Abstract In mid-2012, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) released version 4.3 of the Regional Climate Model (RegCM4.3). This version includes a new surface scheme, the Common Land Model (CLM); a new planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme, the University of...
Chapter 3 Introduction Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) can cause multiple effects on human health and the environment. Major emission sources in Asian urban areas, highlighted in Chapter 1 of this book, release not only a huge amount of primary PM but also precursor...
Abstract The historical behavior of the southwest monsoon (SWM) rainfall in the Philippines is described using observed rainfall during the months of June to September from 1961 to 2010. Data are obtained from meteorological stations situated in the western half of the country...
Abstract Satellite-based rainfall is an alternative source of information especially for developing countries such as the Philippines where there are many areas that do not have ground observation stations. To maximize the use and potential of the derived precipitation products, it is important...
In this paper, we use geometric algebra to describe the polarization ellipse and Stokes parameters. We show that a solution to Maxwell’s equation is a product of a complex basis vector in Jackson and a linear combination of plane wave functions. We convert...