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2005
Forecasting tropical cyclone precipitation in the Philippines using MM5
This study evaluates the skill of the PSU/NCAR mesoscale model (MM5) in predicting precipitation within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) during typhoon/tropical storm events….
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Monitoring and Modelling Noise Levels in the Ateneo de Manila University Campus
This study assessed noise levels in Ateneo de Manila University caused by motor vehicles and tested the performance of two standard noise models using observations…
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Diurnal Variations of NO2 Concentrations at the Manila Observatory, Quezon City
A combined observational and theoretical study of diurnal variations of NO2 concentrations of the air at the Manila Observatory (Quezon City, Philippines) in June and…
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High Resolution Numerical Simulation of Philippine Weather and Climate using the Agila Beowulf Cluster
Previous simulations of regional scale weather and climate required the power of mainframe supercomputers to handle the formidable nonlinear fluid dynamical equations that describe the…
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Comparative Analysis of Water Vapor Composition at Selected Sites
The potential for the use of water vapor as an air quality indicator was investigated. Water vapor samples were collected from three urban sites (roadside,…
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Ambient SO2 Monitoring using Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS)
A prototype DOAS instrument was assembled to measure ambient concentration of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2). A folded-path configuration employing retroreflectors was chosen because of advantages in…
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Comparative Analysis of Clustering Techniques for Classification of Philippine Climatological Rainfall
Different methods of clustering are explored to determine the different climate types in the Philippines. This study aims to find a way to reduce data…
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Simulation of Luzon Rainfall with the MM5 and the RegCM3 Models: A Comparative Study
The performance of the MM5 and the RegCM3 models in simulating total monthly rainfall has been evaluated. Total rainfall for the two months of June…
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2004
Simulation of Monthly Rainfall Climatology with the MM5 Model
A method for computing climatological rainfall is used to determine the rainfall distribution for Luzon during the month of June. The method consists of simulating…
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