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Meteorological Society of New Zealand (Inc.) Meteorological Society of New Zealand Newsletter #141 Jun 2015- Page 1 ISSN 0111-1736 Meteorological Society Of New Zealand (Inc.) NEWSLETTER 141 JUNE 2015 Meteorological Society of New Zealand Newsletter #141 Jun 2015- Page 2 Meteorological Society Of New Zealand (Inc.) NEWSLETTER 141 JUNE 2015 PO Box 6523, Marion Square, Wellington 6141, New Zealand Please forward contributions to Bob McDavitt, [email protected] CONTENTS Page Samoan Seasons 3 Met Soc 2015 Conference 4-5 UV and skin Conference 6 Around the Regions 7-8 Autumn : NIWA review 9 Notable events 10-20 Christchurch, Ben Tichborne 21 Pick of the clips 22-54 Your Committee 2015 President Daniel Kingston Immediate Past President Sam Dean Auckland VP Jennifer Salmond Wellington VP James Renwick Christchurch VP Adrian MacDonald Dunedin VP vacant Hamilton VP Tim Gunn Secretary Katrina Richards Treasurer Andrew Tait Circulation Manager Sylvia Nichol Journal Editor Jennifer Salmond (assisted by James Renwick) Newsletter Editor Bob McDavitt HydroSoc Liaison: Charles Pearson General Committee Mike Revell James Lunny Stefanie Kremser Views and endorsements expressed in this newsletter are those of the contributors and advertisers, and not necessarily those of the Meteorological Society of New Zealand. The mention of specific companies or products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the Society. Meteorological Society of New Zealand Newsletter #141 Jun 2015- Page 3 The Samoan seasonal calendar and its origins Samoan seasonal descriptions are listed under the approximate equivalent month in Eng- lish, followed by an English translation and explanatory notes. January : Utu va mua First yam digging. Utu va mua and Utu va muli, two brothers, #led to the earth and brought the January storms with them when there was war in heaven and their party was beaten. During a great war on earth, they escaped to the heavens. The hills are the heaps of slain covered by earth dug up from the valleys. When the two brothers look down upon them, their weeping, wailing and exasperation causes the storm or hurri- cane. Aitu (reat (host, Tagaloa Tele )ig (od February Toe utu va, Digging yam again. Further digging up of the yams to raise storms. March Faaafu Withering. From withering of the yam vine and other plants, which become coloured +like the shells, in March. Ta-a fanua .oam or walk about the land. This is the name of a god worshipped in April. Atiu iti Small gods. From the household gods worshipped at the time. They are specially im- plored to bless the family for the year +with strength to overcome in quarrels and in bat- tles,. April /o A kind of #ish. From the name of a small #ish which comes in plentiful shoals at this time of the year. Fagona Destruction. The name of a god worshipped at the eastern extremity of the Samoan group of islands at this time. May Au nunu Stem crushed. This is from the crushed or pulveri0ed state of the stem of the yam at that time. 1thers say the month was so named from multitudes of malicious demons supposed to be wandering about at that time. Even the #ish of the sea were thought to be possessed and unusually savage in this month. May is often an unhealthy month, as it marks the transition from the wet season to the dry 2 hence the sickness and superstition. Sina White. From the worship of a goddess of that name. June 1loga manu The singing of birds. Named from the unusual 4oy among the birds over a plentiful supply of favourite buds and berries. The bright scarlet #lowers of the Erythrina indica thenbegin to come out and attract a host of parakeets and other happy chirpers. July 5alolo mua The #irst 5alolo. 5alolo +virides, are the worms that swim out from certain parts of the barrier reefs for three days every year and of which Samoans are very fond 6all the more so from its rareness7. 5a means to burst and lolo, fatty or oily. 8ence, the origin of the name probably lies with the fatty or oily appearance of the worms as they break, burst, and are mixed up in heaps after they are caught. This is the #irst month of the half-year called the 9aito-elauo season. The other half of the year is 9aipalolo season. August Toe palolo, 5alolo muli The last 5alolo or the last of the palolo. September Muli fa End of the stem of a taro, Arum esculentum. The month is unusually dry and the scorching rays of the sun leave little of the taro stem except for a small piece at the end. Another derivation of Muli fa is the end of the season for catching the #ish Fa. 1ctober /otu o uaga .ain 5rayers. Named after the special prayers offered to the gods for rain. November Taumafa mua The #irst of plenty. Fish and other food become plentiful at this time and this is followed by the so-called palolo feasts. 