WIRADA Science Symposium
1–5 August 2011, Melbourne, Australia

TUESDAY, 2 AUGUST 2011

SESSION 1

Seeding the water information cloud
Chair: Dr Greg Ayers (Director, Bureau of Meteorology)

KEYNOTE: Water, water everywhere – but how much dare we drink? (PDF, 6.87MB)
Prof. Philippa Berry (DeMontfort University, UK)

SESSION 2

A. Operational systems: water resource assessments

B. Scientific workflow technologies to underpin large-scale environmental systems

Operational modelling systems: how to deal with changes in data (PDF, 3.26MB)
Dr Jaap Schellekens (Deltares, The Netherlands)

Workflow automation challenges (PDF, 2.31MB)
Dr Dean Guo (Microsoft Research, USA)

Design and development of the Australian Water Resources Assessment system (PDF, 1.2MB)
Dr Albert van Dijk (CSIRO)

The Hydrologists Workbench: more than a scientific workflow tool (PDF, 1.9MB)
Mr Peter Fitch (CSIRO)

Comparison of models and methods for estimating spatial patterns of streamflow across a continental domain (PDF, 848KB)
Dr Neil Viney (CSIRO)

Governance and provenance: theoretical perspectives and practical applications (PDF, 1.71MB)
Mr Paul Box (CSIRO)

Operationalising the Australian Water Resources Assessment (AWRA) system
Mr Matt Stenson (CSIRO)

Optics on observations: the Catalogue of Environmental Information (PDF, 1.32MB)
Dr Brett Anderson (Bureau of Meteorology)

SESSION 3

A. Operational systems: flood and short-term forecasting

B. Hydroinfomatics

Uncertainties in flood forecasting: a Bayesian total error perspective (PDF, 1.01MB)
Dr Dmitri Kavetski (University of Newcastle)

The rise of informatics as a research domain (PDF, 3.31MB)
Prof. Peter Fox (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)

Hydrologic modelling with SWIFT to support realtime short-term streamflow forecasting (PDF, 2.68MB)
Dr Tom Pagano (CSIRO)

Water information standards: Australian context (PDF, 255KB)
Mr Gavin Walker (CSIRO)

Quantifying and communicating uncertainty in short-term hydrological forecasting (PDF, 208KB)
Dr Peter Toscas (CSIRO)

The role of Model Driven Architecture in the development of the Australian Water Resources Information System (PDF, 2.07MB)
Dr David Lemon (CSIRO)

Short-term streamflow forecasting: Ovens River Pilot Operational System using SWIFT and FEWS (PDF, 421KB)
Mr David Enever (Bureau of Meteorology)

Towards hydrological data interoperability within the Australian water resources sector (PDF, 118KB)
Mr Paul Sheahan (Bureau of Meteorology)

SESSION 4: Plenary

WEDNESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2011

SESSION 5

Information revolution (PDF, 5.76MB)
Chair: Dr Rob Vertessy (Bureau of Meteorology)

KEYNOTE: Global water resources and how humans are threatening river systems: human water security and biodiversity (PDF, 26.1MB)
Prof. Charles Vörösmarty (The City College of New York, USA)

SESSION 6

A. Water from space: evapotranspiration and water use

B. Dynamical methods for forecasting

C. Foundation geospatial products

Assessing evapotranspiration and water use: an overview (PDF, 3.24MB)
Prof. Massimo Menenti (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

The quest for physically realistic streamflow forecasting models (PDF, 1.55MB)
Dr Martyn Clark (National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA)

Structuring data for discovery, access and use (PDF, 9.19MB)
Mr Jeremy Tandy (Met Office, UK)

A comparison of satellite evapotranspiration estimation efforts (PDF, 5.71MB)
Dr Jason Evans (University of New South Wales)

Assessment of POAMA’s predictions of some climate indices for use as predictors of Australian rainfall (PDF, 1.35MB)
Dr Harry Hendon (CAWCR, Bureau of Meteorology)

