Cover Page
Report Documenttation Page
Table of Content
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Record of Changes
1. The Philippine Islands
   1.1 General Introduction
   1.2 Philippine Geography and Topography
   1.3 Meteorological Stations of the Philippine Islands
2. Seasonal Climatology
   2.1 Introduction
   2.2 Southwest Monsoon
      2.2.1 June-November (Months of Heavier Precipitation)
   2.3 Tropical Cyclones
      2.3.1 Introduction
      2.3.2 Tropical Cyclone "Thumb Rules"
   2.4 Northeast Monsoon and the Trade Wind Regime
      2.4.1 December-May (Months of Lighter Precipitation)
3. Typhoon (and other) Forecasting
   3.1 The Danger of Volcanic Ash to Aviation
   3.2 JTWC Bulletins
   3.3 Forecasting Philosophies
      3.3.1 Formation
      3.3.2 Movement
      3.3.3 Intensity
   3.4 Recent Tropical Cyclones Striking the Philippine Islands
      3.4.1 Typhoons striking Luzon
      3.4.2 . Tropical Storm and Super Typhoon striking Visayas
      3.4.3 Tropical Cyclones striking Mindanao
   3.5 Case Studies using NOGAPS
      3.5.1 Typhoon Eli, 9-13 July 1992
      3.5.2 Typhoon Bobbie, 23-27 June 1992
      3.5.3 An Atypical Southwest Monsoon Surge, 8-18 August 1992
      3.5.4 Southwest Monsoon Surge "Snapshot", 4 September 1992
      3.5.5 Northeast Monsoon Cold Surge, 6-8 February 1992
      3.5.6 Lessons Learned while preparing Case Studies
4. Geological Structure and Physical Oceanography
   4.1 Geological Structure
   4.2 Ocean Parameters
      4.2.1 Introduction
      4.2.2 Ocean Parameters by Region
      4.2.2.AWestern Philippine Sea
      4.2.2.B South China Sea (northern portion)
      4.2.2.C Sulu Sea
      4.2.2.DLuzon Strait (Bashi Channel)
      4.2.2.E Shallow Seas (between islands)
5. Oceanic Aspects of Operational Weather Forecasting
   5.1 lntroduction
   5.2 Seasonal and Regional Variations
   5.3 Ocean Currents and Associated Fronts
   5.4 Marine Planetary Boundary Layer
   5.5 Introduction to Electro-Optical and Electromagnetic Conditions
      5.5.1 E-O and the Atmosphere as a Medium
      5.5.2 Comments on E-O/EM and Atmospheric Interactions
      5.5.3 High Energy Laser
      5.5.4 Forward Looking Infrared
      5.5.5 Radar and Microwave
      5.5.6 Elevated and/or Surface Based Ducts
      5.5.7 Forecast Aids for Elevated and/or Surface Based Ducts
   5.6 Regional Atmospheric Circulation Patterns
      5.6.1 Northeast Monsoon
      5.6.2 Shear Lines
      5.6.3 Tropical Waves (or Waves in the Easterlies)
      5.6.4 Southwest Monsoon
      5.6.5 Cloudiness
      5.6.6 Visibility
      5.6.7 Thunderstorms
      5.6.8 Turbulence
   5.7 Forecast Aids for Oceanic Areas East of the Philippines
      5.7.1 Forecasting Movement of Shear Lines
      5.7.2 Intertropical Convergence Zone
      5.7.3 Tropical Waves (or Waves in the Easterlies)
References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
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