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.
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...
The Albay Sustainable Development Guidebook is the product of two-year research conducted by Manila Observatory scientists in partnership with Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings Inc. and the provincial government of Albay. Analysis of land use and land use change, hazard & vulnerability mapping and ...
In August 2012, Metro Manila and its environs were affected by a period of heavy and continuous rainfall caused by an enhanced monsoon season (Habagat). The disaster affected millions because of flooding and rainfall-induced landslides. Christian Aid, a UK-based international development and relief ...