Download DRAFT ONLY DATASETS RELEVANT TO AUSTRALIAN FUTURE

DATASETS RELEVANT TO AUSTRALIAN FUTURE WATER SCENARIOS
Australian Water Availability Project
http://www.eoc.csiro.au/awap/
This project aims to monitor the state and trend of terrestrial water balance of the Australian
continent using model-data fusion methods combining both measurements and modelling. The
project determines the past history and present state of soil moisture and all water fluxes
contributing to changes in soil moisture (rainfall, transpiration, soil evaporation, surface runoff and
deep drainage) at a spatial resolution of 5km. This is done in three forms: 1. Weekly near-realtime reporting, 2. Historical monthly time series (1900 to present) and 3. Monthly climatologies.
SEACI
SEACI future rainfall, PET and runoff data are available for
http://www.seaci.org/research/research-hydroclimateProjections.html
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Climate Futures for Tasmania
http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/climatechange/adapting/climate_futures
The Climate Futures for Tasmania project suggest starting by reading the published technical
reports, then viewing layers on the GIS webtool TheLIST, and carefully considering their research
question before obtaining model data directly. Researchers should get in touch with the TPAC
data managers and/or someone from the project if there are any questions about how and when
the data should be used.
The Tasmania Government has a portal for information used in their reports (such as the Climate
Futures Tasmania project (Bennett 2010), or for use as a data viewer on a GIS webtool. The link
to the direct TPAC portal is probably the easiest central point for those seeking to interrogate
climate and hydrological data in Tasmania.
OzClim
http://www.csiro.au/ozclim/home.do
OzClim provides a simple step-by-step option to help you generate and explore climate
scenarios. There are also six scenarios in the examples section for rainfall and temperature for
2030.
The advanced section is designed for the scientific research community and policy making.
Choose from twenty-three climate models, eight emission scenarios and three climate
sensitivities.
With OzClim you can:
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generate climate change scenarios in a few easy steps
explore climate scenarios from 2020 to 2100
be guided through the process of generating your own climate scenarios
download maps and scenario data for use in non-commercial research
LongPaddock
http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/
The Long Paddock website is operated by the Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence
(QCCCE) managed by the Office of Climate Change (OCC) within the Department of
Environment and Resource Management (DERM). It looks at seasonal and long term forecasting,
specifically related to ENSO and SOI-based forecasting, particularly for agricultural stakeholder
use. It draws from the Bureau of Meteorology’s Silo (now WATL) databases and makes them
relevant to Queensland.
Silo/WATL
http://www.bom.gov.au/watl/
This website is hosted by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and replaces the previous Silo
database. It looks at medium and long term forecast of climate, and variability, include ENSO and
SOI-based forecasting across the whole of Australia.
Water Information Research and Development Alliance (WIRADA) (in development
http://www.csiro.au/partnerships/WIRADA.html
The Water Information Research and Development Alliance (the Alliance) brings together
CSIRO’s research and development expertise in water and information sciences and the Bureau
of Meteorology’s operational role in hydrological analysis and prediction to transform the way
Australia manages its water resources.
Water resources information is currently collected and held by hundreds of organisations across
Australia, making it difficult to monitor the status and use of Australia's water resources and to
accurately forecast water availability.
Research is currently focused on key stages of the water development process and is spread
across 8 key project areas:
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Sustainable Water Information Models
Water data transfer standards
The Hydrologists workbench project will develop tools to automate common workflow
processes to access and use hydrological data and models.
Precipitation and actual evapotranspiration products
One-second SRTM digital elevation model
Water resources assessment and water use accounting
Short-term water forecasting and prediction
The Seasonal and long-term water forecasting and prediction project – which is
developing new methods and tools to provide reliable seasonal and long-term water
forecasts of inflows to river systems across Australia.