Science Centres: Environmental Information

NIWA maintains a range of national environmental observation services and datasets which underpin New Zealand’s research and fosters our improved understanding of some of our most precious national environmental resources, their spatial distributions, and temporal trends.

• National Ozone Monitoring – contact Dr. Paul Johnston
• Total carbon column observing network – contact Dr. Paul Johnston
• National Snow & Ice Network
• National Climate Network– contact Roddy Henderson
• National River Water Quality Network (NRWQN) – contact Dr. Rob Davies-Colley
• National Hydrometric Network – contact Roddy Henderson
• New Zealand Soil Moisture Network – contact Roddy Henderson
• National Sea Level Network (NSLN) – contact Dr Rob Bell
• The New Zealand Bathymetry Datasets – contact Kevin MacKay
• The New Zealand River Environment Classification (through Ministry of Environment) – contact Roddy Henderson
• The New Zealand Coastal Classification – contact Dr Rob Bell
• The New Zealand Marine Classification  – contact Kevin MacKay

This section will soon be expanded to include detailed information on each of these services.