Gwydir Region Stochastic Climate Data for Water Modelling

The Gwydir region in Australia is covered by this dataset. It contains 10,000-year daily stochastic sequences of rainfall and potential evapotranspiration, generated by researchers at the University of Adelaide and University of Newcastle using observed and palaeo-climatic data. The data is packaged as ZIP files containing CSV data, metadata PDFs, and quality assurance PDFs for individual climate stations.

Use Cases

• Generating long-term stochastic climate inputs for hydrological models based on the 10,000-year daily sequences.
• Assessing water availability and drought risk based on rainfall and multiple evapotranspiration variables.
• Validating water planning scenarios using data informed by observed and palaeo-climatic records.
• Analyzing climate station-specific trends using the provided metadata and location maps.

Strengths

• Data spans 10,000 years of daily sequences, providing a long-term stochastic perspective.
• Includes multiple evapotranspiration variables (Mwet, Mlake, Mpot, FAO56) and rainfall.
• Each station's ZIP file contains a metadata PDF and a quality assurance PDF.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Access requires creating a free account on the WaterInfo portal.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Generated by researchers using observed datasets combined with palaeo-climatic data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 19:25:37.956804; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gwydir region, Australia