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2000
Global Climate Forecasting by the Simplex Projection Method
Since the late nineteenth century, the average temperature of the earth has increased by 0.3 to 0.6oC. Global circulation models (GCMs) predict that in the…
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Regional Climate Simulations of Summer Rainfall over the Philippines
Most simulations of global climate are performed by low spatial resolution models called general circulation models (GCMs) to avoid huge computing expense normally incurred in…
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The Southwestern Luzon Climatological Rainfall Maximum
The Southwestern Luzon region is included in the highest rainfall areas of the Southwest Monsoon. The climatological rainfall maximum is primarily a reflection of the…
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Climate Changes due to Urbanization of Metro Manila
The effect of the urbanization on temperature and on rainfall is studied by analyzing observational data. The primary data used are observations from Port Area…
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Climatology of rainfall and wind for the Philippine-South Sea region: 2. Variations due to El Nino and La Nina
The characteristics of rainfall and wind during the occurrence of three El Nino episodes and one La Nina episode are studied by using observational data….
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Climatology of rainfall and wind for the Philippine-South Sea region: 1. Monthly variations
A diagnostic study of the rainfall and the wind climatology of the Philippine–South China Sea region has been conducted using data obtained from the ECMWF…
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1999
El Nino-La Nina Dynamics over Southeast Asia
During the past two decades, the Philippines has experienced unusual droughts and floods due to the climatological phenomena called El Nino and La Nina. El…
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Construction of a LIDAR System for Boundary Layer Height Measurements
Our atmosphere contains, in addition to a variety of molecules, a rich brew of particulates and aerosols that include dust, ice and salt crystals, fog,…
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The Modernization of an Analog Spectroheliograph
Most spectrometer systems today come as self-contained ready-to-use commercial packages. As such, their basic design considerations and fine-tuning methods have mostly become lost to the…
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LIDAR Determination of the Mixed Layer Height
An air pollution dispersion and transport model based on experiment is very essential in closely evaluating and assessing the fast degrading air quality in Metro…
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