Forecasting Hydrological Disaster Using Environmental Thermographic Modeling

Abstract EN

The concept of thermographic model is new to environmental studies.

Its mode of operation is fairly synonymous to the operational technique of the regular thermography machine.

The location of the study area is between latitudes 8°24′N and 9°20′N of the equator and between longitudes 7°30′E and 8°48′E of the Greenwich Meridian.

The subsoil for the soil samples was identified within the particles range 63 ± 3% sand, 28 ± 5% clay, 6 ± 2% silt, 0.9 ± 0.3% organic carbon, and 1 ± 0.2% organic matter.

Field work was carried out and the measurements obtained were validated using satellite data.

At shallow ground depth, the thermal diffusivity is not proportional to either the increase or the decrease in the ground temperatures.

Features of the temperature anomaly showed strange shifts per month within 2012.

The environmental thermographic model (ETM) can be adopted by meteorological ground stations to investigate the net radiation over the land.

The ability of the ETM could be extended to monitoring ground anomalies like fractures of basic rocks amongst others.