Evaluation of the effects of climate change on water resources in Western Australia
| dc.contributor.author | Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Arbon, Scott | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Not listed | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:25:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:25:04Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2010-08-08T20:02:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sarukkalige, Priyantha and Arbon, Scott. 2010. Evaluation of the effects of climate change on water resources in Western Australia, in 5th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (Water 2010). Quebec City, Canada: IAHR. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21423 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
A simplified water balance approach is used to evaluate the impact of climate change on water resources within Western Australia. Two indicators; water availability index and groundwater recharge are used to express the predicted impacts. The HadCM3 climate model and the CSIRO-MK3 model provided the most relevant data for the given region of Western Australia. The largest water availability index throughout the selected climate models was in the far northern region of the state, closer to the towns such as Kalumburu. In contrast, the least water availability was found in the southern interior and the mid-western interior. These trends could be verified within the groundwater recharge results. | |
| dc.publisher | IAHR | |
| dc.title | Evaluation of the effects of climate change on water resources in Western Australia | |
| dc.type | Conference Paper | |
| dcterms.source.title | Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (Water 2010) | |
| dcterms.source.series | Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (Water 2010) | |
| dcterms.source.conference | 5th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (Water 2010) | |
| dcterms.source.conference-start-date | Jul 5 2010 | |
| dcterms.source.conferencelocation | Qubec City, Canada | |
| dcterms.source.place | Quebec, Canada | |
| curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available | |
| curtin.faculty | School of Engineering | |
| curtin.faculty | Department of Civil Engineering | |
| curtin.faculty | Faculty of Science and Engineering |