid Cultivated Catchment using Remote Sensing. Journal of Hydrology – Regional Studies, 36, 100860
- Simons, G.W.H., Bastiaanssen, W.G.M., Cheema, M.J.M., Ahmad, B. and Immerzeel, W.W., 2020. A novel method to quantify consumed fractions and non-consumptive use of irrigation water: Application to the Indus Basin Irrigation System of Pakistan. Agricultural Water Management, 236, p.106174.
- Van Eekelen, M.W., Bastiaanssen, W.G., Jarmain, C., Jackson, B., Ferreira, F., Van der Zaag, P., Okello, A.S., Bosch, J., Dye, P., Bastidas-Obando, E. and Dost, R.J.J., 2015. A Novel Approach to Estimate Direct and Indirect Water Withdrawals from Satellite Measurements: A Case Study from the Incomati Basin. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 200:126–42.
- Kiptala, J.K., Mul, M.L., Mohamed, Y., van der Zaag, P., 2014. Modelling stream flow and quantifying blue water using modified STREAM model for a heterogeneous, highly utilized and data-scarce river basin in Africa. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18, 2287-2303.
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Case studies
- FAO and IHE Delft, 2019. Water Accounting in the Litani River Basin. FAO WaPOR water accounting reports.
- Salvadore, E., Mul, M., Tran, B., Karimi, P., 2020. Water Accounting study for three sub-basins of the Krishna water system in Karnataka, India. Project report, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands.
- Karimi, P., Bastiaanssen, W.G.M., Molden, D. and Cheema, M.J.M. (2013). Basin-Wide Water Accounting Based on Remote Sensing Data: An Application for the Indus Basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 17 (7): 2473–86.
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Remote sensing products validation
- Michailovsky, C. I., Coerver, B., Mul, M., and Jewitt, G. 2023 [preprint]. Investigating sources of variability in closing the terrestrial water balance with remote sensing, Hydrolology and Earth System Sciences Discussion
- Tran, B. N., van der Kwast, J., Seyoum, S., Uijlenhoet, R., Jewitt, G., and Mul, M. 2023 [preprint]. Uncertainty Assessment of Satellite Remote Sensing-based Evapotranspiration Estimates: A Systematic Review of Methods and Gaps, EGUsphere, 2023.
- Weerasinghe, I., Bastiaanssen, W., Mul, M., Jia, L., van Griensven, A., 2020. Can we trust remote sensing evapotranspiration products over Africa? Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(3), 1565-1586.
- Blatchford, M.L., Mannaerts, C.M., Njuki, S.M., Nouri, H., Zeng, Y., Pelgrum, H., Wonink, S. and Karimi, P., 2020. Evaluation of WaPOR V2 evapotranspiration products across Africa. Hydrological processes, 34(15), pp.3200-3221
- FAO and IHE Delft, 2019. WaPOR Quality Assessment – technical report on the data quality of the WaPOR Database version 1.0. FAO report, Rome, Italy
- Karimi, P, and Bastiaanssen, W.G.M. (2015). Spatial Evapotranspiration, Rainfall and Land Use Data in Water Accounting – Part 1: Review of the Accuracy of the Remote Sensing Data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19 (1): 507–532.
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