Observations and model predictions of water skin temperatures at MTI core site lakes and reservoirs

Alfred J. Garrett; Robert J. Kurzeja; Byron Lance O'Steen; Matthew J. Parker; Malcolm M. Pendergast; Eliel Villa-Aleman; Mary A Pagnutti

doi:10.1117/12.437012

20 August 2001 Observations and model predictions of water skin temperatures at MTI core site lakes and reservoirs

Alfred J. Garrett, Robert J. Kurzeja, Byron Lance O'Steen, Matthew J. Parker, Malcolm M. Pendergast, Eliel Villa-Aleman, Mary A Pagnutti

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Proceedings Volume 4381, Algorithms for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery VII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.437012
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) measured water skin temperatures at four of the Multi-spectral Thermal Imager (MTI) core sites. The depression of the skin temperature relative to the bulk water temperature ((Delta) T) a few centimeters below the surface is a complex function of the weather conditions, turbulent mixing in the water and the bulk water temperature. Observed skin temperature depressions range from near zero to more than 1.0 degree(s)C. Skin temperature depressions tend to be larger when the bulk water temperature is high, but large depressions were also observed in cool bodies of water in calm conditions at night. We compared (Delta) T predictions from three models (SRTC, Schlussel and Wick) against measured (Delta) T's from 15 data sets taken at the MTI core sites. The SRTC and Wick models performed somewhat better than the Schlussel model, with RMSE and average absolute errors of about 0.2 degree(s)C, relative to 0.4 degree(s)C for the Schlussel model. The average observed (Delta) T for all 15 databases was -0.7 degree(s)C.

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Alfred J. Garrett, Robert J. Kurzeja, Byron Lance O'Steen, Matthew J. Parker, Malcolm M. Pendergast, Eliel Villa-Aleman, and Mary A Pagnutti "Observations and model predictions of water skin temperatures at MTI core site lakes and reservoirs", Proc. SPIE 4381, Algorithms for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery VII, (20 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.437012

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