MfE Data Service :: tag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2008-10:feed:layers:mapstream=84379:category=301217:sort=rMinistry for the Environmenthttps://data.mfe.govt.nz//Drought, state, 1972 - 2022tag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2024-02:layers:1159772024-02-19T01:25:43.489888+00:00
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<p>We report on drought frequency, duration, severity, and intensity at three different time scales, short-term (3 months), medium-term (6 months) and long-term (12 months). These different time scales are approximately equivalent to meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological drought, respectively. We do this for 30 sites across Aotearoa New Zealand monitored by NIWA (National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research) from 1972 to 2022. To measure drought events, this dataset uses the Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), which incorporates temperature and precipitation. </p>
<p>Drought frequency is the number of drought events across a specified period of time. Drought duration is the number of months in a drought event. Severity is a measure of how dry a drought event is, and intensity is a measure of drought severity scaled by its duration. Extreme dryness is indicated by SPEI values of less than -2. </p>
<p>Variables:<br>
id: Relates to drought_event, whether a drought event or non-drought event<br>
year: Year<br>
month: Month<br>
site: 30 NIWA Climate stations<br>
time_scale & drought_type: The drought the SPEI values represent given at 3, 6, and 12 months<br>
spei: SPEI is the balance of PET and P<br>
spei_class: Categorising SPEI values into what they may represent climate-wise<br>
imputed_value: Whether the value was imputed using linear interpolation<br>
drought_event: whether the sequence of SPEI values meet the threshold for a drought event<br>
duration: Duration of the drought event in months<br>
start_event: The start date of a drought event<br>
severity: Sum of the SPEI values per drough event that are below -1<br>
intensity: Sum of the SPEI values per drought event standardised against time (severity/duration)<br>
lat: Latitude<br>
lon: Longitude</p>
From: <a href="https://data.mfe.govt.nz/group/environmental-reporting/" title="Profile for Environmental Reporting">Environmental Reporting</a><br />
Added: 19 Feb 2024<br />
Drought, trends, 1972 - 2022tag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2024-02:layers:1159762024-02-19T01:22:55.147294+00:00
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<p>To measure drought events, this dataset uses the Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), which incorporates temperature and precipitation. We report on drought frequency, duration, severity, and intensity at three different time scales, short-term (3 months), medium-term (6 months) and long-term (12 months). These different time scales are approximately equivalent to meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological drought, respectively. We report the trends for 30 sites across Aotearoa New Zealand monitored by NIWA (National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research) from 1972 to 2022.</p>
<p>Variables:<br>
site: Site the NIWA climate stations represent.<br>
time_scale: The number of months of drought<br>
drought_type: The drought the SPEI values represent given at 3, 6, and 12 months (meterological, agricultural and hydrological respectively.<br>
lat: Approx. lattitude location of NIWA climate stations to represent a site.<br>
lon: Approx. longitude location of NIWA climate stations to represent a site.<br>
trend_type: Duration is the number of months a drought event lasts.<br>
Average SPEI is the annual average SPEI value. Severity is the sum of SPEI values per drought event. Intensity is severity/duration. Peak month is the lowest SPEI value recorded per drought event. Frequency is the numbers of months between each drought event.<br>
p_value: Probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the result actually observed.<br>
z: Z statistic after correcting for autocorrelated data<br>
method: The type of trend test undertaken. Note that for methane a linear model with a quadratic term is used. For the Mann Kendall test we used a modified Mann Kendall test for autocorrelated data modifiedmk::mmkh()<br>
n: Number of data points included in trend calculation.<br>
note: Linear model analysis notes<br>
s, var_s, tau: Mann-Kendall test statistics.<br>
alternative: Alternative hypothesis<br>
