Palaeo Stochastic Climate Data for Greater Sydney Water Modelling

10,000 replicates of 130-year daily rainfall and potential evapotranspiration data generated for the Greater Sydney region. The data was produced by researchers at the University of Newcastle and used for the Greater Sydney Water Strategy. It was last updated on 2026-05-12.

Use Cases

• Stochastic water resource modelling based on 10,000 replicates of daily climate data.
• Assessing long-term climate variability impacts based on 130-year synthetic daily time series.
• Calibrating hydrological models for Greater Sydney based on combined observed and palaeoclimate data.
• Evaluating water strategy resilience based on potential evapotranspiration and rainfall scenarios.

Strengths

• Contains 10,000 stochastic replicates, providing a robust basis for probabilistic analysis.
• Each replicate covers a 130-year daily time series, enabling long-term trend assessment.
• Data is specifically generated for 10 Silo Station locations within Greater Sydney.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the selected Silo Station locations.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Generated by researchers at the University of Newcastle using observed data combined with palaeoclimate data.

Time Range

130-year synthetic daily time series.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 19:16:59.967060

Geography

Greater Sydney region, specifically 10 listed Silo Station locations.