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possible to predict mean monthly tank temperatures. The RM was fitted to the
Genosar 1997/98 winter data, utilizing regression analysis. The resulting values for the
four coefficients are: (β−η)/αc=–2.43, (1–γ)/αc=6.55, αwτc=0.6 and β=0.3. The
calibrated RM was then tested with the 1998/99 data from Genosar and Eilat (Table
1).
Table 1: Measured and predicted water temperature of covered tanks. First two data
sets were used for training.
Location Period Measured
temperature
[ o C]
4
Predicted
temperature
[ o C]
Deviation
[ o C]
Deviation
Genosar Jan 98 18.3 18.2 0.1 0.5
Genosar Feb 98 19.6 19.6 0.0 0.0
Genosar Jan 99 19.7 18.8 0.9 4.6
Genosar Feb 99 20.5 20.2 0.3 1.5
Eilat Jan 99 22.2 22.0 0.2 0.9
Eilat Feb 99 21.3 21.3 0.0 0.0
Table 1 shows that the RM produced good predictions (less than 1 o C deviation
from measured values) of tank temperature.
In conclusion it seems that the EM can be used to estimate energy fluxes and the
RM can be used to predict water temperatures in covered aquaculture tanks.
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