Annual mean precipitation of wettest quarter for the Australian continent for the baseline climatic average of monthly 1976-2005 data. Wettest quarter is the set of 3 consecutive months for which the sum of all precipitation over the selected period is higher than any other set of 3 consecutive months. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Annual mean isothermality for the Australian continent for the baseline climatic average of monthly 1976-2005 data. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Monthly number of days less than 0 degrees Celsius for the Australian continent. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0.

Annual mean precipitation of driest quarter for the Australian continent for the baseline climatic average of monthly 1976-2005 data. Driest Quarter is the set of 3 consecutive months for which the sum of all precipitation over the selected period is lower than any other set of 3 consecutive months. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Monthly photosynthetically active radiation for the Australian continent. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0.

Daily top-layer (~ 0-2 cm) soil moisture derived from ASCAT sensor aboard Metop-A. The data are from the TUW (Technical University of Vienna) and derived using the time series approach of Wagner, Wolfgang; Lemoine, Guido; Rott, Helmut (1999): A method for estimating soil moisture from ERS scatterometer and soil data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 70(2), 191-207, doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00036-X. The daily product is generated for Australia using the average of ascending and descending passes. The data are resampled using nearest neighbour resampling to 0.05 degree resolution for the whole country.

Modelled daily average canopy conductance (mm per second, averaged over a day) using the Australian Water Resources Assessment model via assimilation of satellite soil moisture products: 2.5th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates. Note that the data represents the mean of an ensemble of 100 modelled estimates for each data derived via perturbed meteorological forcing. Resolution of the output data is 0.05-degree for the whole country.

Modelled daily average canopy conductance (mm per second, averaged over a day) using the Australian Water Resources Assessment model via assimilation of satellite soil moisture products: 97.5th percentile of the ensemble of model estimates. Note that the data represents the mean of an ensemble of 100 modelled estimates for each data derived via perturbed meteorological forcing. Resolution of the output data is 0.05-degree for the whole country.

Annual mean precipitation of driest month for the Australian continent for the baseline climatic average of monthly 1976-2005 data. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0

Annual mean precipitation of wettest month for the Australian continent for the baseline climatic average of monthly 1976-2005 data. Monthly rainfall totals are useful for estimation of soil moisture for plant growth and surface runoff via soil water balance modelling. Modelled using eMAST-R-Package 2.0