Using a Pervasive Computing Environment to Identify Secondary Effects of the Antarctic Ozone Hole
Author(s) -
Luiz Angelo Steffenel,
Manuele Kirsch Pinheiro,
Damaris Kirsch Pinheiro,
L Pérez
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
procedia computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 76
ISSN - 1877-0509
DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2016.04.215
Subject(s) - ozone depletion , ozone layer , computer science , ozone , polar vortex , latitude , population , environmental science , meteorology , physics , astronomy , environmental health , medicine
Ozone Secondary Effects (OSE) are characterized by the depletion of the ozone layer in medium latitude areas, triggered by the movement of the polar vortex borders over these regions. These air masses may remain in transit from 7 to 20 days after their separation from the vortex and reach inhabited latitudes, causing a temporary reduction in the total column ozone (TCO) over these areas. Detecting such events may help alerting the population and the local authorities on upcoming augmentations in the UV irradiation. In this work we describe our efforts to design a HPC application for OSE detection. This application runs on a pervasive environment, being therefore capable of adapting to the available computing resources of the researchers and institutions interested in such information
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