Dave Hunt/AAP 2019 was the year Australians confronted the fact that a healthy environment is more than just a pretty waterfall in a national park; a nice extra we can do without. We do not survive without air […]
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Groundwater is the drinking water source for more than two billion people in the world, and provides over 40% of water for irrigated agriculture. Yet in many parts of the world groundwater has become depleted or polluted, risking […]
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The height of individual tree crowns near Alice Springs derived from TERN’s airborne lidar collection. The sheer abundance of data on Australia’s natural environment means that the data cannot be easily explored and analysed by non-expert users. To […]
Read moreThe CSIRO Environmental Earth Observation web site is a portal to several Water Research Experimental web services and research data. The web services and research data on this portal are made available as demonstrators for research and educational use only. […]
Read moreExperimental near-real time water balance information. The Asia-Pacific Water Monitor uses satellite and on-ground measurements, weather forecasts and a hydrological model to produce near-real time water balance estimates for the Asia-Pacific region. Maps show precipitation, streamflow, catchment water storage, […]
Read moreDaily satellite data from two NASA satellites is processed to identify surface water using the Open Water Likelihood algorithm developed by CSIRO. Imagery for the whole of Australia is processed. Surface water maps are overlaid onto a digital elevation model to estimate the […]
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