Datasets for use with the Recharge-Discharge Estimator Suite spreadsheets

Determination of an accurate groundwater balance for a region requires estimation of recharge and discharge rates and, where possible, knowledge of their spatial distribution. Where the value of the resource warrants it, detailed recharge and discharge studies are commissioned. These studies provide comprehensive empirical information on spatial and temporal variability of recharge, and the relationship between recharge rates and soil, regolith, landform and vegetation parameters. Where the value of the resource does not warrant detailed research, much cruder approaches (such as the estimation of recharge as a simple percentage of rainfall or the assumption that discharge is non-existent) are used. The CSIRO-led Recharge Discharge Mapping in Data Poor Areas Project jointly undertaken with Geoscience Australia (GA) developed a nationally consistent approach to recharge and discharge estimation for data poor areas which provide an intermediate solution between the use of simple approximations and the results of detailed field and modelling studies.


Initially made available via GA's MapConnect website, the data layers in this dataset provide the means for hydrologists to populate the Recharge Estimation spreadsheet and the Discharge Estimation spreadsheet which may be sourced from CSIRO.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/83878

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/08/55C9BF47B7799

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Geoscience Australia

 Canberra
Author

Jolly, I.

 1
Author

Gow, L.

 2
Author

Davies, P.

 3
Author

O'Grady, A.

 4
Author

Leaney, F.

 5
Author

Crosbie, R.

 6
Author

Wilford, J.

 7
Author

Kilgour, P.

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Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Custodian

EGD
Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Owner

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australia
Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
1000000
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

N
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Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Website

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

Keywords

  • Data Package

  • Geothematic

Theme

  • National dataset

Theme

  • groundwater

Keywords

  • AUS

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

  • Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
OnLine resource

Download the Data (gdb)

Download the Data (gdb)

OnLine resource

Related product: User guide for recharge-discharge estimator suite spreadsheets

Related product: User guide for recharge-discharge estimator suite spreadsheets

Resource lineage

Statement

This package is a compilation of datasets initially made available via GA's MapConnect website. The data layers in this dataset provide the means for hydrologists to populate the Recharge Estimation spreadsheet and the Discharge Estimation spreadsheet which may be sourced from CSIRO.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Description

Discharge database (Groundwater discharge via terrestrial vegetation): see GEOCAT 71619

Description

Geology/Regolith (Geology Regolith dataset for Recharge Discharge Project): see GEOCAT 71644

Description

Recharge Database (A database of field recharge estimates from across Australia): see GEOCAT 71608

Description

Soil Classification (Soil Classification dataset for Recharge Discharge Project): see GEOCAT 71643

Description

Average Annual Rainfall (Average Annual Rainfall Dataset for Recharge Discharge Project): see GEOCAT 71645

Description

Chloride Deposition in Rainfall (Australian 0.05° gridded chloride deposition), best, lower 95% confidence, upper 95% confidence: see CSIRO DOI: 10.4225/08/545BEE54CD4FC

Description

Evaporation (Mean Annual Near Surface Evaporation between 1981 and 2006): see GEOCAT 71621

Description

Vegetation Cleared (Vegetation Cleared Dataset for Recharge Discharge Project): see GEOCAT 71642

Description

Vegetation Type (Vegetation Type Dataset for Recharge Discharge Project): see GEOCAT 71625

Description

MOLR (Method of last resort (MOLR) long term average annual recharge estimates across Australia), best, lower 95% confidence, upper 95% confidence: see GEOCAT 71607

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/GDA94 (EPSG:4283)

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/1a2a9bf1-bd5f-a8c8-e053-12a3070ac459

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Name

dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/83878

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/1a2a9bf1-bd5f-a8c8-e053-12a3070ac459

Date info (Revision)
2018-04-20T06:03:56
Date info (Creation)
2015-07-06T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

National dataset groundwater

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