Torben Larsen (May 1, 1942) is a noted

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scientist working in the field of hydrology and water pollution.

Biography

Torben Larsen was born in Copenhagen on 1 May 1942.65 år
, Nordjyske, 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2012-05-06. He graduated with a degree in hydraulic engineering from the Polyteknisk Læreanstalt (

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) in 1966.Torben Larsen, 65 years
Aalborg Universitet. Retrieved 2012-05-06. From 1967 to 1969 Larsen worked for the Directorate for Hydraulic Engineering. In 1969 he moved to

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to work for Danmarks Ingeniørakademi, later

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. In 1989 he was appointed Associate Professor and in 2001

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. In 2001 Torben Larsen defended his doctoral thesis about dilution of waste water in the coastal zone. Between 1997 and 2005 Larsen was a member of Statens Teknisk-videnskabelige Forskningsråd (the Danish Technical-Scientific Research Board). Larsen has been working on the possibility of closing the Thyborøn channel in the

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to prevent flooding in the low coastal areas.

References

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