
TL;DR
This paper explores practical methods to weaken or quench hurricanes using ocean cooling and submarine-induced mixing, supported by novel modeling and analysis of energy requirements and potential impacts.
Contribution
It introduces a new exact solution model for hurricane dynamics and assesses the feasibility of hurricane mitigation strategies involving ocean cooling and submarine technology.
Findings
Cooling deep ocean water can weaken hurricanes before landfall.
High-performance submarines could potentially reduce hurricane strength.
A 20% reduction in maximum wind speed can halve hurricane destructive costs.
Abstract
Based on realistic estimates of geophysical conditions it is demonstrated that by practical means; (1) the intensity of a hurricane can be diminished before making landfall; (2) and other circumstances, a potential hurricane might be quenched before achieving critical strength. Under the first strategy, cold deep ocean water cools the hurricane track to weaken it. Analyses are facilitated by derivation of a novel exact solution that models a tropical depression, a mesoscale eddy, and the eye of a hurricane. Under the second strategy, it is shown. the threat of a tropical depression can be diminished, in a timely manner. Estimates of the power needed to perform timely ocean mixing show that this might be accomplished by high-performance submarines, and an exceptional coefficient of performance, O(10^4). The destructive power of a hurricane is functionally related to its maximal wind…
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Taxonomy
TopicsTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research · Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing · Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
