Trajectory forecast of the pollutants plume generated by the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base
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The Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model was used to determine the trajectory of the pollutants from the accident at the supertanker base in the city of Matanzas. This model builds the trajectories that the particles follow depending on the meteorology, the height that you want to simulate that trajectory and the initial coordinates of it. The modeling was calculated for the first six days that pollutants were emitted into the atmosphere as a result of this accident, although these pollutants suffer different transformations as they move through the atmosphere, know the place and the movement of this air mass it´s a very important tool for decision makers in cases where is required an instantaneous action. The input meteorological data selected was from the GFS because it has shown the best outputs respect to the other input meteorological options. The height chosen for the modeling it was selected according to the visual observations of one of the authors and the director of the Bainoa meteorological station, who compared the height of the plume with the base of the medium and low clouds.
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