Category: Technology

Maya-1 is the Philippines’ first cube satellite (CubeSat). It is is one of the three CubeSats under the BIRDS-2 project of the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) in Japan. You may want to read: Mayang Pula...

The ULAT Project Understanding Lightning and Thunderstorm (ULAT) ULAT project aims to leverage weather and lightning data by observing extreme weather events to further improve the country’s weather forecasts. The project’s initiatives can help the lives of the Filipino people by...

Mapping of Burnt Areas in Kabayan Benguet Did you know that satellite images play a big role in identifying and assessing damage from disasters? Diwata-2 captured the February 2020 forest fire in Benguet that approximately burned 2,714.59 hectares, excluding other possibly...

Philippine Groundwater Outlook or PHIGO Groundwater monitoring is critical in ensuring water quality and quantity in every region. This is an essential component in environmental information system and decision making. The fact that water is one of our primary needs, the...

Turbidity in Laguna de Bay Have you ever heard of spatiotemporal monitoring? Spatiotemporal monitoring is a technique to capture several images at different times in a given period. An example of this is the images taken by Diwata-1 and Sentinel-3 of...