Community Resources

Climate News
- State of the Climate Report Release
- AR5 Physical Science Basis –Summary for Policy Makers
- Pacific Islands Climate Services
- Pacific Islands Climate Assessment
Climate Resources
- Useful links:
  - http://www.pacificclimatechangescience.org
  - http://cosppac.bom.gov.au/products-and-services/
- Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the average weather, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. (Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/tar/wg1/518.htm) Pacific Climate Change Portal Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment Climate Service Centre, Germany-provides customers with scientific data and the findings of current research on climate change and impacts World Meteorological Organization (WMO)- provides the basis for better understanding the climatology of severe weather and extreme events. Data Portals Pacific Climate Data Portal Ocean Information Marine forecasts NOAA Coral Reef Watch Seasonal Coral Bleaching Thermal Stress Outlook
- Weather- referred to as the state of the atmosphere at a given time.
  - Useful Links:
    - Fiji Meteorological service-RSMC Nadi http://www.met.gov.fj/weather_maps.php
    - Nadraki- provides expert weather and climate consultative services to business, industry, government and non-government organizations and the community in Fiji. http://www.nadraki.com/
    - National Weather Services-FSM http://www.prh.noaa.gov/yap/ http://www.prh.noaa.gov/chuuk/ http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pohnpei/
    - National Weather Services-Palau http://www.prh.noaa.gov/koror/
    - National Weather Services-Vanuatu http://www.meteo.gov.vu/
    - National Weather Services-Tonga http://www.met.gov.to/
    - National Weather Services-Tuvalu http://informet.net/tuvmet/
    - National Weather Services-Timor Leste http://www.dnmg.gov.tl/
    - National Weather Services-Nauru andrew@bom.twp.arm.gov
    - National Weather Services-Samoa http://www.mnre.gov.ws/meteorology/
    - National Weather Services-Solomon Islands http://www.met.gov.sb/
    - National Weather Services-Cooks http://www.cookislands.pacificweather.org/
    - National Weather Services-Niue http://informet.net/niuemet/
    - National Weather Services-RMI http://www.prh.noaa.gov/majuro/
    - Meteo-France- French Meteorological Service (incl.Cook Islands, French Polynesia) www.meteofrance.com/
Climate and Weather Data
- Satellite Data Observations – Pacific Specific data – National Climate Data Center – Climate Data Guide – National Ocean Data Center – Pacific Climate Data Portal
Hazards and Disaster
- An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time Useful Link http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/earthqk.shtml
- Tsunami- a series of travelling waves in water produced by the displacement of the sea floor associated with submarine earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides. Useful Links: NOAA’s National Weather Service http://ptwc.weather.gov/
Ocean Data
- http://www.bom.gov.au/cosppac/comp/ocean-portal/about-ocean-portal.shtml
- http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.php
Seasonal Forecasts
Tropical Cyclone
- A tropical cyclone is a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has a closed low-level circulation. Tropical cyclones rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. (Source: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/hurricane/resources/TropicalCyclones11.pdf) Useful links:
  Fiji Meteorological service-RSMC Nadi-Tropical Cyclone Centre provides information on tropical cyclones occurring in the South West Pacific Ocean. http://www.met.gov.fj/current_warnings.php Tropical Cyclone Guidance Project (TCGP) an open web platform for the collection and dissemination of real-time tropical cyclone guidance forecast aids and structure data. http://www.ral.ucar.edu/guidance/ Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) provides forecasts and information to benefit basic risk awareness and decision making from tropical storms. http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com/ United States Naval Research Laboratory-Marine Meteorology Division The Marine Meterology Division is part of NRL’s Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate, which contains six divisions performing broadly based scientific research and advanced technology development in the fields of marine geosciences, acoustics, oceanography, marine meteorology, remote sensing and space science. http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tc_pages/tc_home.html Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), Australia provides information such as type of warnings, when and where they are issued and samples of the individual warnings on tropical cyclones to the public http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/ Pacific Tropical Cyclone Data Portal www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/tracks Ocean Related Information NOAA Coral Reef Watch Seasonal Coral Bleaching Thermal Stress Outlook www.coralreefwatch.noaa
Weather Forecasts
- Fiji
  - Fiji Meteorological service-RSMC Nadi http://www.met.gov.fj/weather_maps.php
  - Nadraki http://www.nadraki.com/
- Cook Islands
  - National Weather Services http://www.cookislands.pacificweather.org/
  - Meteo-France- French Meteorological Service (incl.Cook Islands, French Polynesia) meteofrance.com/
- Federated States of Micronesia
  - National Weather Services
  - Nauru
    - National Weather Serviceshttp://weather.noaa.gov/weather/NR_cc.html
  - Niue
    - National Weather Services http://informet.net/niuemet/
  - Palau
    - National Weather Services http://www.prh.noaa.gov/koror/
  - Republic of the Marshall Islands
    - National Weather Services http://www.prh.noaa.gov/majuro/
  - Samoa
    - National Weather Services http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/WS_cc.html
  - Solomon Islands
    - National Weather Services http://www.met.gov.sb/
  - Timor Leste
    - National Weather Services http://www.dnmg.gov.tl/
  - Tonga
    - National Weather Services http://www.met.gov.to/
  - Tuvalu
    - National Weather Services http://informet.net/tuvmet/
  - Vanuatu
    - National Weather Services-Vanuatu http://www.meteo.gov.vu/

The Human Interference

Impacts

Disasters

Vulnerabilities of Pacific Island Countries

Adaptation of Pacific island Countries

Water Human Health

Root Crops in the Pacific

Fisheries and Climate Change

Stresses and future Responses, Coral Reefs

Traditional Knowledge in Adapting to Climate Change

Gender Perspective of Climate Change