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NIWA is a Crown owned research and consultancy company, with a global reputation as experts in water and atmospheric research. Our mission is to conduct leading environmental science to enable the sustainable management of natural resources for New Zealand and the planet.

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Training

Optimising data quality from environmental monitoring stations

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Hydrological Modelling – Lumped Catchment Models

The course will introduce the principles and application of lumped catchment modelling. It will include both flood and recession modelling, and will take a simple approach, the sort of thing you could do in a spreadsheet. It will include snow melt, rainfall-runoff, and simple flow routing. It will not use an off-the-shelf modelling tool. The purpose of the course is to discuss principles that are relevant to a variety of modelling approaches (suitability of model approach to available data, process representation, estimation of parameters, validation of models), and illustrate them with something that is simple and practical, but has limitations. (This is not a Topnet course, and will not address spatially-distributed modelling). Read more about Hydrological Modelling – Lumped Catchment Models

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News

Glaciers continue to shrink

New Zealand’s glaciers lost significant ice mass again last summer Read more about Glaciers continue to shrink

From the Edge of Darkness to the Black Abyss: New Zealand Marine Scientists contribute to Marine Life Census 17,500+ Species and Counting

Researchers at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have contributed their findings to a major news release by the Census of Marine Life charting an astonishing abundance, diversity, and distribution of deep-sea species. Read more about From the Edge of Darkness to the Black Abyss: New Zealand Marine Scientists contribute to Marine Life Census 17,500+ Species and Counting

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Publications

Events

BSRN Workshop

The 11th Biennial Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) Scientific Review and Workshop. Read more about BSRN Workshop

4th Australasian Hazards Management Conference

Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, 10-13 August 2010. Read more about 4th Australasian Hazards Management Conference

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Our services
Working with us & our technology

NIWA’s science services are delivered by our 13 National Centres. Each centre conducts a raft of research contributing to a high level outcome for New Zealand. Read more about Our Services


Careers with NIWA

Careers with NIWA

NIWA works at the forefront of some of the most critical environmental issues facing the planet, and our staff are recognised as international experts in their fields. Read more about Careers with NIWA

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