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Drs. Petra Stolk
PhD-student
E-mail: petra.stolk(at)wur.nl
Tel: +31-317-484519
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After finishing my MSc in geographical hydrology at the VU University in Amsterdam, I have been working as a geohydrologist in urban water management at a consultancy firm. After six years I longed for more in-depth research and started as a PhD researcher in the Earth System Science and Climate Change group, studying greenhouse gas emissions.
Research interests
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Biogeochemical modeling
• N and C dynamics in peatlands |
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PhD-research
The objective of my research is to better understand and simulate the temporal variability in the emission of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). In Dutch peatlands the soil N dynamics have a close relation with the soil water dynamics and organic matter decomposition. The SWAP-ANIMO model combination is used to study these interactions in detail in the soil profile. Currently I am looking at the effect of aggregates on residence time of N2O in the soil and its consequent effect on reduction and emission.
In the last part of my PhD-research, I will apply the model to study the effects of climate change or land use change scenarios on the emissions. This PhD research is part of the ME1-project of BSIK Climate changes Spatial Planning.
Publications
- Stolk, P.C., R.F.A. Hendriks, C.M.J. Jacobs, J. Duyzer, E.J. Moors, J.W. Van Groenigen, P.S. Kroon, A.P. Schier-Uijl, E.M. Veenendaal, and P. Kabat, accepted. Simulation of daily N2O emissions from managed peat soils, Vadose Zone Journal.
- Hendriks, R.F.A., P. Groenendijk, P.C. Stolk, J.J.H. Van den Akker, and L.V. Renaud, in prep. Modelling of greenhouse gas emissions with ANIMO 4.0. Report 2054, Alterra, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- Kroon, P.S., A.P. Schier-Uijl, P.C. Stolk, F.K. van Evert, P.J. Kuikman, A.H. Hensen, and E.M. Veenendaal, 2010. Beïnvloeden van landgebonden broeikasgasemissies. Naar een klimaat neutrale(re) inrichting van het landelijk gebied. Landschap 27(2):99-109.
- Stolk, P.C., C.M.J. Jacobs, E.J. Moors, A. Hensen, G.L. Velthof, and P. Kabat, 2009. Significant non-linearity in nitrous oxide chamber data and its effect on calculated annual emissions. Biogeosciences Discussions, 6:115-141.
- Stolk, P.C., R.F.A. Hendriks, C.M.J. Jacobs, and E.J. Moors, 2009. Simulation of nitrous oxide peak emissions from a Dutch peat soil with SWAP-ANIMO. Conference paper 5th International symposium on Non-CO2 greenhouse Gases, 30 June – 3 July, 2009, Wageningen, The Netherlands.