Atmospheric analysis

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

  • Researching NIWA’s Antarctic sea ice

  • The laser lady of Lauder

  • GRUAN certification for NIWA

    NIWA’s Lauder Atmospheric Research Station, near Alexandra in Central Otago, is part of a select group of research stations with GRUAN-certified measurement programmes.
  • Ozone research at Lauder

  • Ozone sonde launch - captured by a drone

  • New Zealand's best job?

    NIWA environmental monitoring technicians Evan Baddock and Eric Stevens venture deep into Fiordland, NZ to monitor river and lake levels in the area.
  • Summer Series Week 6 - Scientific illustration - It’s all in the detail

    Drawing fish is a lot harder than you might think, explains NIWA’s scientific illustrator.
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    Tropical cyclone update #2

    News article
    Niwa meteorologists continue to cast a watchful eye over two strengthening tropical cyclones in the South Pacific.
  • NIWA's Hotspot Watch

    Hotspot
    A weekly update describing soil moisture across the country to help assess whether severely to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent.
  • Tropical cyclone update #1

    News article
    NIWA meteorologists are monitoring the potential for ex-tropical cyclones to affect New Zealand early next week.
  • Ecosystem modelling

    Research Project
    At NIWA, we’ve developed an Atlantis model for the Tasman and Golden Bays region. We’re also developing one for the Chatham Rise.
  • Critter of the Week: Enteroctopus zealandicus – the elusive yellow octopus

    The yellow octopus is large and clearly abundant, with about one million being eaten a year by sea lions in the Auckland Islands alone