Aerial thermography studies of power plant heated lakes

Eliel Villa-Aleman; Alfred J. Garrett; Robert J. Kurzeja; Malcolm M. Pendergast

doi:10.1117/12.381571

30 March 2000 Aerial thermography studies of power plant heated lakes

Eliel Villa-Aleman, Alfred J. Garrett, Robert J. Kurzeja, Malcolm M. Pendergast

Proceedings Volume 4020, Thermosense XXII; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.381571
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Remote sensing temperature measurements of water bodies is complicated by the temperature differences between the true surface or `skin' water and the bulk water below. Weather conditions control the reduction of the skin temperature relative to the bulk water temperature. Typical skin temperature depressions range from a few tenths of a degree Celsius to more than one degree. In this research project, the Savannah River Technology Center used aerial thermography and surface-based meteorological and water temperature measurements to study a power plant cooling lake in South Carolina. Skin and bulk water temperatures were measured simultaneously for imagery calibration and to product a database for modeling of skin temperature depressions as a function of weather and bulk water temperatures. This paper will present imagery that illustrates how the skin temperature depression was affected by different conditions in several locations on the lake and will present skin temperature modeling results.

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Eliel Villa-Aleman, Alfred J. Garrett, Robert J. Kurzeja, and Malcolm M. Pendergast "Aerial thermography studies of power plant heated lakes", Proc. SPIE 4020, Thermosense XXII, (30 March 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.381571

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