5ublic dinners in the houses of the leading men of the village are the order of the day. December Toe taumafa The #inish of the feasting or #inal supper. Food is less plentiful after some of the December gales or tropical cyclones. From https //www.niwa.co.n0/publications/wa/vol11-no2-4une-2003/seasons-in-samoa?calendar Meteorological Society of New Zealand Newsletter #141 Jun 2015- Page 4 Meteorological Society of New Zealand Newsletter #141 Jun 2015- Page 6 For more information about this conference check http://uvandskincancer2015.org Meteorological Society of New Zealand Newsletter #141 Jun 2015- Page 7 Around the Regions Meetings and seminars open to Met Soc members during autumn 2015 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AUCKLAND 16 May : as part of the Speakers’ Corner during Auckland Writers Festival Editor of Living In A Warmer World , Jim Salinger argues that climate change science is indisputable and that we must urgently seek to understand what it will mean for all our futures: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wellington 19th March 2015 Speaker: Dr Alex Pezza (Greater Wellington Regional Council) Title: Remote connections to heat waves: The Australian lesson, and what we could learn from it Abstract: This talk was divided in two parts: The .irst part sho,ed some signi.icant .indings revea - ing remote (broad) c imate connections re ated to heat ,aves in south-eastern Austra ia, as part of the ,ork done ,ith Me bourne 0niversit1 connected ,ith an ARC (Austra ian Research Counci ) Dis- cover1 Pro2ect, and 2oint 1 ,ith 3ictoria 0niversit1 of We ington. Discussion covered ho, the gen- era c imate signature re ates to severe heat ,aves (in both the atmosphere and the ocean), some of the environmenta and socia impacts (e.g., bush.ires, human morta it1), and recent c imate change pro2ections based on the atest IPCC c imate mode s. In the second part of the ta k Dr A ex re-introduced himse f as the ne, 1 appointed Senior C imate Scientist of the (reater We ington Regiona Counci ((WRC), giving a brief overvie, of the environ- menta (and c imate) monitoring conducted b1 (WRC, and a fe, hints of ho, ,e ma1 envisage our future c imate monitoring needs and our interaction ,ith 30W, MetService and NIWA. The ta k con- c uded ,ith time for 7uestions and discussions about ho, ,e can a 2oin forces together to he p our communit1 to become more informed and better prepared for future c imate variabi it1 and change. 21st May Tit e: Wh1 8h ,h1 is Antarctic sea ice extent increasing9 What 3 1ears of Marsden funding can te us. Speaker: Professor James Ren,ick, 3ictoria 0niversit1, Ph1sica (eograph1 Programme Abstract: A 30W-NIWA team ,as successfu in the 2014 Marsden round and ,i be spending the next three 1ears gaining a better understanding of ,hat’s going on ,ith Antarctic sea ice. Bucking the g oba ,arming trend, tota Antarctic sea ice extent has been increasing for 1ears, reaching record highs in the past t,o ,inters. The reasons for this are poor 1 understood. The increase in extent is far from uniform – near the Antarctic Peninsu a, ice is disappearing as fast as in the Arctic. Mean- ,hi e, the Ross Sea region and the eastern Wedde Sea have experienced arge increases. C imate mode s genera 1 fai to reproduce this picture, perhaps because the trends are part 1 a resu t of ?random’ variabi it1 in the c imate s1stem, or perhaps the mode s are missing some ke1 processes9 8ne ke1 process not inc uded in c imate mode s is the effect of ocean surface ,aves upon the sea ice .ie d. Recent ,ork sho,s that ocean ,aves are much more important for sea ice formation and break -up than ,as previous 1 thought. P us, trends in signi.icant ,ave height over the southern oceans corre ate extreme 1 ,e ,ith regiona trends in sea ice extent. The effects of ocean ,aves on the . oe size distribution is not considered at a in c imate mode s. A ke1 part of the Marsden pro2ect ,i be to add ocean ,ave effects to a state-of-the-art sea ice mode and see if that improves the simu ations. A ong the ,a1, ,e ,i generate a ne, simu ation of Southern Hemisphere ocean ,aves driven b1 the ARA-Interim reana 1ses. P us, ,e ,i provide a much more comp ete description (and, hopefu 1, understanding) of observed trends in sea ice concentration and over 1ing atmospheric ,inds, b1 sea- son and region. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Meteorological Society of New Zealand Newsletter #141 Jun 2015- Page 8 Dunedin 12 March: The New Zealand Climate Change Centre: What is it and why we need it, by Andrew Tait 25th March Managing urban climate risk in a changing world, by Dr Jennifer Salmond, University of Auckland 9th April Dr Greg Bodeker, Owner and Director, Bodeker Scienti.ic CRunning a private research compan1 in Ne, Bea and – the Bodeker Scienti.ic experienceC 14th May , film screening: “Thin Ice – the inside story of climate science 27th May , seminar: “Rapid glacier recession – implications for glacier tourism”, Heather Purdie (University of Canterbury).
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