A statistical analysis of the monthly mean maximum air temperature in Colombo, Sri Lanka
| dc.contributor.author | Hewapathirana, T.K. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-19T04:50:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-19T04:50:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study was carried out to fit a mathematical model to describe the variation pattern of monthly mean maximum air temperature in Colombo in order to predict the future values. Monthly mean maximum temperature values for a period of over 35 years were used for the analysis : Time series statistical methods were considered to study the trend and seasonal , cyclic and irregular components. The long term pattern in tlie variation of,monthly mean maximum temperature in Colombo appears to be dominated by a pronounced seasonal effect. The highest seasonal effect was found to be in March . It was found that the temprature of a particular month depends on the lagged temperature values of the two preceding months. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hewapathirana, T.K. 2003. A statistical analysis of the monthly mean maximum air temperature in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Journal of Science of the University of Kelaniya, 01: 35-47. | |
| dc.identifier.department | Statistics | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | ISSN 1391-9210 | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/4228 | |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Science of the University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka | en_US |
| dc.subject | Time series analysis; seasonal variation; cyclic variation; residuals; decomposition method | en_US |
| dc.title | A statistical analysis of the monthly mean maximum air temperature in Colombo, Sri Lanka | |
| dc.type | article | en_US |