Published April 4, 2021 | Version v1
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Air traffic during COVID-19 over Europe

Authors/Creators

  • 1. DLR
  • 1. Emeritus Unv. Cranfield
  • 2. Imperial College, UK
  • 3. EUROCONTROL
  • 4. NATS, UK
  • 5. DLR

Description

The data set contains the flight track data for the “European” domain 20°W to 20°E, 35°N to 60°N for the time periods March to August in 2019 and 2020 as described in Schumann et al. (ACP, 2021).  Besides the waypoint coordinates, it includes the aircraft mass, fuel flow rate, engine overall efficiency, true airspeed, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) defined 4-character codes for aircraft types (e.g., A320 for Airbus-320 aircraft), and an identifier for the performance model used (here B3 for BADA3).

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References

  • Schumann, U.: Aviation contrail cirrus and radiative forcing over Europe for six months in 2020 during COVID-19 compared with 2019: Observations and model results (Version Version1) [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4481680,2021.
  • Schumann, U., L. Bugliaro, A. Dörnbrack, R. Baumann, and C. Voigt: Aviation contrail cirrus and radiative forcing over Europe during six months of COVID-19, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2021, doi: 10.1029/2021GL092771.
  • Schumann, U., I. Poll, R. Teoh, R. Koelle, E. Spinielli, J. Molloy, G. S. Koudis, R. Baumann, L. Bugliaro, M. Stettler, and C. Voigt: Air traffic and contrail changes during COVID-19 over Europe: A model study, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-62, 1-37, 2021.