Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0557543

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0557543

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

High resolution mapping of surface and root zone soil moisture. Knowledge of the spatial and temporal variation of surface and root zone soil moisture content at high spatial resolution is critical to achieving more efficient water utilisation practices in agriculture. Australia's main river basins are under mounting pressure to satisfy a wide range of competing economic, social and environmental needs for water, particularly in terms of environmental flows and efficient irrigation. A better understanding of the soil moisture distribution at sub-farm scales will allow farmers to better utilise both the moisture in their soil and their limited allocation for irrigation. This will help alleviate soil moisture related problems in some of the nation's key catchments, such as the Murray Darling Basin.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $667,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Engineering Modelling | Farm Management, Rural Management And Agribusiness | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Surfacewater Hydrology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate change | Field crops | Land and water management |

Other Keywords

Climate change | Environmental Engineering Modelling | Farm Management, Rural Management And Agribusiness | Field crops | Land and water management | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Surfacewater Hydrology

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