Publications

Hydrology

Tekleab, Sirak; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Savenije, Hubert H.; Mohamed, Yasir; Wenninger, Jochen, 2015. Modelling rainfall-runoff processes of the Chemoga and Jedeb meso-scale catchments in Abay/Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 60, 2029-2046, doi: 10.1080/02626667.2015.1032292.

Cai, Huayang , Hubert H. G. Savenije & J. I. A. Gisen, 2015: A coupled analytical model for salt intrusion and tides in convergent estuaries, Hydrological Sciences Journal, doi: 10.1080/02626667.2015.1027206.

Cai, H., H.H.G. Savenije, S. Zuo, C. Jiang, V.P. Chua, 2015. A predictive model for salt intrusion in estuaries applied to the Yangtze estuary, Journal of Hydrology, 529, 1336-1349, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.08.050.

Van Emmerik, T., G. Mulder, D. Eilander, M. Piet, H. Savenije, 2015. Predicting the ungauged basin: Model validation and realism assessment, Front. EarthSci., 3:62, doi: 10.3389/feart.2015.00062.

Gisen, J. I. A., Savenije, H. H. G., and Nijzink, R. C.: Revised predictive equations for salt intrusion modelling in estuaries, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2791-2803, doi:10.5194/hess-19-2791-2015, 2015.

Savenije, H.H.G., 2015. Prediction in ungauged estuaries; an integrated theory, Water Resources Research, 51, 2464–2476, doi:10.1002/2015WR016936.

Gisen, J. I. A., and H.H.G. Savenije, 2015. Estimating bankfull discharge and depth in ungauged estuaries from readily available information, Water Resources Research, 51, 2298–2316, doi:10.1002/2014WR016227.

Wrede S., Fenicia F., Martínez-Carreras N., Juilleret J., Hissler C., Krein A., Savenije H. H. G., Uhlenbrook S., Kavetski D. and Pfister L., 2015. Towards more systematic perceptual model development: a case study using 3 Luxembourgish catchments, Hydrol. Process., doi: 10.1002/hyp.10393. #140

Euser, Tanja , Markus Hrachowitz, Hessel Winsemius, Hubert Savenije, 2015. The effect of forcing and landscape distribution on performance and consistency of model structures, Hydrological Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.10445.

Gisen, J.I.A., H.H.G. Savenije, R.C. Nijzink & A.K. Abd. Wahab, 2015. Testing a 1-D analytical salt intrusion model and its predictive equations in Malaysian estuaries, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 60:1, 156-172, doi:10.1080/02626667.2014.889832

Wang-Erlandsson, L., van der Ent, R. J., Gordon, L. J., and Savenije, H. H. G., 2014. Contrasting roles of interception and transpiration in the hydrological cycle – Part 1: Temporal characteristics over land, Earth Syst. Dynam., 5, 441-469, doi:10.5194/esd-5-441-2014.

Van der Ent, R. J., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Keys, P. W., and Savenije, H. H. G., 2014. Contrasting roles of interception and transpiration in the hydrological cycle – Part 2: Moisture recycling, Earth Syst. Dynam., 5, 471-489, doi:10.5194/esd-5-471-2014.

Gao, H., M. Hrachowitz, S.J. Schymanski, F. Fenicia, N. Sriwongsitanon, H.H.G. Savenije, 2014. Climate controls how ecosystems size the root zone storage capacity at catchment scale, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 7916-7923, doi: 10.1002/2014GL061668.

Gharari, S., Hrachowitz, M., Fenicia, F., Gao, H., and Savenije, H. H. G., 2014. Using expert knowledge to increase realism in environmental system models can dramatically reduce the need for calibration, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4839-4859, doi:10.5194/hess-18-4839-2014.

Gharari, S., Shafiei, M., Hrachowitz, M., Kumar, R., Fenicia, F., Gupta, H. V., and Savenije, H. H. G., 2014. A constraint-based search algorithm for parameter identification of environmental models, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4861-4870, doi:10.5194/hess-18-4861-2014.

Berghuijs, W. R., M. Sivapalan, R. A. Woods, and H. H. G. Savenije, 2014. Patterns of similarity of seasonal water balances: A window into streamflow variability over a range of time scales, Water Resour. Res., 50, 5638–5661, doi:10.1002/2014WR015692.

Van Emmerik, T. H. M. , Z. Li, M. Sivapalan, S. Pande, J. Kandasamy, H. H. G. Savenije, A. Chanan, and S. Vigneswaran, 2014. Socio-hydrologic modeling to understand and mediate the competition for water between agriculture development and environmental health: Murrumbidgee River basin, Australia, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 18, 4239-4259, doi:10.5194/hess-18-4239-2014.

Cai, H., H. H. G. Savenije, and C. Jiang, 2014. Analytical approach for predicting fresh water discharge in an estuary based on tidal water level observations, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4153-4168, doi:10.5194/hess-18-4153-2014.

Hrachowitz, M., O. Fovet, L. Ruiz, T. Euser, S. Gharari, R. Nijzink, J. Freer, H.H.G. Savenije, C. Gascuel-Odoux, 2014. Process Consistency in Models: the Importance of System Signatures, Expert Knowledge and Process Complexity, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1002/2014WR015484, 1-25.

Valk, M., H. H. G. Savenije, C. C. J. M. Tiberius, and W. M. J. Luxemburg, Determining slack tide with a GPS receiver on an anchored buoy, 2014. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 2599–2613, doi:10.5194/hess-18-2599-2014.

Volta, C., S. Arndt, H. H. G. Savenije, G. G. Laruelle, and P. Regnier, C-GEM (v 1.0): a new, cost-efficient biogeochemical model for estuaries and its application to a funnel-shaped system, Geosci. Model Dev., doi:10.5194/gmd-7-1271-2014.

Blöschl, G., Bárdossy, A., Koutsoyiannis, D., Kundzewicz, Z.W., Littlewood, I., Montanari, A., Savenije, H., Joint Editorial - On the future of journal publications in hydrology, Journal of Hydrology, 513, A1-A3, 2014,doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.055.

