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      Associate Professor Richard Silberstein

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Associate Professor Richard Silberstein

Richard is an Associate Professor in the School of Science. He leads the research project on understanding carbon, energy and water balances of native Banksia woodland at the Gingin Banksia Woodland SuperSite. This is part of a national programme of several dozen sites, and an international network aimed at understanding how vegetation systems respond to climate and environmental changes. The project is funded under the Federal Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme, TERN OzFlux - Ecosystem Processess programme.

Current Teaching

  • Not currently teaching

Background

Richard is a catchment hydrologist investigating interactions between vegetation and surface and groundwater, particularly in the context of a drying climate. He was previously a Principal Research Scientist after 19 years in CSIRO Land and Water. He is interested in water resources issues and the influences land use and climate have on hydrological and water related ecological problems.  He has 25 years’ experience hydrological modelling and field observations, both groundwater and surface water, coupling hydrologic systems with vegetation and understanding hydrological and ecological influences of climate and land use changes, ensemble modelling and parameter optimisation.

Previous Projects that Richard has worked on include:

  • Modelling coupled hydrology and vegetation responses to climate, soil, water and salt conditions (Topog model)
  • Field and modelling catchment forest dynamics, recharge, hydrological non-stationarity and water yield in response to thinning, fire and climate
  • Ecosystem carbon, energy and water balances through modelling, eddy covariance flues, soil and vegetation monitoring
  • Stream flow and nutrient and carbon export in the Kimberley, for the Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI)
  • Development of a Vertical Flux Model (Based on WAVES) for a MODFLOW model of the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia (PRAMS)
  • Development of agroforestry guidelines for salinity and waterlogging control

Professional Memberships

  • 1991 - present:  American Geophysical Union (Member)
  • 2001 - 2015:  Western Australia Bauxite Hydrology Committee

Research Areas and Interests

  • Delivering field studies and simulation models for hydrological applications in mining, agriculture, forest catchment and groundwater management
  • Quantifying land-surface-atmospheric fluxes and catchment weather balances
  • Research to quantify links between land and forest management climate change and water resources
  • Developing and testing hydrological models with field observations
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