Alterra – part of Wageningen University and Research CentreAllard de Wit

Alterra and Wageningen University and Research Centre

(Stichting DLO) Wageningen

Alterra: The institute

650 people annual turnover ~40M€ 5 departments (centres): ecosystems,

landscape, water & climate, soil and geo-information

Disciplines: water, nature, biodiversity, climate, landscape, forest, ecology, environment, soil, spatial planning, geo-information, remote sensing, flora and fauna, urban green, etc.

Relevant expertise for E-AGRI

Weather data processing for agrometeorological monitoring & modelling

Developing, calibrating and applying agrometeorological models

Processing and analyzing of geographical data (maps, satellite data)

Data assimilation, model optimization Software engineering (models, interfaces,

visualisation, databases) Statistical systems for yield forecasting

Track record and experience

Consortium leader of the MARSOP1,2,3 projects (MARS operations for JRC Agri4Cast/FoodSec)

GLOBAM project: crop models and satellite data assimilation

Huabei-CGMS: application of agromet. models in the North China Plain

Geoland1,2: scientific extensions to MARSOP projects

CGMS-China: providing support for CAAS in building CGMS for China.