Agricultural
Weather & Climate
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Agricultural
Weather & Climate
DISCLAIMER: The meteorologists at JAWF frequently use the
sites listed below, but are not responsible for any of the
contents.
USDA's
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Attache Reports - Easy to
use searches for recent reports (be liberal with dates requested).
United Nation's Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) - Production estimates, among other useful
information.
US Agency for
International Development's Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) -
Reports and Assessments Specific to Africa.
European
Agriculture Web Links
AgriWeb -
A good starting point; has links by subject to major
organizations, government and private.
Commonwealth Bureau of
Meteorology - Quick, comprehensive forecasts.
Laurier Williams
Weather Links and News - Quick, has forecasts and other
meteorological information data.
Atmospheric
Sciences, Macqarie University - Comprehensive list of weather
related sites.
Australia's
Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN)
Queensland Depts. of
Primary Industries / Natural Resources "Long Paddock"
- Climate studies, ENSO discussions, etc. (good info but slow; be
patient).
Australian Bureau of
Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) .
Australian Wheat Board.
Center for meteorology and
Geodynamics - (In German) Click here for
Current Weather Data from same site.
Brazilian Institute of
Meteorology - Maps and outlooks (in Portugese, but
worthwhile and fairly easy to decipher).
Brazilian
Center of Weather Forecasts and Climate Studies - Rainfall
analyses and weather model output (mixture of Portugese).
Brunei
Meteorological Service - (In English) Forecasts and climate
information.
Bulgarian National Institute of
Meteorology and Hydrology - Current Weather obs and Black Sea
info in English; monthly bulletin in Bulgarian
Environment
Canada (English) - Quick forecasts, graphics.
Canadian
Meteorological Centre
Canada
Agriculture Online - Good Weather Page and Ag News
Agriculture
Alberta Climate Information
Manitoba
Water Resources Branch (Dept. of Natural Resources) - Flood
information.
Flood 1997
(from above) - Includes imagery depicting areal extent of
flooding, updates for current season.
Manitoba
Emergency Management Organization.
Canadian Agricultural Statistics and Provincial Crop Reports
- Assorted Provincial government sites.
NOTE: Other interesting information can be obtained
from these sites by branching up to the home (or parent) page.
The
Agrometeorological Centre of Excellence - Links to above
information, plus other products related to crop and disease
modeling.
National Satellite
Meteorological Center of the Chinese Meteorological
Administration - (in English) Infared, Water Vapor, and
Visible images from the Chinese FY-2 Geostationary satellite
Current Weather
Observations from the Chinese Meteorological Administration -
(in Chinese) Clickable Map of Major Chinese Cities
How to display
Chinese characters on Internet web pages - Page down to the
"Frequently asked questions" step 1
Meteorological Direction
of Chile - (in Spanish) Very good site with daily temperature
and precipitation data, synoptic surface chart of SE Pacific,
detailed El Niño information, and good clickable forecast map.
Institute of
Hydrology, Meteorology and Environment Studies - (in Spanish)
National Meteorological
Institute - (in Spanish) Daily forecasts, El Niño bulletins,
and 3 month forecasts
Meteorological and
Hydrological Service of Croatia - (Croatian with some English)
This site has Forecasts (PROGNOZE VREMENA), weather observations,
Adriatic forecasts, radar, and satellite.
Click on MED-HYCOS to get information, maps, and data on five
automatic hydrological stations.
Czech Hydrometeorological
Institute (HMI) - (Czech with some English)
National Institute of
Meteorology and Hydrology - (in Spanish) Click on "pronostico
diario del tiempo" for weather forecasts. The Boletin
Metereologico has good synoptic and climaatological information.
Ministry of
Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) - SICA Project - (in English
and Spanish) Good info on various crops (production, situation
& outlook, supply & demand) under Agricultural
Performance in the Economy (El Agro en la Economía) and
Agribusiness Systems (Cadenas Agroindustriales).
Finnish Meteorological
Institute - (in English) Basic Forecast Information and
Overview of Research
Meteo-France - (in French)
Forecasts, weather obs, etc
German Weather
Service (DWD) - (some English, mostly German) Weather obs,
some forecasts, good information on data policy and
organizational structure.
DWD
Research article on flooding in China's Yangtze Valley during the
summer of 1998 - In English
Hong Kong
Observatory - (in English and Chinese) Weather obs, some
forecasts, good information on data policy and organizational
structure.
Budapest Sun - Online
Hungarian Newspaper in English
Indonesian
Meteorological and Geophysical Agency - (in English) Weather
obs, some forecasts, good information on data policy and
organizational structure.
Macau
Meteorological Geophysical Services - (in English) Weather
obs, forecasts, and tropical cyclone information
Hydrometeorological
Institute of Republic of Macedonia - (in English) Climate
info, and current weather obs
Malaysia
Dept of Agriculture - Crop and livestock stats, irrigation
info, and maps (mostly English).
Malaysian Meteorological
Service - English.
The Met Service's Climate Page -
Includes monthly write-up and rainfall maps.
SAGAR - Secretary of
Agriculture, Livestock, and Rural Development - (in Spanish)
Agricultural Data (See CEA link below) and Links to 18 other
Mexican Ag Organinzations.
Mexican
Center of Agricultural Statistics (CEA) - (in Spanish)
Monthly rainfall by state, reservoir data, and agricultural
production data.
Mexican Weather Service
- Daily data, radar, satellite imagery, outlooks, etc. (in
Spanish).
Home Page of Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute (KNMI) - (in Dutch)
KNMI Weather Data Page
- (in Dutch) Some recent obs, all forecasts are in Dutch text.
New Zealand Met Service -
Quick, easy forecast products.
Norwegian
Meteorological Institute (DNMI) - (in English) Basic
forecasts and recent Obs
National
Aeronautaicla Administration - (in Spanish)
Meteorological Institute of
Portugal - (in Portugues) Text Forecasts and weather obs
Institute of
Meteorology and Water Management - (Polish) Forecasts,
weather obs, and Hydrology
National Institute of
Meteorology and Hydrology - (Romanian with some English)
Click on Prognoza Meteo to get forecasts and then Starea Vremii
for station data.
Meteorological Service
Singapore - (English)
Slovak Hydrometeorological
Institute - (In English and Slovak) Information
on ordering monthly weather bulletin
SLOVAKIA.ORG: The guide to the
Slovak Republic - (English) Good Resource about Slovakia
Slovak
Spectator: Leading source of information about Slovakia in
English
Hydrometeorological Institute
of Slovenia - (In Slovene) Click on the first item (Zadnji
Podatki) to get forecasts, weather data, and radar imagery.
AgriWeb - A
good starting point; has links by subject to major organizations,
goverment and private.
South African Department of
Agriculture
South African Weather Bureau
Home Page of the
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute - (In
Swedish with some English) Weather obs with good graphics. Good
info on weather records.
Swiss
Meteorological Institute - (In English and German) Forecasts,
weather obs, and radar
UK Meteorological Office
- Forecasts, weather obs, and Hydrology
Farmers Weekly Interactive -
British Ag Info - Need to register for free information.
Excellect Weather and Pest/Disease Information
Federal HydroMeteorological
Institute - Forecasts, weather obs, and hydrological data
Zambia
Meteorological Department
Zimbabwe
Meteorological Services Department
List of
National Weather Services of some Members of the World
Meteorological Organization
World-Wide
Meteorological Links from the German Weather Service
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