trend_likelihood: Likelihood of trend direction adapted from IPCC criteria.<br>
period_start, period_end: The period the trend represents.</p>
From: <a href="https://data.mfe.govt.nz/group/environmental-reporting/" title="Profile for Environmental Reporting">Environmental Reporting</a><br />
Added: 19 Feb 2024<br />
Extreme rainfall, trends, 1960 - 2022tag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2023-12:layers:1153102023-12-02T02:12:58.414078+00:002023-12-02T02:11:11.141704+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 02 Dec 2023</strong><br />
<p>This dataset measures extreme rainfall at 30 sites across Aotearoa New Zealand from 1960 to 2022. We measure the maximum amount of rainfall in a single day (‘maximum precipitationl’), the number of very wet days (‘very wet days’), and the percentage of annual rainfall from very wet days (‘very wet day precipitation percent’). We present trends against the 1961 to 1990 climate normal period as well as the 1991 to 2020 climate normal period for very wet days and the percentage of annual rainfall from very wet days.</p>
<p>Variables:<br>
site: NIWA climate site<br>
reference_period: Reference period against which the number of wet days was calculated<br>
parameter: maximum precipitation (mm), very wet days, very wet day precipitation percent (%)<br>
period_start: Start of trend period<br>
period_end: End of trend period<br>
p_value: P value<br>
slope: Sen’s slope statistic of rate of change<br>
conf_low: Confidence intervals for Sen’s slope statistic<br>
conf_high: Confidence intervals for Sen’s slope statistic<br>
conf_level: Confidence level (90% or 66%) for Sen’s slope statistic<br>
z: z score<br>
trend_method: Mann-Kendall or Sen’s slope method<br>
n: Number of data points included in trend calculation<br>
note: note on data point<br>
s: Mann-Kendall test statistics<br>
var_s: Mann-Kendall test statistics<br>
tau: Mann-Kendall test statistics<br>
alternative: Alternative hypothesis<br>
trend_likelihood: Likelihood of trend direction adapted from IPCC criteria<br>
lat: Latitude<br>
lon: Longitude<br>
site_simple: site without macrons</p>
From: <a href="https://data.mfe.govt.nz/group/environmental-reporting/" title="Profile for Environmental Reporting">Environmental Reporting</a><br />
Added: 02 Dec 2023<br />
Updated: 02 Dec 2023<br />
Extreme rainfall, state, 1960 - 2022tag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2023-12:layers:1153092023-12-02T02:01:47.272387+00:002023-12-02T02:00:08.111397+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 02 Dec 2023</strong><br />
<p>This dataset measures extreme rainfall at 30 sites across Aotearoa New Zealand from 1960 to 2022. We measure the maximum amount of rainfall in a single day (‘maximum one-day rainfall’), the number of very wet days (‘very wet days’), and the percentage of annual rainfall from very wet days (‘rainfall due to very wet days’). We present annual values for these measures. </p>
<p>Variables:<br>
site: NIWA 30 stations<br>
period_start: start of year<br>
period_end: end of year<br>
reference _period: climate normal used to identify very wet days<br>
parameter: Parameter (maximum one-day rainfall (mm), number of very wet days, rainfall due to very wet days (%))<br>
data_value: Data value for parameter<br>
lat: Latitude<br>
lon: Longitude<br>
pretty_site_name: Pretty site name<br>
site_simple: pretty_site_name without macrons</p>
From: <a href="https://data.mfe.govt.nz/group/environmental-reporting/" title="Profile for Environmental Reporting">Environmental Reporting</a><br />
Added: 02 Dec 2023<br />
Updated: 02 Dec 2023<br />
Lightning, 2001–2016tag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2017-10:layers:894282017-10-13T00:19:00.067287+00:002017-10-13T00:16:56.612521+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 13 Oct 2017</strong><br />
<p>Lightning is the discharge of electricity from thunderstorms and can occur within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. By international standards, lightning does not occur frequently around New Zealand. However, ground strikes can injure or kill people and livestock, damage property and infrastructure, and, although rarely in New Zealand, spark forest fires. Thunderstorms are often associated with other severe weather events, such as strong wind gusts and hail. Thunderstorms may increase in frequency and intensity with climate change.<br>
More information on this dataset and how it relates to our environmental reporting indicators and topics can be found in the attached data quality pdf.</p>
