  By coupling radiation transfer calculations to hydrodynamic simulations,
there have been major advancements in understanding the long Gamma Ray Burst
(LGRB) prompt emission. Building upon these achievements, we present an
analysis of photospheric emission acquired by using the Monte Carlo Radiation
Transfer (MCRaT) code on hydrodynamic simulations with variable jet profiles.
MCRaT propagates and Compton scatters individual photons that have been
injected into the collimated outflow in order to produce synthetic light curves
and spectra. These light curves and spectra allow us to compare our results to
LGRB observational data. We find excellent agreement between our fitted time
resolved $\beta$ parameters and those that are observed. Additionally, our
simulations show that photospheric emission, under certain conditions, is able
to create the observationally expected Band $\alpha$ parameter. Finally, we
show that the simulations are consistent with the Golenetskii correlation but
exhibit some strain with the Amati and Yonetoku correlations.
