Spatial and Temporal Changes of Air Temperature in Sri Lanka
| dc.contributor.author | Manawadu, L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-10T04:52:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-10T04:52:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this paper is to find some concrete evidence of changing pattern of air temperature in Sri Lanka using secondary data available in different government and non-government organizations. The daily air temperature data (during the period 1961-2001) collected from the Meteorological Department and daily surface temperature data (during the period 1881-1981) collected from the NASA web site are the main data sources. 2 In addition to the GIS techniques such as surface interpolation, summarized by zones and geo-statistics, Regression and Time-series Analysis were used to achieve the set objectives. The study identified that the average temperature has increased in some areas such as Nuwara-Eliya, Anuradhapura, Colombo, Maha-Illuppallama, Hambanthota and Angunukolapalassa in Sri Lanka whilst some observatories depicted a declining trend of temperature and the area under high temperature is expanding. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Environment and Development of Sri Lanka - Volume of Felicitation for Professor Jayanthi De Silva, Department of Geography, University of Colombo. Colombo. 2010. pp.1-13 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk/handle/70130/3811 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Geography, University of Colombo. Colombo. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Global Worming | en_US |
| dc.subject | Air Temperature | en_US |
| dc.subject | Surface Interpolation | en_US |
| dc.title | Spatial and Temporal Changes of Air Temperature in Sri Lanka | en_US |
| dc.type | Research paper | en_US |