Country Report: Geoss-Related Activities in the Philippines

The 7th GEOSS Asia Pacific Symposium/ The 10th Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI) Meeting Tokyo, Japan 26 - 28 May 2014

COUNTRY REPORT: GEOSS-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES

ANA LIZA S. SOLIS Climate Monitoring and Prediction Center PAGASA-DOST

PAGASA - DOST OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

EXTREME FLOOD /DROUGHT EVENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

GEOSS-RELATED ACTIVITIES

CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND WAY FORWARD

PAGASA - DOST PAGASA IN A NUTSHELL

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) - Presidential Decree No. 78 (Dec. 1972) as amended by PD No. 1149 (June 1977) PAGASA is an attached agency of the PAGASA Headquarter Department of Science and Technology Agham Road, Diliman, QC. (DOST) The Philippines, through the PAGASA, is a Member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized body of the United Nations.

MISSION To provide weather, flood, climate and astronomical products and services to promote the people’s safety and well-being, and contribute to national development.

PAGASA - DOST BACKGROUND

Geographical Location of the Philippines The Philippines climate is influenced by the complex interactions of various factors such as:  Philippine Geography and Topography  Ocean currents  Semi-permanent cyclones and anti- cyclones  Principal Air Streams  Linear systems  Tropical Cyclones  ENSO PAGASA - DOST GEOSS-RELATED ACTIVITIES

• DATA ACCESS, COLLECTION, Observation networks

• KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND CAPACITY BUILDING • ENHANCEMENT OF WEATHER FORECASTING CAPABILITIES

• STRENGHTENING FLOOD MONITORING, FORECASTING & WARNING SYSTEM

• R&D: STRENGTHENING SUPPORT TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURES and DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PAGASA - DOST BACKGROUND EXTREME FLOOD EVENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES • 1972 flood in Central Luzon – due to 4 storms in July to August • 1979 flood in Bulacan due to unprecedented spill of Angat dam • 1991 flash flood in Ormoc City due to Typhoon Uring • 2004 flood in Pangasinan & Pampanga and flash floods in Infanta & Quezon provinces due to passages of Typhoons Violata, Winnie and Yoyong • 2006 floods/flashflood in Albay due to passage of Typhoon (Durian) • 2008 floods/flashflood in Panay Island due to passage of Typhoon Frank (Fengshen) • 2009 floods in Metro Manila & surrounding provinces & Pangasinan due to spill of San Roque dam • 2011 floods in Central Luzon (Typhoons Pedring & Quiel) and Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities (Tropical Storm Sendong) • 2012 floods in Metro Manila & surrounding provinces due to the surge of the Southwest monsoon • Severe Flooding occured on August 6-8, 2012 due to Southwest Monsoon (as enhanced by Typhoon Haikui) • Severe Flooding occured on August 17-21, 2013 due to Southwest Monsoon (as enhanced by Typhoon Trami) • Storm surge occured at Eastern Visayas due to Typhoon Haiyan (Nov. 8, 2013) PAGASA - DOST

BACKGROUND

PAGASA - DOST BACKGROUND MAJOR DROUGHT EVENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Lowest level of Angat Dam (multi- purpose) – 157.56 m (July 2010)

PAGASA - DOST DATA COLLECTION NETWORK in the PH

58 Synoptic stations

23 Agromet stations

155 Automatic Weather Stations

6 Upper air stations

10 Doppler radars

2 Marine bouys

1 Wind Profiler Integrated High Power Computing (IHPC) Facility 5 telemetered major river basins

6 telemetered major dams

4 Satellite receivers

Strengthening the Capacity of Science and mathematics Teachers on Disaster Risk Reduction and

PAGASA Management in Regions 9, 10, 11 and 12) – April-May 2012: Hydrometeorology Division DATA COLLECTION NETWORK in the PH

Strengthening the Capacity of Science and mathematics Teachers on Disaster Risk Reduction and

PAGASA Management in Regions 9, 10, 11 and 12) – April-May 2012: Hydrometeorology Division “tracking the sky…helping the country” “tracking the sky…helping the country” “tracking the sky…helping the country” PAGASA - DOST Rolling-out of Climate Change Projection Scenarios Information –CMIP3 & CMIP5

Seasonal Climate Forecast

New Climate Forecast Products (i.e. Temperature, Dry Days, etc.)

Drought Early Warning and Monitoring System using remotely sensed-data

“tracking the sky…helping the country” CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND WAY FORWARD . Establishment of FFWS Centers (buildings) in the other 13 major river basins in the country River Basin Location Area, km2 18 Major river basins

1 Abulog Luzon 3,372

2 Abra Luzon 5,125

3 Panay Visayas 1,843

4 Jalaur Visayas 1,503

5 Ilog-Hilabangan Visayas 1,945

6 Agusan Mindanao 10,621

7 Agus-Lake Lanao Mindanao 1,645

8 Cagayan de Oro Mindanao 1,521

9 Tagum-Libuganon Mindanao 3,064

10 Davao Mindanao 1,623

11 Buayan-Malungun Mindanao 1,434

12 Taglaoan Mindanao 1,704 “tracking the sky…helping the country” 13 Mindanao Mindanao 23,169 CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND WAY FORWARD

. Operationalization of the Project “Establishment of Early Warning & Monitoring System for Metro Manila” EFCOS Monitoring & Warning system

KOICA2 Project

Integration of existing & proposed monitoring systems – Resilience project (UNDP-CIDA) KOICA Monitoring & warning system“tracking the sky…helping the country” CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND WAY FORWARD

Participation in the implementation of Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazard s (NOAH)

Eight(8) component projects under the NOAH program

1) Hydro met Sensors Development, 2) DREAM-LIDAR 3-D Mapping Project, 3) Flood NET-Flood Modeling Project, 4) Hazards Information Media, 5) Enhancing Geo-hazards Mapping through LIDAR, 6) Doppler System Development, 7) Landslide Sensors Development Project, and; 8) Storm Surge Inundation Mapping Project.