Gao, H., M. Hrachowitz, F. Fenicia, S. Gharari, and H. H. G. Savenije: Testing the realism of a topography driven model (FLEX-Topo) in the nested catchments of the Upper Heihe, China, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 1895-1915, 2014, doi:10.5194/hess-18-1895-2014

Mohamed, Y., and H.H.G. Savenije, 2014. Impact of climate variability on the hydrology of the Sudd wetland: signals derived from long term (1900-2000) water balance computations, Wetlands Ecology and Management, 22, 191-198, doi:10.1007/s11273-014-9337-7.

Coenders, A.M.J., R.J. Van der Ent, T.A. Bogaard, L. Wang-Erlandsson, M. Hrachowitz, and H.H.G. Savenije, 2014. "Uncertainties in transpiration estimates" Nature 506, E1-E2 (13 February 2014), doi:10.1038/nature12925.

Fenicia F., D. Kavetski, H.H.G. Savenije, M.P. Clark, G. Schoups, L. Pfister, J. Freer. Catchment properties, function, and conceptual model representation: is there a correspondence? Hydrological Processes 28, 2451–2467, doi: 10.1002/hyp.9726, 2014.

Cai, H., H. H. G. Savenije, and M. Toffolon, Linking the river to the estuary: influence of river discharge on tidal damping, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 287–304, 2014, doi:10.5194/hess-18-287-2014

Ruud J. van der Ent, Obbe A. Tuinenburg, Hans-Richard Knoche, Harald Kunstmann, Hubert H. G. Savenije, Should we use a simple or complex model for moisture recycling and atmospheric moisture tracking? Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 4869–4884, 2013. #120, doi:10.5194/hess-17-4869-2013

Cai, H. and H.H.G. Savenije. Asymptotic behavior of tidal damping in alluvial estuaries, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118, 1–16, doi:10.1002/2013JC008772, 2013.

Van der Ent, R., H.H.G. Savenije, 2013. Oceanic sources of continental precipitation and the role of sea surface temperature, Water Resources Research, 49, 3993–4004, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20296.

Hrachowitz, M., Savenije, H.H.G., Blöschl, G., McDonnell, J.J., Sivapalan, M., Pomeroy, J.W., Arheimer, B., Blume, T., Clark, M.P., Ehret, U., Fenicia, F., Freer, J.E., Gelfan, A., Gupta, H.V., Hughes, D.A., Hut, R.W., Montanari, A., Pande, S., Tetzlaff, D., Troch, P.A., Uhlenbrook, S., Wagener, T., Winsemius, H.C., Woods, R.A., Zehe, E., and Cudennec, C., 2013. A decade of Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB); a review. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 58 (6), 1–58, doi: 10.1080/02626667.2013.803183.

Montanari, A., Young, G., Savenije, H.H.G., Hughes, D., Wagener, T., Ren, L.L., Koutsoyiannis, D., Cudennec, C., Toth, E., Grimaldi, S., Blöschl, G., Sivapalan, M., Beven, K., Gupta, H., Hipsey, M., Schaefli, B., Arheimer, B., Boegh, E., Schymanski, S.J., Di Baldassarre, G., Yu, B., Hubert, P., Huang, Y., Schumann, A., Post, D., Srinivasan, V., Harman, C., Thompson, S., Rogger, M., Viglione, A., McMillan, H., Characklis, G., Pang, Z., and Belyaev, V., 2013. “Panta Rhei, Everything Flows”: Change in hydrology and society; The IAHS Scientific Decade 2013–2022. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 58 (6), 1256-1275, doi: 10.1080/02626667.2013.809088.

Fischer, B.M.C. , M. L. Mul, and H.H.G. Savenije, 2013. Determining spatial variability of dry spells: a Markov-based method, applied to the Makanya catchment, Tanzania, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 2161-2170, doi:10.5194/hess-17-2161-2013

Euser, T., H.C. Winsemius, M. Hrachowitz, F. Fenicia, S. Uhlenbrook, and H.H.G. Savenije, 2013. A framework to assess the realism of model structures using hydrological signatures, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 1893–1912, doi:10.5194/hess-17-1893-2013

Coenders-Gerrits, A.M.J. , L. Hopp, H.H.G. Savenije, and L. Pfister, 2013. The effect of spatial throughfall patterns on soil moisture patterns at the hillslope scale. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 1749–1763, doi:10.5194/hess-17-1749-2013

Hrachowitz, M., H. Savenije, T. A. Bogaard, D. Tetzlaff, and C. Soulsby, 2013. What can flux tracking teach us about water age distribution patterns and their temporal dynamics? Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 533-56, doi:10.5194/hess-17-533-2013

Gharari, S., M. Hrachowitz, F. Fenicia, and H. H. G. Savenije, 2013. Moving beyond traditional model calibration or how to better identify realistic model parameters: sub-period calibration.  Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 149–161, doi:10.5194/hess-17-149-2013

Krier, R., Matgen, P., Goergen, K., Pfister, L., Hoffmann, L., Kirchner, J.W., Uhlenbrook, S., Savenije, H.H.G., 2012. Inferring catchment precipitation by doing hydrology backward: A test in 24 small and mesoscale catchments in Luxembourg, Water Resources Research, 48, W10525, 1-15, doi:10.1029/2011WR010657

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2011WR010657/abstractCai, Huayang , Hubert H. G. Savenije, and Marco Toffolon, 2012. A new analytical framework for assessing the effect of sea-level rise and dredging on tidal damping in estuaries, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, C09023, doi: 10.1029/2012JC008000.

Cai, Huayang, Hubert H.G. Savenije, Qingshu Yang, Suying Ou, Yaping Lei, 2012. Influence of river discharge and dredging on tidal wave propagation: Modaomen estuary case,  Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 138, 885-896, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000594.

Zhang, E., H. H. G. Savenije, S. L. Chen,X. H. Mao, 2012. An analytical solution for tidal propagation in the Yangtze Estuary, China. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 3327-3339, doi:10.5194/hess-16-3327-2012

Van der Ent, R.J., A.M.J. Coenders-Gerrits, R. Nikoli, H.H.G. Savenije, 2012. The importance of proper hydrology in the forest cover-water yield debate: commentary on Ellison et al. (2012) Global Change Biology, 18, 806-820, Global Change Biology, 18, 2677-2680, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02703.x

Matgen, P., S. Heitz, S. Hasenauer, C. Hissler, L. Brocca, L. Hoffmann, W. Wagner and H. H. G. Savenije, 2012. On the potential of MetOp ASCAT-derived soil wetness indices as a new aperture for hydrological monitoring and prediction: A field evaluation over Luxembourg. Hydrological Processes, 26, 2346-2359. doi: 10.1002/hyp.8316.

