Environmental Mathematical Modelling

The research area in Environmental Mathematical Modelling engages in high-impact research applying mathematical tools to study high priority environmental problems. This includes:

• Development of models for prediction of streamflow and water quality.
• Transdisciplinary research on integrated water resource management.
• Modelling water quality including estimation of sediment, nutrient and pathogen exports. 
• Hydrodynamic modelling of waves, floods, tsunamis and large water bodies.
• Methods for improving community resilience to flood events using information networks and nature-based flood mitigation methods.
• Impact of bushfires on catchment response.
• Impact of catchment management on ecosystems.
• Investigating model response to uncertainty in parameter values and input data through sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. 

This research is carried out in coordination with the ANU Institute for Water Futures, as well as in collaboration with academics in the School of Engineering, School of Art and Design, Fenner School of Environment and Society, and the Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions.

Capabilities

• Barry Croke: hydrological modelling, data analysis, sensitivity analysis, uncertainty quantification, atmospheric photochemical and radiative transfer modelling.
• Mahdi Sedighkia: hydrodynamic modelling 
• Xiaoxu Wu: wave modelling