School of Geography, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.
Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Brisbane, Australia.
Sci Data. 2021 Nov 2;8(1):292. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-01074-8.
Palaeoclimate data relating to hydroclimate variability over the past millennia have a vital contribution to make to the water sector globally. The water industry faces considerable challenges accessing climate data sets that extend beyond that of historical gauging stations. Without this, variability around the extremes of floods and droughts is unknown and stress-testing infrastructure design and water demands is challenging. User-friendly access to relevant palaeoclimate data is now essential, and importantly, an efficient process to determine which proxies are most relevant to a planning scenario, and geographic area of interest. This paper presents PalaeoWISE (Palaeoclimate Data for Water Industry and Security Planning) a fully integrated, and quality-assured database of proxy data extracted from data repositories and publications collated in Linked Paleo Data (LiPD) format. We demonstrate the application of the database in Queensland, one of Australia's most hydrologically extreme states. The database and resultant hydroclimate correlations provides both the scientific community, and water resource managers, with a valuable resource to better manage for future climate changes.
古气候数据对于过去千年中水资源变化的研究具有重要贡献。全球的水务部门需要利用这些数据来应对诸多挑战，例如获取超出历史测量站范围的气候数据集。如果没有这些数据，就无法了解洪水和干旱极值周围的变化情况，也难以对基础设施设计和水资源需求进行压力测试。现在，用户友好地访问相关古气候数据至关重要，并且需要一个高效的流程来确定哪些代理数据与规划方案和感兴趣的地理区域最相关。本文介绍了 PalaeoWISE（用于水产业和安全规划的古气候数据），这是一个完全集成的、经过质量保证的代理数据数据库，这些数据是从以链接古气候数据（LiPD）格式整理的数据库和出版物中提取的。我们展示了该数据库在澳大利亚水文变化最极端的州之一昆士兰州的应用。该数据库和相关的水文气候相关性为科学界和水资源管理者提供了一个宝贵的资源，可用于更好地应对未来的气候变化。
