期刊名称：International Research Journal of Environmental Sciences
电子版ISSN：2319-1414
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：5
页码：63-67
语种：English
出版社：International Science Community Association
摘要：Atmospheric temperature is the important phenomenon that determines and changes the weather pattern of a place. Studies regarding the climates of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka are very less compared to other disciplines. But climate influences all aspects in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. In this context the main objective of this paper is to identify the spatial and temporal patterns of the temperature of the northern region of Sri Lanka. Data related to temperature of the study area have been collected from Department of Meteorology, from all available stations of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 2014. Data from the Statistical Handbook of the Planning branch of the Northern Provincial Council also helped to contact this study. Data have been analyzed using excel work sheet and results were mapped using ARC GIS 9.1 version. Average mean temperature of the study area is 28.4 degree Celsius. But it varies from month to month, season to season and place to place. Seasonally the highest air temperature is recorded during the South West Monsoon Season and the lowest air temperature is recorded during the North East Monsoon Season. The hottest month of the study area is July and the coolest month is December. Spatially the western part of the study area receives the higher extent of temperature than the eastern part of the study area.
关键词：Temperature;Northern Province;Spatial;Seasons and Variations
