Gippsland Product 2.1 climate data geodatabase v01

Abstract

This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied.

This geodatabase contains the climate data used in the Gippsland Basin Groundwater Model (Beverly, 2015). The data was extracted from the national SILO data sets for 199 climate stations in the Gippsland region. The geodatabase includes the following datasets (average daily values): climate zones, evaporation, radiation, rainfall, evapotranspiration, maximum temperature and minimum temperature. The data was produced using ANUClim software (Hutchinson, 2001), using the interpolation methods discussed in Jeffery et al., 2001.

This dataset extends beyond the boundary of the Bioregional Assessment Programme and is included here without any modification.

Purpose

Illustrate climate parameters (temp, rain, solar radiation etc) across the Gippsland area and for use within the Gippsland Groundwater model

Dataset History

For a given climate station daily climate data is a combination of original measurements and rectified data to remove any gaps in the record using interpolation methods discussed in Jeffery et al. (2001).

To account for sparsely located climate stations within Gippsland, average daily maximum temprature,were scaled to each solution point within the study area according to interpolated average daily maximum temprature spatial layer created using the ANUClim software (Hutchinson 2001).

This data set was originally sourced from the SILO national climate data for the Gippsland Groundwater Model (Beverly, 2015). It has been reused in the Bioregional Assessment Programme without modification. The data is provided as an output from ANUClim.

Dataset Citation

Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (2015) Gippsland Product 2.1 climate data geodatabase v01. Bioregional Assessment Source Dataset. Viewed 05 October 2018, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/aa6108b8-a1d8-464c-9562-7d6a69304685.