Schaefli, B., R. J. van der Ent, R. Woods, and H.H.G. Savenije, 2012. An analytical model for soil-atmosphere feedback, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 1863-1878, doi:10.5194/hess-16-1863-2012

Erfeng Zhang, Hubert H.G. Savenije, Shenliang Chen, Jiyu Chen, 2012. Water transfer in the lower Yangtze River, China, and its impact on water discharge into the estuary, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 47-48, 76-85. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2011.05.002

Tsiko, C.T., H. Makurira, A.M.J. Gerrits, H.H.G. Savenije, 2012. Measuring forest floor and canopy interception in a savannah ecosystem, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 47-48, 122-127. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2011.06.009

Mohamed, Y.A., W.G.M. Bastiaanssen, H.H.G. Savenije, B.J.J.M. van den Hurk and M. Finlayson, 2012. Wetland versus open water evaporation: a theoretical analysis and literature review, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 47-48, 114-121. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2011.08.005

Matgen, P., Fabrizio Fenicia, Sonia Heitz, Douglas Plaza, Robain de Keyser, Valentijn Pauwels, Wolfgang Wagner, Hubert Savenije , 2012. Can ASCAT-derived soil wetness indices reduce predictive uncertainty in well-gauged areas? A comparison with in situ observed soil moisture in an assimilation application. Advances in Water Resource, 44, 49-65, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.03.022.

Keys, P. W. , R. J. van der Ent, L. J. Gordon, H. Hoff, R. Nikoli, H. H. G. Savenije, 2012. Analyzing precipitationsheds to understand the vulnerability of rainfall dependent regions. Biogeosciences, 9, 733–746, doi:10.5194/bg-9-733-2012.

Pande, S., Savenije, H.H.G. , Bastidas, L.A. , Gosain, A.K., 2011. A Parsimonious Hydrological Model for a Data Scarce Dryland Region, Water Resources Management, 70 (12) , pp. 2416-2428, doi: 10.1007/s11269-011-9816-z.

Matgen, P., S. Heitz, S. Hasenauer, C. Hissler, L. Brocca, L. Hoffmann, W. Wagner and H. H. G. Savenije, On the potential of MetOp ASCAT-derived soil wetness indices as a new aperture for hydrological monitoring and prediction: a field evaluation over Luxembourg. Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8316, 2011

Westhoff, M., Michael Gooseff , Thom Bogaard , Hubert Savenije, Quantifying hyporheic exchange at high spatial resolution using natural temperature variations along a first order stream, Water Resources Research, 47, W10508, doi:10.1029/2010WR009767

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2010WR009767/abstractFenicia, F., D. Kavetski and H.H.G. Savenije, Elements of a flexible approach for conceptual modeling: Part 1. Motivation and theoretical development. Water Resources Research, 47, W11510, doi:10.1029/2010WR010174, 2011

Gharari, S., M. Hrachowitz, F. Fenicia, and H. H. G. Savenije. Hydrological landscape classification: investigating the performance of HAND based landscape classifications in a central European meso-scale catchment, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 3275–3291, 2011, doi:10.5194/hess-15-3275-2011

Giustarini, L., P. Matgen, R. Hostache, M. Montanari, D. Plaza, V.R.N. Pauwels, G.J.M. De Lannoy, R. De Keyser, L. Pfister, L. Hoffmann, and H.H.G. Savenije. Assimilating SAR-derived water level data into a hydraulic model: a case study. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2349-2365, 2011, doi:10.5194/hess-15-2349-2011

Tekleab, S., S. Uhlenbrook, Y. Mohamed, H.H.G Savenije, M. Temesgen and J. Wenninger. Water balance modeling of Upper Blue Nile catchments using a top-down approach, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 2179-2193, 2011. doi:10.5194/hess-15-2179-2011.

Toffolon, M., and H. H. G. Savenije, 2011. Revisiting linearized one-dimensional tidal propagation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C07007, doi:10.1029/2010JC006616.

Hrachowitz, M., Bohté, R., M.L. Mul, T.A. Bogaard, H.H.G. Savenije, S. Uhlenbrook, 2011. On the value of combined event runoff and tracer analysis to improve understanding of catchment functioning in a data-scarce semi-arid area. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 2007–2014, 2011. doi:10.5194/hess-15-2007-2011

Westhoff, M. C., T. A. Bogaard, and H. H. G. Savenije, 2011. Quantifying spatial and temporal discharge dynamics of an event in a first order stream, using Distributed Temperature Sensing, HESSD, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 1945–1957, 2011. doi:10.5194/hess-15-1945-2011

Van der Ent, R.J., and H. H. G. Savenije, 2011. Length and time scales of atmospheric moisture recycling. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 1853–1863, 2011. doi:10.5194/acp-11-1853-2011

Zhang, Erfeng, Hubert H. G. Savenije, Hui Wu, Yazhen Kong, and Jianrong Zhu, 2011. Analytical solution for salt intrusion in the Yangtze Estuary, China. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, 91, 492-501, 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.11.008

Hellebrand H., C. Müller, P. Matgen F. Fenicia, H. Savenije, 2011. A process proof test for model concepts: modelling the meso-scale. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 36, 42–53, 2011. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2010.07.019

Matgen, P., Hostache, R., Schumann, G., Pfister, L., Hoffmann, L., Savenije, H.H.G., 2011. Towards an Automated Sar-Based Flood Monitoring System: Lessons Learned from Two Case Studies, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 36, 241–252, 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.12.009.

Savenije, H.H.G., HESS Opinions "Topography driven conceptual modelling (FLEX-Topo)", Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 2681–2692, 2010. doi:10.5194/hess-14-2681-2010

Gerrits, A.M.J., L. Pfister, H.H.G. Savenije. Spatial and temporal variability of canopy and forest floor interception in a beech forest, Hydrological Processes, 24 (21), pp. 3011-3025, 2010.

