A new large-sample hydrology dataset for Australia

Hydrologists globally can now more easily conduct studies spanning Australia’s unique hydroclimatology with the August release of CAMELS-AUS, a new large-sample hydrology dataset covering 222 unregulated catchments in Australia.  The dataset, produced as a collaboration between the University […]

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WaterSENSE: On-farm reservoir volume modelling by combining remote sensing and Bayesian statistics

Accurate water accounting is an important tool to manage our precious water resources in the dry Australian climate. Understanding the volumes of water extracted and stored in farm dams can assist with on-farm and catchment management. The WaterSENSE […]

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Climate change has already hit Australia. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns

Australia is experiencing widespread, rapid climate change not seen for thousands of years and may warm by 4℃ or more this century, according to a highly anticipated report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The assessment, […]

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Collaboration the key to understanding the past, present and future of water availability in Victoria

The Victorian Water and Climate Initiative (VicWaCI) is a research collaboration between AWA members the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO and The University of Melbourne. In December of 2020, the anticipated […]

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Understanding trends in water availability across Australia with AWRA-L

Climate change has far reaching implications on the hydrologic cycle impacting agricultural productivity, water resources availability, and increasing flood hazard – but understanding how the hydrologic cycle is changing across Australia is challenging. Many hydrometeorological variables are not […]

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