COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE SIMULATION OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION EVENTS

Abstract

The present work briefly details the theoretical aspects of numerical methods
for the simulation of turbulent transport and dispersion of gases into the atmospheric
boundary layer. Later, we show some laboratory experiments of plume dispersion emitted
from contaminant sources and the results of the computational simulation tool in comparison
with laboratory simulations. Finally, we present a simulation of a hypothetical delocalisation
of an open dump close to the city of Paraná in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. The
results shown include gas concentrations, as well as their geographical distribution from a
downwind source, under the most unfavourable meteorological situation.