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Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub

  • Home
  • About
    • The Hub
    • Leadership and governance
    • PhD affiliate initiative
    • NESP
    • ACCSP
  • Who benefits?
    • Researchers
    • Government
    • Private sector
    • Indigenous communities
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    • Food security, ecosystems and natural resource management
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Supporting sustainability of Australia’s future water resources

Water pouring out of a metal pipe against a blue sky background
PROJECT 2.7: Refining Australia’s water futures

Information about, and analyses of, future water availability are critical for water resources planning and investment decisions; however, consistent projections for a range of hydroclimate variables (e.g. rainfall, surface run off, lateral water flow, soil moisture) and drought metrics are not currently available.

We’re working with state and federal government and water managers to identify gaps in hydroclimate metrics and improve climate-water modelling. Building on existing science, will develop methods to deliver next generation projections of future water availability and hydrologic variables or metrics important to the water and related sectors.

This will improve Australia’s ability to assess the impact of climate change on Australia’s hydroclimates and water resources, and inform planning and climate change adaptation in the water and related sectors.

For more information

Dr Dewi Kirono, CSIRO

 


This project is contributing to meeting the following climate challenges:

Hydroclimate and water resources.

HYDROCLIMATE AND WATER RESOURCES
Improved modelling developed in this project will enhance the quality of projections that are available to water managers and planners.

Food security, ecosystems and NRM.

FOOD SECURITY, ECOSYSTEMS AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Agricultural and environmental system managers and planners will be able to use projections developed from work in this project to make more effective management and investment decisions.

Publications and papers
  • Chiew FHS, Zheng H, Potter NJ, Ekstrom M, Grose MR, Kirono DGC, Zhang L, Vaze J. 2017.  Future runoff projections for Australia and science challenges in producing next generation projections. Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Hobart, December 2017, pp. 1745–1751 | Conference proceedings
  • Kirono DGC, Grose MR, Hennessy KJ. 2017. Increasing risk of months with low rainfall and high temperature in southeast Australia for the past 150 years. Climate Risk Management, 16, 10–21, doi:10.1016/j.crm.2017.04.001

Supporting sustainability of Australia’s future water resources was last modified: April 3rd, 2018 by Karen Pearce

Research projects

  • A large computer server

    International benchmarking of Australia’s climate model

  • Understanding climate variability and extremes

  • Rough seas

    Decadal prediction and the predictability of marine heatwaves

  • Two men deploying a CTD instrument from the back of a research ship

    Understanding ocean heat uptake

  • Enhanced weather satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Sam near the north-west coast of Western Australia

    Improving modelling of weather and climate extremes

  • Map of Australia showing projected annual rainfall change for 2030 under RCP 8.5

    Improving accessibility of regional climate projections

  • Water pouring out of a metal pipe against a blue sky background

    Supporting sustainability of Australia’s future water resources

  • Fire burning through wooded bushland

    Developing projections for weather extremes

  • Newly planted trees in a revegetation area

    Assessing carbon sources and sinks

  • Rough waves at a Gold Coast beach with highrise buildings in the background

    Understanding coastal hazards

  • Mangroves growing on a sandy shoreline

    National Centre for Coasts and Climate

  • Aerial view of Gold Coast showing beach, highrise buildings, canals and homes

    Developing local government sea-level projections

The Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub is funded by the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program, with co-investment from the following partner agencies.


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