By : Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, October 3, 2022
The company Digital Earth Solutions has developed a new program capable of predicting how a spill on the ocean surface will behave in three to five days, according to EFE’s general director, Juan Roos.
[post_relacionado]The new software predicts in less than five minutes the movement of an oil spill in the open sea in order to avoid its extension, contamination and reduce socioeconomic and environmental costs.
Thus, from this emerging company they design a forecast of its displacement at the mercy of marine currents, waves, tides and wind, which allows action to contain it.
Although they not only work with hydrocarbons, they also predict the “drifting movement of plastics, algae and even human bodies,” Roos said, both to find out their future trajectory and their origin.
The software used today, according to Roos, takes “a few hours” to predict the movement of particles in the ocean, since they use “old methods without incorporating the mathematical advances of the last fifteen years”, in contrast to five minutes in which this program is capable of doing.
Likewise, the software also allows to reduce costs, since the precise and immediate knowledge of how the spill or the particles will behave allows “concentrating the collection efforts” to cut collection costs by 20% and reduce collection costs by 70%. environmental impact as well as the socioeconomic impact -of industries or port, fishing or tourist companies affected by the spill-.
Currently, its developers are studying how to “automate” this software so that the client is able to use the map to “enter the amount of discharge, its density and the place to obtain the simulation” without having to contact this company directly to order the prognosis, which would speed up the process.
This material from the notitarde.com portal was edited for clarity, style and length.
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