Weather Links
This page contains links to Web sites that are not part of MAFnet. MAF assumes no responsibility for the content or availability of any external site, however we would appreciate feedback about any dead links in order to keep this resource as useful and current as possible. See disclaimer.
This page aims to help in the enormous task of finding what you want on the internet. Students, of all ages, may find these links interesting, and maybe even useful!
Typical of what is now available, it is possible for farmers, horticulturalists and foresters etc. to obtain New Zealand weather forecasts for today, tomorrow and next week off the net, and some Australasian/South Pacific regional climate predictions for one month to over 12 months into the future.
- Medium Range Weather Forecasts for Australasia (including New Zealand
- New Zealand Weather and Climate
- Other Sites : Climate Change, Climate Change Impacts and Possible Adaption Measures
New Zealand Weather and Climate
For current/short term New Zealand weather maps, satellite images, and Southern Oscillation Index graphs etc., viewers are referred to the following sites:
- Australasia regional weather chart
- Graph of Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) 1994-1999
- New Zealand Meteorological Service
- Victoria University Meteorological Department, satellite images, current weather conditions and forecast charts
Medium Range Weather Forecasts for Australasia (including New Zealand)
- Computer prediction of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures (ENSO cycle)
- National Centre For Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
- NIWA
Other Sites : Climate Change, Climate Change Impacts and Possible Adaption Measures
For additional information concerning general climate change, climate variability, the impacts of climate change, adaption, and global climate change policy matters:
New Zealand
- Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd
- Ministry for the Environment
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
- New Zealand Forest Research Institute
- New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Ltd (for information on climate change and pastures)
- Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd (for information on HortNet and BugKEY)
Australia
Canada
Europe
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- World Meteorological Organization (Switzerland)
United States of America
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Global and Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
- Monthly ENSO Advisory Report
- The National Center for Atmospheric Research
- The National Science Foundation
- The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project
United Kingdom
- Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
- New Scientist
- The Met. Office
- University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit
List compiled by MAF Policy, 10 June 1999.
Disclaimer : MAF shall not be responsible or liable for any direct or consequential loss, damage, or expense incurred by any user of information obtained from the above websites, or any third party as a result of the information gained from any of the above sites being shown to be wholly or partially incorrect whether through negligence or otherwise.
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