Analytical Method of Land Surface Temperature Prediction

Abstract

In this paper, we formulated a model for the prediction of Land Surface Temperature (LST) using the Analytical Method, with the incorporation of atmospheric scale height. The following parameters were considered, meridional wind speed “v”, scale height of pressure difference “H”, coriolis force “f”, time “t”, gravitational force “g” and temperature “T”. The novelty of this study centers on the attempt to predict and analyze the behaviour of LST for a particular area using shallow water equation. The result revealed that the Land Surface Temperature increases with decrease in altitude, and this re- affirms the efficiency of Shallow Water Equation in making accurate predictions of the Land Surface Temperature.