Journal article
A framework for assessing the potential of remote-sensed gravity to provide new insight on the hydrology of the Murray-Darling Basin
Kevin Ellett, Jeffrey Walker, Andrew Western, Matthew Rodell
AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES | TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS | Published : 2006
Abstract
Achieving a successful long-term strategy for sustainable water resource management of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) requires improvement in understanding of the integrated hydrological system and assessing the impacts of land use and climate change on this system. The recent launch of a satellite mission called GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) has the potential to lead to new insight on the hydrology of the MDB. By observing changes in the earth’s gravity field at unprecedented accuracy, the GRACE mission is now providing the first-ever observations of changes in total water storage occurring within the earth’s major river basins. This paper outlines the possible application..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was made possible by a grant from the Australian Research Council (DP0343778) and scholarships from the Australian-American Fulbright Commission and the University of Melbourne. The authors thank the following for their support to the Murrumbidgee monitoring network: the CRC for Catchment Hydrology; Rodger Young, Adam Smith and Merrick Underwood from the University of Melbourne; Alan Flint of the United States Geological Survey and Greg Summerell of the New South Wales Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources. The authors also thank Leslie Rowland from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for providing climate data for this study.