HURRICANE SUPPRESSION BY SEA SURFACE COOLING

Author

LaRosa, Richard

Author_Institution

sealevelcontrol.com, Hempstead

fYear

2006

fDate

5-5 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Hurricane intensification can be prevented by cooling critical areas of the sea surface. Deep cold water can be pumped up and distributed at the surface through long perforated fabric hoses. Water overlying the Gulf Coast continental shelf from Texas to the Florida Keys can be cooled by water pumped from 200-meter depth using electric power transmitted by sub-sea cables from the shore grid. Portions of the Gulf of Mexico´s Loop Current and its warm-core eddies might be cooled by moored pumping stations powered by Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC).

Keywords

ocean temperature; ocean thermal energy conversion; oceanographic regions; storms; Gulf Coast continental shelf; Gulf of Mexico; Loop Current; Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion; Texas; deep cold water; hurricane intensification; hurricane suppression; moored pumping stations; sea surface cooling; sea surface temperature; warm-core eddies; water overlying; Cooling; Energy conversion; Fabrics; Hoses; Hurricanes; Ocean temperature; Power systems; Sea surface; Tides; Underwater cables;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, 2006. LISAT 2006. IEEE Long Island

Conference_Location

Long Island, NY

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0300-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0300-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LISAT.2006.4302662

Filename

4302662