Westhoff, M.C., T.A. Bogaard, H.H.G. Savenije. Quantifying the effect of in-stream rock clasts on the retardation of heat along a stream. Advances in Water Resources, 33, 1417–1425, 2010. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.02.006

Matgen, P., M. Montanari, R. Hostache, L. Pfister, L. Hoffmann, D. Plaza, V. R. N. Pauwels, G. J. M. De Lannoy, R. De Keyser, and H. H. G. Savenije. Towards the sequential assimilation of SAR-derived water stages into hydraulic models using the Particle Filter: proof of concept. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1773–1785, 2010.

Van der Ent, R.J., Savenije, H.H.G., Schaefli, B., Steele-Dunne, S. C., 2010. The origin and fate of atmospheric moisture over continents, Water Resour. Res. doi:10.1029/2010WR009127.

Makurira, H., H.H.G. Savenije, S. Uhlenbrook, 2010. Modelling field scale water partitioning using on-site observations in sub-Saharan rainfed agriculture. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14, 627-638.

Fabrizio Fenicia, Sebastian Wrede, Dmitri Kavetski, Laurent Pfister, Hubert H.G. Savenije and Jeffrey J. McDonnell, 2010. Assessing the impact of mixing assumptions on streamwater mean residence time estimation. Hydrological Processes, 24 (12), pp. 1730-1741, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7595.

Winsemius, H.C., B. Schaefli, A. Montanari, H.H.G. Savenije, 2009. On the calibration of hydrological models in ungauged basins: a framework for integrating hard and soft hydrological information. Water Resour. Res., 45, W12422, 1-15.

Fenicia, F., H.H.G. Savenije, Y. Avdeeva, 2009. Anomaly in the rainfall-runoff behaviour of the Meuse catchment. Climate, land use, or land use management? Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1727-1737.

Mul, M.L.,  H.H.G. Savenije and S. Uhlenbrook, 2009. Spatial rainfall variability and runoff response during an extreme event in a semi-arid catchment in the South Pare Mountains, Tanzania. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13, 1659–1670.

Jongschaap, R.E.E., R.A.R. Belsgraaf, T.A. Gogaard, E.N. van Loo, H.H.G. Savenije, 2009. The water footprint of bioenergy from Jatropha curcas L., PNAS, 106, no. 35, E92.

Gerrits, A.M.J., H.H.G. Savenije, E.J.M. Veling, and L.Pfister, 2009. Analytical derivation of the Budyko curve based on rainfall characteristics and a simple evaporation model, Water Resources Research, 45, No. 4, W04403, p.1-15.

Savenije, H.H.G., 2009. The Art of Hydrology. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13, 157–161, 2009.

Cazenave, A., and H.H.G. Savenije, 2008. Preface to the special issue on "Hydrology from Space". Surveys in  Geophysics, (2008) 29:241–245. doi: 10.1007/s10712-008-9052-0

Klees, R., X. Liu, T. Wittwer, B. C. Gunter, E. A. Revtova, R. Tenzer, P. Ditmar, H. C. Winsemius, H. H. G. Savenije, 2008. A Comparison of Global and Regional GRACE Models for Land Hydrology, Surveys in  Geophysics, (2008) 29:335–359. DOI 10.1007/s10712-008-9049-8

Friesen J., C. van Beek, J. Selker, H. H. G. Savenije, N. van de Giesen, 2008. Tree rainfall interception measured by stem compression, Water Resour. Res., 44, W00D15, 1-5, doi:10.1029/2008WR007074.

Winsemius, H.C., H.H.G. Savenije, and W.G.M. Bastiaanssen , 2008. Constraining model parameters on remotely sensed evaporation: justification for distribution in ungauged basins? Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 12, 1403–1413.

Savenije, H.H.G., M. Toffolon, J. Haas, and E.J.M. Veling, 2008. Analytical description of tidal dynamics in convergent estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, C10025, 1-18, doi:10.1029/2007JC004408.

Fenicia, F., H.H.G. Savenije, H.C. Winsemius, 2008. Moving from model calibration towards process understanding, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 33 (2008) 1057–1060.

Van der Wegen, M., Z.B. Wang, H.H.G. Savenije, J.A. Roelvink, 2008. Long-term morphodynamic evolution and energy dissipation in a coastal plain, tidal embayment. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 113, F03001, 1-22, doi:10.1029/2007JF000898

Klees, R., E. A. Revtova, B. C. Gunter, P. Ditmar, E. Oudman, H. C. Winsemius, H. H. G. Savenije, 2008. The design of an optimal filter for monthly GRACE gravity models, Geophysical Journal International, p. 1-16, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03922.x

Schoups, G., N. C. van de Giesen and H. H. G. Savenije, 2008. Model complexity control for hydrologic prediction, Water Resources Research, 44, W00B03, 1- 14, doi:10.1029/2008WR006836

Fenicia, F., J. J. McDonnell, and H. H. G. Savenije, 2008. Learning from model improvement: On the contribution of complementary data to process understanding, Water Resources Research, 44, W06419, 1-13, doi:10.1029/2007WR006386.

Nguyen A. D. and H.H.G. Savenije, M. van der Wegen and D. Roelvink. 2008. New analytical equation for dispersion in estuaries with a distinct ebb-flood channel system. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 79, 7-16, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2008.03.002.

Nguyen, A.D.,  H.H.G. Savenije, D.N. Pham , D.T. Tang, 2008. Using salt intrusion measurements to determine the freshwater discharge distribution over the branches of a multi-channel estuary: The Mekong Delta case. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 77, 433-445, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.010.

Makurira, H., H.H.G. Savenije, S. Uhlenbrook, J. Rockström, A. Senzanje, 2008. Investigating the water balance of on-farm techniques for improved crop productivity in rainfed systems: A case study of Makanya catchment, Tanzania. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 33 (2008), doi:10.1016/j.pce.2008.04.003.

Mul, M.L., Robert K. Mutiibwa, Stefan Uhlenbrook, Hubert H.G. Savenije, 2008. Hydrograph separation using hydrochemical tracers in the Makanya catchment, Tanzania, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 33 (2008) 151–156

Fenicia, F., H.H.G. Savenije, P. Matgen, and L. Pfister, 2008. Understanding catchment behavior through stepwise model concept improvement. Water Resources Research, 44, W01402, 1-13; doi:10.1029/2006WR005563.

