The Effect of Ocean Thermal Power Plants on the Thermodynamic Characteristics of the Marine Atmosphere: Some Preliminary Results from a One-Dimensional Model,

Abstract

A one-dimensional model consisting of conservation equations for momentum, moisture, and thermodynamic energy in the cloud-free marine atmosphere is constructed and used to investigate the effect of sea surface temperature perturbations on the local thermodynamic characteristics of the atmosphere. It is found that for perturbations in the range that would be produced by Ocean Thermal Power Plants, the average temperature and specific humidity in the marine boundary layer vary linearly with the sea surface temperature with slopes of 0.8 C/C and 0.6 g/kg/C respectively. The total heat flux at the sea surface is also found to vary almost linearly with the sea surface temperature in the range with a slope of 31 cal/cm/day/C.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 20, 1977
Accession Number
ADA064790

Entities

People

  • R. Michael Clancy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Cumulus Clouds
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Geostrophic Wind
  • Grids
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Latent Heat
  • Marine Atmospheres
  • Radiation
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Steady State
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermal Power Plants
  • Water Vapor
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Oceanography.