National Climate Database open for free access! :)

[TonyT]

see http://niwascience.co.nz/pubs/mr/archive/2007-07-05-1/

Looks like all you budding amateur climatologists out there will be able to get busy!

Well done NIWA, a very good move.

[Gary Roberts]

see http://niwascience.co.nz/pubs/mr/archive/2007-07-05-1/

Looks like all you budding amateur climatologists out there will be able to get busy!

I have had access to that for ages, so nyah nyah, I win.

Medal?

[gllitz]

see http://niwascience.co.nz/pubs/mr/archive/2007-07-05-1/

Looks like all you budding amateur climatologists out there will be able to get busy!

I have had access to that for ages, so nyah nyah, I win.

Medal?

you're leaving yourself open, again, mate!

[gllitz]

see http://niwascience.co.nz/pubs/mr/archive/2007-07-05-1/

Looks like all you budding amateur climatologists out there will be able to get busy!

Well done NIWA, a very good move.

ooh, ooh, ooh! Question: do we get db schemas as well??

[Willoughby]

Thanks Tony for this... excellent news indeed!!

RWood, in particular is going to be one happy chap...

[RWood]

I´m almost dumbfounded (would be a first for me)

Sunrise after a long dark night?

[Gary Roberts]

I´m almost dumbfounded (would be a first for me)

Sunrise after a long dark night?

Why didn't you know already? You're a professional weatherologist! Even I knew about it weeks ago and I'm generally considered to be as ignorant as it gets.

[RWood]

I´ve been out of the country for a few weeks - though my recent requests (last several months) have been granted free so I suspected something like this was coming. And I´m not a professional...

[Andrew Massie]

see http://niwascience.co.nz/pubs/mr/archive/2007-07-05-1/

Looks like all you budding amateur climatologists out there will be able to get busy!

I have had access to that for ages, so nyah nyah, I win.

Medal?

I'd hate to disappoint you, Gary!

[Gary Roberts]

I´ve been out of the country for a few weeks...

No excuse, you're fired.

...though my recent requests (last several months) have been granted free so I suspected something like this was coming.

You're still fired.

...And I´m not a professional...

Oh wait.

I thought you said you worked for the Met Service or somebody?

[RWood]

I think my profile is up-to-date. Whatever - I used to work in IT. may be returning to it (IT) .

[protonplayer]

wow, this is great stuff. was this expected? certainly in the UK there has been lots of debate about free access to government related databases (and ultimately already funded by the taxpayer). Anyone know why the change in policy at NIWA?

[Gary Roberts]

wow, this is great stuff. was this expected? certainly in the UK there has been lots of debate about free access to government related databases (and ultimately already funded by the taxpayer). Anyone know why the change in policy at NIWA?

It was not NIWA's choice, as I understand it. The Government told them to do it, or so I was told.

[janewaystv]

Oh You beauty mate - fantastic indeed. Having total fun downloading & printing heaps of data especially Invercargill and Auckland & also couldn't resist the urge to download Milford Sound, Greymouth, Hokitika and Stewart Island rain datas seeing I'm a big fan of those lovely rains This has made me a very happy fella at the moment.

[protonplayer]

me too! busy downloading the station data from near where I grew up , River Park in Henderson, Akl... that Auckland station that often has the highest or lowest Auckland temperatures and comparing against the 4 years of records I took whilst living there before my parents moved to the considerably less exciting weather of Mt Roskill in Auckland

[RWood]

I'll restrain my excitement until I see what happens to the cost of the Digest (monthly summary and selected station data).

[Gary McConnochie]

Boy oh boy i have been like a bear in a honey pot.

So much to see and learn.

[RWood]

for janewaystv: If you want any of your rainfall (or raindays, temp, wind or sunshine) downloads turned into some graphs of the type I've sent you previously, just email the data over to me in Excel format (preferably). I'm no "rainfan" as you know , but the data would be quite interesting anyway. I'll being looking for stuff like Chch gardens rainfall, with the station's very long record.

[tich]

All sounds great, but I'm still in dialup, so does it take long to download? I also wonder if, as well as data, there are any written accounts of months etc. (say like the old NZ Gazette monthly summaries)

[RWood]

Download should be quite fast even on dialup unless your data request is very large.

I'd be surprised if there were any archived written reports like the old Gazette summaries or the current Digest - but I'd ask to make sure.

[Manukau heads obs]

i notice there are limits for the public access (i.e only so many records etc)...yes?
(thats what I found)

[RWood]

Don't think that will restrict you much. You can get a couple of million lines of tables' worth, or the equivalent, before anything stops you, as I understand it. Then you can just renew I think.

[RWood]

If anyone has problems with their access or usage, I may be able to help.

[Andy]

If anyone has problems with their access or usage, I may be able to help.

I can't seem to find data on Alexandra, like we discussed in another thread, it might just be me

If you have time maybe on could post the link, or data.

Thanks

[RWood]

OK, here's the first step. Get registered. Remember, now it's all free for standard data access (if you want to do some calculation that's not already stored they will make a small charge to do it for you).

http://cliflo.niwa.co.nz/pls/niwp/wsubform.intro" target="_blank

Next is login, but let's take it one step at a time.