Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140101608

Funded Activity Summary

Water resources in a changing climate: impact of climate variability, climate and land-use change on surface water dynamics and ecosystem connectivity. Climate and land use change act synergistically to affect scarce water resources, already under enormous pressure in Australia. This cross-disciplinary project aims to quantify the climate-driven variability and impact of climate and land use change on surface water dynamics and connectivity. This research will take a holistic approach integrating remote sensing and climate data, land use science, graph theory and spatial statistics. Findings will, for the first time, assess the impact of multiple drivers of change (climate, land use) on scarce water resources by integrating empirical observations on surface water variability with global climate model projections and land use scenarios.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2014

End Date: 31-08-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $394,655.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecological Applications | Environmental Management | Landscape Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Water Allocation and Quantification | Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) | Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) | Ecological Applications | Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales | Environmental Management | Landscape Ecology | Water Allocation and Quantification

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