Selected projects & publications

Selected work by the two principals of g×m, before and alongside the practice. Links open the published report or paper.

Lynette Smith

Publications

Jakob, D., Osburn, L., Hope, P. & Smith, L. Short-duration, heavy rainfall is intensifying, but not everywhere, and not all the time – a literature review. National Library of Australia
Practical guidance for managing risk. Victorian Managed Insurance Authority. vmia.vic.gov.au

Vjeko Matic

Selected projects

National Climate Risk Assessment — Water Security Technical Report

A national assessment of future climate risks to Australia’s water security, bringing together evidence on changing rainfall, streamflow, drought, groundwater, water quality and the vulnerability of water-dependent systems. The report provides the water-security evidence base for Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment.

Role: Technical lead for the Water Security risk and lead author.
Water Security Technical Report, Australian Climate Service

Future Hydroclimatic Systems Impact Assessment — National Water Grid

A national assessment of how climate change may affect water availability across Australia. The project combined global and regional climate information with water supply, demand and agricultural considerations to develop plausible future hydroclimatic scenarios across 16 regions, supporting water infrastructure planning and investment.

Role: Project manager, technical lead and lead author.
Future hydroclimatic systems impact assessment, National Water Grid Authority

National Hydrological Projections for Australia

Development and interpretation of nationally consistent, high-resolution projections of future hydrological change for Australia. Regional assessment reports translated a large ensemble of climate and hydrological projections into storylines, key messages and decision-relevant insights about changes in runoff, soil moisture, evapotranspiration and drought.

Role: Lead author of the Southern Slopes and East Coast National Hydrological Projections Assessment Reports; contributor to the broader National Hydrological Projections program.
Southern Slopes Assessment Report · East Coast Assessment Report (Bureau of Meteorology, 2022)

Selected publications & conference papers

Lead-authored

Matic, V., Bende-Michl, U., Wilson, L., Hogben, A., Hope, P., Kociuba, G., Srikanthan, S., Turner, M., Oke, A. & Khan, Z. (2021). National Hydrological Projections for Australia: using storylines to communicate plausible future risk to water sensitive communities. MODSIM2021, 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.
Matic, V., Costelloe, J.F. & Western, A.W. (2020). An integrated remote-sensing mapping method for groundwater dependent ecosystems associated with diffuse discharge in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 28, 325–342. DOI: 10.1007/s10040-019-02062-4
Matic, V. & Larson, M. (2013). Interagency collaboration for addressing stormwater related threats to water quality and ecological habitat. Mid-Atlantic Conference of the American Water Resources Association.
Matic, V., Burns, M.J., Fletcher, T.D., Walsh, C.J. & Brown, H. (2012). Overcoming barriers to WSUD adoption within local government: implications for catchment-scale stormwater retrofit. 15th International Riversymposium, Melbourne, Australia.
Matic, V., Costelloe, J.F., Western, A.W., Walker, J.P. & Tyler, S.W. (2011). Evaluating SEBAL for estimating arid zone shallow groundwater discharge. MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, pp. 1966–1972.
Matic, V., Costelloe, J.F., Western, A.W. & Walker, J.P. (2008). Characterising the spectral signal of discharge zones at the margin of the Great Artesian Basin. Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Darwin, Australia.

Co-authored

Ukkola, A.M., Thomas, S., Vogel, E., Bende-Michl, U., Siems, S., Matic, V. & Sharples, W. (2026). Future changes in seasonal drought in Australia. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 30, 1463–1482. DOI: 10.5194/hess-30-1463-2026
Vogel, E., Johnson, F., Marshall, L., Bende-Michl, U., Wilson, L., Peter, J.R., Wasko, C., Srikanthan, S., Sharples, W., Dowdy, A., Hope, P., Khan, Z., Mehrotra, R., Sharma, A., Matic, V., Oke, A., Turner, M., Thomas, S., Donnelly, C. & Duong, V.C. (2023). An evaluation framework for downscaling and bias correction in climate change impact studies. Journal of Hydrology, 622, 129693. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129693
Wilson, L., Bende-Michl, U., Sharples, W., Vogel, E., Peter, J., Srikanthan, S., Khan, Z., Matic, V., Oke, A., Turner, M., Duong, V., Loh, S., Baron-Hay, S., Roussis, J., Kociuba, G., Hope, P., Dowdy, A., Donnelly, C., Argent, R., Thomas, S., Kitsios, A. & Bellhouse, J. (2022). A national hydrological projections service for Australia. Climate Services, 28, 100331. DOI: 10.1016/j.cliser.2022.100331
Burns, M.J., Wallis, E. & Matic, V. (2015). Building capacity in low-impact drainage management through research collaboration. Freshwater Science, 34(3), 1176–1185. DOI: 10.1086/682565
Costelloe, J.F., Matic, V., Western, A.W., Walker, J.P. & Tyler, M. (2015). Determining vertical leakage from the Great Artesian Basin, Australia, through up-scaling field estimates of phreatic evapotranspiration. Journal of Hydrology, 529, 1079–1094. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.09.026
Rossrakesh, S., Walsh, C.J., Fletcher, T.D., Matic, V., Bos, D.G. & Burns, M.J. (2012). Ensuring protection of Little Stringybark Creek: evidence for a proposed design standard for new developments. Technical Background Report, Melbourne Waterway Protection and Restoration Science-Practice Partnership, The University of Melbourne.
McColl, K.A., Ryu, D., Matic, V., Walker, J.P., Costelloe, J. & Rüdiger, C. (2012). Soil salinity impacts on L-band remote sensing of soil moisture. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 9(2), 262–266. DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2165932
Costelloe, J.F., Matic, V., Western, A.W., Walker, J.P. & Tyler, M. (2011). Field estimates of groundwater discharge — Great Artesian Basin, South Australia. MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, pp. 2100–2106.
Costelloe, J.F., Matic, V. & Western, A.W. (2011). Scaling of field-based estimates of steady-state discharge using depth to groundwater. Proceedings of the 34th IAHR World Congress, pp. 1603–1610.
McColl, K.A., Ryu, D., Matic, V. & Walker, J.P. (2010). Salinity effects on L-band microwave remote sensing of soil moisture. 30th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Honolulu.
Costelloe, J.F., Matic, V. & Western, A.W. (2009). Using microlysimeters to estimate evaporation in arid-zone groundwater discharge environments. H2009: 32nd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, pp. 1397–1406.
Costelloe, J.F., Matic, V., Western, A.W. & Walker, J.P. (2009). Framework for incorporating spectral observations into steady-state analysis of groundwater discharge around the margins of the Great Artesian Basin. 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, pp. 3690–3696.
Costelloe, J.F., Irvine, E.C., Western, A.W., Matic, V., Walker, J.P. & Tyler, M. (2008). Quantifying near-surface diffuse groundwater discharge along the south-west margin of the Great Artesian Basin. Water Down Under 2008, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 831–840.