» Reference
Glossaries
AMS - American Meteorological Society - a massive (often technical) glossary with 12,000+ terms
US National Weather Service - NOAA
US NSIDC - National Snow and Ice Data Center
Weather.com
Articles and Publications
Te Ara: Encyclopedia of NZ - Climate and Atmosphere
Wikipedia - Atmospheric Scieces Portal
» with
Meteorology and
Climatology categories
AMS Journals Online - American Meteorological Society
Nature - International weekly journal of science
[see also the
Seasonal & Climate page for more climate change/global warming links]
Time
World Time Server
Time and date.com
Tip: use Google Search: eg "
time in utc" or "
time in Sydney", or for sunrise/sunset try something like "
sunrise in Wellington"
Maps
Google Maps - fully interactive map for New Zealand, including terrain
» with
NZ Mountain Passes and Roads map containing markers and summit heights
Bing Maps - Microsoft's interactive map service
ZoomIn.co.nz
Wises Maps
nzmaps.co.nz (Auckland streetmaps only)
Free NZ Maps - download static maps (LINZ)
NZTopoOnline - interactive Topo Map online, but slow! (LINZ)
Lonely Planet
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - from the University of Texas
National Geographic MapMachine
Azimuthal Equidistant Proj. Map Server - make great circle maps
Convert Lat/Long in Deg/Min/Sec to/from Decimal
Flags
World Flag Database
Flags of the World