Atmospheric analysis

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

  • Climate scientists making shift to new “normal”

    Media release
    NIWA climate scientists are redefining what’s normal when it comes to the weather.
  • June blows hot and cold – and possibly hottest of all

    Media release
    A weather roller coaster is coming to town and country before the end of the month.
  • New biodiversity memoir on the primnoid corals of New Zealand

    Feature story
    A group of gorgonian octocorals that provide shelter for fish and invertebrates in the deep sea is the subject of NIWA’s latest Biodiversity Memoir.
  • NIWA calculates 1:200 year flood for parts of Canterbury

    Media release
    Preliminary analysis by NIWA climate scientists has shown that the recent Canterbury rainfall was so extreme in some inland places that it could be expected to happen only once every 200 years.
  • Sea2Cloud – how marine aerosols influence the atmosphere and climate

    Research Project
    Clouds over the ocean, and how they trap or emit radiation from the sun, are partly influenced by the biology, biogeochemistry and physics of the surface ocean below.
  • Plankton in the Ross Sea

    Follow a group of NIWA scientists investigating various aspects of plankton which are the base of the Antarctic oceans food web.
  • Play the climate change game at Fieldays

    Media release
    Farmers visiting NIWA’s Fieldays stand at Mystery Creek next week have the opportunity to see into their future by playing a game that dices with climate change.
  • Field teams and forecasters cover monumental rainfall event

    Feature story
    The prodigious rainmaker that hit Canterbury earlier this month saw NIWA field teams out in the elements collecting flood data from bridges, cableways and jetboat gaugings.
  • eFlows Explorer

    Research Project
    The eFlows Explorer webtool is designed to aid broad-scale river flow management planning across New Zealand
  • NIWA establishes first Antarctic GRUAN site

    Feature story
    A NIWA-led collaboration is seeing atmospheric measurements taken from Antarctica’s Ross Island added to a highly respected international climate data reference network.
  • Skies looking mostly clear for spotting rare Super Blood Moon

    Media release
    NIWA forecasters say expected clear skies are looking good for spotting the Super Blood Moon on Wednesday night.
  • NIWA seeks help from skiers and snow bunnies

    Media release
    A NIWA scientist is asking for the help of skiers, mountaineers and alpine professionals to collect snow for a new research project.