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Classification of the Top End and Arid Zone for Northern Territory water resources

Details:

Title

Classification of the Top End and Arid Zone for Northern Territory water resources,

Creator

Short, Michael, Bond, Tim,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Technical Report 55/2020,

Date

2021-08-04,

Abstract

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.,

Notes

Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Table of contents

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,

Language

English,

Subject

Climate Zone,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Series

Technical Report 55/2020,

Format

38 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743502761,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/829390,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843257