Technical Reports 2004

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39/04 A flexible and easily constructed heat pulse system for monitoring sapflow in trees. By David McJannet and Peter Fitch

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37/04 Techniques for Targeting Protection and Rehabilitation of Riparian Vegetation In the Middle and Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment. By Scott Wilkinson, Amy Jansen, Robyn Watts, Arthur Read and Tristram Miller

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36/04 Biophysical Capacity to Change (BC2C) model - Technical Documentation. By Warrick Dawes, Mat Gilfedder, Glen Walker, Ray Evans, Matthew Stenson, Trevor Dowling, Jenet Austin, and Alice Best

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35/04 Applicability of the Unit Response Equation to assess salinity impacts of irrigation development in the Mallee region. By D. Rassam, G. Walker, and J. Knight

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34/04 The effect of soil properties on vine performance. By D.M. Lanyon, A. Cass and D. Hansen

33/04 Heartlands Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Catchment Health. By Hamish Cresswell (editor), Pauline English, Lu Zhang, John Gallant, Neil McKenzie, Jenet Austin, Linda Gregory, Mark Glover, Peter Richardson, Zahra Paydar, Tom Green, Klaus Hickel, Ruth Palmer, Alice Best; John Ive, Nick Abel, Patricia Hill, Art Langston, Margaret Cawsey, Jenny Langridge, Paul Ryan, Roel Plant ; Tom Jovanovic, Trevor Booth, Nico Marcar, Brian Myers. Published as Heartlands Report HL9-04

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32/04 Assessment of the geochemical environment in the lower Burdekin aquifer: Implications for the removal of nitrate through denitrification. By T. Thayalakumaran, P. Charlesworth and K. Bristow

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31/04 A review of available information on aquatic biodiversity in the Douglas Shire catchments. By Frederieke Kroon

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30/04 Groundwater Flow Systems and Salinity in the Valleys around Jamestown, South Australia: Geochemical and Isotopic Constraint. By Richard G Cresswell and Andrew L Herczeg

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29/04 Groundwater Recharge, Mixing and Salinity across the Angas-Bremer Plains, South Australia: Geochemical and Isotopic Constraints. By Richard G. Cresswell and Andrew L. Herczeg

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28/04 Survey and description of sulfidic materials in wetlands of the Lower River Murray floodplains: Implications for floodplain salinity management. By S. Lamontagne, W.S. Hicks, R.W. Fitzpatrick and S. Rogers

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27/04 Groundwater Modelling to Assist Well-Field Design and
Operation for the ASTR Trial at Salisbury, South Australia. By Paul Pavelic, Peter Dillon and Neville Robinson

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26/04 Groundwater Discharge from the Burdekin Floodplain Aquifer, North Queensland. By P.G. Cook, T. Stieglitz and J. Clark

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25/04 Groundwater Recharge in the North-East Mallee Region, South Australia. By P.G. Cook, F.W. Leaney and M. Miles

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24/04 Groundwater Salinisation in the Tintinara Highland Area of SA: Revised estimates using spatial variation for clay content in the unsaturated zone. By F. Leaney, S. Barnett, P Davies, D. Maschmedt, T. Munday and K. Tan

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23/04 Simulation of rice crop performance and water and N dynamics, and methane emissions for rice in northwest India using CERES Rice model. By H. Pathak, J. Timsina, E. Humphreys, D.C. Godwin, Bijay-Singh, A.K. Shukla, U. Singh and R.B. Matthews

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22/04 A GIS Approach to Quantify Impact of Flooding on Shallow Groundwater Levels in the Wakool Irrigation District. By Butian Wang, Shahbaz Khan, Natalie O’Connell. The Appendix A contains Maps Showing Spatial Distribution of Piezometers with Data and Interpolated Water Table. This section of the report has been split up into 4 parts due to the large amount of data included in these files.
(6.0 MB) 22/04 Appendix A - Part 1 Maps (1963–1971)
(5.8 MB) 22/04 Appendix A - Part 2 Maps (1971–1981)
(5.0 MB) 22/04 Appendix A - Part 3 Maps (1982–1989)
(5.0 MB) 22/04 Appendix A - Part 4 Maps (1989–2001)

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21/04 Quantifying Impact of Rainfall on Shallow Groundwater Levels in the Wakool Irrigation District. By Butian Wang, Shahbaz Khan, Natalie O’Connell
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21/04 Appendices A and B. Maps Showing Spatial Distribution of Relative Water Table Change in (A - Summer Season and B - Winter Season) Estimated due to Climate Factors Represented by Rainfall.
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21/04 Appendices C, D, E and F. Maps Showing Spatial Distribution of (C - Yearly Relative Water Table Change, D – Summer Rainfall, E - Winter Rainfall and F – Yearly Rainfall) around the Murray Land and Water Management Plan Area.

