Periodic Reporting for period 1 - AEROPLANE (Advancing mEasures to Reduce aviatiOn imPact on cLimate and enhAnce resilieNce to climate-changE)
Berichtszeitraum: 2023-09-01 bis 2024-08-31
1- Identifying the needs of different aviation stakeholders through interviews
2- Translating these needs into clear scientific questions that guides the direction of the scientific advancements pursued by the project
3- Producing the scientific advancements necessary to generate the solution to the stakeholders’ needs and pain points, and co-design with them such a solution.
The main achievements include:
- The analysis of seasonally and spatially resolved occurrence frequency of embedded contrails and generation of seasonal maps.
- The quantification of the effect of embedded contrails on the properties of cirrus clouds (cloud optical depth, ice crystal number concentration, ice crystal radius)
- The initiation of the assessment of the radiative effect of embedded contrails and their climate impact.
- The production of informed recommendations based on a quantitative assessment of the ability of different climate metrics to accurately measure the climate impact of flights.
- The production of insightful statistics of take-off distance required for future higher temperatures at each of the 30 ECAC airports selected for analysis.
- The collection of User needs mapped into technical, functional and non-functional requirements of the Integrated Toolkit for aviation to be developed in the second part of the project.
- The seasonal occurrence maps of embedded contrails and the properties of the cirrus clouds.
- The recommendations on the ability of different climate metrics to accurately measure the climate impact of flights.
- The forecasts of temperature and wind change at 30 selected ECAC airports in future climate compared to historical conditions.
- The production of insightful statistics of take-off distance required for future higher temperatures at each of the 30 ECAC airports selected for analysis.