Publication Type: Conference Paper
-
Optical Depth Measurements of Clouds Using a Mie Scattering LIDAR System
The optical properties of clouds are important factors in studying global radiative balance. In particular, the optical depth distribution of clouds, which may be derived…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
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…