Building the national one-second digital elevation model for Australia (PDF, 7.58MB)
Dr John Gallant (CSIRO)

An operational actual evapotranspiration product for Australia (PDF, 1.35MB)
Dr Edward King (CSIRO)

Downscaling of dynamic climate model predictions for hydrological application (PDF, 577KB)
Dr Quanxi Shao (CSIRO)

Developing a spatial framework to operate at multiple scales (PDF, 3.41MB)
Mr Rob Atkinson (CSIRO)

Estimating actual evapotranspiration of inflow receiving areas in rural landscapes across Australia (PDF, 3.58MB)
Dr Tim McVicar (CSIRO)

Skill improvement through conditional model parameterisation and bias correction in seasonal streamflow forecasting (PDF, 839KB)
Dr Enli Wang (CSIRO)

Design, implementation and delivery of the Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric) (PDF, 4.66MB)
Ms Elizabeth McDonald (Bureau of Meteorology)

SESSION 7

A. Water from space: soil moisture and landscape dynamics

B. Spatial statistics and data blending

Validation of annual variations in satellite based transpiration and soil moisture using tree ring data (PDF, 16.4MB)
Dr Richard de Jeu (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Spatio-temporal statistics in Earth sciences (PDF, 13.26MB)
Prof. Noel Cressie (Ohio State University, USA)

Deriving groundwater estimates in Australia from GRACE observations (PDF, 1.64MB)
Dr Paul Tregoning (ANU)

Balancing models and data: model data fusion for improved continental water resource assessment (PDF, 11.61MB)
Dr Brent Henderson (CSIRO)

Land cover and surface biophysical properties supporting the Australian Water Resources Assessment system (PDF, 1.87MB)
Dr Juan Pablo Guerschman (CSIRO)

Assessing the accuracy of quantitative precipitation forecasts (PDF, 2.64MB)
Dr Beth Ebert (CAWCR, Bureau of Meteorology)

Frontiers in land surface observation (PDF, 1.26MB)
Dr Tim Malthus (CSIRO)

Short Term Ensemble Prediction System (STEPS): modelling the uncertainty in rainfall radar estimation and prediction (PDF, 1.83MB)
Dr Alan Seed (CAWCR, Bureau of Meteorology)

SESSION 8: Plenary

THURSDAY, 4 AUGUST 2011

SESSION 9

Driving research innovation to operations
Chair: Dr Andrew Johnson (Group Executive Environment, CSIRO)

KEYNOTE
Delivering on national water information needs (PDF, 12.91MB)
Dr David Maidment (University of Texas, USA)

SESSION 10

A. Model–data assimilation and model–data fusion

B. Statistical–dynamical methods for forecasting

Remote sensing data assimilation in hydrologic modelling (PDF, 4.28MB)
Dr John Bolten (NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, USA)

Dynamical-statistical approaches for hydrologic ensemble prediction (PDF, 3.81MB)
Dr Andy Wood (NOAA/NWS Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, USA)

Land surface models and Numerical Weather Prediction (PDF, 2.03MB)
Dr Peter Steinle (CAWCR, Bureau of Meteorology)

Improving statistical seasonal streamflow forecasts using the output of dynamic hydrological and climate models (PDF, 873KB)
Dr David Robertson (CSIRO)

Assimilating soil moisture retrievals or brightness temperature observations: impact on the Australian Water Resources Assessment Landscape model (PDF, 4.50MB)
Dr Luigi Renzullo (CSIRO)

Hierarchical Bayesian model averaging of statistical and dynamical models for improved seasonal rainfall forecasts (PDF, 1.88MB)
Dr QJ Wang (CSIRO)

Australian water balance assessment: operational challenges (PDF, 857KB)
Dr Andrew Frost (Bureau of Meteorology)

Seasonal streamflow forecasts: an operational service (PDF, 2.31MB)
Mr Jeff Perkins (Bureau of Meteorology)

SESSION 11: Plenary