Trends and historical conditions in the Murray-Darling Basin : a report prepared for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority / by the Bureau of Meteorology
- Bib ID:
- 8662501
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- Book
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- National edeposit
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- Description:
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- Melbourne, Vic. : Bureau of Meteorology, [2020]
- ©2020
- 1 online resource (18 pages) : colour illustrations, colour charts, colour maps.
- Summary:
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"The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is undertaking a Climate Change Research Program to improve the MDBA's capacity to respond to climate risk. This will entail an updated assessment of climate change impacts on Basin water management, identifying adaptation opportunities, and determining how best to direct future resources and investment via a 5-year climate change research program to inform the Basin Plan review in 2026. The Bureau of Meteorology was asked by the MDBA to support this program by providing an updated assessment of climate and hydrological conditions across the northern and southern Basins. The Bureau of Meteorology maintains observational records of temperature, rainfall amounts, streamflow in rivers and groundwater extending back many decades.These observational records are complemented by modelled estimates of land surface conditions across the Basin in areas where no direct observations exist. Assessment of these observational records and of the modelled output by scientists identifies trends which are important considerations for the future management of water resources across the Basin. This report represents a synthesis of the current available information relating to observed trends and historical conditions across the Murray-Darling Basin. Trends reported in this report represent natural - or unmanaged - conditions arising from changes in the climate system. It is important to note that in many catchments which make up the Murray-Darling Basin human intervention in the form of irrigation, regulation and river management may have a greater influence on changes in streamflow patterns and trends beyond changes in rainfall."--Foreword.
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- Title from cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Climatic changes -- Darling River (Qld. and N.S.W.)
- Climatic changes -- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.)
- Streamflow -- Darling River (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- Forecasting
- Streamflow -- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Forecasting
- Watersheds -- Darling River (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- Environmental conditions -- History
- Watersheds -- Murray River (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Environmental conditions -- History
- Climatic changes
- Climatology
- Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
- Streamflow -- Forecasting
- Darling River Watershed (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- Climate -- Observations
- Murray River Watershed (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- Climate -- Observations
- Australia -- Darling River Watershed
- Australia -- Darling River
- Australia -- Murray River Watershed
- Australia -- Murray River
- Australian
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- © Commonwealth of Australia 2020.
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- Until 2070 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 2020
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