NIWA NDACC UV-vis station report

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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
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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)
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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, 26-28 February 2008 Lauder, New Zealand
within NDACC
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• 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
  1991- 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

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• 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 NIWAs
  science interests and will most likely at this
  stage not further be supported.