Reconstructing the historical frequency and intensity of Australian droughts: A multi-species dendrochronological approach

重建澳大利亚干旱的历史频率和强度：多物种树木年代学方法

• 批准号: DP0878744
• 负责人: Prof Patrick Baker
• 金额: $ 32.14万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-01-02 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0878744
• 关键词: Reconstructing; historical; frequency; intensity; Australian

Drought directly and indirectly impacts every Australian. Severe droughts devastate rural communities, lead to increased water restrictions and bushfire activity, slows the national economy and threatens diverse ecosystems. Our research will improve understanding of where, when, and how intensely droughts have occurred across eastern Australia in the past. The results will provide unique insights into the processes that generate Australian droughts and how future droughts might be anticipated. The results will provide farmers, hydrologists, and policy-makers with better data on long-term variability in water supplies to improve local, regional, and national water planning initiatives and infrastructure development.

干旱直接或间接影响着每个澳大利亚人。严重干旱摧毁了农村社区，导致用水限制和丛林火灾活动增加，减缓了国民经济并威胁着多样化的生态系统。我们的研究将增进对澳大利亚东部过去发生干旱的地点、时间和严重程度的了解。研究结果将为澳大利亚干旱的产生过程以及如何预测未来的干旱提供独特的见解。研究结果将为农民、水文学家和政策制定者提供有关供水长期变化的更好数据，以改善地方、区域和国家水规划举措和基础设施发展。