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Mount Philistine electronic weather station (EWS)
The Mount Philistine site is located at 1655m elevation on the Main Divide near Arthurs Pass and Rolleston Glacier. It is a high precipitation area and snow records here start in 2010. -
Mahanga electronic weather station (EWS)
Mahanga electronic weather station (EWS) is on Mount Mahanga in Tasman. It is at 1940 m elevation near the Nelson Lakes. It's our most northerly South Island site and our snow records here date back to 2009. -
NIWA seeks help from skiers and snow bunnies
Media release24 May 2021A NIWA scientist is asking for the help of skiers, mountaineers and alpine professionals to collect snow for a new research project. -
NZWaM - Water-age model
The purpose of the water-age model is to represent water exchange between land, surface-water bodies and aquifers, by coupling the surface water and groundwater models. -
NZWaM - Surface water flow model
This task aims to improve and enhance the accuracy of surface hydrological model discharge predictions, at both catchment and regional scales. -
NZWaM - Groundwater flow model
The role of the NZWaM groundwater model is to improve surface water model simulations, by estimating groundwater storages and groundwater fluxes. -
NZWaM - Hydro-Geofabric
The purpose of the Hydro-Geofabric task is to gather, harmonise and augment existing multi-source spatial datasets to form a framework tailored for hydrological modelling. -
NZWaM - Benchmarking
The purpose of the benchmarking task is to develop and implement a state-of-the-art operational method (that can be applied at national scale) to test hydrological models in New Zealand -
Snow and Ice Network
Research ProjectNIWA has established a network of high elevation electronic weather stations to provide a solid basis to understand seasonal patterns and long-term changes to seasonal snow and ice in alpine regions of New Zealand. -
The science of art or the art of science…
Feature story11 January 2019If you think science and art have nothing in common, think again. At environmental science institute NIWA, it’s all about one inspiring the other.