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One-sixth of global river flows evaporate before reaching the sea – but only 1% by irrigation

November 23, 2018 Albert Van Dijk (ANU)

Spatial distribution of secondary evaporation losses in South America. (Source: Van Dijk et al., 2018)

Less than 1% of global river flows is used for irrigation, and only 1% of that occurs in Australia. That is the result of a high-resolution global model-data analysis we published recently. The importance of evaporation from wetlands, […]

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Satellite soil moisture measurements improve streamflow estimation

September 8, 2016 Simon Walker (OzEWEX) and Patricia López López (Deltares) Leave a comment

New research shows that hydrological model streamflow estimates can be improved be integrating streamflow and satellite soil moisture measurements. The team of scientists from the Netherlands, US and Australia set out to assess the difference in model-derived streamflow estimates when introducing […]

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