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Access the Resource Management Act legislation on the Knowledge Basket website.
Synoptic MSLP weather charts are compiled daily by the Bureau of Meteorology (Melbourne) for Australia and New Zealand at: www.bom.gov.au/weather/national/charts/
Regularly updated marine weather forecasts are placed on the web by the NZ Met Service:
www.metservice.co.nz/forecasts/coastal_marine.asp
For background information on tsunami mitigation and monitoring, two of several websites:
www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
The TOPEX/Poseidon satellite mission (and Jason-1 to follow in May 2000) measures accurate sea-surface elevations over defined tracks around the globe every 10 days, complementing coastal sea-level gauge measurements. Background information on these satellite missions can be found at the NASA site:
For the latest global update on El Niño and La Niña events, visit the NOAA site at:
www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/nino-home-low.html
Ministry for Emergency Management (MEM) has a site covering natural hazards, which include river and coastal flooding, tsunami, volcanos and cyclones:
http://www.mem.govt.nz/memwebsite.nsf
Maritime Safety Authority of New Zealand has a site containing information on navigation, search and rescue, lighthouses, oil spill strategy etc at: www.msa.govt.nz/default.htm
Forecasts of ocean waves for up to 126 hours from NCEP global wave model (WorldWatch3):
polar.wwb.noaa.gov/waves/main_table.html
facs.scripps.edu/surf/gblpac.html
Forecasts of pesent wave conditions from OceanWeather site:
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/index.html
For tidal predictions 1 year ahead at standard ports and other navigational information on charts, lights and notices to mariners, visit the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) site: