Abstract
The microclimate of the Wright Valley, one of the so-called dry valleys of southern Victoria Land, was investigated in the course of an Italian expedition (November 1976–January 1977) financed by Italy's National Research Council and furnished with logistical support by New Zealand's Scott Base (Carlo Stocchino, meteorologist, leader; Enrico Rossi, meteorologist, Italian Navy; Ivo Di Menno, technician; Walter Bonatti, climber). In the course of the expedition, the vertical temperature and the wind profiles of the surface layer of the atmosphere were measured at a single ground site in the Wright Valley. These measurements, combined with data on the principal meteorological parameters, made it possible to calculate the surface heat balance.
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