The Manila Observatory held a workshop entitled “Understanding the Latest Climate Science and Local Projections for Adaptation Planning” in Borongan City, Eastern Samar last August 6-8, 2024. The workshop aimed to assist local government and non-government stakeholders in utilizing climate information, such as...
Through a Memorandum of Agreement, the Manila Observatory and DOST-PAGASA have strengthened their partnership and collaboration through data sharing, joint research, training and activities related to climate change and weather. Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin, Director of Manila Observatory and Dr. Nathaniel Servando, PAGASA...
The Manila Observatory actively engaged participants through an interactive booth at the Breakthrough Resilience: An Urban Resilience Conference, organized by Catholic Relief Services Philippines at the Seda Hotel in Manila from April 24-25, 2024. The booth highlighted recent projects and advocacy initiatives centered...
By Ma. Flordeliza P. Del Castillo1, Patricia Mae J. Paraiso1, May Celine T.M. Vicente1, Ma. Laurice P. Jamero2, Gemma T. Narisma3,4 1 Geomatics for Environment and Development, Manila Observatory 2 Resilience Collaboratory, Manila Observatory 3 Regional Climate Systems 4 Department of Physics, Ateneo...
By Gabrielle Frances Leung1, Miguel Ricardo Hilario1, Grace Betito1, Paola Angela Bañaga1, Xzann Gary Vincent Topacio1, Zenn Marie Cainglet1,3, Shane Marie Visaga2,3, Imee Delos Reyes1, Lyndon Mark Olaguera2,3, Julie Mae Dado2, Faye Cruz2, Joel Maquiling3, Maria Obiminda Cambaliza1,3, James Bernard Simpas1,3, Gemma Teresa...
This August 25, the NASA P-3B started its first flight over the Philippines, gathering samples to understand the interaction between aerosols and clouds. This flight marks the start of the one-and-a-half-months flight campaign of the Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes – Philippines Experiment...
11-12 July 2019– As part of the Manila Observatory’s mission, science-based planning is essential particularly in the Philippines, one of the hardest hit countries by climate change and extremes, such as extreme rainfall, drought and tropical cyclones, with unevenly distributed impacts among vulnerable groups. In...
11-15 June 2019–– Dr. Gemma Narisma was invited to speak at the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and International Conference on Tropical Meteorology and Climatology (AMOS/ICTMO) in Darwin, Australia. The conference allows experts in oceanography, meteorology, climate, and other related fields to come...
On 11 March, 2019, Prof. Jun Matsumoto and Dr. Lyndon Olaguera of the Tokyo Metropolitan University gave talks focusing on the monsoon seasons of the Philippines at the Manila Observatory. Prof. Matsumoto’s talk, entitled “Complex climatological summer monsoon onset processes over the Philippines,”...
Manila Observatory Executive Director Dr. Gemma Narisma, along with Air Quality Dynamics and Instrumentation and Technology Development Laboratory co-heads Dr. Maria Obiminda Cambaliza and Dr. James Bernard Simpas joined other project participants in a Science Team Meeting (STM) with NASA in Pasadena, California...
The Regional Climate Systems Laboratory participated in the Second Training Workshop on Regional Climate Modeling in Southeast Asia held in Hanoi, Vietnam last 22-26 October 2018. The workshop is organized by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, this is the second workshop in...
The Manila Observatory hosted a Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) Training for partner local government units (LGU) of the National Resilience Council (NRC) last 8-10 October 2018. For the first part of the training, 34 participants from LGUs and 11 from five...
Chief Forecaster of the Clouds Aerosols and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) and former technical advisor of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Mr. Ed Fukada visited the Manila Observatory last 11-13 September 2018. On 11-12 September, a workshop on fundamentals of tropical...
The Manila Observatory invites everyone to a public lecture on Challenges of Operational Tropical Cyclone Forecasting with Mr. Ed Fukada, Chief Forecaster of CAMP2Ex and Former Technical Adviser of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 10AM-12NN, 13 September 2018 Heyden Hall, Manila Observatory Ateneo de Manila University...
This study aims to evaluate the performance of the Weather and Research Forecasting (WRF), and the WRF-Hydrological (WRF-Hydro) models in simulating heavy rainfall and streamflow events in Davao City, respectively.
By Ateneo Physics News “Generating and communicating future climate projections from multiple models to inform resilience building in the Philippines,” by Dr Joseph Daron, Science Manager of the International Climate Services Team, UK Met Office. The talk was held on 5 February 2018,...
by Dr. Antonio La Viña Gemma Narisma and I are happy to join the ranks of Directors of the Manila Observatory, a long line that goes all the way to Padre Federico Faura, SJ, the first director of Observatorio Meteorológico de Manila founded in...
24 October 2017 Memo to: The Manila Observatory Community Re: Appointment of Incoming Executive Director for 2018-2020 Message of Thanks to the Incumbent Executive Director I am pleased to announce that in its meeting last 10 October 2017, after due consultation and discernment,...
A Case Study of Immediate Causes and Root Drivers from Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao and Tropical Storm Sendong/Washi
NASA Chief Scientist Dr. Ellen Stofan visited the Manila Observatory in a meeting last August 28 at the Heyden Hall of the Observatory. This was held with the objectives of strengthening their long-standing relations with the Jesuit institution and expanding to other Philippine...