Kamp, R. and H.H.G. Savenije, 2007. Hydrological model coupling with ANNs. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1869–1881.

Fenicia, F., H.H.G. Savenije, P. Matgen, and L. Pfister, 2007. Understanding catchment behavior through stepwise model concept improvement. Water Resources Research, 43, doi:10.1029/2006WR005563.

Fenicia, F.,  D. P. Solomatine, H. H. G. Savenije, and P. Matgen, 2007. Soft combination of local models in a multi-objective framework. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1797–1809.

Mul, M.L, R.K. Mutiibwa, J.W.A. Foppen, S. Uhlenbrook, H.H.G. Savenije, 2007. Identification of groundwater flow systems using geological mapping and chemical spring analysis in South Pare Mountains, Tanzania. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 32 (2007) 1015–1022.

Makurira, H., H.H.G. Savenije, S. Uhlenbrook, J. Rockström, A. Senzanje, 2007. Towards a better understanding of water partitioning processes for improved smallholder rainfed agricultural systems: A case study of Makanya catchment, Tanzania. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 32 (2007) 1082–1089.

Westhoff, M. C., H. H. G. Savenije, W. M. J . Luxemburg, G. S. Stelling, N. C. van de Giesen, J. S. Selker, L. Pfister, and S. Uhlenbrook, 2007. A distributed stream temperature model using high resolution temperature observations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1469–1480, 2007.

Klees, R., E. A. Zapreeva, H. C. Winsemius, H. H. G. Savenije, 2007. The bias in GRACE estimates of continental water storage variationsHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1227–1241, 2007.

Fenicia, F., H.H.G. Savenije, P. Matgen, L. Pfister, 2007. A comparison of alternative multi-objective calibration strategies for hydrological modelling. Water Resources Research, 43, W03434, p. 1-16.

Gerrits, A.M.J., H.H.G. Savenije, L. Hoffmann and L. Pfister , 2007. New technique to measure forest floor interception – an application in a beech forest in Luxembourg, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 695–701.

De Groen, M.M., and H.H.G. Savenije, 2006. A monthly interception equation based on the statistical characteristics of daily rainfall. Water Resources Research, 42, W12417, p. 1-10.

Winsemius, H. C., H. H. G. Savenije, N. C. van de Giesen, B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, E. A. Zapreeva, and R. Klees (2006), Assessment of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) temporal signature over the upper Zambezi, Water Resources Research, 42, W12201, p. 1-8.

Wolski, P., H.H.G. Savenije, M. Murray-Hudson, and T. Gumbricht, 2006. Modelling of the flooding in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, using a hybrid reservoir-GIS model. Journal of Hydrology, Vol 331, p.58-72.

Andersson, Lotta, Julie Wilk, Martin C. Todd, Denis A. Hughes, Anton Earle, Dominic Kniveton, Russel Layberry and Hubert H.G. Savenije, 2006. Impact of climate change and development scenarios on flow patterns in the Okavango River. Journal of Hydrology, Vol 331, p. 43-57.

Hughes, Denis A., Lotta Andersson, Julie Wilk, Hubert H.G. Savenije, 2006. Regional calibration of the Pitman model for the Okavango River. Journal of Hydrology, Vol 331, p. 30-42.

Wolski, P., and H.H.G. Savenije, 2006. Dynamics of floodplain-island groundwater flow in the Okavango Delta, Botswana  Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 320: 283-301.

Zhang, G.P., H. H. G. Savenije, F. Fenicia, L. Pfister, 2006. Modelling Subsurface Storm Flow with the Representative Elementary Watershed (REW) approach: Application to the Alzette River Basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10, 937–955.

Nguyen A.D., and H.H.G. Savenije, 2006. Salt intrusion in multi-channel estuaries: A case study in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10, 743-754.

Kamp, R. and H.H.G. Savenije, 2006. Optimising training data for ANNs with genetic algorithms. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 10, 603–608.

Mohamed, Y.A., H. H. G. Savenije, W. G. M. Bastiaanssen, B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, 2006. New lessons on the Sudd hydrology learned from remote sensing and climate modeling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 10: 507-518.

Winsemius, H.C., H.H.G. Savenije, A.M.J. Gerrits, E.A. Zapreeva, and R. Klees, 2006. Comparison of two model approaches in the Zambezi river basin with regard to model reliability and identifiability. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 10: 339-352.

Fenicia, F., H. H. G. Savenije, P. Matgen, and L. Pfister, 2006. Is the groundwater reservoir linear? Learning from data in hydrological modelling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 10: 1-13.

Savenije, H.H.G., 2006.  Comment on "A note on salt intrusion in funnel-shaped estuaries: Application to the Incomati estuary, Mozambique" by Brockway et al. 2006. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol. 68: 703-706.

Pfister, L.,  and Savenije, H.H.G., 2006. Leonardo da Vinci’s scriptures as benchmark papers in hydrology. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 20: 1653-1655.

Oguntunde, Philip G., Jan Friesen, Nick van de Giesen and Hubert H.G. Savenije , 2006. Hydroclimatology of the Volta River Basin in West Africa: Trends and variability from 1901 to 2002. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 31: 1180-1188.

Mohamed, Y.A., W.G.M. Bastiaanssen and H.H.G. Savenije , 2005. Reply to the comments of Sutcliffe to the paper Y.A. Mohamed et al. (J. Hydrol. 289 (2004) 145–169) Journal of Hydrology, Vol 314: 43-44.

Zhang, G.P. and H.H.G. Savenije, 2005. Rainfall-runoff modelling in a catchment with a complex groundwater flow system: application of the Representative Elementary Watershed (REW) approach. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol 9: 243-259.

Mohamed, Y. A., van den Hurk, B. J. J. M., Savenije, H. H. G., and Bastiaanssen, W. G. M., 2005. Hydroclimatology of the Nile: Results from a regional climate model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol 9: 263-278.

Savenije, H.H.G. and E.J.M. Veling, 2005. Relation between tidal damping and wave celerity in estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, C04007: 1-10.

