Land Surface Temperature Anomalies in Central Asia: A Regional Analysis - 2001-2014.

Abstract

This study analyzes day and night times mean monthly anomalies of Land Surface Temperatures in Central Asia Region from 2001 to 2014 based on the raster datasets derived from TERRA-MODIS observations. The results shows that larger proportion of the total area experienced fluctuations between -10 degrees and 5 degrees Celsius in both day and night times temperatures during the winter months. Most of the summer months show frequent annual swaps of these anomalies but the number of years recording higher temperatures in larger proportion of the region are more than those recording lower temperatures. The analysis of overall maximum, minimum and mean day and night time temperature anomalies shows that most of the areas experienced extreme anomalies up to minus 12 degrees and plus 12 degrees at one or the other time. The composite results show that only a few areas having continuously high anomalies up to 2.5 degrees whereas most of the areas experienced temperature decrease up to -2.5 degree Celsius..