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Dr Rebecca Doble

Senior Research Scientist

https://people.csiro.au/D/R/Rebecca-Doble

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PO BOX 200
GLENSIDE SA 5065 AUSTRALIA

Biography

I have been working in the Water Security Program at CSIRO since 2004. My research interests are in integrated regional water management, including hydrology, integrating hydrological models with remote sensing and geophysics data, interactions between rivers and groundwater including flood recharge, hydrogeological impacts of water use and landscape management, and groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs). This research has varied from point scale to continental scale, and I consider the upscaling of small-scale physical processes to large regional models is an essential contribution to science development and water management.

My background in engineering hydrology and numerical analysis, coupled with the hydrogeological expertise I gained during my PhD has enabled me to:
• develop methods for upscaling and emulating recharge and evapotranspiration processes in regional models
• integrate hydrological models with ecological and socioeconomic research
• better characterise hydrological processes in data scarce regions such as Northern Australia.

I am currently working on quantifying recharge and groundwater evaporation and characterising groundwater systems using numerical and analytical models in the Northern Australia Water Resources Assessment Project (https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/Major-initiatives/Northern-Australia/Current-work/NAWRA). Previous projects include developing the flood inundation component of the Australian Water Resources Assessment (AWRA) system for the Bureau of Meteorology (http://www.csiro.au/en/Research/LWF/Areas/Water-resources/Assessing-water-resources/WIRADA/Research/Water-accounting) and assessing the hydrogeological impacts of leaky coal seam gas (CSG) bores on groundwater resources for the Office of Water Science (https://www.environment.gov.au/water/coal-and-coal-seam-gas/office-of-water-science).

Professional Areas

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Former

Academic Qualifications

  • 2005

    PhD Hydrogeology
    Flinders University of South Australia

  • 1998

    Bachelor of Engineering, Civil and Environmental
    The University of Adelaide

Achievements and Awards

  • 2023-2023

    Fellow of the Peter Cullen Trust - Science to Policy Leadership Program
    Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust

  • 2021-2021

    Australian Water Awards Research and Development Excellence Award for contribution to the NAWRA Project
    Australian Water Association

  • 2021-2021

    ACT Water Award for R&D Excellence for contribution to the NAWRA Project
    Australian Water Association - ACT Branch

  • 2021-2021

    CSIRO Land and Water Growing our Impact Award for contribution to the Geological and Bioregional Assessments Program
    CSIRO

  • 2020-2020

    CSIRO Collaboration Medal for contribution to the NAWRA Project
    CSIRO

  • 2016-2016

    CSIRO Medal for Impact from Science for contribution to the WIRADA Project
    CSIRO

  • 2014-2014

    Payne-Scott Award
    CSIRO

  • 2007-2007

    CSIRO Partnership Excellence Award for contribution to the Lower Murray Landscape Futures Project
    CSIRO

  • 2007-2007

    CSIRO Land and Water Partnership Excellence Award for contribution to the Lower Murray Landscape Futures Project
    CSIRO

  • 1998-1998

    University Medal
    The University of Adelaide

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