Climate change in the Philippines in the past 50 years

摘要：

The Philippines being an archipelago with one of the longest coastlines in the world is highly vulnerable to the potential impacts of climate change. At present, it is already susceptible to extreme weather and climate events. Studies of historical records of the country show that signals of a changing climate. The annual average mean temperature has risen by 0.64 ℃ during the last fifty years. From 1960 to 2003, significant increases in the frequency of hot days and warm nights in many areas of the country have been noted while cool days and cold nights have been seen to be generally decreasing. Changes in the amount and intensity of rainfall were not statistically significant. For tropical cyclones, no significant trend in Che number of cyclones forming in or entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in the past 58 years (1948-2005).

关键词： climate change eztreme climate events PAR tropical cyclone ENSO

作者: Flaviana Hilario Rosalina De Guzman Edna Juanillo Thelma Cinco

作者单位: Philippine Atmospheric,Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA),Science Garden Complex,BIR Road,Diliman,Quezon City 1100,Philippines

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The Four Conference of Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources(亚太地区水文水资源协会第4届科学大会)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 296-300

在线出版日期: 2008-11-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）