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A/PROF FRANCIS CHIEW



Contact Details

Organization: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Work: (03) 83446644
Mobile: 0410426386
Fax: (03) 83446215
Room: D405
Level: 04
Building: Engineering Block D
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Engineering University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1986
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1991

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Geophysical Union Member 01-Jan-1996
Member Engineers Australia Member 01-Jan-1996
Member International Association of Hydrological Sciences Member 01-Jan-1996
Member International Water Association Member 01-Jan-1996

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
CRC CH PROJECT 7.17 COMMUNICATION & ADOPTION Chief Investigator CRC FOR CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Understanding the Surface Hydrology of the Lake Eyre Basin: Part 1 - Rainfall
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Arid Environments
    Volume: 72
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1853-1868
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Estimating runoff in ungauged catchments from rainfall, PET and the AWBM model
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Environmental Modelling and Software
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 476-487
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Publications in 2006

Conference Publications/Papers

Reports

  • Hydrology of the Lake Eyre Basin
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Natural Heritage Trust
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Sinclair Knight Merz(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • A role for streamflow forecasting in managing risk associated with drought and other water crises
    Year: 2005
    Book: Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues
    Publisher: CRC Press(Florida)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A method for estimating climate change impacts on mean and extreme rainfall and runoff
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 497-504
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • A modelling-based joint probability approach to estimating estuarine flood levels
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Conference Publication: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Barton)
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  • A paramter-bounding approach to sensitivity assessment of large simulation models
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 2519-2525
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • An investigation of the potential benefits of hydroclimate forecasts for irrigators in Nortern Victoria
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 1688-1694
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • Calibration of a daily rainfall runoff model to estimate high daily flows
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 2960-2966
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • Comparison of two stochastic spatial daily rainfall generation approaches
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 1922-1928
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • Estimating and mapping soil moisture deficit over Australia
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Conference Publication: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Barton)
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  • Estimation of SIMHYD parameter values for application in ungauged catchments
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 2883-2889
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • Identification of oscillations in historical global streamflow data using empirical mode decomposition
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 7th International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Scientific Assembly
    Conference Publication: International Symposium on Regional Hydrological Impacts of Climatic Variability and Change
    Volume: 296
    Page numbers: 53-62
    Publisher: International Association of Hydrological Sciences Press(Wallingford)
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  • Integration of catchment modelling toolkit products into tertiary curricula
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Conference Publication: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Page numbers: 1-7
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Barton)
    Author(s):
  • Issues with the application of Empirical Mode Decomposition Analysis
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM
    Conference Publication: Issues with the application of Empirical Mode Decomposition Analysis
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1681-1687
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • Modelling hydrologic sensitivity to climate conditions
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Conference Publication: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Barton)
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  • Multiple stables states and thresholds within the Goulburn Catchment
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 2526-2532
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • Probabilistic seasonal streamflow forecasting methods
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Conference Publication: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Barton)
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  • Reflecting on stakeholders' perceptions in an ecological risk assessment workshop
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Environmental Change: Making it Happen
    Conference Publication: Conference Proceedings and Handbook - Environmental Change: Making it Happen
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: EERE Environmental Engineering Research Event
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  • Reliability of daily and annual stochastic rainfall data generated from different data lengths and data characteristics
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 1223-1229
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
    Author(s):
  • Stochastic climate modelling library
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Conference Publication: 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Barton)
    Author(s):
  • Testing the VB95 land surface model against catchment runoff
    Year: 2005
    Event name: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Conference Publication: MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
    Page numbers: 2995-3001
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A rational function approach for estimating mean annual evapotranspiration
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Water Resources Research
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: W02502
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Washington DC)
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  • Nutrient loads associated with different sediment sizes in urban stormwater and surface pollutants
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Environmental Engineering - ASCE
    Volume: 130
    Page numbers: 391-396
    Publisher: ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers(Virginia)
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  • The effect of soil and vegetation parameters in the ECMWF land surface scheme
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Hydrometeorology
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 1131-1146
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society(Massachusetts)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • An assessment of the effect of climate change on extreme events in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Event name: International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the changing environment of the Monsoon region
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the changing environment of the Monsoon region.
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 165-173
    Publisher: National Water Resources Secretariat(Colombo)
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  • An assessment of the value of seasonal forecasts in Australian farming systems
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Complexity and Integrated Resources Management - 2nd biennial meeting of the international environmental modelling and software society
    Conference Publication: Complexity and Integrated Resources Management - Transactions of the 2nd biennial meeting of the international environmental modelling and software society
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 1511-1516
    Publisher: International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs)(Manno)
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Reports

