Daily hydrological and erosion modelling utilising sub-daily rainfall intensity distributions

澳大利亚的集水区面临着重大的环境问题。在确定优先事项的过程中预测管理决策的结果并协助制定当地目标的计算机模型是当今环境管理的核心。这项研究将开发一种与关键过程时间和空间尺度相一致的径流和侵蚀模型的新方法。这项研究是基于对过程的更好理解，并将利用澳大利亚水文气候和空间数据的大型数据库。这项研究将改进对测量和未测量流域的径流和侵蚀的估计，使有关土地、水资源和环境管理的决策能够有更可靠的信息。

Australian catchments face major environmental problems. Computer modelling for predicting outcomes of management decisions, in the priority setting process and for assisting with setting local targets is central to environmental management today. This research will develop a new approach for modelling runoff and erosion that is consistent with key process time and space scales. The research is based on improved process understanding and will utilize the large Australian database of hydroclimate and spatial data. This research will lead to improved estimation of runoff and erosion in gauged and ungauged catchments, allowing decisions on land and water resources and environmental management to be made with more reliable information.