Scientific Tools & Data | NIWA

Supporting research, education & exploration

NIWA offers a diverse range of scientific tools and data across various fields of science and environmental studies. Many of the data sets can be discovered via the National Environmental Data Centre. These include data from the atmosphere through to the ocean depths. New Zealand’s National Climate Database (accessed through Datahub), is one of the most popular.

Explore our data sets

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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

NZ water model

Scientific Tools & Data
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Snow and Ice Network

Research Project

NIWA 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.

Climate and weather

Environmental Information

Hydrology and flow
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Daily CO2 measurements from NIWA’s atmospheric monitoring station at Baring Head

Service

Daily CO2 measurements from NIWA’s atmospheric monitoring station at Baring Head.

Atmosphere

Greenhouse and trace gases

Climate change
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NIWA mapping Whakatipu lake floor

Media release

08 May 2019

NIWA researchers are out on Lake Whakatipu for the next week mapping the lake floor for the first time.

Acoustics

Lakes

Weather hazards
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Voyage Update 7: Heading home

13 February 2019. By Voyage Leader Dr Richard O'Driscoll.

Antarctica

Acoustics
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Voyage update 2: Cape Adare

17 January 2019. By Voyage Leader Dr Richard O'Driscoll.

Antarctica

Oceans

Marine invertebrates
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Marlborough Sounds Seabed Survey

Acoustics
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NZ Water Model - Hydrology

Research Project

Bringing together leading scientific organisations and regional councils, this project aims to develop a sophisticated computer modelling framework that will enable users to accurately predict how much freshwater is available, where it has come from, and how quickly it moves through New Zealand catchments.

Freshwater

Hydrology and flow

River flow forecasting
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Southern right whale observed in Wellington Harbour

Marine mammals

Acoustics
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Scientists eavesdrop on endangered dolphins

News article

07 June 2017

The critically endangered Māui dolphin is getting a helping hand from scientists this month who are beginning a year-long research project to listen in on them.

Acoustics

Marine mammals
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Personal UV Dosimeters

NIWA has developed personal UV dosimeter badges to support studies relating UV exposure to human health.

UV and ozone

Calibration
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Stable Isotope Analytical Facility

NIWA's state of the art Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) facility supports our research and commercial analyses, providing tailor-made solutions for various environmental and atmospheric questions.

Stable isotope analytics