Journal Article
Annual and Seasonal Variation of the Ocean Thermal Resources off the Mexican Coast
Carlos Melecio Carmona-Cedillo; Armando Trasviña-Castro; Valeria Chávez; Rodolfo Silva
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering · Vol. 12, Issue 7 · pp. 1160 · 2024
Abstract
A large amount of thermal energy is stored in the oceans between the tropics, available for conversion into electrical energy using OTEC technology. The aim of this study was to determine the annual and seasonal variability of the oceanic thermal resource in Mexico. Using the WOA18 database, we mapped surface temperature at a 10 m depth, deep cold water (