Abstract
Ocean – Atmosphere interactions have been
increasingly acknowledged to play an important role in climate
change. It is necessary to understand ocean behavior, including
the Sea Surface Temperature (SST) that is a basis for initiating
atmospheric model and climate change studies [1]. The study
presents analysis of monthly average SST from 2001 to 2015
using MODIS (onboard Terra) data with spatial resolution of 4
km along Extended Economic Zone (EEZ) of Pakistan (i.e. 19.15◦
N – 25.15◦ N and 61.30◦ E – 68.00◦ E). The results show negligible
increasing trend of mean SST during study period that is
consistent with recent global findings. Further, the nature of
temporal trend of SST leads us to build a statistical model by
applying Fourier fit of order 4. For the purpose, MODIS SST
data from 2001 to 2011 is used for calibration and rest is used for
validation. The results reveal significant accuracy with Squared
Pearson Correlation coefficient of 0.89 and root mean squared
error of 0.59 ◦C. All the results have been obtained with 95%
confidence level.
Shaikh Abdullah, Akhtar Ali Memon, Mehwish Shafi Khan, Matee ul Haq, Muhammad Mansha. (2017) Spatio-Temporal Trend Analysis of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Over Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Pakistan, Journal of Space Technology , Volume 7, Issue 1.
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