Event Monitoring

Canterbury Regional Council - Air Pollution info

Global Natural Hazards - NASA Earth Observatory
» with a selected Image of the Day
NOAA Operational Significant Event Imagery

 

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Earthquakes

GoeNet homepage with near real-time seismograph shaking intensity and drum recordings
» also with info for the latest NZ earthquake and recent earthquakes

USGS National Earthquake Info. Center - Global info.
» incl list of worldwide magnitude 5.0+ in last 7 days with RSS feed
IRIS Seismic Monitor - data+graphs of the latest quakes (global) - USGS data

 

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Tsunami

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - bulletins/warnings issued on earthquakes of mag 6.5 or more
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

 

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Volcanoes

GeoNet NZ Volcano Activity - with Alert Level Summary, also see recent Volcano Alert Bulletins
GNS Science - NZ Volcanoes - with a daily ashfall prediction map

Volcano World - current volcanic activity reports and information
Active Volcano Map - via Google Maps
Weekly volcano report - from Smithsonian Inst. & USGS (with map - req. Java)

[see the Aviation page for VAAC links and ash cloud modelling]

 

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Ozone

NIWA NZ UV and Ozone maps - for days: -1,0,+1,+2

Ozone Hole Watch - daily images, data and information (NASA)
TOMS Ozone Hole Monitoring - larger daily graphs of area/minima (NASA)

Daily total ozone measurements,
» TOMS
» SBUV/2
» TOAST

 

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Astronomical

Land Information NZ - Astronomical Data including eslipses, moon phases, sun/moon rise/set
Royal Astronomical Society of NZ - phases of the moon and sun rise and set times (4 main centres)

NASA's J-Track 3D - track current satellite positions (req. Java)
Real Time Satellite Tracking - via Google Maps
» with a full list of satellites by category including weather satellites

SpaceWeather.com - info on the sun-earth environment

Earth and Moon Viewer - real-time views and data
Your Sky - make a star map for your location
Solar System Simulator - NASA/JPL/Caltech
Solar System Live - current positions and data

Sky and Telescope - things to look for in the sky