Contact

Center for Development Research
Walter-Flex-Str. 3
53113 Bonn, Germany www.zef.de

Department

Department of Ecology and Resource Management (ZEF c)

Area of Specialization 

Hydrology, Use of Remote Sensing in data scarce areas, Water Resources, Geography

Role in the project

Scientific Coordinator, Team leader of the D1 subproject

Sub-project

Technical integration of socio-economic and environmental modeling sub-systems (D1, team leader), Experimental application of scientific knowledge (policy pilot study) (D3)

Contacts / Partners /
Funding Institutions

Publications

Bhaduri, A., N. Perez, and J. Liebe, (forthcoming). Investigating the Scope and Sustainability of Cooperation in Transboundary Water Sharing of the Volta Basin.

van de Giesen, N., and J. Liebe, (forthcoming). Hysteretic behavior of reservoir ensembles.

Liebe, J., M. Andreini, N. van de Giesen, M. T. Walter, and T. Steenhuis, (forthcoming). Comparison of evaporation losses from a small reservoir determined through direct measurement, and from weather station data collected on and around the reservoir.

Liebe, J., N. van de Giesen, M. S. Andreini, M. T. Walter, and T. Steenhuis, (forthcoming). The use of remotely sensed small reservoirs as runoff gauges to determine the watershed response in data poor environments.

Annor, F. O., N. Van de Giesen, J. Liebe, P. Van de Zaag, A. Tilmant, and S. N. Odai, (submitted). Delineation of small reservoirs using radar imagery in a semi-arid environment: A case study in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth.

Liebe, J., M. Andreini, N. van de Giesen, M. T. Walter, and T. Steenhuis, (submitted). Suitability and limitations of ENVISAT ASAR for monitoring small reservoirs in a semi-arid area. IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing.

Faulkner, J., T. Steenhuis, N. van de Giesen, M. Andreini, and J. Liebe, (2008): Water use and productivity of two small reservoir irrigation schemes in Ghana’s Upper East Region. Irrigation and Drainage Vol 57, pp. 151-163.

Hafeez, M., M. Andreini, J. Liebe, J. Friesen, A. Marx, and N. van de Giesen, 2007. Hydrological parameterization through Remote Sensing in the Volta Basin, West Africa. Intl. J. River Basin Management Vol. 5, No. 1 (2007), pp. 49–56.

Liebe, J., M. Andreini, N. van de Giesen, and T. Steenhuis, 2007. The Small Reservoirs Project: Research to Improve Water Availability and Economic Development in Rural Semi-arid Areas. Kittisou, M., M. Ndulo, M. Nagel, and M. Grieco (eds). The Hydropolitics of Africa: A Contemporary Challenge. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle. pp. 325-332.

Gemperli, A., N. Sogoba, E. Fondjo, M. Mabaso, M. Bagayoko, O. Briet, D. Anderegg, J. Liebe, T. Smith, and P. Vounatsou, 2006. Mapping Malaria Transmission in West and Central Africa. Tropical Medicine & International Health 11(7), 1032-1046.

Liebe, J., N. van de Giesen, and M. Andreini, 2005. Estimation of small reservoir storage capacities in a semi-arid environment. A case study in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 30 (2005), 448–454.

van de Giesen,N., J. Liebe, M. Andreini, and T. Steenhuis, 2004. Use of small reservoirs in West Africa as remotely-sensed cumulative runoff gauges. Teuling, A.J., H. Leijnse, P.A. Troch, J. Sheffield, and E.F. Wood (eds.). Proceedings of the 2^nd international CAHMDA workshop on: The Terrestrial Water Cycle: Modelling and Data Assimilation Across Catchment Scales. pp. 28–31.

van de Giesen, N., H. Kunstmann, G. Jung, J. Liebe et al., 2002. The GLOWA Volta Project: Integrated Assessment of Feedback Mechanisms between Climate, Landuse, and Hydrology. In: M. Beniston (Editor), Climatic Change: Implications for the Hydrological Cycle and for Water Management. Advances in Global Change Research. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 151-171.