Philippine Wind Information for Engineering, Research, and Mitigation

by Ronwaldo Emmanuel R. Aquino, 2005, Report submitted to the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program on Wind Effects on Buildings and Urban Environment at Tokyo Polytechnic University (COE-TPU), Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan.  Official link to the document is found [here].


Abstract: The Philippines is considered to be the most disaster-prone country in the 20th century, and wind storms rank 1st as worst natural disaster, with an annual average of 20 tropical cyclones passing the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), 9 of which are landfalling. While there is much attention to the effect of devastating earthquakes, which ranks as 2nd worst natural disaster in the Philippines, there are numerous sources of available wind information for engineering, research, and mitigation. These information such as
available wind speed data, and wind-induced damage information are presented and discussed in this report, including how these may be used for engineering and mitigation, and for future research studies on wind engineering in the Philippines.

Keywords: PAR, NSCP, PAGASA, NDRB, OCD-NDCC, PICE-DMAPS and DQRP