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» Seasonal Forecasts and Climate Change

Historical Data and Indicators

NIWA - National Climate Centre - with monthly, seasonal and annual Climate Summaries
NIWA - Climate Data (Education & Training) - incl. extremes (to 31 December 2010) and selected location summaries (1971 - 2000)
NIWA - Environmental Information Browser - beta portal to NIWA's data holdings/metadata

SOI - Southern Oscillation Index - BoM
MJO - Madden-Julian Oscillation: daily plots via NOAA also the BoM MJO monitoring page or lots of plots/info here

Seasonal and Climate Forecasts

NIWA - current Climate Update, including a summary of last month, and climate outlook

MetService - North Island and South Island seasonal outlook for the next two months

BoM - forecast ENSO conditions (from multiple models)

Climate Info, Commentary and Publications

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - with links to Working Groups and previous reports


RealClimate - "Climate science by climate scientists" - an excellent commentary site
» with a useful "start here" page with lots of links to get you up to speed on climate change

Hot Topic - Global warming and the future of New Zealand

Skeptical Science - Getting skeptical about global warming skepticism

British Antarctic Survey - a component of the Natural Environment Research Council

Climate Progress - An insider's view of climate science, politics and solutions

DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution the Clouds Climate Science


NOAA - US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
» Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, see also: Ocean Climate

AMS Journals Online - American Meteorological Society

Nature - International weekly journal of science

AGU - American Geopyhsical Union