Climate and Global Dynamics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Observations and Modeling Laboratories, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Chieh-Chieh Chen
Climate and Global Dynamics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Observations and Modeling Laboratories, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Charles G. Bardeen
Climate and Global Dynamics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Observations and Modeling Laboratories, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant economic disruption in 2020 and severely impacted air traffic. We use a climate model to evaluate the effect of the reductions in aviation on climate in 2020. Contrails, in general, warm the planet, and COVID-19-related reductions in contrails cooled the land surface in 2020. The timing of reductions in aviation was important, and this may change how we think about the future effects of contrails.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant economic disruption in 2020 and severely impacted air...
