Narrowing the scatter and assessing the uncertainty of climate change projections of Australian river flows

最近澳大利亚东南部长期干旱，引发了主要城市的用水限制，默里-达令地区的灌溉分配为零，并突显了水对该国的重要性。该项目是一个综合研究项目，将加强我们对未来年度河流流量不确定性的了解，从而为澳大利亚日益稀缺的水资源的可持续管理做出更明智的决策。该项目的成果与国家研究优先事项“一个环境可持续的澳大利亚”高度相关，特别是优先目标“水--关键资源”和“应对气候变化和多变性”。

Recent prolonged dry conditions in south-eastern Australia have triggered water restrictions in major cities, zero irrigation allocations in the Murray-Darling region and highlighted the importance of water to this country. This project represents an integrated package of research that will enhance our understanding of the uncertainty of future annual river flows, leading to more informed decision making for the sustainable management of Australia’s increasingly scarce water resources. The outcomes from this project are highly relevant to the national research priority “An Environmentally Sustainable Australia”, particularly priority goals “Water - a critical resource” and “Responding to climate change and variability”.