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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 download from 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: 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: 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.