  • Gippsland Lakes flood level modelling project
    Year: 2004
    Report No:: CEAH 01/04
    Publisher: Centre for Environmental Applied Hydrology(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Comparative evaluation of urban storm water quality models
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Water Resources Research
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 501-509
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Washington DC)
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  • Comparison of evapotranspiration variables in evapotranspiration maps for Australia with commonly used evapotranspiration variables
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Water Resources
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia
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  • El Nino/southern oscillation and Australian rainfall and streamflow
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Water Resources
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 115-129
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia
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  • Study of pollutant washoff from small impervious experimental plots
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Water Resources Research
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 301-310
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Washington DC)
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  • Use of seasonal streamflow forecasts in water resources management
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Hydrology
    Volume: 270
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 135-144
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • An automatic, multi-structured hydrological modelling scheme
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 219-226
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
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  • Comparisons of soil moisture simulations from the VB95 land surface model against observations
    Year: 2003
    Event name: MODSIM 2003: International congress on modelling and simulation
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of MODSIM 2003
    Page numbers: 160-165
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • Generalisation of rainfall-runoff model parameters for modelling applications
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 203-210
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
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  • Inter-decadal pacific oscillation modulatin of the impact of El Nino/Southern Oscillation on Australian rainfall and streamflow
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Integrative Modelling of biophysical, social, and economic systems for resource management solutions
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of MODSIM 2003
    Page numbers: 100-105
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • Particle size distribution and associated distribution of pollutants in urban stormwater through a storm event
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 339-345
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(New York)
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  • Simulation of climate change impact on runoff using rainfall scenarios that consider daily patterns of change from GCMs
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Integrative Modelling of biophysical, social, and economic systems for resource management solutions
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of MODSIM 2003
    Page numbers: 154-159
    Publisher: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand(Canberra)
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  • The potential impacts of climate change on water resources management of the Coliban supply system
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 31-38
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
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  • Variations of particle size distribution of urban stormwater solids
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 28th International hydrology and water resources symposium
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 347-354
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
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Reports

  • Calibrations of the AWBM for use on ungauged catchments
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 03/15
    Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology(Monash)
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  • Preparation of a climate data set for the Murrumbidgee River catchment for land surface modelling experiments
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 03/1
    Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology(Monash)
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  • Stochastic models for generating annual, monthly and daily rainfall and climate data at a site
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 03/16
    Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology(Monash)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Application and testing of the simple rainfall-runoff model SIMHYD
    Year: 2002
    Book: Mathematical models of small watershed hydrology and applications
    Publisher: Water Resources Publications, LLC(Colorado)
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Journal Articles

  • Experimental study of pullutant accumulation on an urban road surface
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Urban Water
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 2002
    Page numbers: 379-389
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Global ENSO-streamflow teleconnection, streamflow forecasting and interannual variability
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Hydrological Sciences Journal
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 3 2002
    Page numbers: 505-522
    Publisher: International Association of Hydrological Sciences Press(Wallingford)
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  • Modelling the impacts of climate change on Australian streamflow
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Hydrological Processes
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 2002
    Page numbers: 1235-1245
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Characterisation of urban street surface solids
    Year: 2002
    Event name: 91CUD
    Conference Publication: Proc of CUD
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: GeoSyntec Consultants(Portland)
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  • Evapotranspiration maps for Australia
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Volume: M10
    Page numbers: 1.10
    Publisher: The Institution of Engineers, Australia(Barton)
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  • Exploring cross-correlations of environmental forcings in a coastal lagoon
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Volume: M1
    Page numbers: 4.8
    Publisher: The Institution of Engineers, Australia(Barton)
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  • Extension of monthly unimpaired streamflow data for Australia
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Volume: M3
    Page numbers: 2.8
    Publisher: The Institution of Engineers, Australia(Barton)
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  • Forecasting streamflow and water demand to improve the efficiency of water supply in South Australia
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Volume: M6
    Page numbers: 5.9
    Publisher: The Institution of Engineers, Australia(Barton)
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  • Size distribution and partitioning of urban pollutants
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Urban stormwater and drainage
    Conference Publication: Proc of 91CUD
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: GeoSyntec Consultants(Portland)
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  • Testing the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's land surface scheme using soil moisture observations from the Murrumbidgee catchment
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the hydrology and water resources symposium 2002
    Volume: M10
    Page numbers: 5.10
    Publisher: The Institution of Engineers, Australia(Barton)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Hydrological implications of the El nino-southern oscillation (ENSO): observations and hydrologic forecasting
    Year: 2001
    Book: Landsurface Hydrology, meterorology, and climate: observations and modeling
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union(Washington DC)
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Journal Articles

  • Development of Exceedance Probability Streamflow Forecast
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 20-28
    Publisher: ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers(Virginia)
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  • Effect of sub-grid-scale variability of soil moisture and precipitation intensity on surface runoff and streamflow
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research
    Volume: 106
    Issue: 15
    Page numbers: 17073-17091
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  • Seasonal streamflow forecast and water resources management
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Water
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 23-24
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Establishing design water levels in the Gippsland Lakes - proposed methodology and preliminary analysis
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Coasts and Ports 2001
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 15th Australasian coastal and ocean engineering conference and 8th Australasian port and harbour conference
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2001
    Page numbers: 551-556
    Publisher: The Institution of Engineers, Australia(Barton)
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  • Estimation of pollutant concentrations for environmental management support system (EMSS) modelling of the south-east Queensland region
    Year: 2001
    Event name: The value of healthy streams
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the third Australian stream management conference: The value of healthy streams
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2001
    Page numbers: 141-147
    Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology(Clayton)
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  • New software to aid water quality management in the catchments and waterways of the south-east Queensland region
    Year: 2001
    Event name: The value of healthy streams
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Third Australian stream management conference: The value of healthy streams
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2001
    Page numbers: 611-616
    Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology(Clayton)
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Reports

  • Load based monitoring for Cooby, Perseverance and Cressbrook catchments
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Toowoomba City CouncilSouth East Queensland Regional Water
    Report No:: 2001
    Publisher: Melbourne Enterprises International(Melbourne)
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