Author(s)

Manuel Muriel-García¹, Rosa María Cerón-Bretón², Julia G. Cerón-Bretón^2*

¹Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Ciudad del Carmen, México.
²Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Carmen, Ciudad del Carmen, México.

An integral analysis of Air Pollution in the Gulf of Mexico was made considering pollutants emissions assessment and diagnosis; air pollution monitoring; and modeling of air pollution dispersion. Combustion sources considered in this work were: thermoelectric power plants and open flares; and pollutants considered were sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxides, particulate matter (PM₁₀ and PM_2.5), Total suspended particles (TSP) and carbon monoxide (CO). This study made evident a lack of more recent information and a homogenization in emissions factors in order to know the conditions of air pollution in the Gulf of Mexico in a more reliable way.

Air Pollution, Dispersion Models, Air Pollution Monitoring, Gulf of Mexico

Muriel-García, M. , Cerón-Bretón, R. and Cerón-Bretón, J. (2016) Air Pollution in the Gulf of Mexico. Open Journal of Ecology, 6, 32-46. doi: 10.4236/oje.2016.61004.