NICOP - Satellite Validation and Climatological Analysis of the Different Factors that Affect the Rainfall Variability of the Philippines
Abstract
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Departmental Research Initiative (DRI) Propagation of Intra-seasonal Tropical Oscillations (PISTON) program aims to improve understanding of tropical convection and the role of air-sea and land-sea interactions in tropical archipelagos. PISTON will coincide with the Clouds, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes-Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex), a proposed NASA airborne project in2018 that aims to understand the role of natural and anthropogenic aerosol particles inmodulating the frequency of precipitation in the vicinity of the Philippines during the southwest monsoon season. Given the sensitivities of aerosol-cloud interaction to variability in meteorology and PISTON~s main goal of improving our understanding of tropical convection, both field campaigns will coordinate very closely in synergy with the ~Year of the Maritime Continent~, a concerted effort of international investigators focusing on the Maritime Continent region for the year 2017 ~ 2018. The geographic focus of PISTON and CAMP2Ex is the vicinity of the Philippine Archipelago. The complex meteorology and chemistry of this tropical region make it an attractive natural laboratory for investigating the role of aerosol particles in the formation of cloud systems. In preparation for these planned field campaigns in 2018, this proposal focuses on (1) understanding the climatological characteristics of the study region, and (2) providingpreparatory logistical work necessary for a successful field campaign such as assessing possible sites for ancillary ground-based instrumentation deployment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 03, 2017
- Source ID
- N629091712035
Entities
People
- James Bernard Simpas
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy