Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-653-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-653-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
Brief communication
 | 
13 Mar 2013
Brief communication |  | 13 Mar 2013

Brief communication "Using the new Philippine radar network to reconstruct the Habagat of August 2012 monsoon event around Metropolitan Manila"

M. Heistermann, I. Crisologo, C. C. Abon, B. A. Racoma, S. Jacobi, N. T. Servando, C. P. C. David, and A. Bronstert

Abstract. From 6 to 9 August 2012, intense rainfall hit the northern Philippines, causing massive floods in Metropolitan Manila and nearby regions. Local rain gauges recorded almost 1000 mm within this period. However, the recently installed Philippine network of weather radars suggests that Metropolitan Manila might have escaped a potentially bigger flood just by a whisker, since the centre of mass of accumulated rainfall was located over Manila Bay. A shift of this centre by no more than 20 km could have resulted in a flood disaster far worse than what occurred during Typhoon Ketsana in September 2009.

How to cite. Heistermann, M., Crisologo, I., Abon, C. C., Racoma, B. A., Jacobi, S., Servando, N. T., David, C. P. C., and Bronstert, A.: Brief communication "Using the new Philippine radar network to reconstruct the Habagat of August 2012 monsoon event around Metropolitan Manila", Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 653–657, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-653-2013, 2013.
Received: 30 Aug 2012 – Revised: 11 Jan 2013 – Accepted: 22 Jan 2013 – Published: 13 Mar 2013
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