Newsletter: Ateneo scientists investigate continent-wide ‘moisture conveyor belt’ behind extreme monsoon rains

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Danika Geronimo, Ateneo Research Communications

Weather scientists have long known that typhoons even hundreds of kilometers away from the Philippines can interact with the southwest monsoon, resulting in days-long heavy rains. But the exact dynamics of this relationship have remained largely unknown until recently.

Newsletter: Ateneo, Manila Observatory track down elusive rain-triggering ‘shear lines’

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Danika Geronimo, Ateneo de Manila University Research Communications

Much of the heavy rains that hit the Philippines during the Amihan northeast monsoon season between November and March are triggered by “shear lines”: kilometers-long bands of converging warm and cold air that are constantly shifting and difficult to spot even via satellite.