Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140103679

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140103679

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Forecasting drought impacts months ahead using satellite data. Skillful seasonal water and crop forecasts could do much to help cope with drought and water-related food crises. Recent advances in hydrological modelling and satellite remote sensing of surface soil moisture, landscape water storage and vegetation biomass have created a great opportunity to produce such forecasts over large areas. This project will exploit that opportunity by assimilating the satellite observations into a global water and vegetation forecasting model. The resulting improvement in seasonal forecasts of stream flow, soil moisture and crop production will be quantified and compared to the limited forecasts that are currently available.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 27-06-2014

End Date: 26-06-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $450,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Water Resources Engineering | Civil Engineering | Natural Hazards |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Water Allocation and Quantification | Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) | Natural Hazards in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments

Other Keywords

Civil Engineering | Climate Variability (excl. Social Impacts) | Natural Hazards | Natural Hazards in Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Water Allocation and Quantification | Water Resources Engineering

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