Mitigating the Climate Forcing of Aircraft Contrails by Small-Scale Diversions and Technology Adoption
Roger Teoh, U. Schumann, Arnab Majumdar, Marc Stettler
Abstract
emissions, would reduce contrail EF by 20.0% [17.4, 23.0%]. In the longer term, widespread use of new engine combustor technology, which reduces BC particle emissions, could achieve a 68.8% [45.2, 82.1%] reduction in the contrail EF. A combination of both interventions could reduce the contrail EF by 91.8% [88.6, 95.8%].
Topics & Concepts
Radiative forcingEnvironmental scienceMeteorologyForcing (mathematics)AviationAtmospheric sciencesCirrusFuel efficiencyClimatologyAerosolAerospace engineeringGeographyEngineeringPhysicsGeologyAdvanced Aircraft Design and TechnologiesAir Traffic Management and OptimizationVehicle emissions and performance