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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10919-2022
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Research article
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29 Aug 2022
Research article |
| 29 Aug 2022
| 29 Aug 2022
Aviation contrail climate effects in the North Atlantic from 2016 to 2021
Roger Teoh
Centre for Transport Studies, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Ulrich Schumann
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und
Raumfahrt, 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Edward Gryspeerdt
Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College
London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Marc Shapiro
Orca Sciences, Kirkland, WA 98033, USA
Jarlath Molloy
NATS, Whiteley, Fareham, Hampshire PO15 7FL, UK
George Koudis
NATS, Whiteley, Fareham, Hampshire PO15 7FL, UK
Christiane Voigt
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und
Raumfahrt, 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University Mainz, 55099 Mainz,
Germany
Marc E. J. Stettler
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Transport Studies, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Short summary
Aircraft condensation trails (contrails) contribute to over half of the climate forcing attributable to aviation. This study uses historical air traffic and weather data to simulate contrails in the North Atlantic over 5 years, from 2016 to 2021. We found large intra- and inter-year variability in contrail radiative forcing and observed a 66 % reduction due to COVID-19. Most warming contrails predominantly result from night-time flights in winter.
Aircraft condensation trails (contrails) contribute to over half of the climate forcing...
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