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20/04 Integrated Studies of Floodplain Vegetation Health, Saline Groundwater and Flooding on the Chowilla Floodplain South Australia. By Ian Overton and Ian Jolly

19/04 This report was never published

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18/04 Interpreting Airborne Geophysics as an adjunct to Hydrogeological Investigations for Salinity Management: Honeysuckle Creek Catchment, Victoria (Part 1 of 2 - Main report). By Pauline English, Peter Richardson, Mark Glover, Hamish Cresswell & John Gallant
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18/04 Interpreting Airborne Geophysics as an adjunct to Hydrogeological Investigations for Salinity Management: Honeysuckle Creek Catchment, Victoria (Part 2 of 2 - Appendices). By Pauline English, Peter Richardson, Mark Glover, Hamish Cresswell & John Gallant

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17/04 Sustainable Futures for Australia’s Tropical Rivers. A strategy for developing research directions for Australia’s tropical river systems. Outcomes from a forum at Charles Darwin University 1-3 February 2004. By Peter Gehrke, Keith Bristow, Stuart Bunn, Michael Douglas, Brendan Edgar, Max Finlayson, Stephen Hamilton, Neil Loneragan, Mark Lund, Richard Pearson, Ian Prosser and Chris Robson

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16/04 Application of the Biophysical Capacity to Change (BC2C) model to the Little River (NSW). By Ray Evans, Mat Gilfedder, and Jenet Austin

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15/04 Prioritising upland catchments in the Murray-Darling Basin with respect to salinity benefits from afforestation. By Trevor Dowling, Warrick Dawes, Ray Evans, Phil Dyson and Glen Walker

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14/04 Flow Regime, Salt Load and Salinity Changes in Unregulated Catchments. Interpretation for Modelling the Effects of Land-use Change. By Warrick Dawes, Glen Walker, Lu Zhang and Chris Smitt

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13/04 Managing Climate, Irrigation and Groundwater Interactions using a Numerical Model: A Case Study of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. By S. Khan, T. Rana, J. Carroll, B. Wang and L. Best

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12/04 Net Recharge Targets to meet Regional Environmental Goals. By Shahbaz Khan, Zahra Paydar and Tariq Rana

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11/04 Informing the design of catchment contaminant cycle modelling - a survey of end-user needs. By L.T.H. Newham, S.M. Cuddy, R.A. Vertessy and A.J. Jakeman

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10/04 Commercial environmental forestry in low-to-medium rainfall areas: A preliminary spatial analysis of expected environmental benefits to aid selection of a focus research area. By Albert I.J.M. van Dijk, Jenet Austin, Warrick R. Dawes and Peter B. Hairsine

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9/04 Development of a Web-based data and product delivery system for the CSIRO AVHRR Time series (CATS): Architecture, Interface and Processing Descriptions. By Michael Schmidt, Edward A. King and Tim R. McVicar.
Published as a report for the CSIRO Earth Observation Centre

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7/04 The Mineral Magnetic Properties of a Multi-layered Soil in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. By R.H. Crockford and D.P. Richardson

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6/04 An Analytical Model to Predict Regional Groundwater Discharge Patterns on the Floodplains of a Semi-Arid Lowland River. By Kate Holland, Ian Overton, Ian Jolly and Glen Walker

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5/04 Hydro-climatic and Economic Evaluation of Seasonal Climate Forecasts for Risk Based Irrigation Management. By Shahbaz Khan, David Robinson, Redha Beddek, Butian Wang, Dharma Dassanayake, Tariq Rana

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3/04 Productivity, water use efficiency and hydrology of wheat on beds and flats in Punjab, India. By E. Humphreys, S. Thaman, A. Prashar, P.R. Gajri, S.S. Dhillon, Yadvinder-Singh, A. Nayyar, J. Timsina and Bijay-Singh

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2/04 In Situ Sampling and Storage of Soil Gases. By F.J. Cook, P.T. Orr, C. MacDonald and Y. Tan

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1/04 Spatial modelling of groundwater discharge patterns to predict floodplain salinisation and impacts on vegetation health. By Rebecca Doble, Craig Simmons, Ian Jolly and Glen Walker