Dr. Tam V. Nguyen
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany
Phone: +49 341 235 1069

Research topics
- I am interested in understanding how catchments function (catchment-scale hydrological and water quality processes) under natural and anthropogenic impacts (changes in land use/land cover, agricultural practices, climate) at mesoscale catchments. My current research includes but not limited to using the travel times (specifically with the StorAge Selection functions) to understand catchment nutrient export at different spatial and temporal scales.
Tool/Software
- I have developed several modified versions of the Soil & Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) for simulating regional groundwater flow in porous media, interbasin groundwater flow in karst-dominated areas, and flood routing, and the mesoscale Hydrologic Model (mHM) for modeling nitrate export
- I am the developer of R-SWAT, an interactive graphical user interface app (free, open-source) for parameter calibration/sensitivity/uncertainty analysis with the Soil & Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). R-SWAT was listed on the official website of SWAT.
Curriculum Vitae
since 6/2019
Postdoc - Department of Hydrogeology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
04/2015 - 03/2019
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter - Improving surface and subsurface flow simulation with the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
10/2012 - 09/2014
Master of Science - Free thermal convection in heterogeneous porous media
Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Lecturer - Hydraulic Structures
Thuyloi University, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
09/2005 - 06/2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Hydraulic Structures
Thuyloi university, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Peer review
Water Resources Research (1), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (2), Hydrological Processes (1), Journal of Hydrology (3), Atmospheric Research (1). https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/2212593
Preprints
- Borriero, A., Kumar, R., Nguyen, T. V., Fleckenstein, J. H., & Lutz, S. R. (2022). Uncertainty in water transit time estimation with StorAge Selection functions and tracer data interpolation. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2022-222
- Nguyen, T. V., Nguyen, H. T., Tran, V. N., Le, M. H., Quang, B., Nguyen, H. T., ... & Do, H. X (2022). Uncertain Benefits of Using Remotely Sensed Evapotranspiration for Streamflow Estimation-Insights from a Randomized, Large-Sample Experiment. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10512717.1
Index:
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2023 (1)
- Winter, C., Nguyen, V.T., Musolff, A., Lutz, S.R., Rode, M., Kumar, R., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2023):
Droughts can reduce the nitrogen retention capacity of catchments
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 27 (1), 303 - 318
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2022 (8)
- Binh, D.V., Kantoush, S.A., Ata, R., Tassi, P., Nguyen, V.T., Lepesqueur, J., Abderrezzak, K.E.K., Bourban, S.E., Nguyen, Q.H., Phuong, D.N.L., Trung, L.V., Tran, D.A., Letrung, T., Sumi, T. (2022):
Hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and morphodynamics in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Field study and numerical modelling
Geomorphology 413 , art. 108368
full text (doi) - Ebeling, P., Kumar, R., Lutz, S.R., Nguyen, V.T., Sarrazin, F., Weber, M., Büttner, O., Attinger, S., Musolff, A. (2022):
QUADICA: water QUAlity, DIscharge and Catchment Attributes for large-sample studies in Germany
Earth Syst. Sci. Data 14 (8), 3715 - 3741
full text (doi) - Lutz, S.R., Ebeling, P., Musolff, A., Nguyen, V.T., Sarrazin, F., Van Meter, K.J., Basu, N.B., Fleckenstein, J.H., Attinger, S., Kumar, R. (2022):
Pulling the rabbit out of the hat: Unravelling hidden nitrogen legacies in catchment-scale water quality models
Hydrol. Process. 36 (10), e14682
full text (doi) - Nguyen, V.T., Dietrich, J., Dang, T.D., Tran, D.A., Doan, B.V., Sarrazin, F.J., Abbaspour, K., Srinivasan, R. (2022):
