Classification of the Top End and Arid Zone for Northern Territory water resources
Short, Michael; Bond, Tim
Northern Territory. Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Technical Report 55/2020
2021-08-04
This report outlines a scientifically defensible method to classify the likelihood of ‘Top End’ or ‘Arid Zone’ water resource characteristics. It informs water allocation planning, water development proposals and assessment of impact of water extraction by providing guidance for how the NT Water Allocation Framework could be applied to determine a water resource’s consumptive pool.
Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)
Executive summary -- Top End -- Arid Zone -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Purpose -- 1.2 Background -- 2 Boundary delineation -- 2.1 Approach -- 2.2 Method -- 2.3 Results -- 3 Characteristics of the water resource climate zones -- 3.1 Top End -- 3.2 Arid Zone -- 4 Conclusions -- 5 References -- 6 Appendix: Top End Index data layers and sources -- 6.1 BoM seasonal rainfall classifications -- 6.2 Köppen climate classifications -- 6.3 Australian Water Resources Assessment model -- 6.3.1 Rainfall -- 6.3.2 Actual evapotranspiration -- 6.3.3 Run-off -- 6.3.4 Root zone soil moisture -- 6.3.5 Deep soil moisture -- 6.3.6 Deep drainage (recharge) -- 6.4 Satellite imagery -- 6.5 Depth to water
English
Climate Zone
Northern Territory Government
Palmerston
Technical Report 55/2020
38 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf
9781743502761
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Northern Territory Government
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/829390
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843257
Classification of the Top End and Arid Zone for Northern Territory water resources Water Resources Division Technical Report 55/2020