Climate-optimized trajectories and robust mitigation potential: Flying ATM4E

S Matthes, B Lührs, K Dahlmann, V Grewe, F Linke… - Aerospace, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aviation can reduce its climate impact by controlling its CO2-emission and non-CO2 effects,
eg, aviation-induced contrail-cirrus and ozone caused by nitrogen oxide emissions. One …

A scalable system to measure contrail formation on a per-flight basis

S Geraedts, E Brand, TR Dean… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Persistent contrails make up a large fraction of aviation's contribution to global warming. We
describe a scalable, automated detection and matching (ADM) system to determine from …

[HTML][HTML] Linear contrails detection, tracking and matching with aircraft using geostationary satellite and air traffic data

R Chevallier, M Shapiro, Z Engberg, M Soler… - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate impact models of the non-CO 2 emissions of aviation are still subject to significant
uncertainties. Condensation trails, or contrails, are one of these non-CO 2 effects. In order to …

[HTML][HTML] Robust 4D climate-optimal aircraft trajectory planning under weather-induced uncertainties: Free-routing airspace

A Simorgh, M Soler, S Dietmüller, S Matthes… - … Research Part D …, 2024 - Elsevier
The non-CO 2 climate impact of aviation strongly relies on the atmospheric conditions at the
time and location of emissions. Therefore, it is possible to mitigate their associated climate …

[HTML][HTML] Newly developed aircraft routing options for air traffic simulation in the chemistry–climate model EMAC 2.53: AirTraf 2.0

H Yamashita, F Yin, V Grewe, P Jöckel… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
Aviation contributes to climate change, and the climate impact of aviation is expected to
increase further. Adaptations of aircraft routings in order to reduce the climate impact are an …

Climate impact mitigation potential of European air traffic in a weather situation with strong contrail formation

B Lührs, F Linke, S Matthes, V Grewe, F Yin - Aerospace, 2021 - mdpi.com
Air traffic contributes to anthropogenic global warming by about 5% due to CO2 emissions
and non-CO2 effects, which are primarily caused by the emission of NOx and water vapor as …

Biofuels in Aviation: Exploring the Impact of Sustainable Aviation Fuels in Aircraft Engines

R Khujamberdiev, HM Cho - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This comprehensive review examines the role of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) in
promoting a more environmentally responsible aviation industry. This study explores various …

A python library for computing individual and merged non-CO2 algorithmic climate change functions: CLIMaCCF V1.0

S Dietmüller, S Matthes, K Dahlmann… - Geoscientific Model …, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
Aviation aims to reduce its climate impact by adopting trajectories, that avoid those regions
of the atmosphere where aviation emissions have a large impact. To that end, prototype …

Operational Improvements to Reduce the Climate Impact of Aviation—A Comparative Study from EU Project ClimOP

ZL Zengerling, S Dal Gesso, F Linke, M Clococeanu… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aviation significantly contributes to anthropogenic radiative forcing with both CO 2 and non-
CO 2 emissions. In contrast to technical advancements to mitigate the climate impact …

Comparison of Actual and Time-Optimized Flight Trajectories in the Context of the In-Service Aircraft for a Global Observing System (IAGOS) Programme

O Boucher, N Bellouin, H Clark, E Gryspeerdt… - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
Airlines optimize flight trajectories in order to minimize their operational costs, of which fuel
consumption is a large contributor. It is known that flight trajectories are not fuel-optimal …