Delivering robust hydrological predictions for Australia’s water challenges

该项目旨在建立一个虚拟水文实验室，以确定在一系列流域中最大限度地提高预测性能的最佳水文模型，并考虑其主要水文过程和数据可用性。新的过程信息水文模型结构将使用这个虚拟实验室来开发，以体现我们对水文过程的最佳理解和来自真实流域的数据。预期的结果包括对澳大利亚集水区水文预测的重大改进。该项目将为灌溉者、水务局和工程师提供重大利益，他们依靠水文预测在高度多变的半干旱澳大利亚气候中进行可持续的水资源管理。

This project aims to build a virtual hydrological laboratory to identify the best hydrological models that maximise predictive performance in a range of catchments, accounting for their dominant hydrological processes and data availability. New process-informed hydrological model structures will be developed using this virtual laboratory to embody our best understanding of hydrological processes and data from real catchments. The expected outcomes include major improvements in hydrological predictions for Australian catchments. This project will provide major benefits to irrigators, water authorities and engineers, who rely on hydrological predictions for sustainable water management in the highly-variable, semi-arid Australian climate.