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Using trigonometric functions to model climate
Education ResourceYour task is to create a model of the data to predict the times during the year that a location would be pleasant to visit -
Map Scott
Education ResourceScott Base, Antarctica Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent. -
NZ temperature record
Research ProjectThere are many lines of evidence showing that NZ has warmed during the past century. -
Southwest Pacific climate
Our southwest Pacific research focuses on recent and historic climate and weather activity, including our involvement in ACRE Pacific data rescue. -
Mean daily global radiation (Mj/sq m)
These datasets are available in a range of formats. -
Map South
Education ResourceMost of this climate zone is characterised by cool coastal breezes, and absence of shelter from the unsettled weather that moves over the sea from the south and southwest. -
How deep is the snow at your place?
Measurements of snowfall at low elevations around New Zealand are few and far between, and yet the data would be really helpful in understanding how snowfall occurs and quantifying snow-related risks. -
NIWA staff profile: Nava Fedaeff
Feature story06 June 2017At the age of seven, NIWA’s youngest climate scientist, Nava Fedaeff, swapped sub-arctic Siberia for balmy Auckland – and her first job was to learn to swim.
