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Hydrological Services Program
Water Resources Assessment

The following pages provide access to information about and data from a range of national and international projects with which the Water Resources Group is or has been involved. Links to other sites of interest are also provided.

Australia

Bullet  Monitoring networks and online data
     Bullet  Water Resources Station Catalogue         (rain, river & evaporation monitoring sites)
     Bullet  Online data                                            (current rain, river and reservoir data)
     Bullet  State/Territory water agencies                 (contact details and web page)
Bullet  National River Basin Boundaries
Bullet  Monitoring network standards
     Bullet  WMO Guide to Hydrological Practices      (WMO No 168 - PDF file)
     Bullet  BOM observation network standards        (PDF file)
Bullet  National Evapotranspiration Maps    Purchase the maps
Bullet  National Water Commission
Bullet  National Water Resource Assessments
     Bullet  National Land and Water Resources Audit (2000)
     Bullet  Australian Water Resources 2005
Bullet  Natural Resources Data Library
Bullet  eWater Cooperative Research Centre
     Bullet  Catchment Modelling Toolkit
        Bullet  Stochastic Climate Library                  (Stochastic data generation)
Bullet  Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology    (ceased 2005)
Bullet  Connected Water                                       (Resources about surface water & groundwater)

World Meteorological Organisation - Hydrology and Water Resources Program

Bullet  Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC)
Bullet  Hydrological Operational Multipurpose System (HOMS)
Bullet  WHYCOS           (World Hydrological Cycle Observing System)
Bullet  Global Terrestrial Network - Hydrology (GTN-H)
Bullet  Guide to Hydrological Practices          (WMO No 168 - PDF file)
Bullet  Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation          (WMO No 8)
Bullet  Water Resources Assessment          (Handbook for Review of National Capabilities - PDF file)
Bullet  Technical Regulations - Hydrology          (WMO No 49 Vol III - PDF file format)
Bullet  INFOHYDRO           (Details of hydrological networks in WMO Member countries.)

UNESCO - International Hydrological Programme (IHP)

Bullet  Water Portal                (Gateway to the UNESCO world of water)
Bullet  Australian National Committee for the IHP
Bullet  Asian Pacific FRIEND            (Including the APF Water Archive)
Bullet  International Glossary of Hydrology Multilingual         English: Thematic         English: Alphabetical

Other Links

Bullet  World Water Day
Bullet  World Water Decade
Bullet  National Water Week
Bullet  World Water Council
Bullet  Water glossaries and dictionaries
     Bullet  International Glossary of Hydrology
     Bullet  Multilingual Hydrological Lexicon
     Bullet  Glossary of Water Resource Terms
     Bullet  Water Science Glossary of Terms
     Bullet  Water Quality Glossary of Terms
     Bullet  Water Quality & Waste management Glossary
     Bullet  Water Words Dictionary
Bullet  Department of Environment and Water
Bullet  Environmental Events Calendar

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