Atmospheric analysis

NIWA has been using advanced scientific instruments to measure atmospheric trace gases and isotopes for over 50 years.

  • Riparian vegetation and agriculture

    How may agricultural activities impact riparian vegetation around a waterway?
  • Education and information

    Education Resource
    Explore our education and information section to find out about climate and climate change, weather, our atmosphere, estuaries and more.
  • Deidre Cleland

    Scholarships

    Scholarships available to both Masters and undergraduate students in the fields of fisheries science and marine biology.
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    RV Tangaroa

    Facility
    RV Tangaroa is New Zealand’s only ice strengthened and dynamically positioned deep-water research vessel.
  • Products

    Service
    Here is our complete range of products.
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    Tornadoes in New Zealand - FAQs

    Education Resource
    Some commonly-asked questions about tornadoes in New Zealand.
  • QGIS

    QGIS is a free, open source, desktop mapping tool, widely used in New Zealand in government, research, commercial and NGO arenas.
  • Chemical contamination and mining

    What are the potential sources of chemical contamination from mining activities?
  • NOAA Satellite data

    Like the GMS satellite, the NOAA Series of polar orbiting satellites (operated by NOAA, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) are a component of the World Weather Watch meteorological satellite network.
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    Suspended-sediment yield estimator

    This national GIS ‘layer’ enables reconnaissance-scale estimation of suspended-sediment yields from New Zealand’s rivers and streams. It has been developed by NIWA in collaboration with Landcare Research.
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    Banded kōkopu

    Banded kōkopu juveniles are very good climbers and will try to escape from buckets by clinging to and wriggling up the sides.