From: <a href="https://data.mfe.govt.nz/group/environmental-reporting/" title="Profile for Environmental Reporting">Environmental Reporting</a><br />
Added: 13 Oct 2017<br />
Updated: 13 Oct 2017<br />
Lightning_GroundStrikes_by_Regiontag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2017-01:layers:535582017-01-11T01:57:10.268964+00:002017-02-24T04:13:34.677317+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 24 Feb 2017</strong><br />
<p>Lightning is the discharge of electricity from thunderstorms. Ground strikes can cause significant damage to property and infrastructure, and injure or kill people and livestock. Lightning is often associated with other severe weather events, such as strong wind gusts. Thunderstorms may increase in frequency and intensity with climate change.<br>
This dataset relates to the "Lightning" measure on the Environmental Indicators, Te taiao Aotearoa website.</p>
From: <a href="https://data.mfe.govt.nz/group/environmental-reporting/" title="Profile for Environmental Reporting">Environmental Reporting</a><br />
Added: 11 Jan 2017<br />
Updated: 24 Feb 2017<br />
Lightning strike density, 2000–14tag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2016-02:layers:528512016-02-10T23:53:06.804521+00:002016-02-10T23:31:52.035396+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 10 Feb 2016</strong><br />
<p>Lightning is the discharge of electricity, from thunderstorms, that equalises areas of positive and negative charge, for example, between a storm cloud and the ground. Thunderstorms form as a result of rapidly rising air with a high moisture content (humidity). On average, 1 in 10 lightning discharges strikes the ground (or sea) (Metservice, 2015). Lightning (and therefore thunderstorms) are also often associated with other severe weather events, such as strong wind gusts, and in extreme cases tornadoes.</p>
<p>By international standards, lightning does not occur frequently around New Zealand. However, thunderstorms, and thus lightning, can cause injury and damage (Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, 2010), and may increase in frequency and intensity with climate change (Mullen et. al., 2011).</p>
<p>This data shows the average annual number of lightning strikes per 25km square.</p>
<p>This dataset relates to the "Lightning" measure on the Environmental Indicators, Te taiao Aotearoa website.</p>
<p>Geometry: grid/point</p>
<p>Unit: strikes/25km2/year</p>
<p>Further information can be found in:</p>
<p>MetService (nd). Lightning observation services. Accessed 3 June 2015 from <a href="http://www.metservice.com">www.metservice.com</a>.</p>
<p>Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (2010). Thunderstorms. Working from the same page: Consistent messages for CDEM (p3). Available from <a href="http://www.civildefence.govt.nz">www.civildefence.govt.nz</a>.</p>
<p>Mullan, B, Carey-Smith, T, Griffiths, G, & Sood, A (2011). Scenarios of storminess and regional wind extremes under climate change. NIWA Client Report: WLG2010-31 (pvii). Available from <a href="http://www.niwa.co.nz">www.niwa.co.nz</a>.</p>
From: <a href="https://data.mfe.govt.nz/group/environmental-reporting/" title="Profile for Environmental Reporting">Environmental Reporting</a><br />
Added: 10 Feb 2016<br />
Updated: 10 Feb 2016<br />
Lightning recorderstag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2016-02:layers:533122016-02-18T19:36:15.324491+00:002016-02-18T19:35:13.147668+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 18 Feb 2016</strong><br />
<p>Lightning is the discharge of electricity from thunderstorms. Ground strikes can cause significant damage to property and infrastructure, and injure or kill people and livestock. Lightning is often associated with other severe weather events, such as strong wind gusts. Thunderstorms may increase in frequency and intensity with climate change. </p>
<p>This dataset shows the location of sensors in the New Zealand Lightning Detection Network (NZLDN), run by MetService. </p>
<p>Sensors around the country detect lightning over the New Zealand land mass and a short distance out to sea. These sensors detect very accurately the electrical discharge, location, and time, as well as noting other parameters such as current strength. The NZLDN records both cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground strikes.</p>
From: <a href="https://data.mfe.govt.nz/group/environmental-reporting/" title="Profile for Environmental Reporting">Environmental Reporting</a><br />
Added: 18 Feb 2016<br />
Updated: 18 Feb 2016<br />