Mean temperature in a closed basin by remote sensing

Summary In this paper a procedure to determine the mean vertical temperature in a closed shallow basin will be presented. The procedure is based on the remotely observed surface temperature implemented by a calibration point at which usual meteorological measurements are performed. By the energy conservation equation applied at the calibration point the behaviour of the mean vertical temperature is obtained. Field measurement have been performed (June 1987) in a basin called Comacchio Valley (Italia). Experimental results are shown. This work has been in part supported by the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy. The VAX 11/750 of the Centro Interdipartimentale di Calcolo Automatico ed Informatica Applica (CICAIA) of the University of Modena, Italy, has been used.