Project Number: 1245-13610-028-27
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Oct 01, 2011
End Date: Sep 30, 2014

Objective:
To apply a novel hydrologic data assimilation scheme to improve the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s operational flood forecasting system through the assimilation of remotely-sensed soil moisture into a hydrologic forecasting model.

Approach:
The approach will be based on a recently developed data assimilation system that allows for the simultaneous correction of both antecedent soil moisture (in a hydrologic model) and incident rainfall feed into a hydrologic model. The approach will be applied and tested over several Australian river basins.