A ceremonial turnover of the Pandora instruments, part of the Pan-Asia Partnership for Geospatial Air Pollution Information Project and the Pandora Asia Network (PAPGAPI-PAN) Philippines Project, was conducted by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) at the...
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...
Dr. Maria Obiminda Cambaliza together with Dr. John Wong, MD, attended a meeting hosted by Academia Sinica regarding the planning and development of a long-term project on air quality and health. The meeting was held in Taipei, Taiwan from 17 -19 May 2019....
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...
by Genie Lorenzo Rain due to the enhanced habagat totaled ~150-200 mm the past 5 days in weather stations in and around Metro Manila. The greatest observed total rainfall (206.4 mm as of 7 am, June 12, 2018) was observed in Manila Observatory,...
By John Leo Algo and Genevieve Lorenzo The physical properties of fine particulate matter in Taft Avenue, Metro Manila were characterized in a study “Aerosol particle mixing state, refractory particle number size distributions and emission factors in a polluted urban environment: Case study...
by John Leo Algo Results of the measurements of Black Carbon in three sites in Metro Manila: “Spatial Characterization of Black Carbon Mass Concentration in the Atmosphere of a Southeast Asian Megacity: An Air Quality Case Study for Metro Manila, Philippines (Alas etal,...
by Melliza Cruz, Genevieve Lorenzo, Paola Bañaga, Grethyl Catipay, Grace Betito, Erica Banares, Maria Obiminda Cambaliza, Nofel Lagrosas, James Simpas, Jose Ramon Villarin, and Daniel McNamara Lighting fireworks and firecrackers have long been a part of the Filipino New Year’s tradition. However, amid...
Metro Weather is a public-private partnership among the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Chevron, (and currently) Caltex, the Manila Observatory, Globe Telecom, and the Ateneo de Manila University that started in 2013. It establishes a network of low-cost automated weather stations (AWS) in...
Funded through the Department of Science and Technology-PCASTRD grant (2008-present), the Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometer (DOAS) an instrument under development with the Air Quality Dynamics group. DOAS is used for measuring air pollution concentration. DOAS transmits ultraviolet light through the atmosphere, with the...
The Seven SouthEast Asian Studies (7-SEAS) Palawan Aerosol Observation in 2012 was a continuation of the first mission in 2011. It was a one month field measurement campaign that included sites at the shore of Balabac Island in Palawan and the Tubbataha Reef...
Makati City and the Manila Observatory take on climate change and disaster risk management together as the city’s weather monitoring station project was formally launched in Barangay San Lorenzo by Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay, city officials and barangay kagawads. Manila Observatory’s...
The DOAS has been deployed for field testing. The transceiver has been modified to improve the beam collimation and alignment. The calibration unit has been upgraded and is now leak-free. The analyzer has been assembled and programmed to take measurements of criteria gas...