Abstract
Abstract The microclimate of Taylor Valley, one of the so‐called dry valleys of southern Victoria Land, was investigated in the course of an Italian expedition (Dec. 1, 1973 to Sept. 1, 1974) financed by Italy's National Research Council and furnished with logistical support by New Zealand's Scott Base. In the course of the expedition, vertical temperature profiles of the ground layer of the atmosphere were measured at a single ground site in Taylor Valley, and a helicopter was used for an infrared radiometric survey of the entire valley. The temperature measurements, combined with data on the principal meteorological parameters, made it possible to determine the thermal fields at the air‐ground interface and to calculate the surface heat balance. The technique, combining a radiometric survey with an in situ vertical profile of the ground‐layer temperature, may prove useful in other areas for which no systematic meteorological observations are available. (Dr. Stocchino participated in the fieldwork; Dr. Colacino collaborated in the analysis of the data. The paper was translated from an Italian‐language manuscript.)
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