Hendrik Wouters
Research And Development Climate Services At VITO Belgium
Wetteren, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolHendrik Wouters is a climate research and development specialist with 12 years of experience applying high-resolution modelling to Belgian climate challenges. Currently leading R&D in Climate Services at VITO and holding concurrent postdoctoral work at KU Leuven, he blends applied research on heat waves, droughts and urban-scale meteorology with practical services for adaptation. His background includes a PhD focused on improving meteorological inputs for urban air quality modelling and earlier work on urban land-cover parametrization, giving him deep expertise at the intersection of urban physics and atmospheric modelling. Known for translating complex model improvements into operational climate services, he also served as secretary of the Thinktank Climate Adaptation Flanders, indicating active engagement in policy-relevant science.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Post-Graduate, Studies in weather and climate modelling, magna cum laude, Post-Graduate, Studies in weather and climate modelling, magna cum laude at Universiteit Gent
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (17)
statistics6
python6
matplotlib6
pandas5
soil5
visualization4
atmosphere4
data-science4
surface4
data-visualization4
chemistry3
plugin3
data-analysis3
astronomy2
keybindings2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hendrikwout/pynacolada
Nov 2013 - Jan 2023
Library for easily IO-processing with huge netCDF xarrays
Contributions:582 commits, 2 PRs, 408 pushes in 9 years 3 months
hendrikwout/class4gl
Nov 2017 - Jun 2021
Chemistry Land-surface Atmosphere Soil Slab model for Globe
Contributions:109 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 3 years 8 months
globechemistryland-surfacesurfaceatmosphere
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