Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100302

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150100302

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Predicting groundwater replenishment in arid catchments. Australia is the world's driest continent, and reliant on groundwater for survival and livelihood. A clear understanding of how our groundwater is replenished is therefore imperative. Groundwater recharge is difficult to quantify because it occurs as infiltration beneath streambeds in response to rain events. This project aims to combine field data from fibre optic temperature sensing, radio-isotopes, and remote sensing into streamflow and catchment scale models to characterise connections between infiltration and recharge in an Australian catchment. The project aims to produce easily applicable tools to predict aquifer replenishment after storm events and predictions of groundwater availability under future climate conditions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-09-2015

End Date: 17-10-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $357,170.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Surfacewater Hydrology | Hydrogeology | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Natural Hazards in Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments (excl. Urban and Industrial Use) | Rural Water Evaluation (incl. Water Quality)

Other Keywords

Hydrogeology | Natural Hazards in Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments (excl. Urban and Industrial Use) | Rural Water Evaluation (incl. Water Quality) | Surfacewater Hydrology

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