Latest projects and technology from NIWA's Instrument Systems team.
NIWA has been working on installing and operating a novel self-cleaning irrigation system intake at Totara Valley, near Timaru.
NIWA has recently been involved in Transpower’s sixth Aerial Laser Survey (ALS) of an additional 2300 kilometres of power transmission line. Our role: to measure meteorological conditions along parts of the NZ transmission grid all the way from Manapouri in Fiordland to Kaitaia in the Far North.
SMARTi is an intelligent universal interface that enables you to connect a wide range of different instruments to data loggers that have SDI-12 serial data capability.
NIWA has successfully measured the flow rates of water being discharged from Lake Pukaki into the Pukaki Canal which carries water to the Ohau, Benmore, and Waitaki power stations.
