1. NIWA NDACC UV-vis station report
Karin Kreher, Paul Johnston and Alan Thomas
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Lauder, New Zealand
NORS/NDACC UV-vis Working Group Meeting, BIRA-IASB, Brussels, Belgium
3-4 July 2012

2. (NIWA staff ~650) Lauder Staff Scientists: 6 Engineers/Technicians: 5
Admin./Computing: 1-2
Students: typically
2 PhD students &
2 overseas students
(work experience)
Visiting scientists
(extensive international collaboration)
(NIWA staff ~650)

3. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
UV-visible spectroscopy: BrO (1995-present) , NO2 (1981-present)
FTIR spectroscopy: HCl, HNO3, ClONO2, HF, CFCs, CO & GHG
Dobson, balloon sondes, lidar, microwave radiometer: ozone
Aerosol lidar
UV spectrometer
Chemistry Climate
Modelling
Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN), Lindenberg, Germany, February 2008: Lauder, New Zealand within NDACC

4. Status of NIWA NDACC UV-vis stations:
Kiruna (67.8N), ceased in April 2010, archived from July 1996
Moshiri/Rikubetsu (44.4N), archived from April December 2007, instrument status probably ok but need more time to quality-check and process.
Mauna Loa (19.5N), failed on 1 March 2008, was replaced with a new instrument (NO2 and BrO) on 28 April 2009 until present; occasional small hick-ups.
Lauder (45.0S), archived from Dec 1980, quality check and processing up-to-date.
Macquarie Island (54.5S), quality check and processing up-to-date., proposal to AAD (for logistics support) highly likely successful to continue measurements.
Arrival Heights (77.8S), archived since 1991, quality check and processing up-to-date

5. Future of NIWA NDACC UV-visible stations & research:
Currently very uncertain – funding will be substantially reduced from July 2012 onwards.
What does this mean? Best case scenario: measurements continue without any support until any problems arise …. Worst case: feel free to use your imagination
MAX-DOAS seen as very low priority in NIWA’s science interests and will most likely at this stage not further be supported.