Design Principles for a Contrail-Minimizing Trial in the North Atlantic
The aviation industry has committed to decarbonize its CO2 missions. However, there has been much less industry focus on its non-CO2 emissions, despite recent studies showing that these account for up to two-thirds of aviation’s climate impact. Parts of the industry have begun to explore the feasibi...
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ftdlr:oai:elib.dlr.de:187426 2023-05-15T17:30:37+02:00 Design Principles for a Contrail-Minimizing Trial in the North Atlantic Molloy, Jarlath Teoh, Roger Harty, Seán Koudis, George S. Schumann, Ulrich Poll, D. I. A. Stettler, Marc E. J. 2022 application/pdf https://elib.dlr.de/187426/ https://elib.dlr.de/187426/1/Molloy_Teoh_Harty_Koudis_Schumann_Poll_Stettler_Design%20Principles%20for%20a%20Contrail-Minimizing%20Trial%20in%20the%20North%20Atlantic_aerospace-2022.pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9070375 en eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) https://elib.dlr.de/187426/1/Molloy_Teoh_Harty_Koudis_Schumann_Poll_Stettler_Design%20Principles%20for%20a%20Contrail-Minimizing%20Trial%20in%20the%20North%20Atlantic_aerospace-2022.pdf Molloy, Jarlath und Teoh, Roger und Harty, Seán und Koudis, George S. und Schumann, Ulrich und Poll, D. I. A. und Stettler, Marc E. J. (2022) Design Principles for a Contrail-Minimizing Trial in the North Atlantic. Aerospace, 9 (375), Seiten 1-17. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi:10.3390/aerospace9070375 <https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9070375>. ISSN 2226-4310. cc_by CC-BY Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre Zeitschriftenbeitrag PeerReviewed 2022 ftdlr https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9070375 2022-07-31T23:13:23Z The aviation industry has committed to decarbonize its CO2 missions. However, there has been much less industry focus on its non-CO2 emissions, despite recent studies showing that these account for up to two-thirds of aviation’s climate impact. Parts of the industry have begun to explore the feasibility of potential non-CO2 mitigation options, building on the scientific research undertaken in recent years, by establishing demonstrations and operational trials to test parameters of interest. This paper sets out the design principles for a large trial in the North Atlantic. Considerations include the type of stakeholders, location, when to intervene, what flights to target, validation, and other challenges. Four options for safely facilitating a trial are outlined based on existing air-trafficmanagement processes, with three of these readily deployable. Several issues remain to be refined and resolved as part of any future trial, including those regarding meteorological and contrail forecasting, the decision-making process for stakeholders, and safely integrating these flights into conventional airspace. While this paper is not a formal concept of operations, it provides a stepping stone for policymakers, industry leaders, and other stakeholders with an interest in reducing aviation’s total climate impact, to understand how a large-scale warming-contrail-minimizing trial could work. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic German Aerospace Center: elib - DLR electronic library Aerospace 9 7 375 |
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The aviation industry has committed to decarbonize its CO2 missions. However, there has been much less industry focus on its non-CO2 emissions, despite recent studies showing that these account for up to two-thirds of aviation’s climate impact. Parts of the industry have begun to explore the feasibility of potential non-CO2 mitigation options, building on the scientific research undertaken in recent years, by establishing demonstrations and operational trials to test parameters of interest. This paper sets out the design principles for a large trial in the North Atlantic. Considerations include the type of stakeholders, location, when to intervene, what flights to target, validation, and other challenges. Four options for safely facilitating a trial are outlined based on existing air-trafficmanagement processes, with three of these readily deployable. Several issues remain to be refined and resolved as part of any future trial, including those regarding meteorological and contrail forecasting, the decision-making process for stakeholders, and safely integrating these flights into conventional airspace. While this paper is not a formal concept of operations, it provides a stepping stone for policymakers, industry leaders, and other stakeholders with an interest in reducing aviation’s total climate impact, to understand how a large-scale warming-contrail-minimizing trial could work. |
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Design Principles for a Contrail-Minimizing Trial in the North Atlantic |
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