Drought and bushfire risk could soon be predicted months in advance, thanks to emerging research using satellite technologies.
Scientists have been measuring groundwater and soil moisture using data from satellites orbiting the Earth.
Professor van Dijk is among a team of A-N-U researchers who have been using data from the *GRACE Follow-On satellites in outer space.
They're relating that information to potential drought impacts several months into the future.
The team says the data are accurate enough to monitor water levels within a five square kilometre area.
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