Coastal sensitivity evaluation for the impact of hydrocarbons spills
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The Environmental Sensitivity Index (ISA) maps constitute a very useful computer tool for disaster surveillance and mitigation institutions, in situations of impacts of oil spills against the coastal zone. At a global level there are different procedures for its preparation, according to the standards created by the Asociación Regional de Empresas del Sector Petróleo, Gas y biocombustibles en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (ARPEL), la Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), la Nacional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Petróleos Brasileiros S.A. (PETROBRAS). Each one responds to patterns of technological development, which do not correspond to Cuba's infrastructure. The objective of this project is to evaluate existing methodologies and create one of our own for Cuba. In this first stage tested for the coastal stretch from Havana Bay to the Bacunayagua inlet, an area known as the Northern Cuban Oil Strip (FPNC), where the main gas-oil deposits in Cuba and one of the largest maritime corridors for the transfer of oil are located. Hydrocarbons within the Strait of Florida. The evaluation included oceanological, geomorphological, sedimentological, economic, meteorological, environmental aspects, satellite image processing, mathematical modeling and other information of interest for the Cuban coastal area.
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