Macaque

A large-scale, physically based hydro-ecological model

Written by Dr Fred Watson using the Tarsier framework

Note: January 2007. This web page refers to Macaque work prior to 2003.

Introduction

	Macaque is a hydrological model of long-term water yield from large-scale catchments experiencing land cover change. It was initially developed by Fred Watson, Rob Vertessy, and Rodger Grayson as part of Fred's PhD, funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology. It is mainly applied and developed now by Murray Peel and Fred Watson.

Link to CRCCH Macaque page

A nice summary of Macaque on the CRCCH site - Feb 2007. Not sure where this summary is post-CRCCH.

Journal papers

Peel, M.C., McMahon, T.A., Finlayson, B.L., & Watson, F.G.R (2002). Implications of the relationship between catchment vegetation type and annual runoff variability. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 16:15:2995-3002.

Peel, M.C., McMahon, T.A., Finlayson, B.L., & Watson, F.G.R.. 2000. Identification and explanation of continental differences in the variability of annual runoff. Journal of Hydrology, 250, 224-240.

Watson, F.G.R., Vertessy, R.A., & Grayson, R.B. (1999) Large scale modelling of forest hydrological processes and their long term effect on water yield, Hydrological Processes, 13:689-700.

Watson, F.G.R., Grayson, R.B., Vertessy, R.A., & McMahon, T.A. (1998) Large scale distribution modelling and the utility of detailed ground data. Hydrol. Process., 12:873-888.

Thesis containing complete description of original model

Watson, F.G.R. (1999). Large scale, long term, physically based modelling of the effects of land cover change on forest water yield, PhD thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia, 443 pp.

Conference papers

M.C. Peel, F.G.R. Watson, and R.A. Vertessy. (2003) Modelling Impacts Of Land Use Change On Low Flows In The North Esk River Using The Macaque Model. In MODSIM 2003 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Townsville, pp: 849-854.

Watson, F.G.R, Grayson, R.B., Vertessy, R.A., Peel, M.C., & Pierce, L.L. 2001. Evolution of a hillslope hydrologic model. Invited paper, Proceedings International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 2001), pp. 461-467.

Watson, F.G.R., Vertessy, R.A., & Grayson, R.B. (1997) Large scale, long term, physically based prediction of water yield in forested catchments. Proceedings, International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 97), Hobart, Tasmania, 8-11 December, 1997, p. 397-402.

Watson, F.G.R., Vertessy, R.A., & Band, L.E. (1996) Distributed parameterization of a large scale water balance model for an Australian forested region. HydroGIS 96: Application of Geographic Information Systems in Hydrology and Water Resources Management (Proc. of the Vienna Conf. April 1996), IAHS Publication No 235, pp 157-166.

Reports

Peel, M.C., Watson, F.G.R., & Vertessy, R.A. 2002. Modelling of Low Flows in the North Esk River using the Macaque model. Draft report Submitted to Launceston City Council. 55 pp.

Peel, M.C., Vertessy, R.A., & Watson, F.G.R. (2002) Generating water yield curves for forest stands in the Thomson catchment for inclusion in the Integrated Forest Planning System. Final report to Natural Resources & Environment, Victoria, 33 pp.

Peel, M.C., Watson, F.G.R., Vertessy, R.A., Lau, J.A., Watson, I.S., Sutton, M.W., & Rhodes, B.G. (2000) Predicting the water yield impacts of forest disturbance in the Maroondah and Thomson catchments using the Macaque model, Cooperative research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, Rep. No. 2000-00/14. Melbourne. 71 pp.

Vertessy, R.A., Watson, F.G.R., O’Sullivan, S.O., Davis, S., & Benyon, R. (1998) Predicting water yield from mountain ash forest catchments, Cooperative research Centre for Catchment Hydrology. Melbourne. Industry Report, 98/4, 38 pp.