Method for decreasing the intensity and frequency of tropical storms or hurricanes
OwnerLawrence Sirovichinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Modification of tropical storms or hurricanes by mixing the upper layer of a section of a body of water with water from a lower section of the body of water. Rapidly mixing the warmer upper layer with the cooler lower layer cools the surface of the water, thereby reducing the amount of heat energy available to fuel the intensity and movement of storms. By cooling selected sections of water, the frequency, intensity or direction of storms may be altered. In one embodiment of the invention, a bluff shaped object is attached to a submarine to facilitate rapid mixing of the upper and lower layers of the body of water.
Claims17
A method for decreasing one of intensity and frequency of a storm passing over a body of water forming an upper warmer layer of water and a cooler lower layer of water, said method comprising the steps:
- a) attaching a turbulence generating device having a bluff-shaped surface to at least one sea vessel disposed in the body of water;
- b) transporting the bluff-shaped device through the body of water at a selected speed sufficient to generate eddy turbulence;
- and
- c) mixing the warmer, upper layer of water of at least one section of the body of water with water from the cooler, lower layer of the body of water as a result of movement of the bluff-shaped device through a thermocline layer of the body of water and the generation of said eddy turbulence, said selected speed being greater that the speed of movement of a forming hurricane, the mixing being achieved by upwardly displacing cooler water into the upper warmer layer of water and mixing the cooler and warmer layers by means of said eddy turbulence to lower the temperature of the upper layer in said at least one section over an area corresponding to a core region of a hurricane.
A method for cooling a section of a body of water forming an upper warmer layer of water and a cooler lower layer of water, comprising the steps of:
- a) locating a plurality of submarines at predetermined positions in a section of the body of water;
- b) affixing a turbulence generating device having a bluff-shaped surface to each of the submarines;
- and
- c) directing the plurality of submarines to follow a predetermined path through the section of the body of water at a selected speed to generate eddy turbulence;
- and
- d) mixing the warmer upper layer of the section of the body of water with water from the cooler lower layer of water of the section of the body of water as a result of movement of the bluff-shaped devices through a thermocline layer of the section of the body of water and the generation of said eddy turbulence, said selected speed being greater that the speed of movement of a forming hurricane, the mixing being achieved by upwardly displacing cooler water into the upper warmer layer of water and mixing the cooler and warmer layers by means of said eddy turbulence to lower the temperature of the upper layer in the section over an area substantially corresponding to a core region of a hurricane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.