The PERFECT Model
Productivity
Erosion Runoff Functions to Evaluate Conservation
Techniques
Click below for locations in other Australian
states.
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Location
latitude
Biloela -24.38
Chinchilla -26.74
Dalby -27.18
Emerald -23.53
Goondiwindi -28.55
Kairi -17.22
Roma -26.57
St George -28.04
Warwick-28.21
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Location
latitude
Condobolin -33.08
Cowra -33.90
Dubbo -32.21
Gunnedah -30.98
Moree -29.50
Narrabri -30.34
Tamworth -31.09
Wagga Wagga -35.05
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Location
latitude
Ararat -37.28
Bairnsdale -37.82
Ballarat -37.55
Colac -38.34
Geelong -38.16
Hamilton -37.73
Horsham -36.65
Mildura -34.23
Tatura -36.44
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Note: The files are self-extracting zip files.
Add the unzipped files to your PERFECT folder.
Follow the "Add Location" sequence of PERFECT to add them to your setup.
Disclaimer: The data for some of these locations was synthetically
produced where real data were missing.
Extra climate sites can be obtained from SILO -
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/silo/ . On the SILO website, select Patch
Point Data and select the GRASP data file format. Contact Jyoteshna
Owens (Jyoteshna.owens@nrm.qld.gov.au)
for more information.
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Aim of model: |
PERFECT was developed for
cereal growing areas of the sub-tropics of Australia. It is
a paddock scale model that predicts the effects of:
climate, soil type, crop sequence and fallow management
on the water balance, erosion, and productivity.
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Target user
group: |
Originally
developed for research but is an extremely useful
educational tool. |
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Type of model: |
A mechanistic
model. The overall structure is physically based but
individual processes may be represented by empirical
relationships. |
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Regional target: |
Developed for
sub-tropical grain growing areas of Queensland but the model
has been successfully validated and applied in semi-arid
areas of north Queensland and India. |
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Developed by: |
Mark Littleboy,
David Freebairn, Mark Silburn, David Woodruff, and Graeme
Hammer. |
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