Study on the relationship of El Niño and La Niña occurrences to biomass burning in the Philippines for the years 2005 and 2006

Authors

Billy Joel Santos Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Emilio C. Gozo Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Nofel Lagrosas Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Jeffrey S. Reid Naval Research Laboratory, CA, United States

Abstract

Relationship between occurrence of biomass burning and the Oceanic Niño index (ONI) and Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) in the years 2005 to 2006 was investigated using geostationary satellite data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The data were gathered and accessible through the Fire Locating and Modeling of Burning Emissions (FLAMBE) project’s website. To study the effects of La Niña and El Niño on the occurrences of biomass burning, graphs and records of biomass burning occurrences in the Philippines were generated. The results showed that in late 2005 and early 2006, when the ONI was negative and the SOI value was positive, biomass burning in the country decreased.

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Issue

2007: Proceedings of the 25th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2007-2G-01

Section

Instrumentation and Environmental Physics

Published

2007-10-24

How to Cite

[1]

BJ Santos, EC Gozo, N Lagrosas, and JS Reid, Study on the relationship of El Niño and La Niña occurrences to biomass burning in the Philippines for the years 2005 and 2006, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 25, SPP-2007-2G-01 (2007). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2007-2G-01.