Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge the contribution of Mark Bailey who provided the data sets and clarified the approach used in the SWAGSIM model validation. The support provided by the Murray-Darling Basin Commission during the initial development and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (Victoria) in the continued development of SMILES is also acknowledged.

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