Reconstructing the historical frequency and intensity of Australian droughts: A multi-species dendrochronological approach

干旱直接或间接地影响着每一个澳大利亚人。严重的干旱使各州农村社区陷入困境，导致用水限制增加和火灾活动加剧，减缓了国民经济的发展，并威胁到各种生态系统。我们的研究将增进对澳大利亚东部过去发生干旱的地点、时间和程度的了解。研究结果将为澳大利亚干旱的产生过程以及未来干旱的预测提供独特的见解。研究结果将为农民、水文学家和政策制定者提供更好的供水长期变化数据，以改善地方、区域和国家的水资源规划举措和基础设施发展。

Drought directly and indirectly impacts every Australian. Severe droughts devastate rural communities, lead to increased water restrictions and bushfire activity, slows the national economy and threatens diverse ecosystems. Our research will improve understanding of where, when, and how intensely droughts have occurred across eastern Australia in the past. The results will provide unique insights into the processes that generate Australian droughts and how future droughts might be anticipated. The results will provide farmers, hydrologists, and policy-makers with better data on long-term variability in water supplies to improve local, regional, and national water planning initiatives and infrastructure development.