“Aussie GRASS is a collaborative project that runs operationally a calibrated and validated national pasture growth model at 0.05 degrees resolution in near-real time. Information products including climate and simulated pasture maps and spatial
data are made available each month via the web as absolute data, and as percentiles relative to historic data. In addition seasonal forecast probability maps are produced. AussieGRASS is a tool that was developed in the early 1990s to monitor, at regional scales (e.g. local government areas or bioregions), key biophysical processes associated with pasture degradation and recovery. AussieGRASS also provides a means of early warning as to when and where livestock numbers may be out of balance with likely forage supply. This information, for example, forms part of the Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System (ACRIS).
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Organisation Department of Science Information Technology Innovation and the Arts (DSITA)
Organisation other Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts - formerly Department of Natural Resources & Mines (DNR&M)
Name Beverley Henry
Phone (07) 3896 9612
Email beverley.henry@nrm.qld.gov.au
Position in organisation a
Monitoring Type Grassland & Rangeland
Monitoring Indicators key biophysical processes associated with pasture degradation and recovery.
Monitoring location Statewide
Frequency of monitoring Seasonally
Monitoring Start Date 01/01/1990
Location of monitoring data DNR&M
Date quality / confidence Scientific
Website URL https://http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/about/researchprojects/aussiegrass/index.html
Collaborators Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, NSW Department of Primary Industries, NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, WA Department of Agriculture, SA Department of Water, Land and Biodiversoty Conservation, NT Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development
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