Mohamed, Y. A., B.J.J.M. van den Hurk, H.H.G. Savenije and W.G.M. Bastiaanssen, 2005. The Impact of the Sudd wetland on the Nile Hydroclimatology. Water Resources Research, 40, W08420: 1-14.

Mazvimavi, D., A.M.J. Meijerink, H.H.G. Savenije, A. Stein, 2005. Prediction of flow characteristics using multiple regression and neural networks: A case study in Zimbabwe. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 30: 639-647.

Ngigi, Stephen, N., Hubert H.G. Savenije, Johan Rockström, Charles K. Gachene, 2005. Hydro-economic evaluation of rainwater harvesting and management technologies: Farmers' investment options and risks in semi-arid Laikipia district of Kenya. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 30: 772-782.

Zhang, G.P., F. Fenicia, T. Rientjes, P. Reggiani and H.H.G. Savenije, 2005. Modelling runoff generation in the Geer river basin with improved model parametrization to the REW approach. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 30 (4-5): 285-296.

Fenicia, F., G.P. Zhang, T. Rientjes, L. Hoffmann, L. Pfister and H.H.G. Savenije, 2005. Numerical simulations of runoff generation with surface water-groundwater interactions in the Alzette river alluvial plain (Luxembourg). Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 30 (4-5): 277-284.

Bogaard, T.A., W.M.J. Luxemburg, M. de Wit, N. Douben and H.H.G. Savenije, 2005. Some hydrological challenges in understanding discharge generation in the Rhine and Meuse basins. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 30 (4-5): 262-266

Savenije, Hubert H.G., 2004. The importance of interception and why we should delete the term evapotranspiration from our vocabulary. Hydrological Processes, 18(8):1507-1511.

Horrevoets, A.C., H.H.G. Savenije, J.N. Schuurman, and S. Graas, 2004. The influence of river discharge on tidal damping in alluvial estuaries. Journal of Hydrology, 294(4): 213-228,

Mohamed, Y.A., W.G.M. Bastiaanssen and H.H.G. Savenije, 2004. Spatial variability of evaporation and moisture storage in the swamps of the upper Nile studied by remote sensing techniques. Journal of Hydrology, 2004, Vol 289, Iss.1-4, pp. 145-164.

Savenije, Hubert H.G., 2003. "The width of a bankfull channel; Lacey's formula explained", Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 276, Iss. 1-4, pp. 176-183.

Andersson, L., T. Gumbricht, D. Hughes, D. Kniveton, S. Ringrose, H. Savenije, M. Todd, J. Wilk and P. Wolski, 2003. Water flow dynamics in the Okavango river basin and delta; a prerequisite for the ecosystem of the Delta, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 28, pp. 1165-1172.

Gumbo, Bekithemba, Nelson Munyamba, George Sithole and Hubert H.G. Savenije, 2002. Coupling of digital elevation model and rainfall-runoff model in storm drainage network design, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 27, pp. 755-764 (#7 of most downloaded articles in period Apr-Dec 2002).

Savenije, H.H.G., 2001. “Equifinality, a blessing in disguise?”, HP Today Invited commentary, Hydrological Processes, 15, pp. 2835-2838.

Savenije, H.H.G., 2001. “A simple analytical expression to describe tidal damping or amplification”, Journal of Hydrology, Vol.243, Iss.3-4, pp.205-215.

Aerts, J.C.J.H., A. Hassan, H.H.G. Savenije, and M.F. Kahn, “Using GIS tools and rapid assessment techniques for determining salt intrusion: STREAM, a River Basin Management Instrument”, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth(B), Vol.25, No. 3, pp 265-273, 2000.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Analytical expression for tidal damping in alluvial estuaries", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 124, No. 6, pp. 615-618, 1998.

De Groen, M.M., and Savenije, H.H.G., "A Rainfall Generator for Southeastern Central Africa”, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 399-403, 1998.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Determination of evaporation from a catchment water balance at a monthly time scale", Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol 1, No. 1, pp.93-100, 1997.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Does moisture feedback affect rainfall significantly?", Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 20, No. 5-6, pp.507-513, 1996.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Recent extreme floods in Europe and the USA; Challenges for the future", Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 20, No. 5-6, pp.433-437, 1996.

De Groen, M.M., and Savenije, H.H.G., "Do land use induced changes of evaporation affect rainfall in Southeastern Africa?", Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 20, No. 5-6, pp.515-519, 1996.

Abebe, B.B. and Savenije, H.H.G., "Filtering the effect of orography from moisture recycling patterns", Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 20, No. 5-6, 1996.

Savenije, H.H.G., "The Runoff Coefficient as the Key to Moisture Recycling", Journal of Hydrology, 176:219-225, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996.

Savenije, H.H.G., "New definitions for moisture recycling and the relation with land-use changes in the Sahel". Journal of Hydrology, 167:57-78, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1995.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Predictive model for salt intrusion in estuaries", Journal of Hydrology, 148:203-218, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1993.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Determination of estuary parameters on the basis of Lagrangian analysis", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 119, No. 5: 628-643, ASCE New York, USA, 1993.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Composition and driving mechanisms of longitudinal tidal average salinity dispersion in estuaries", Journal of Hydrology, 144:127-141, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1993.

Savenije, H.H.G. and Pagès, J., "Hypersalinity, a dramatic change in the hydrology of Sahelian estuaries", Journal of Hydrology, 135:157-174, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1992.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Lagrangean solution of St. Venant's equations for an alluvial estuary", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 118, No. 8: 1153-1163, ASCE New York, USA, 1992.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Salt intrusion model for High Water Slack, Low Water Slack and Mean tide, on spreadsheet", Journal of Hydrology, 107:9-18, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1989.

Savenije, H.H.G., "Influence of Rain and Evaporation on Salt Intrusion in Estuaries", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 88: 1509-1524, ASCE New York, USA, 1988.

Savenije, H.H.G., "A one-dimensional model for salinity intrusion in alluvial estuaries", Journal of Hydrology, 85: 87-109, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1986. doi:10.1016/0022-1694(86)90078-8

Water Resources Management

Rockström, J., M.Falkenmark, T.Allan, C.Folke, L.Gordon, A.Jägerskog, M.Kummu, M.Lannerstad, M.Meybeck, D.Molden, S.Postel, H.Savenije, U.Svedin, A.Turton, O.Varis, 2014. The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability, Ecohydrology, 7, 1249–1261. doi: 10.1002/eco.1562.

