Aircraft Emissions and Climate Change

Research topics include:

• Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Contrails
  • Ozone
• Climate Modelling
  • HPC Computing
  • Combination of air traffic modelling and climate modelling
  • Assessment of new aircraft types (BWB, open rotor)
  • Assessment of routing strategies (Contrail Avoidance)
• Model development
  • Part of Climate Modelling Community
  • New aircraft and routing strategies
• Analysis of Climate Change wrt Aviation
  • Satellite Data & In Situ Data
  • Climate Model Data
• Big Data
• Climate Metrics for Climate Policy

The climate change research is carried out in close cooperation with DLR.