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Estimates of the climate impact of future small-scale supersonic transport aircraft – results from the HISAC EU-project
Grewe, Volker and Plohr, Martin and Cerino, G. and Di Muzio, M. and Deremaux, Yann and Galerneau, M. and de Staint Martin, P. and Chaika, T and Hasselrot, A. and Tengzelius, Ulf and Korovkin, Vladimir D. (2010) Estimates of the climate impact of future small-scale supersonic transport aircraft – results from the HISAC EU-project. The Aeronautical Journal, 114 (1153), pp. 199-206.
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Abstract
The climate impacts of three fleets of supersonic small-scale transport aircraft (S4TA) are simulated. Based on characteristic aircraft parameters, which were developed within the EU-project HISAC, emissions along geographically representative trajectories are calculated and in addition the resulting changes in the atmospheric composition (carbon dioxide, ozone layer, water vapour) and climate (near surface global mean temperature) are deduced. We assume a fleet development with an entry in service in 2015, a full fleet in 2050. The results show a temperature increase of 0·08mK (0·07-0·10mK) with only small but statistically significant variations between the configurations, leading to a minimum climate impact for a weight optimised and hence lower flying aircraft. A climate impact ratio of 3·0 ± 0·4 between a S4TA and its subsonic counterpart is calculated, which is considerable less than for previous supersonic fleets because of a lower flight altitude, leading to smaller water vapour impacts.
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| Title: | Estimates of the climate impact of future small-scale supersonic transport aircraft – results from the HISAC EU-project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date: | March 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Aeronautical Journal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 199-206 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keywords: | Supersonic transport, air traffic, climate impact, AirClim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | L VU - Air Traffic and Environment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | L VU - Air Traffic and Environment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Low-Emission Air Traffic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Atmospheric Dynamics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Dr.rer.nat. Volker Grewe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 11 May 2010 17:20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2013 11:31 |
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