Surface Water Hydrology

Key staff

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The research program has six main teams looking at:

  • Catchment hydrology
  • Climate impacts of water
  • Streamflow forecasting
  • River system modelling
  • Basin integrated analysis
  • Farmscale hydrology.

Research Program Leader

Dr Francis Chiew: improving our understanding of climate and water

Dr Francis Chiew is developing hydrological models to predict climate, land use and management impacts on water.

Research Team Leaders

Dr Jai Vaze: Improving our understanding of spatial and temporal variability of water resources

Dr Jai Vaze is developing an integrated hydrological modelling framework to provide seamless water balance information for Australia.

Dr Lu Zhang: researching climate, vegetation and water interactions

Dr Lu Zhang is researching catchment scale water balance in relation to climate and vegetation change and developing models to predict the hydrological responses.

Dr QJ Wang: mathematical modelling for short and medium range hydrological predictions

Dr QJ Wang is developing mathematical methods and computational tools for integrating hydrology and climate sciences.

Dr Wendy Welsh: developing the next generation of river management and operation tools

Dr Wendy Welsh’s primary research areas are groundwater and river system modelling.

Dr Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad: researching basin scale agricultural water management issues

Dr Mobin-ud-Din Ahmad’s primary research areas include integrated water resources management, particularly in the application of remote sensing techniques and computer simulation models.

Dr John Hornbuckle: researching improved on-farm irrigation

Dr John Hornbuckle is an irrigation and drainage engineer focusing on improving water use efficiency and minimising the environmental impacts associated with irrigation.

Additional key research staff