Acid rain diffusion based on vulnerable zone classifications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsManikandan Padmanaban, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Jagabondhu Hazra
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Abstract
A computer implemented method for selective diffusion of acid rain. A number of processor units identifies concentrations of acidic gases using a set of satellite images. The number of processor units locates hot spots on a land using the concentrations of acidic gases. The number of processor units classifies the hot spots on the land into vulnerable zones having vulnerable zone classifications. The number of processor units determines cloud seeding materials and alkaline compounds known for the vulnerable zones to selectively diffuse the acidic gases and cause precipitation in the vulnerable zones based on the vulnerable zone classifications for the vulnerable zones.
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A computer implemented method for selective diffusion of acid rain, the computer implemented method comprising:
- identifying, by a number of processor units, concentrations of acidic gases using a set of satellite images;
- locating, by the number of processor units, hot spots on a land using the concentrations of the acidic gases, wherein the concentrations of the acidic gases are three dimensional column average concentrations of a vertical distribution of the acidic gases throughout an atmosphere over the land;
- classifying, by the number of processor units, the hot spots on the land into vulnerable zones having vulnerable zone classifications;
- determining, by the number of processor units, cloud seeding materials and alkaline compounds known to selectively diffuse the acidic gases and cause precipitation in the vulnerable zones based on the vulnerable zone classifications for the vulnerable zones;
- deploying, by the number of processor units, cloud seeding units with the cloud seeding materials and the alkaline compounds to the vulnerable zones to perform cloud seeding in the vulnerable zones;
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- directing, by the number of processor units, the cloud seeding units to perform the cloud seeding with the cloud seeding materials and the alkaline compounds such that the precipitation occurs in the vulnerable zones.
A computer system comprising:
- a number of processor units, wherein the number of processor units executes program instructions to:
- identify concentrations of acidic gases using a set of satellite images;
- locate hot spots on a land using the concentrations of the acidic gases, wherein the concentrations of the acidic gases are three dimensional column average concentrations of a vertical distribution of the acidic gases throughout an atmosphere over the land;
- classify units, the hot spots on the land into vulnerable zones having vulnerable zone classifications;
- determine cloud seeding materials and alkaline compounds known for the vulnerable zones to selectively diffuse the acidic gases and cause precipitation in the vulnerable zones based on the vulnerable zone classifications for the vulnerable zones;
- deploy cloud seeding units with the cloud seeding materials and the alkaline compounds to the vulnerable zones to perform cloud seeding in the vulnerable zones;
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- direct the cloud seeding units to perform the cloud seeding with the cloud seeding materials and the alkaline compounds such that the precipitation occurs in the vulnerable zones.
A computer program product for selective diffusion of acid rain, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer system to cause the computer system to:
- identify concentrations of acidic gases using a set of satellite images;
- locate hot spots on a land using the concentrations of the acidic gases, wherein the concentrations of the acidic gases are three dimensional column average concentrations of a vertical distribution of the acidic gases throughout an atmosphere over the land;
- classify the hot spots on the land into vulnerable zones having vulnerable zone classifications;
- determine cloud seeding materials and alkaline compounds known for the vulnerable zones to selectively diffuse the acidic gases and cause precipitation in the vulnerable zones based on the vulnerable zone classifications for the vulnerable zones;
- deploy cloud seeding units with the cloud seeding materials and the alkaline compounds to the vulnerable zones to perform cloud seeding in the vulnerable zones;
- and
- direct the cloud seeding units to perform the cloud seeding with the cloud seeding materials and the alkaline compounds such that the precipitation occurs in the vulnerable zones.
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