Abstract

VALDES-MANZANILLA, Arturo; FERNANDEZ-GARCIA, Germán; RAMOS-HERRERA, Sergio  and  BAUTISTA-MARGULIS, Raúl G. Simulation of the spatial distribution of SO₂ emitted by large fixed sources during 2003 at northwestern Chiapas and central Tabasco, Mexico. Rev. Int. Contam. Ambient [online]. 2008, vol.24, n.2, pp.71-77. ISSN 0188-4999.

The CALPUFF dispersion model was used to simulate the spatial distribution of the SO₂ emitted by Petróleos Mexicanos' (PEMEX) gas-processing complexes in Cactus, NW Chiapas, Nuevo PEMEX and Ciudad PEMEX, in central Tabasco, during 2003. It was found that the zone with the highest concentrations of SO₂ is located SW from the PEMEX facilities. The zone, where the World Health Organization's norm for SO₂ is surpassed (20 µg/m³), includes the city of Reforma, Chiapas and Ciudad PEMEX, Tabasco.

Keywords : air quality; sulfur dioxide; emissions; models.