Estimation of Influence of Oil Pollution on Water-Heat Regime of Atlantic Current of the Gulf Stream

Based on the radiative heat-transfer concept for the energetic 50-m ocean layer whose upper subsurface layer is a water-oil emulsion that is considered as the light-scattering and absorption medium, the water-heat regime of the oil-polluted surface layer is investigated. The influence of increase in fluxes of solar radiation reflected and absorbed by a layer of water-oil emulsion on the temperature maximum in the near-surface layer and the decrease in warming-up of deep layers is established. Results of the performed analysis show that the oil pollution playing the role of thermal insulation restricts the surface evaporation during the calm but with the rough weather it contributes to nucleation and strengthening of hurricanes, and the process of dissipation of thermal energy of the overheated ocean-surface layer influences the formation of dehydrated air fluxes and causes the precipitation deficit on the European continent and the probable fall of temperature related to the reduction in the mean temperature of the Atlantic current of the Gulf Stream.