Jack Beard (MSc) is a hydrologist with expertise in climate change, drought and water resources. His key interest is exploring how water resources challenges interface with ecology, climate and society. At FutureWater, Jack works on a wide range of projects, notably including water resources and climate risk assessments for development projects relating to water and agriculture. Jack has a strong interest in Nature Based Solutions to water and climate challenges and works on developing modelling and remote sensing techniques to guide their implementation.

His MSc. thesis research, conducted with KWR Watercycle Research Institute, focused on water balance modelling and extensive data analysis to better characterise the influence of drought on streamflows, with a specific focus on the reuse dynamics of treated wastewater. Through his BSc research within the University of Bristol hydrology group and subsequent position at a hydrological consultancy he has also gained experience in the field of flood risk and hydrodynamic modelling. Jack also has experience with teaching, having assisted with the delivery of a number of MSc courses whilst at Utrecht University.

Gerelateerde projecten

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  Verenigd Koninkrijk

  Technical Coordination for the Norfolk Water Fund

  FutureWater will support The Nature Conservancy and Water Resources East in the creation of a Water Fund for the region. This will identify a portfolio of nature-based solutions (NBS) to be implemented in the county, aiming to leverage large scale private investment to fund their implementation. FutureWater is responsible for…

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  Egypte

  A Practical Farmers’ Toolkit – Geodata for Climate Smart Agriculture in Egypt

  The 'Farmers Toolkit' as presented in this project contains various geodata tools applicable for farmers to assist their decision-making and adopt climate smart agricultural practices. This project launches a training program on these tools, which are: Flying Sensors, irrigation advisory services (IrriWatch portal), WaPOR and Google Earthengine Apps, and Climate…

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  Mozambique

  Cadastre Mapping with Flying Sensor Imagery in Mozambique

  In this project TerraFirma hired FutureWater, HiView and ThirdEye Limitada (Chimoio, Mozambique) to acquire flying sensor imagery over a pilot area near Quelimane, Mozambique. The objective of this pilot project is to determine the suitability of using flying sensor imagery for cadastre mapping in an area of small-scale agriculture in…

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  Marokko

  Future Evapotranspiration in the Souss-Massa Basin

  In this project, FutureWater used the outputs of the bias corrected "EuroCordex" RCM ensemble generated for IMWI in a previous work package. Using temperature and precipitation trends from this dataset for both past and future, an application of the Budyko methodology combined with the Modified Hargreaves approach was implemented to…

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  Marokko

  Creating a Bias Corrected, Downscaled Climate Model Ensemble to Provide Future Climate Change Projections for Morocco

  This project involved downloading and bias correcting Regional Climate Model (RCM) outputs from the EuroCordex ensemble. Firstly, RCM outputs were downloaded from the ESGF database and postprocessed to a standardised grid and time representation. Subsequently, bias correction was performed using a quantile mapping approach and ERA5-Land as the reference observational…

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Gerelateerde publicaties

• 2021 - FutureWater Report 227Van Opstal, J.D., M. de Klerk, V.R. Hollander, J.E. Beard. 2021. Apsan Vale Water Productivity Analysis: Rainfed Season 2020-2021 (in Portuguese). FutureWater Report 227X

  Water Productivity Analysis: Rainfed Season 2020-2021 (in Portuguese)

  Van Opstal, J.D., M. de Klerk, V.R. Hollander, J.E. Beard

• 2021 - FutureWater Report 227Van Opstal, J.D., M. de Klerk, V.R. Hollander, J.E. Beard. 2021. Apsan Vale Water Productivity Analysis: Rainfed Season 2020-2021. FutureWater Report 227X

  Water Productivity Analysis: Rainfed Season 2020-2021

  Van Opstal, J.D., M. de Klerk, V.R. Hollander, J.E. Beard

• 2021 - FutureWater Report 220Van Opstal, J., J. Beard. 2020. Cadastre mapping with flying sensors and satellite imagery in Zambezia, Mozambique. FutureWater Report 220.X

  Cadastre mapping with flying sensors and satellite imagery in Zambezia, Mozambique

  Van Opstal, J., J. Beard

• 2021 - FutureWater Report 218Van Opstal, J.D., M. de Klerk, A. Kaune, C. Nolet, J.E. Beard. 2021. Water Productivity Analysis: Irrigation Season 2020 (in Portuguese). FutureWater Report 218.X

  Water Productivity Analysis: Irrigation Season 2020 (in Portuguese)

  Van Opstal, J.D., M. de Klerk, A. Kaune, C. Nolet, J.E. Beard

• 2021 - FutureWater Report 218Van Opstal, J.D., M. de Klerk, A. Kaune, C. Nolet, J.E. Beard. 2021. Water Productivity Analysis: Irrigation Season 2020. FutureWater Report 218.X

  Water Productivity Analysis: Irrigation Season 2020

  Van Opstal, J.D., M. de Klerk, A. Kaune, C. Nolet, J.E. Beard

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