There is a wide range of instruments at Lauder, which are listed on this page.
| Instrument | Parameter | Comment | Co-operating institutions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dobson | Direct sun obs, automated Umkehr | UV | NOAA/CMDL, Boulder, USA |
| Balloon sonde (ECC type) | Ozone, temperature, pressure | Weekly through the year | NOAA/CMDL, Boulder, USA |
| Ozone lidar | Ozone profiles 8 to 50km | Excimer laser plus Raman cell | RIVM, Bilthoven Netherlands |
| Ozone microwave radiometer | Ozone profiles 20 to 75km | 110 GHz and 30 min integration | NASA Langley, Hampton, USA |
| UV-visible spectrometer | Column NO2 and column ozone | Chappuis band 430 to 450nm | NOAA Aeronomy, Boulder, USA |
| IR interferometer (FTIR) | Column HCl, HNO3, ClONO3, OCS, CFCs etc. | 3 micron window and 7 to 12 micron window | University of Denver, USA and University of Wollongong, Australia |
| Aerosol and temperature lidar | Aerosol profiles 5–35km, temperature profiles 5–70km | Frequency doubled & tripled Nd-YAG at 532 and 355nm | IROE, Florence Italy, University of Lyon, France |
| Aerosol lidar | Aerosol profiles 6–36 km | Nd-YAG laser frequency doubled 532nm | Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan |
| Backscattersonde | Aerosol profiles 0–34km | 1 flight per month | University of Wyoming, USA |
| Water vapour microwave radiometer | Profiles 20–60km | 22 GHz and 30 min integration times | NRL, Washington D.C., USA |
| UV Spectrum | Global and scattered | 290 to 450nm at 1nm resolution | |
| UV-B monitors | Erythemal UV | Variety of filter radiometers | |
| Yankee MFRSR and UVRSR | Multi-filter narrow band global, direct, diffuse | 3-minute means | USDA, Colorado State Univ (J Slusser) |
| Pyranometers and Pyrgeometers | Broad band global, direct, and diffuse irradiance | 1-minute means with statistics | BSRN, Australian Bureau of Meteorology (B Forgan) |
| CSD Middleton SP02 sun photometer | Aerosol spectral optical depth | 1-minute means with statistics | BSRN, Australian Bureau of Meteorology (B Forgan) |
| Yankee TSI | Whole Sky/Cloud image and statistics | 1-minute sampling | NOAA, Australian Bureau of Meteorology |
For more information on any of these instruments, refer contact details below.
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NIWA UV spectrometer systems
NIWA has been engaged in an active UV research programme since the 1980s. The cornerstone of this work is the routine accurate measurement of the spectrum of surface UV irradiance to quantify UV climatologies, to understand the causes of UV variability (temporally and spatially), and to monitor long-term changes.
