Metro Weather is a public-private partnership that has established a network of 30 automated weather stations (AWS) in Metro Manila. This network will provide free and near real-time weather data that can be used to prepare for severe weather conditions such as tropical...
Makati City and the Manila Observatory take on climate change and disaster risk management together as the city’s weather monitoring station project was formally launched in Barangay San Lorenzo by Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay, city officials and barangay kagawads. Manila Observatory’s...
In partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Ateneo School of Government, the Manila Observatory used station observations from the province of Nueva Ecija to identify local temperature and rainfall trends for the agriculture sector. This study showed that there...
The Air Quality Dynamics program under the guidance of Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, S.J., and with SEED Institute was involved in the quality assurance of the 2010 Greenhouse Gas Inventory of Metro Manila. This project was developed for the Department of Environmental ...
The year 2012 was a year of growth for the Manila Observatory. We celebrated triumphs, new collaborations and the strengthening of partnerships in the pursuit of our science agenda. Here are some of the many highlights of our work in 2012. Exhibit by...
Clint Bennett and Dr. Quirino Sugon Jr., faculty members of the Department of Physics of Ateneo de Manila University, attended the 2012 ISWI and MAGDAS School on Space Science in Ciloto, Indonesia last 17-26 September 2012. ISWI stands for the International Space Weather...
The DOAS has been deployed for field testing. The transceiver has been modified to improve the beam collimation and alignment. The calibration unit has been upgraded and is now leak-free. The analyzer has been assembled and programmed to take measurements of criteria gas...
MO Davao station was able to detect 633 earthquakes in the past year (Jan 2012- Dec 2012) which were reported to the International Seismological Centre in the UK. Earthquake information on some local tremors (e.g. Negros-Cebu earthquake on 6 February 2012, and Negros...
The Albay Sustainable Development Guidebook is the product of two-year research conducted by Manila Observatory scientists in partnership with Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings Inc. and the provincial government of Albay. Analysis of land use and land use change, hazard & vulnerability mapping and ...
Generations of stargazers have come to the Manila Observatory to have a peek at the heavens. The Ateneo League of Physicists, the Ateneo Junior Summer Seminar participants (batch 45), and groups within and beyond Loyola Heights are some of those who have stargazed...
In the development of the Albay Sustainable Development Guidebook, Manila Observatory scientists and researchers worked closely with the local governments of Tiwi and Malinao. The communities in Tiwi and Malinao are located in the province of Albay. Communities in Albay are exposed to...
The Observatory in partnership with Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings Inc. and the provincial government of Albay created a sustainable development guidebook for the local governments of Tiwi and Malinao. GED contributed to the spatial analysis of the area, including its land use and ...
With the support of Sentinel Asia, the International Charter Space and Major Disasters and the Canadian Space Agency, GED generated several Flood Footprint maps for the heavy rainfall events of the southwest monsoon season in 2012 in the greater Metro Manila area. The ...
In August 2012, Metro Manila and its environs were affected by a period of heavy and continuous rainfall caused by an enhanced monsoon season (Habagat). The disaster affected millions because of flooding and rainfall-induced landslides. Christian Aid, a UK-based international development and relief ...
The Philippines is the third most at risk to disasters in the world, along with being vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Disaster Risk Reduction as well as Climate Change Adaptation (DRR-CCA) need to be approached together in order to face the...
Located in the tropics within the Pacific Rim of Fire and being archipelagic, the Philippines is hazard-prone and most vulnerable to impacts of climate change. Local government units are required to prepare Comprehensive Land Use Plans or CLUPs to plan the development and...
By Lucille Borlaza Dr. James B. Simpas and Lucille Joanna S. Borlaza attended the the 10th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA) in Hanoi, Vietnam last July 10-12, 2012. The workshop was convened by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan...
by: Geonelle Louise Corneby In recent years, typhoons such as Ondoy and Sendong, as well as other natural hazards, have incurred economic losses, massive loss of lives and property and damage to infrastructure. These have, in turn, increased the need for and urgency...
The following is an edited transcript of a talk presented by Dr. Inez Ponce de Leon, science and risk communication specialist at the Manila Observatory, on January 27, 2012. Her talk is part of a series of brown bag presentations by researchers at...