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If you want to obtain climate data see this page. The following contacts are for our climate research services.

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David Wratt

Dr David Wratt

Position: Chief Scientist, Climate

David has a PhD in atmospheric physics from the University of Canterbury. He has worked in the USA, Australia, and New Zealand on a range of basic and applied topics in climate and meteorology, including climate change science and impacts, mountain meteorology, and air quality. He is a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and Chair of its New Zealand Climate Committee. He is a member of the Bureau of the IPCC and a Vice-Chair of Working Group 1, which assesses the physical science of climate change.

As Chief Climate Scientist David is responsible for NIWA's National Climate Centre.

ph: + 64 4 386 0313

Andrew Tait

Dr Andrew Tait

Position: Climate Scientist Location: Wellington

Andrew coordinates the activities of the National Climate Centre and advises the Chief Scientist, Climate. He leads and manages multi-year multi-organisation research contracts and interacts with internal and external modellers and assessors of climate data and related impacts. Andrew analyses and interprets climate data in response to commercial requests for information, oversees the provision of relevant up-to-date climate information on the NIWA webpages, and acts as a NCC liaison with the media. He also fosters and promotes effective end-user communication of climate science and its applications.

ph: + +64 4 386 0562

See Andrew Tait's research projects

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