Rotorua lakes general information

Powerpoint presentations Phytoplankton Composition and Biomass in Rotorua Lakes presentation Nutrient Dynamics in Lake Rotorua presentation Scientific requirements to support management decisions in Lake Rotoiti presentation Water quality trends in the Rotorua lakes presentation Combined data sets: Bathymetry of all Lakes Link to Ocean view data sets

Meteorological data - Rotorua Airport

The data below contains the following information for the specified years:

RAIN rainfall (mm) TEMP dry bulb (ambient) temperature ('C) WET wet bulb temperature ('C) MSLP mean sea level pressure (HPa) DIR wind direction (deg from true Nth) WIND mean wind speed (m/s) TCC total cloud cover in eighths TLC total low cloud cover in eighths HLC height of base of lowest cloud (mAGL)	To access this information contact d.hamilton@waikato.ac.nz January 1980 - December 1991 October 1991 - February 2003 March 2003 onwards
The following information is also available:	Radiation 1980 - 1991 Rainfall 1986 - 1991

Further reading & references:

Rotorua Lakes Water Quality Research: A Bibliography
Claire E. Miller
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Strategy for the Lakes of the Rotorua district
Environment BOP, Rotorua District Council, Te Arawa Maori Trust Board, 2000
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Trophic Level Index Baselines and Trends for 12 Rotorua District Lakes, 1990 to 2000
Environment B.O.P. 2000
Noel, M Burns

Rotorua Lakes Water Quality 2002
Environment Bay of Plenty, 2003
John Gibbons-Davies
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