Hydrology and Water Resources Lab
Research
Research areas
The group conducts world leading research in ensemble forecasting, including:
- Weather and seasonal climate
- River flow, floods and drought
- Water availability and demand
The group also has strong research capability in:
- Water resources systems analysis and river operations
- Water and energy
- Irrigation
- Statistical modelling and uncertainty analysis
Facilities
The group owns three high performance computers and have access to and use extensively supercomputing facilities, including the National Computational Infrastructure.
Research focus
For the next five years our research focus is:
- Hydroclimate, water availability and demand forecasting and applications
- Ensemble flood inundation forecasting and applications
- Water resources systems and optimisation
- Irrigation management
PhD projects
For the latest opportunities contact:
Group Leader
Researchers
Dr Yating Tang
Research Fellow
PhD students
Networks and partnerships
National
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
- Goulburn Murray Water
- Lower Murray Water
- CSIRO
- Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
- Hydrology and Risk Consulting (HARC)
- WaterTech
- Rubicon
- Univerity of Adelaide
- Barwon Water
International
- HEPEX
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
- Tsinghua University
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- IIT Kharagpur India