Edixhoven, J,D., J. Gupta, H.H.G. Savenije. Recent revisions of phosphate rock reserves and resources: a critique. Earth Syst. Dynam., 5, 491-507, 2014.

Savenije, H.H.G., A. Y. Hoekstra, and P. van der Zaag, Evolving water science in the Anthropocene, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 319–332, 2014.

Zeng, Zhao, Junguo Liu, Hubert H.G. Savenije, 2013. A simple approach to assess water scarcity integrating water quantity and quality. Ecological Indicators, 34 (2013) 441–449, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.06.012.

Temesgen, M., S. Uhlenbrook, B. Simane, P. van der Zaag, Y. Mohammed, J. Wenninger, and H.H.G. Savenije, 2012. Impacts of conservation tillage on the hydrological and agronomic performance of Fanya juus in the upper Blue Nile (Abbay) river basin. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 4725–4735.

Jonker, L., P. Van der Zaag, B. Gumbo, J. Rockström, D. Love, and H. H. G. Savenije, 2012. A regional and multi-faceted approach to postgraduate water education – the WaterNet experience in Southern Africa. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 4225-4232. #50

Sivapalan, M., H.H.G. Savenije, and Guenter Bloeschl, 2012. Socio-hydrology: A new science of people and water, Hydrological Processes, 26, 1270-1276 doi: 10.1002/hyp.8426

Temesgen, M., S. Uhlenbrook, B. Simane, P. van der Zaag, Y. Mohammed, J. Wenninger, and H.H.G. Savenije, 2012. Impacts of conservation tillage on the hydrological and agronomic performance of Fanya juus in the upper Blue Nile (Abbay) river basin. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 4725–4735.

Jonker, L., P. Van der Zaag, B. Gumbo, J. Rockström, D. Love, and H. H. G. Savenije, 2012. A regional and multi-faceted approach to postgraduate water education – the WaterNet experience in Southern Africa.  Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 4225-4232.

Sivapalan, M., H.H.G. Savenije, and Guenter Bloeschl, 2012. Socio-hydrology: A new science of people and water, Hydrological Processes, 26, 1270-1276 doi: 10.1002/hyp.8426

Temesgen, M., H. H. G. Savenije, J. Rockström, W. B. Hoogmoed, 2012. Assessment of strip tillage systems for maize production in semi-arid Ethiopia: Effects on grain yield, water balance and productivity.  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 47-48, 156-165. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.046

Vishnudas, S., H.H.G. Savenije, P. Van der Zaag, 2012. Watershed Development Practices for Ecorestoration in a Tribal Area - A Case Study in Attappady Hills, South India, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 47-48, 58-63. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2012.04.001

Vishnudas, S., H. H. G. Savenije, P. Van der Zaag, K.  R. Anil, 2012. Coir Geotextile for Slope Stabilization and Cultivation – A Case Study in a Highland Region of Kerala, South India, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 47-48, 135-138. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2012.05.002

Pande, S., Van Den Boom, B., Savenije, H.H.G., Gosain, A.K. 2011. Water valuation at basin scale with application to western India. Ecological Economics, 70, 2416-2428  

Makurira, H., H.H.G. Savenije, S. Uhlenbrook, J. Rockström, A. Senzanje, 2011. The effect of system innovations on water productivity in subsistence rainfed agricultural systems in semi-arid Tanzania. Agricultural Water Management, 98 (2011) 1696– 1703. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2011.05.003

Temesgen, M., W. B. Hoogmoed, J. Rockström and H. H. G. Savenije,  2009. Conservation Tillage Implements and Systems for Smallholder Farmers in Semi-arid Ethiopia. Soil and Tillage Research, 104, 185-191. doi:10.1016/j.still.2008.10.026 (ISI-IF-2007:1.846)

Savenije, H.H.G., and N.C.Van de Giesen, 2009.The sustainable village, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 34, 1–2.

Makurira, H., H.H.G. Savenije, S. Uhlenbrook, J. Rockström, A. Senzanje, 2009. Investigating the water balance of on-farm techniques for improved crop productivity in rainfed systems: A case study of Makanya catchment, Tanzania. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 34, 93-98.

Liu, J., Yang, H., Savenije, H.H.G., 2008. China's move to higher-meat diet hits water security. Nature, 454: p397.

Liu, J. and Savenije, H.H.G., 2008. Time to break the silence around virtual-water imports. Nature, 453: p587.

Liu, J. and Savenije, H.H.G., 2008. Food consumption patterns and their effect on water requirement in China, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 12, 887–898.

Savenije, H.H.G., and P. van der Zaag, 2008. Integrated water resources management: Concepts and issues. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 33, pp. 290-297, doi: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.02.003.

Ngigi, S.N., Savenije, H.H.G., Gichuki, F.N., 2008. Hydrological impacts of flood storage and management on irrigation water abstractions in upper Ewaso Ng'iro river basin, Kenya. Water Resources Management, doi: 10.1007/s11269-008-9257-5; 1-21.

Vishnudas, S., Hubert H.G. Savenije, Pieter Van der Zaag, 2008. Sustainability Analysis of two Participatory Watershed Projects in Kerala. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 33, pp. 1-12.

Vishnudas, S., Hubert H.G. Savenije, Pieter Van der Zaag,  Kunnathu R. Anil, Krishnan Balan, 2008. Participatory Research using Coir Geotextiles in Watershed Management - a case study in South India. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 33, pp. 41–47.

Temesgen, M., J. Rockstrom, H. H. G. Savenije, W. B. Hoogmoed, D. Alemu, 2008. Determinants of Tillage Frequency among Smallholder Farmers in Two Semi-arid Areas in Ethiopia, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 33, pp. 183–191.

Nhapi, I., and H.H.G. Savenije Writing a paper for publication in a journal: Experiences from past. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 32 (2007) 1406–1412.

Makurira, H., M.L. Mul, N.F. Vyagusa, S. Uhlenbrook, H.H.G. Savenije,  Evaluation of community-driven smallholder irrigation in dryland South Pare Mountains, Tanzania: A case study of Manoo micro dam. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 32 (2007) 1090–1097.