“tracking the sky…helping the country” The country’s warning agencies: PAGASA and PHIVOLCS Risk Knowledge

Hydrometeorological Hazard Maps

Storm Hazard Map

Flood/Flashflood Hazard Maps Flood/Flashflood Hazard Map CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND WAY FORWARD

• Sentinel Asia 3 Experimental Operation: Landslide and Flood Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) - Sentinel Asia (SA) /PHIVOLCS, 2013-2014

• Strengthening Capacity of Comprehensive Data Management of Flood Forecasting and Warning System (FFWS) through Strategic Formulation of Hydrometeorological Information System, JICA – TCP, 2014-2017

“tracking the sky…helping the country” CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND WAY FORWARD

• ICHARM project: Flood and drought risk assessment in the Pampanga river basin

Counterpart: PAGASA and others (about SOUSEI project and new PWRI’s recovery planning project)

PROJECT DURATION: 2014 (Mission duration) . Capacity Development for Flood Risk Management with Integrated Flood Analysis System(IFAS) -JICA, (2012) . Continue flood hazard mapping activities (1:10K) . Integration and harmonization of activities under various local & foreign- assisted project which will are on-going and to be implemented in 2014 . Adoption of the newly upgraded Dam & Flood warning protocols . Promotion of Community Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) “tracking the sky…helping the country” CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND WAY FORWARD

• Establishment of Local Fire Danger Rating System utilizing MODIS data and NWP products • FAO-AMICAF Project for Food Security Issues

“tracking the sky…helping the country”

Website: www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ pagasa.dost.gov.ph

Twitter: @dost_pagasa Typhoon Flood +632-9271541 +632-9266970 +632-9271335 +632-9204052 Climate IEC +632-4351675 +632-4342696 +632-4340955 +632-9279308 “tracking the sky…helping the country” Mobile Radar

Mobile radar – can be deployed quickly in cases where meteorological alerts occur in areas with significant hydrological risk, as an important tool for civil protection emergencies

“tracking the sky…helping the country” QTY. / PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES/PROJECTS UNIT Satellite & Data Center Building (Satellite Antenna Farm) 1 National Meteorological Climate Center Building 1 VSAT Interconnectivity 5 Scientific / Technical Equipment - Wind Tunnel 1 - Forecaster's Workstation 2 - Enhancement of Aeromet Services 1 - Early Warning System for Major River Basins 18 - Telescope dome 1 - Upper-air Station 1 - Automatic Weather Station (AWS) 10 - Mobile Radar 1 - Meteorological Buoy 2 - Unified Information System 1 “tracking the sky…helping the country” System Configuration Diagram Establishment of Communication,

Ocean and Intranet

Meteorological DSS

Firewall L4 Switch Web/Was Satellite Server DRS DAS NCR L2 Switc L3 10G Ethernet Switch

L2 Switch Surv& Analysis NAS Storage Cntl 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet Network DAS DPS DMS Backup

SM LTO Tape R&D DB Server Backup Tns/Rcv Clustering

4Gbps Storage SAN Area Network Switch

SAN Storage

“tracking the sky…helping the country” Participation in the implementation of National Operational Assessment of Hazard (NOAH)

Eight(8) component projects under the NOAH program

“tracking the sky…helping the country”

Participation in the implementation of National Operational Assessment of Hazard (NOAH)

Eight(8) component projects under the NOAH program

“tracking the sky…helping the country”

CRITERIA for Dry Spell/Drought Monitoring

Description of Rainfall Category Criteria Condition

1 to 2 months of below normal rainfall - below normal MODERATE condition (41 – 80% of normal rainfall)

3 consecutive months of below normal - below normal DRY SPELL rainfall condition (41 – 80% of normal rainfall)

3 consecutive months of way below - way below normal DROUGHT normal rainfall condition (< or = 40% of normal rainfall)

5 consecutive months of below normal - below normal DROUGHT rainfall condition (41 – 80% of normal rainfall)

“tracking the sky…helping the country” •The Philippines is affected by an increase in extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, floods, monsoons, ITCZ and severe weather system.

• Tropical cyclones are now more diverse, complex and associated with heavy rainfall and strong winds producing more damage, thus the following actions must be done:

- Map out the areas at risk to natural hazards; - Undertake Community-based early warning system for high risk areas; - Make people aware of the disaster risk; - Improve community preparedness and resilience; - Define clear roles and responsibilities and wide participation of all stakeholders;

• Information and communications technology (ICT) plays an important role in disaster risk reduction and management;

• We cannot afford to be complacent on the dangers of these hazards;

• We must play our part to have a SAFER community…Now is the time to act.

“tracking the sky…helping the country”

Website: www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ pagasa.dost.gov.ph

Twitter: @dost_pagasa Typhoon Flood +632-9271541 +632-9266970 +632-9271335 +632-9204052 Climate IEC +632-4351675 +632-4342696 +632-4340955 +632-9279308 “tracking the sky…helping the country”