WEATHER
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Storm in the Southern Ocean drives large swell to the New Zealand coast. Photo by courtesy of Dr P. Sutton, NIWA.
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World Meteorological Organization is an United Nations agency involved with the state and behaviour of the Earth’s atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources. A major resource found at http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html HF-Fax is a broad based site with a substantial listing of meteorological services, bureaus and research centres. http://www.hffax.de/html/hauptteil_wx.htm Note: in addition to the above sites, many of the national meteorological services listed below have sections on their sites dealing with global weather, sea conditions, databases and alike. |
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Africa |
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South African Weather Service. http://www.weathersa.co.za/ |
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Australasia |
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Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. http://www.bom.gov.au/ Meteorological Service, New Zealand. http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php |
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Europe |
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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) develops numerical methods for medium-range weather forecasting; prepares on a regular basis, medium-range weather forecasts for distribution to the meteorological services of the Member States; undertakes research to improve forecasts, and compiles meteorological data. http://www.ecmwf.int/ Euroweather. http://www.eurometeo.com/english/ Finnish Meteorological Institute. http://www.fmi.fi/en/index.html France Meteo. http://www.meteo.fr/e_index.html German Weather Service. http://www.dwd.de/en/en.htm Meteorological Office of the United Kingdom. http://www.met-office.gov.uk/ Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. http://www.knmi.nl/ |
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USA |
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National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a federally funded research and development center dedicated to exploring and understanding the atmosphere and its interactions with the sun, oceans, biosphere, and human society. http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/ National Climatic Data Center. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. http://www.noaa.gov/wx.html National Weather Service. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ |
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