Stochastic Climate Data for Water Modelling in North Coast Region

Water Modelling-Palaeo Stochastic Climate Data-North Coast 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 dataset is used in Regional Water Strategies and is made available via the WaterInfo portal. It was last updated on March 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Long-term water resource planning based on stochastic rainfall and evapotranspiration data.
• Hydrological model calibration based on 10,000-year daily climate sequences.
• Climate risk assessment for infrastructure based on palaeo-climatic informed projections.
• Research into climate variability impacts based on Morton's and FAO56 evapotranspiration methods.

Strengths

• Provides 10,000-year daily sequences for climate variables.
• Includes multiple evapotranspiration calculation methods (Morton's wet area, lake, point, and FAO56 Penman-Monteith).
• Each data file is accompanied by metadata and quality assurance PDFs.

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 using observed datasets combined with palaeo-climatic data.

Time Range

10,000-year synthetic daily sequences.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 18:07:52.800223; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Coast region.