5110.000m

Average annual rainfall, 2014

Environmental Reporting
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ISO 19115/19139 Metadata XML PDF

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Environmental Reporting, Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand
Position Name
Analyst
Contact Info
Contact
Address
Address
Delivery Point
23 Kate Sheppard Place, PO Box 10362
City
Wellington 6143
Country
New Zealand
Electronic Mail Address
Environmental.Reporting@mfe.govt.nz
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distributor
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2017-10-13
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1.1
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NZGD49 / New Zealand Map Grid
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Data Identification
Citation
Citation
Title
Average annual rainfall, 2014
Date
Abstract
Rain is vital for life – it supplies the water we need to drink and to grow our food, keeps our ecosystems healthy, and supplies our electricity. New Zealand’s mountainous terrain and location in the roaring forties mean rainfall varies across the country. Changes in rainfall amount or timing can significantly affect agriculture, energy, recreation, and the environment. For example, an increase or decrease of rainfall in spring can have marked effects on crops or fish populations.
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.
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completed
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Environmental Reporting, Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand
Position Name
Analyst
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Contact
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Delivery Point
23 Kate Sheppard Place, PO Box 10362
City
Wellington 6143
Country
New Zealand
Electronic Mail Address
Environmental.Reporting@mfe.govt.nz
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distributor
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New Zealand
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ANZLIC Jurisdictions
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2008-10-29
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ANZLIC the Spatial Information Council
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custodian
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CLIMATE-AND-WEATHER-Rainfall
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theme
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Version 2.1
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ANZLIC the Spatial Information Council
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment
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eng
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ANZMet Lite Country codelist
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Version 1.0
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2009-03-31
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dataset
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Source:
NIWA

Method:
NIWA interpolated annual rainfall totals, measured at climate station locations across the country, to create a regular 500m resolution grid of average annual rainfall for each year. Missing data were infilled using Virtual Climate Station Network data (NIWA, nd).
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment
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license
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment
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license