Stochastic Climate Data for Water Modelling in Lower North Coast and Hunter

Water Modelling-Palaeo Stochastic Climate Data-Lower North Coast and Hunter is a 10,000-year daily dataset of rainfall and potential evapotranspiration generated by researchers at the University of Adelaide and University of Newcastle. The data combines observed records with palaeo-climatic information and is used in Regional Water Strategies. It is made available by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to support transparency, research, and planning.

Use Cases

• Simulating long-term hydrological scenarios based on stochastic rainfall and evapotranspiration data.
• Assessing climate variability and drought risk for water infrastructure planning using 10,000-year synthetic climate sequences.
• Calibrating water models with Morton's wet area, lake evaporation, and point potential evapotranspiration variables.
• Evaluating the impact of palaeo-climatic patterns on contemporary water resource management.

Strengths

• Data spans a synthetic 10,000-year period, providing an extremely long baseline for climate risk analysis.
• Includes multiple climate variables such as rainfall, Morton's evapotranspiration variants, and Penman-Monteith FAO56 reference evapotranspiration.
• Each data file is accompanied by metadata PDFs describing station location, observed data period, and quality assurance.

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, adding a step to data retrieval.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Generated by researchers at the University of Adelaide and University of Newcastle using observed datasets combined with palaeo-climatic data.

Time Range

Synthetic daily data covering a 10,000-year period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 02:48:40.293635; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lower North Coast and Hunter region.