System and method for decreasing the intensity and frequency of tropical storms or hurricanes

摘要

Submarines are provided with bluff-shaped surfaces and/or fins used for 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. By coordinating a number of submarines to traverse a region of a tropical storm or ahead of a hurricane the cooled water reduces the amount of heat energy available to fuel the intensity and movement of storms. A perforated plate of approximately 100 m×100 m is used, with or without fins, to mix layers of water by creating sufficient turbulence to create eddies up to 50 m. Submarines are used to entrain fluid motion to induce anti-cyclonic vorticity in the body of water.

主权项

1. A system for cooling a section of a large body of water forming an upper warmer layer of water and a cooler lower layer of water, comprising:
a) a plurality of submarines at predetermined positions in a section of the large body of water each submarine being provided with propulsion means for propelling the submarine along a desired course and maneuvering control means for controlling the orientation of the submarine while being propelled; and b) at least one turbulence generating device substantially stationary relative to the submarine during use when attached to each of the submarines and configured and arranged for increasing turbulence with substantially no net change in lift when submerged in addition to any turbulence that may be created by said submarine and said propulsion and maneuvering control means, said predetermined positions being selected so that when said plurality of submarines follows a predetermined path through the section of the large body of water at a selected speed sufficient to create at least 10 m eddy turbulence and mix the warmer upper layer of the section of the large body of water with water from the cooler lower layer of the section of the large body of water as a result of movement of said at least one turbulence generating device through a thermocline layer of the section of the large body of water, mixing is achieved by generating eddy turbulence while upwardly displacing sufficient cooler water into the upper warmer layer of water to lower the temperature of the upper layer in the section over an area corresponding to a core region of a hurricane.