Presentations

Project Rain Gauge: Rainfall Monitoring Workshop

Science and Math teachers from 17 partner schools under the Smart Schools Program attended a workshop on Rainfall Monitoring last August 22, 2007 as part of their participation in Project Rain Gauge, a joint undertaking of Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) and Manila Observatory’s KLIMA Climate Change Center, in cooperation with the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and the Department of Education.

Held at the Manila Observatory inside the Ateneo De Manila University campus, the workshop consisted of exercises on rain gauge reading and data collection and recording. Resource persons from the Manila Observatory, KLIMA and PAGASA shared their expertise on various related topics which included climate change, rainfall monitoring uses and methods, climate modeling and forecasting, rain gauge monitoring protocol, importance of local weather monitoring, and disaster risk management.