Fig. 1: Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) resources in the observation and climate model simulations. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) resources in the observation and climate model simulations.

From: Growth of ocean thermal energy conversion resources under greenhouse warming regulated by oceanic eddies

Fig. 1

a Global OTEC power potential derived from the observation (gray), high-resolution Community Earth System Model (CESM-H) (red), and ensemble mean of the coupled global climate models (CGCMs) in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) (blue). The shading corresponds to the standard error of the CMIP6 CGCM ensemble mean. The numbers on the top left corner show the slope of linear trends of global OTEC power potential over different periods along with its standard error. b–d Geographic distribution of time-mean (1992–2021) OTEC power potential density in the observation, CESM-H and CMIP6 CGCM ensemble mean, respectively. e–h Same as a–d but for the OTEC resources within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The black solid lines encompass the EEZ across the globe.

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