An interactive graphical interface tool for parameter calibration, sensitivity analysis, uncertainty analysis, and visualization for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool
Environ. Modell. Softw. 156 , art. 105497
full text (doi) - Nguyen, V.T., Kumar, R., Musolff, A., Lutz, S.R., Sarrazin, F., Attinger, S., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2022):
Disparate seasonal nitrate export from nested heterogeneous subcatchments revealed with StorAge Selection functions
Water Resour. Res. 58 (3), e2021WR030797
full text (doi) - Nguyen, V.T., Sarrazin, F.J., Ebeling, P., Musolff, A., Fleckenstein, J.H., Kumar, R. (2022):
Toward understanding of long-term nitrogen transport and retention dynamics across German catchments
Geophys. Res. Lett. 49 (24), e2022GL100278
full text (doi) - Nguyen, V.T., Uniyal, B., Tran, D.A., Pham, T.B.T. (2022):
On the evaluation of both spatial and temporal performance of distributed hydrological models using remote sensing products
Remote Sens. 14 (9), art. 1959
full text (doi) - Tran, D.A., Tsujimura, M., Pham, H.V., Nguyen, V.T., Ho, H.L., Le, V.P., Quang Ha, K., Duc Dang, T., Van Binh, D., Doan, Q.-V. (2022):
Intensified salinity intrusion in coastal aquifers due to groundwater overextraction: a case study in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 29 (6), 8996 - 9010
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2021 (4)
- Nguyen, V.T., Kumar, R., Lutz, S.R., Musolff, A., Yang, J., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2021):
Modeling nitrate export from a mesoscale catchment using StorAge selection functions
Water Resour. Res. 57 (2), e2020WR028490
full text (doi) - Prata Rabelo, U., Dietrich, J., Cunha Costa, A., Simshäuser, M.N., Scholz, F.E., Nguyen, V.T., Lima Neto, I.E. (2021):
Representing a dense network of ponds and reservoirs in a semi-distributed dryland catchment model
J. Hydrol. 603, Part C , art. 127103
full text (doi) - Tran, D.A., Tsujimura, M., Ha, N.T., Nguyen, V.T., Binh, D.V., Dang, T.D., Doan, Q.-V., Bui, D.T., Ngoc, T.A., Phu, L.V., Thuc, P.T.B., Pham, T.D. (2021):
Evaluating the predictive power of different machine learning algorithms for groundwater salinity prediction of multi-layer coastal aquifers in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Ecol. Indic. 127 , art. 107790
full text (doi) - Tran, D.A., Tsujimura, M., Huu, H.L., Dang, D.H., Le Vo, P., Doan, T.H., Thu Nguyen, T.T., Le, C.C., Bich Pham, T.T., Dang, T.D., Batdelger, O., Nguyen, V.T. (2021):
Groundwater quality evaluation and health risk assessment in coastal lowland areas of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Groundwater for Sustainable Development 15 , art. 100679
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2020 (2)
- Nguyen, V.T., Dietrich, J., Uniyal, B. (2020):
Modeling interbasin groundwater flow in karst areas: Model development, application, and calibration strategy
Environ. Modell. Softw. 124 , art. 104606
full text (doi) - Tran, D.A., Tsujimura, M., Vo, L.P., Nguyen, V.T., Kambuku, D., Dang, T.D. (2020):
Hydrogeochemical characteristics of a multi-layered coastal aquifer system in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Environ. Geochem. Health 42 (2), 661 - 680
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2016 - 2019
Tran, D. A., Tsujimura, M., Vo, L. P., Nguyen, V. T., Nguyen, L. D., & Dang, T. D. (2019). Stable isotope characteristics of water resources in the coastal area of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 55(6), 566-587. https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2019.1673746
Nguyen, V. T., & Dietrich, J. (2018). Modification of the SWAT model to simulate regional groundwater flow using a multicell aquifer. Hydrological processes, 32(7), 939-953. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11466
Nguyen, V. T., Dietrich, J., Uniyal, B., & Tran, D. A. (2018). Verification and correction of the hydrologic routing in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool. Water, 10(10), 1419. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10101419
Nguyen, V.T, Graf, T., Guevara Morel C. R,. (2016). Free thermal convection in heterogeneous porous media. Geothermics, 64, 152-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2016.05.006