Climate Impact Mitigation Potential of European Air Traffic in a Weather Situation with Strong Contrail Formation

Air traffic contributes to anthropogenic global warming by about 5% due to CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and non-CO<sub>2</sub> effects, which are primarily caused by the emission of NO<sub>x</sub> and water vapor as well as the formation of contrails. Since—in the lon...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Lührs, Florian Linke, Sigrun Matthes, Volker Grewe, Feijia Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Aerospace
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/8/2/50