Biography
Professor Amaury Frankl specializes in geomorphology and focuses on researching land degradation in various environments, including alpine, tropical mountain, and temperate lowland regions. Using UAVs, he investigates the impact of anthropogenic disturbances and (extreme) weather events on rates of soil erosion and the triggering of natural hazards. He also explores how nature-based solutions can mitigate erosion from a connectivity perspective. He is co-chair of the Africa Platform of Ghent University Association (https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/), Board Member of the UAV Research Centre (https://urc.ugent.be/), Member of the EU Soil Observatory Working Group on Soil Erosion and Associate Member of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences.
Key Publications
Frankl, A., Nyssen, J., Vanmaercke, M., & Poesen, J. (2021). Gully prevention and control : techniques, failures and effectiveness. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 46(1), 220–238. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5033
Gebrekidan, H. L., Frankl, A., Dessie, M., Poesen, J., Adgo, E., & Nyssen, J. (2020). Consolidated sediment budget of Lake Tana, Ethiopia (2012-2016). GEOMORPHOLOGY, 371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107434
Dinssa, E. G., Frankl, A., Zenebe, A., Poesen, J., & Nyssen, J. (2018). Gully and soil and water conservation structure densities in semi-arid northern Ethiopia over the last 80 years. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 43(9), 1848–1859. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4360
Luo, M., Liu, T., Meng, F., Duan, Y., Huang, Y., Frankl, A., & De Maeyer, P. (2017). Proportional coefficient method applied to TRMM rainfall data : case study of hydrological simulations of the Hotan River Basin (China). JOURNAL OF WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE, 8(4), 627–640. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2017.080
Frankl, A., Stal, C., Abraha, A., Nyssen, J., Rieke-Zapp, D., De Wulf, A., & Poesen, J. (2015). Detailed recording of gully morphology in 3D through image-based modelling. CATENA, 127, 92–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2014.12.016
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