2.5 Acknowledgements

The radar data for this analysis were provided by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA, http://pagasa.dost.gov.ph). The rain gauge data were kindly provided by the Philippine government’s Project NOAH (National Operational Assessment of Hazards, http://noah.dost.gov.ph). The study was also funded through Project NOAH, as well as by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) through the PROGRESS project (http://www.earth-in-progress), and through the GeoSim graduate research school (http://www.geo-x.net/geosim).