Ability to effectively interpret, organise & use numerical data

I have excellent skills in analysing, interpreting and organising numerical data, which I have particularly developed in my
current position as a hydrologist.

I routinely use the Hydsys hydrological database system to store, archive and access raw rainfall, water quality and water
quantity data. I have used the standard functions in the Hydsys system to extract data from the archive in standard text file
formats. I have also developed custom queries using structured query language (SQL) to extract hydrological data in specific
formats that I have required for particular projects.

I typically perform most of my data analysis using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software. I consider myself an expert user of
Microsoft Excel to analyse data. Some specific data analysis tasks that I have performed using Excel include:

Automatically constructing flow duration curves from 116 years of recorded daily flow data using the percentile
function
Identifying seasonal peak streamflow values from 80 years of continuous recorded streamflow data using the maximum
and offset functions
Constructing annual flood frequency curves on a normal probability scale by applying the inverse standard normal
(normsinv) function and secondary y-axis scales
Applying pivot tables to construct histograms of storage volumes of farm dams in several catchments from observed
data
Filling in missing data in rainfall time series by applying linear regression with rainfall data from nearby locations

I take particular care to construct my spreadsheets to include references to the source of the data, so that it can be traced. In
particular, I record the site name and number of any recorded data that I access. Where data is referenced from another
spreadsheet or computer file, I make sure to include the file name and path to the data in the spreadsheet where I am
performing the analysis.

I have interpreted numerical data for many projects in my current position and documented these analyses in reports and
conference papers. One such study was an analysis of the historical growth rate in the density of farm dams in the X Basin of
Australia, based upon satellite imagery and aerial photography data. I investigated the correlation between the historical
growth rate in farm dam numbers and the rate of population growth in these areas. I then developed a projection for the future
rate of growth of dams to the year 2030 in different parts of the X Basin, based upon the relevant historical growth rates and
population projections for those areas. I published those projections in a report and also in a conference paper that I presented
at the XX Symposium.

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