Testing climatic, physiological and hydrological assumptions underpinning water yield from montane forests

水坝和水库收集的水仍然是澳大利亚城镇和工业的主要水资源。 绝大多数情况下，这些水是从森林集水区收集的，在那里，森林的水平衡主要由树木使用的水量决定。 描述树木水分利用、其对气候和夜间条件变化的响应以及林分水文学的其他方面，对我们预测和模拟未来水量的能力至关重要。 我们在堪培拉附近的科特集水区和维多利亚东北部的上基瓦集水区工作，旨在帮助负责水和集水区管理的机构提高其水量预测和地面管理的安全性。

Water collected in dams and reservoirs remains the mainstay water resource for Australian cities, towns and industry. Overwhelmingly, that water is collected from forested catchments where the water balance of forest stands is dominated by the amount of water used by trees. Characterising tree water use, its response to changing climatic and nocturnal conditions, and other aspects of stand hydrology, are crucial to our ability to predict and model future water yields. Working in the Cotter catchment near Canberra and the upper Kiewa catchment in north-east Victoria, we aim to help the agencies responsible for water and catchment management to improve the security of their forecasts of water yield and their on-ground management.