Ngigi, Stephen N., Hubert H.G. Savenije and Francis N. Gichuki, 2007. Land use changes and hydrological impacts related to up-scaling of rainwater harvesting and management in upper Ewaso Ng’iro river basin, Kenya. Land Use Policy, 24: 129-140.

Oguntunde, Philip G., Nick van de Giesen and Hubert H.G. Savenije , 2007 Measurement and modelling of transpiration of a rain-fed citrus orchard under subhumid tropical conditions. Agricultural Water Management, 87: 200-208

Ngigi , Stephen N., Johan Rockström and Hubert H.G. Savenije, 2006. Assessment of rainwater retention in agricultural land and crop yield increase due to conservation tillage in Ewaso Ng’iro river basin, Kenya. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol 31: 910-918.

Chapagain, A.K., A.Y. Hoekstra, H.H.G. Savenije and R. Gautam, 2006. The water footprint of cotton consumption: An assessment of the impact of worldwide consumption of cotton products on the water resources in the cotton producing countries. Ecological Economics, Vol. 60: 186-203.

Vishnudas, S., H. H. G. Savenije, P. van der Zaag, K. R. Anil, K. Balan, 2006. The protective and attractive covering of a vegetated embankment using coir geotextiles. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10: 565–574.

Chapagain, A.K., A. Y. Hoekstra, H. H. G. Savenije, 2006. Water saving through international trade of agricultural products. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 10: 455-468.

Chen, Yan, Dunqiang Zhang, Yangbo Sun, Xinai Liu, Nianzhong Wang and Hubert H.G. Savenije, 2005. Water demand management: A case study of the Heihe River Basin in China. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 30: 408-419

Ngigi, Stephen N., Hubert H.G. Savenije, Josephine N. Thome, Johan Rockström and F.W.T.Penning de Vries, 2005. Agro-hydrological evaluation of on-farm rainwater storage systems for supplemental irrigation in Laikipia district, Kenya. Agricultural Water Management, 73:21-41.

Rockstrom, J., Folke, C., Gordon, L., Hatibu, N., Jewitt, G., de Vries, F.P., Rwehumbiza, F., Sally, H., Savenije, H., Schulze, R., 2004. A watershed approach to upgrade rainfed agriculture in water scarce regions through Water System Innovations: an integrated research initiative on water for food and rural livelihoods in balance with ecosystem functions. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 29 (15-18): 1109-1118.

Rappold, G.D., Johan Rockström, Huub H. G. Savenije and Mladen Todorovic, 2003. Water resources assessment for catchment management, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 28, Page 161

Seyam, I.M., A.Y. Hoekstra and H.H.G. Savenije, 2003. The water value-flow concept. . Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 28, pp. 175-182.

Liu, Junguo, H.H.G. Savenije and J. Xu, 2003. Forecast of water demand in Weinan City in China using WDF-ANN model. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 28, pp. 219-224.

Liu, Junguo, H.H.G. Savenije and J. Xu, 2003. Water as an economic good and water tariff design; comparison between IBT-con and IRT-cap. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 28, pp. 209-217.

Savenije, H.H.G., 2002. "Why water is not an ordinary economic good, or why the girl is special", Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 27, no.11-22, pp. 741-744.

Van der Zaag, P., H.H.G. Savenije and I. Seyam, 2002. “Towards measurable criteria for the equitable sharing of international water resources”, Water Policy, Vol 4, no. 1, pp. 19-32. (#10 of most downloaded articles in period Apr-Dec 2002)

Savenije, Hubert H.G., and Pieter van der Zaag, 2002. “Water as an economic good and demand management: paradigms with pitfalls”, Water International, Vol.27, no.1, pp.98-104.

Seyam, I.M., A.Y. Hoekstra and H.H.G. Savenije, 2002. Calculation methods to access the value of upstream water flows and storage as a function of downstream benefits. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 27, no.11-22, pp. 977-982.

Savenije, Hubert, 2001. “Socio-political impacts of water modelling”. Water Policy, Vol 3, pp. S183.

Hoekstra, A.Y., H.H.G. Savenije and A.K. Chapagain, 2001. An integrated approach towards assessing the value of water: A case study on the Zambezi basin. Integrated Assessment, 2:199-208.

Savenije, H.H.G., and P. van der Zaag, “The Maseru Conference”, Water Policy, Vol 2, Iss 1-2, pp 1-7, 2000.

Savenije, H.H.G., and P. van der Zaag, “Conceptual framework for the management of shared river basins; with special reference to the SADC and EU”, Water Policy, Vol 2, Iss 1-2, pp 9-45, 2000.

Van der Zaag, P., and H.H.G. Savenije, “Towards improved management of shared river basins: lessons from the Maseru Conference”, Water Policy, Vol 2, Iss 1-2, pp 47-63, 2000.

Savenije, H.H.G., “Water scarcity, water conservation and water resources valuation; Foreword”,  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth(B), Vol.25, No. 3, pp 191, 2000.

Savenije, H.H.G., “Water Scarcity Indicators; the Deception of the Numbers”, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth(B), Vol.25, No. 3, pp 199-204, 2000.

Seyam, I., H.H.G. Savenije, J. Aerts and M. Schepel, “Algorithms for Water Resources Distribution in International River Basins”, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth(B), Vol.25, No. 3, pp 309-314, 2000.

Mohamed, A.S., and H.H.G. Savenije, “Water demand management: positive incentives, negative incentives, or quota regulation?, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth(B), Vol.25, No. 3, pp 251-258, 2000.

Van der Zaag, P., and H.H.G. Savenije, “The Management of International Waters in EU and SADC Compared”, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth(B), Vol.24, No. 6, pp 579-589, 1999.

Mirghani, M.M.O., and H.H.G. Savenije. "Incorporation of People's Participation in Planning and Implementation of Water Resources Projects". Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol.20, No.3-4, pp 229-236, Elsevier Science Ltd., Pergamon, Exeter, UK, 1995.

Koudstaal, R., Rijsberman, F.R., and Savenije, H.H.G., "Water and Sustainable Development.", Natural Resources Forum, November 1992, pp.277-290, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1992.