3-D air pollution transmission path identification

A computer-implemented method for determining a main transmission path of a polluted air mass comprising:

• determining, by a processor, a current 3-D contour of pollution at an initial location and an initial time instant, said current 3-D contour having one or more cubic volumes of polluted air based on measured particulate concentration levels of an air mass at said initial location;
• computing, by the processor, based on a received wind field condition data, an estimated 3-D contour of pollution for a next time instant and at a next destination location, said next destination determined based on estimated transport destinations of one or more cubic volumes of polluted air of said current 3-D contour from the initial location due to a wind field condition;
• determining, by the processor, a next current 3-D contour of pollution at the next destination location and at said next time instant, said next current 3-D contour having one or more cubic volumes of polluted air based on new measured particulate concentration levels of an air mass at said next destination location;
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• determining, by the processor, a transport path of said polluted air mass from the initial location to the next destination location at said next time instant, said determining based on a degree of transport weight overlap between cubic volumes of polluted air corresponding to the estimated 3-D contour of pollution at said next destination location and cubic volumes of polluted air corresponding to said determined current 3-D contour at said next time instant;
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• iterating, using the processor, at each of next successive time instances and locations, the computing of an estimated 3-D contour of pollution to determine a transport path of said polluted air mass, subject to said wind field condition, at each successive next location;
• connecting, using the processor, each transport path of said polluted air mass determined at each iteration to determine a main transmission path of said polluted air mass from said initial location to a final location;
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• dynamically controlling a source of pollution configured to provide said concentration levels of particulates observed in said air mass at said initial location, wherein said dynamically controlling comprises:
• obtaining a past main transmission path of a polluted air mass between initial and final locations based on historic wind and meteorological condition data;
• comparing a current input real-time wind condition data against said similar historic wind condition data;
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• controlling an increase or decrease an amount of particulates generated at said pollution source based on said comparing.