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Main axes of research

Since 1994, EVA has been interested in the chemical and physical processes that take place in hydrosystems and geosystems, in connection with the management of the major natural resources that are water and soil. The great complexity of the interactions existing between the various processes involved in the water cycle, and the determinism of water and soil quality are addressed by a multidisciplinary and multiple-scale approach, in order to develop decision support tools for a sustainable land-use management.

Research subjects include:

• Experimental and analytical hydrology
• Hydrological and hydraulic modelling
• Climatology and meteorology
• Remote sensing and land-use management
• Hydrogeochemistry of surface and ground water
• Soil sciences

Application domains

Environmental monitoring and management in the sectors of air, water, and soil. Natural hazard and risk analysis and management.

Current research projects

• Monographie hydro-climatologique du Luxembourg
• New methods for systematic flooding observations
• Développement d’une base de données pédologique pour l’étude et le suivi de la qualité des sols du Luxembourg
• Stratégies de gestion forestière transnationales en réponse aux impacts dus au changement climatique à l'échelle régionale
• Integrating radar remote sensing, hydrologic and hydraulic modelling for surface water management
• Hydrometeorological model uncertainty and impact studies in the catchment of the Sauer river (Germany/Luxembourg) with WRF and LARSIM for recent timespans and downscaled future climate change scenarios
• Le rôle de l’interception dans le cycle de l’eau : comparaison entre micro-bassins de moyenne montagne et de plaine
• Assessment of air pollution via state-of-the-art field observations and multi-scale numerical modelling for Luxembourg with a focus on the capital city
• Mapping of hydrological risk in real-time flood forecasting and in floodplain management
• Monographie hydro-climatologique du Luxembourg
• Perspectives of a nomadic flood tracking system
• Flux de polluants dans l'interface sol-aquifère du grès de Luxembourg
• Use of cell phone networks for rainfall estimation in the city of Luxembourg
• Development of joint climate and discharge projections for the international Rhine River catchment
• Investigating scale dependency of runoff generation
• Monitoring, assessing and modelling concentrations and fluxes of xenobiotics in Luxembourg water courses
• and others

Areas of competence

Environment

Technology keywords

Air Pollution/Treatment - Assessment of Risk - Mathematical modelling - Measurement and Detection of Pollution - Moisture sensors - Natural Disasters - Remote sensing technology - Soil Pollution - Water Pollution/Treatment