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CRC PUBLICATIONS |
Estimating Water Storage Capacities in Soil at Catchment Scales
Neil McKenzie,
John Gallant,
Linda Gregory
Publication Type:
Technical Report
This is a publication of the current CRC for Catchment Hydrology
CRC Program:
Landuse Impacts on Rivers
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Publication Keywords:
Soil/Water Systems
Storage
Water-Soil-Plant Interactions
Soil Data
Modelling
Survey
Maps and Mapping
Land Resources
Soil (Types of)
Soil (Characteristics of)
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Abstract / Summary:
Preface
The Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology aims to provide land and water managers with the tools and skills to make informed decisions on whole catchments. The development of integrated modelling systems is a central activity. The capacity of models to provide reliable predictions of catchment behaviour is increasingly being constrained by the quality of input data. Soil and landscape attributes can affect water and pollutant balances but appropriate data, even for synoptic modelling, have not been readily available across large parts of Australia. This report addresses one instance of this constraint - the estimation of water storage capacities in soils at catchment scales. It demonstrates how careful integration of digital terrain and conventional land resource data can benefit catchment hydrology - the promising results bode well for the CRC's modelling and prediction studies.
This report describes some of the work conducted by the CRC's program concerning land-use impacts on rivers. The program is focused upon the impact of human activities upon the land and stream environment and the physical attributes of rivers. We are concerned about managing impacts for catchments ranging in size from a single hillslope to several thousands of square kilometres. The specific impacts we are considering are changes in streamflow, changes to in-stream habitat by the movement of coarse sediment, and changes to water quality (sediment, nutrients and salt). If you wish to find out more about the program's research I invite you to first visit our website at http://www.catchment.crc.org.au/programs/projects/index.html.
Peter Hairsine
CSIRO Land and Water
Program Leader - Land-use Impacts on Rivers
CRC for Catchment Hydrology
This report is available for downloading below. For further information or to purchase a copy ($27.50 per copy) please contact Virginia at the Centre Office.
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Centre Office:
CRC for Catchment Hydrology
Dept of Civil Engineering
Building 60
Monash University Vic 3800
Tel: +61 3 9905 2704
Fax: +61 3 9905 5033
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