MODEL FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING DRIFTING OBJECTS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE MARINE CURRENTS.

Abstract

Prediction of the evolution of oil spills, movements of drifting objects, possible trajectories of larval drift, possibility of responding to rescue work such as: shipwreck rescue; arrivals of narcotics packages, clarification of criminal acts induced by ocean currents and the prevailing weather conditions in the area, has become an important priority for the country.

The mathematical models developed to date are complex, expensive, very sophisticated and require powerful computer technologies to operate to reduce scenario run times and provide timely information.

The country does not have a system for monitoring and controlling drifting objects under the influence of surface marine currents based on direct measurements, which is easy to assimilate by any user even if they do not have a training profile in the specialty of oceanography or another related science, which allows decision-making in the event of disaster events and dangers, due to the arrival of drifting objects on our coasts and which is sometimes neither timely nor effective to foresee or minimize economic, material, environmental and vital in key sectors such as defense, tourism, fishing or oil prospecting.

The general objective was aimed at developing a model for determining the movement of drifting objects in the sea that allows for quick and easy decision-making in the event of any contingency.