University of Santo Tomas Grants Workshop
Abstract
In addition to being a long-standing and reliable U.S. partner in the Southeast Asia- Paciffic, the Philippine Republic continues to serve as a convenient testing platform for many ONR, MARFORPAC and ONRG research technologies. The Philippine Straits Experiment (PhilEx), the five year study of the Philippine archipelagic straits, was an example of this type of collaboration. PhilEx included joint research cruises through the archipelago and supported the use of HF radar sites and provided graduate students from the University of the Philippines (Diliman) opportunities to conduct some of the research for their graduate degrees at US institutions. Coordinated planning between ONR and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) enabled aircraft and ocean vessels to drop gear in front of typhoons – enabling PAGASA to receive typhoon data in realtime. A special issue of Oceanography1highlighted the joint venture of US and Philippine researchers in this collaboration. The 7 Seas project which used satellite data to investigate the impacts of aerosol particles on weather in the South East Asian environment2 is another example of this on-going U.S. - Philippine.More recently, the effort to assist scientists at research institutions (e.g., Manila Observatory) to make use of High Frequency radar data to help track typhoon progression is yet another example of this type of U.S. – Philippine collaboration or partnership. The collaboration will also leverage the results of other ONRG funded international research to make use of HF radar systems over-the-horizon capability to monitor sea level vertical displacement and thus potentially serve as a tsunami early warning system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 26, 2017
- Source ID
- N62909151C130
Entities
People
- Bernhard Egwolf
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Santo Tomas