Open AccessDiurnal Variations in Soil Temperature during Lockdown amid COVID-19 Pandemic in Mid Hills of Rajouri District, Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory, India
Author(s) -
Rohit Sharma,
Vishaw Vikas,
Mahender Singh,
Deepak Kumar,
Vikas Sharma,
Vishal Sharma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current journal of applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2457-1024
DOI - 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i3030975
Subject(s) - standard deviation , covid-19 , mean value , pandemic , diurnal temperature variation , maximum temperature , statistics , environmental science , veterinary medicine , demography , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , mathematics , climatology , geology , medicine , meteorology , geotechnical engineering , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology
Aim: A preliminary analysis was done to evaluate the impact of lockdown on soil temperature at different depths and comparison with year 2018 and 2019.
Methodology and Results: In order to describe the basic features of the data in study, descriptive statistics method was opted. The deviation in soil temperature from mean value at 5 cm depth observed during lockdown was -8.58 % and -4.77 % compared to year 2018 and 2019. However the deviation observed from mean value at 10 cm depth was -10.72 % and -9.28 %. The deviation from mean value at 20 cm depth observed was -2.34 % and -1.98 %.
Conclusion: The study concluded that due to lockdown, there was significant change in soil temperature values at variable depths compared to year 2018 and 2019 in the study region.