Climatological Characteristics of the Monsoon Breaks during the Southwest Monsoon Season of the Philippines

• Main Authors: Olaguera, Lyndon Mark P., Manalo, John A., Matsumoto, Jun
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: BSISO; monsoon break; Philippines; Climate; Meteorology; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Physics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/physics-faculty-pubs/144; https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8129
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This study investigates the climatological characteristics of the monsoon breaks during the southwest monsoon season (June–September) of the Philippines from 1979 to 2020. The monsoon break is defined as a period when the average rainfall across the eight western coast stations of the Philippines de...