%0 Journal Article
%T Lagrangian Model PETROMAR-3D to Describe Complex Processes in Marine Oil Spills
%A Amilcar E. Calzada
%A Iv¨¢n Delgado
%A Carlos Ramos
%A Frank P¨¦rez
%A Dail¨ªn Reyes
%A Dayana Carracedo
%A Alejandro Rodr¨ªguez
%A Dayron Chang
%A Javier Cabrales
%A Alexander Lobaina
%J Open Journal of Marine Science
%P 17-40
%@ 2161-7392
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojms.2021.111002
%X The version 2.1 of PETROMAR-3D model,
created in the Center for Marine Meteorology of the Meteorology Institute of
Cuba, is presented. This Lagrangian model has been designed to describe the
physical processes of marine oil spills in the face of multiple scenarios of
the marine environment. Although it is applicable to any part of the world, it
is mainly designed for inter-American seas. The novelty has been to integrate
the processes of drift and weathering into a model, with updated methods that
incorporate 3D phenomena, a very favorable situation to achieve an operating
system in Cuba and the region for the immediate and medium term. Python was
chosen as the programming language because it has advanced libraries for
numerical modeling, automation work and other useful tools for pre-and
post-processing. By means of adapters, an important number of atmospheric,
hydrodynamic and wave models have been considered to create the scenarios
efficiently. The modular distribution in which the code has been created
facilitates its use for other dispersion analysis and biophysical applications.
Finally, a set of simple images are presented, aimed at informing
decision-makers in order to mitigate the effects of the spill on the
environment.
%K Oil Spill Modeling
%K Lagrangian Model
%K Inter-American Seas
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=106388