Climate Present and Past

Published:

5 May 2015

Aoraki Mt Cook showing Tasman and Hooker's glaciers.

Climate Present and Past is a core-funded project under NIWA's National Climate Centre in the Climate Observations programme. Our work explores recent and historical climate data to track past variability and changes in climate through a range of approaches.

More information will be added to this site in the coming weeks.

NIWA Contacts

Dr Andrew Lorrey

Principal Scientist - Climate and Environmental Applications

Page last updated:

4 June 2020

Overview and objectives

Overview and objectives of the Climate Present and Past project.

Outputs and accomplishments

Outputs and accomplishments partly or fully funded under the Climate Present and Past project in recent years.

People

Key people involved in Climate Present & Past, including our external research partners.

Southwest Pacific climate

Our southwest Pacific research focuses on recent and historic climate and weather activity, including our involvement in ACRE Pacific data rescue.

New Zealand climate

New Zealand climate research in Climate Present and Past focuses on trends, extremes, and variability of rainfall, temperature and atmospheric circulation.

Palaeoclimate

NIWA conducts a wide range of paleoclimate research to help us define and understand what the climate was doing before we had instruments to record it.