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MITIGATING ADVERSE COASTAL UPWELLING EFFECTS WITH AN ARTIFICIAL DOWNWELLING SYSTEM
The disclosure provides a method and means to promote green infrastructure and agriculture, reduce the incidence of forest fires in arid and semi-arid coastal regions, and mitigate harmful algal blooms. An artificial downwelling system, for example, can include one or more free-floating, self-propelled, or anchored wave-inertia pumps. In one embodiment, the wave-inertia pumps may be deployed on the oceanic side of an upwelling front. For example, the wave-inertia pump may pump warm surface water to deeper cold layers (e.g., below a sheared pycnocline of upwelling water) to disrupt the coastal upwelling. In some embodiments, a productivity of the artificial downwelling system can be controlled through remote telemetry, telecommand, and/or electromechanical tools. The artificial downwelling system may, for example, be powered by wave energy, and can be controlled using a telemechanical system powered by wind energy, and/or solar panel energy backed by electrical batteries. Various embodiments may advantageously reduce the offshore atmosphere pressure difference and occasions of significant wind events.
MITIGATING ADVERSE COASTAL UPWELLING EFFECTS WITH AN ARTIFICIAL DOWNWELLING SYSTEM
The disclosure provides a method and means to promote green infrastructure and agriculture, reduce the incidence of forest fires in arid and semi-arid coastal regions, and mitigate harmful algal blooms. An artificial downwelling system, for example, can include one or more free-floating, self-propelled, or anchored wave-inertia pumps. In one embodiment, the wave-inertia pumps may be deployed on the oceanic side of an upwelling front. For example, the wave-inertia pump may pump warm surface water to deeper cold layers (e.g., below a sheared pycnocline of upwelling water) to disrupt the coastal upwelling. In some embodiments, a productivity of the artificial downwelling system can be controlled through remote telemetry, telecommand, and/or electromechanical tools. The artificial downwelling system may, for example, be powered by wave energy, and can be controlled using a telemechanical system powered by wind energy, and/or solar panel energy backed by electrical batteries. Various embodiments may advantageously reduce the offshore atmosphere pressure difference and occasions of significant wind events.
MITIGATING ADVERSE COASTAL UPWELLING EFFECTS WITH AN ARTIFICIAL DOWNWELLING SYSTEM
SOLOVIEV ALEXANDER V (author)
2024-03-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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