Tom Rientjes

Tom Rientjes is an Associate Professor at the Department of Water Resources and the Digital Society Institute at Delft University of Technology. His research focuses on satellite hydrology for water resource modeling and climate change impacts on water resources. He specializes in integrating remote sensing data with hydrological models to address challenges in rainfall estimation, land cover change analysis, and flood risk assessment. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to clean water and climate action.

Key research areas include rainfall bias correction, flood detection using SAR imagery, and the impact of land use changes on hydrological processes. He has published extensively on topics such as satellite data applications in agriculture, climate model error propagation, and sustainable water management in data-scarce regions like Ethiopia and the Zambezi Basin.

His recent work highlights advancements in multisource data fusion for seasonal land-cover mapping and Bayesian approaches for rainfall estimation in urban environments. Collaborations span global institutions, addressing issues from flood early warning systems in Niger-Benue to hydrological balance studies in Lake Tana, Ethiopia.

Tom has supervised 4 academic works, contributing to the training of future hydrologists. His research bridges technical innovation with practical applications, aiming to enhance water resource resilience globally.