On-Farm Storage Water Surface Area Monthly for Northern Murray-Darling Basin

The northern Murray-Darling Basin, covering five key valleys, is monitored for monthly water surface area in on-farm storages. Observations are derived from Landsat (since 1987) and Sentinel (since 2015) satellite imagery using a geospatial model. The dataset is produced by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Use Cases

• Monitor storage fill and drawdown events for water resource management based on the described monthly timeseries.
• Track regulatory compliance for licensed Flood Plain Harvesting storages based on the dataset's stated scope.
• Analyze agricultural water supply responses to climate variability based on the dataset's capture of natural and managed water movements.

Strengths

• Long-term satellite observation record, with Landsat data since 1987.
• Covers five specific valleys (Border River, Gwydir, Namoi, Macquarie-Castlereagh, and Barwon-Darling) within the Murray-Darling Basin.
• Methodology is published as open-source code, supporting transparency.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Generated from Landsat and Sentinel satellite imagery using a streamlined geospatial model.

Time Range

Landsat data since 1987, Sentinel data since 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 00:12:47.836336; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Murray-Darling Basin, specifically the Border River, Gwydir, Namoi, Macquarie-Castlereagh, and Barwon-Darling valleys.