By: Antonio Gabriel M. La Viña, Yla Gloria Marie P. Paras, Jameela Joy M. Reyes When Typhoon Odette ravaged the Philippines in December 2021, many were caught by surprise. While families knew what to do in case of rain, hardly anyone saw what...
AUGUST 20, 2021 Filipino climate scientists warn: weather extremes in the Philippines to worsen with further warming A higher global temperature will bring about more frequent and more intense weather extremes in many regions of the world, including the Philippines. This is the...
Summary •Several areas in Southern Philippines experienced accumulated 24-hour rainfall exceeding 150 mm during the onslaught of Tropical Depression Auring on Feb. 20-22, 2021. •Multi-temporal Synthetic Aperture Radar images detected flooding in the municipalities of San Miguel, Tago and Tandag City in the...
By: Jose Gabriel Abalos, Jarl Tynan Collado, Paola Angela Bañaga, Grace Betito, Zenn Marie Cainglet, Aubrey May De Francisca, Xzann Garry Vincent Topacio, Christine L. Chan, Maria Obiminda Cambaliza, James Bernard Simpas, Genevieve Rose Lorenzo, Melliza Cruz, Connor Stahl, Armin Sorooshian, Nofel Lagrosas,...
By Ma. Flordeliza P. Del Castillo1, Patricia Mae J. Paraiso1, May Celine T.M. Vicente1, Ma. Laurice P. Jamero2, Gemma T. Narisma3,4 1 Geomatics for Environment and Development, Manila Observatory 2 Resilience Collaboratory, Manila Observatory 3 Regional Climate Systems 4 Department of Physics, Ateneo...
By Grace Betito, Gabrielle Leung, Paola Angela Bañaga, Miguel Ricardo A. Hilario, Genevieve Rose Lorenzo, Zenn Marie Cainglet, Aubrey May De Francisca, Xzann Garry Vincent Topacio, Imee Delos Reyes, Melliza Cruz, Rachel Braun, Alexander McDonald, Connor Stahl, Nofel Lagrosas, Maria Obiminda Cambaliza, James...
This August 25, the NASA P-3B started its first flight over the Philippines, gathering samples to understand the interaction between aerosols and clouds. This flight marks the start of the one-and-a-half-months flight campaign of the Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes – Philippines Experiment...
In the pursuit of understanding how aerosols affect climate and weather, as well as agriculture, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) partnered with the Manila Observatory for the Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex). CAMP2Ex is an airborne mission of...
Authors: Genie Lorenzo, Liz Cruz, Nofel Lagrosas, Faye Cruz, James Simpas, Brent Holben, Susana Dorado, Victoriano Tobias, and Gemma Narisma Date: August 2013 From 14-23 June 2013, Singapore, parts of Malaysia and Indonesia were blanketed in a dangerous haze as fires burned in the neighboring...
By: Zenn Marie Cainglet, Aubrey May De Francisca, Shane Marie Visaga, Jarl Tynan Collado, Xzann Gary Vincent Topacio, Paola Bañaga, Grace Betito, Maria Obiminda Cambaliza, James Bernard Simpas, Genevieve Rose Lorenzo, Melliza Cruz, Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin, SJ, and Fr. Daniel McNamara, SJ...
Read Full Monograph: GIS-Based Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation (V&A) and Disaster Risk Assessments for Metro Cebu The following are the specific objectives of this research project, whose results are narrated in this monograph: a. To establish and develop an evidence-based decision-support platform and...
By Gabrielle Frances Leung1, Miguel Ricardo Hilario1, Grace Betito1, Paola Angela Bañaga1, Xzann Garry Vincent Topacio1, Zenn Marie Cainglet1,3, Shane Marie Visaga2,3, Imee Delos Reyes1, Angela Monina Magnaye2, Lyndon Mark Olaguera2,3, Julie Mae Dado2, Faye Cruz2, Joel Maquiling3, Maria Obiminda Cambaliza1,3, James Bernard...
By Gabrielle Frances Leung1, Miguel Ricardo Hilario1, Grace Betito1, Paola Angela Bañaga1, Xzann Gary Vincent Topacio1, Zenn Marie Cainglet1,3, Shane Marie Visaga2,3, Imee Delos Reyes1, Lyndon Mark Olaguera2,3, Julie Mae Dado2, Faye Cruz2, Joel Maquiling3, Maria Obiminda Cambaliza1,3, James Bernard Simpas1,3, Gemma Teresa...
11-12 July 2019– As part of the Manila Observatory’s mission, science-based planning is essential particularly in the Philippines, one of the hardest hit countries by climate change and extremes, such as extreme rainfall, drought and tropical cyclones, with unevenly distributed impacts among vulnerable groups. In...
Efren Morales of the Solid Earth Dynamics and Upper Atmosphere Dynamics (SED-UAD) Laboratory attended the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization’s (CTBTO) Technical Training for Waveform Station Operators of Joint IMS and USGS Stations in Vienna, Austria from 10 to 14 June 2019. Morales reflects...
11-15 June 2019–– Dr. Gemma Narisma was invited to speak at the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and International Conference on Tropical Meteorology and Climatology (AMOS/ICTMO) in Darwin, Australia. The conference allows experts in oceanography, meteorology, climate, and other related fields to come...
Dr. Maria Obiminda Cambaliza together with Dr. John Wong, MD, attended a meeting hosted by Academia Sinica regarding the planning and development of a long-term project on air quality and health. The meeting was held in Taipei, Taiwan from 17 -19 May 2019....
The National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) held two international training workshops on applying big data and social media for disaster reduction in Taiwan. The first workshop was a three-day training on Big Data Analysis and Applications conducted from 30...
On 11 March, 2019, Prof. Jun Matsumoto and Dr. Lyndon Olaguera of the Tokyo Metropolitan University gave talks focusing on the monsoon seasons of the Philippines at the Manila Observatory. Prof. Matsumoto’s talk, entitled “Complex climatological summer monsoon onset processes over the Philippines,”...
The Resilience Collaboratory led the first scoping meeting for the Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) Coaching and Mentoring (C/M) Project in Iloilo City last 23-24 May 2019. This is a part of the Science and Technology track of the Resilient Local Government...
Manila Observatory Executive Director Dr. Gemma Narisma, along with Air Quality Dynamics and Instrumentation and Technology Development Laboratory co-heads Dr. Maria Obiminda Cambaliza and Dr. James Bernard Simpas joined other project participants in a Science Team Meeting (STM) with NASA in Pasadena, California...
The Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) and their local government partners headed by Executive Director Gisela Tiongson reached out to the Manila Observatory for an introduction to Climate Change to supplement their projects that aim to support farming communities that supply the food conglomerate’s...
