Abstract
In this paper, an aircraft contrail model developed by researchers at NASA Ames Research Center assuming static atmospheric conditions is extended to simulate the dynamic evolution of contrails triggered by airborne flights. A Lagrangian dispersion model and a cloud microphysics model were added to create the new dynamic contrail model to simulate the physical processes of contrail ice particle formation, growth, advection, and dissipation. The dynamic contrail model can simulate the full life cycle of young-age linear contrails in any day for the entire continental U.S. airspace with real-time meteorological and air traffic data in less than 6 hours. The aircraft-induced contrails weighted by their ages are also calculated to assess the impact at different air traffic control centers.
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Published on 01/01/2013
Volume 2013, 2013
DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-5178
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA license
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