CLIMATOLOGY

• Climate


  The long-term patterns of weather in a particular area
• Climatology

  A scientific discipline dedicated to studying the atmosphere and long-term weather phenomena
• RA no. 9729 aims to integrate disaster risk reduction measures into climate change adaptation plans, development and poverty reduction programs
• Anemometer

  A device that detects wind speed by utilizing a spinning wheel mechanism
• The National Climate Change Action Plan aims to address the country's vulnerabilities to climate change by integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation into national and local planning processes
• The Climate Change Commission is the agency responsible for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in the Philippine- TRUE
• Regional Climatology

  The branch of Climatology that aims to determine various types of world climates by summarizing typical weather conditions and climate of a region
• Climate change is the long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns- TRUE
• Physical Climatology

  The branch that investigates the physical mechanisms governing changes in climate
• Deforestation

  Refers to the purposeful clearing or thinning of trees and forests contributing to climate change
• El Niño

  The adverse effect of climate change that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean