27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-5.7.1

SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AVIATION OPERATIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

B. Sridhar, N. Chen, H. K. Ng*
NASA Ames, USA; *Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Keywords: aviation operations, environmental impact, simulation and optimization, contrails, models

There is increased awareness of anthropogenic factors affecting climate change and urgency to slow the negative impact. Greenhouse gasses, oxides of Nitrogen and contrails resulting from aviation affect the climate in different and uncertain ways. This paper develops a flexible simulation to study the trade-offs involved in reducing emissions.

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