A manually labeled contrail dataset from MSG/SEVIRI

Santos Gabriel, Vanessa and Bugliaro, Luca and Montag, Mara and Ries, Sabrina and Wang, Ziming and Widmaier, Kai and Arico, Matteo and Unterstrasser, Simon and Mayer, Johanna and Menekay, Deniz and Marsing, Andreas and de la Torre Castro, Elena and Megill, Liam and Scheibe, Monika and Voigt, Christiane (2026) A manually labeled contrail dataset from MSG/SEVIRI. Earth System Science Data, 18 (3), pp. 2397-2412. Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/essd-18-2397-2026. ISSN 1866-3508.

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Abstract

We provide observations of the geostationary Meteosat satellite with contrails labeled by three people complemented with detailed cloud information. Contrails influence climate but are hard to identify in satellite imagery. With this study, we support contrail detection development and evaluation, stress the subjectivity of human labeling and reveal which meteorological conditions highlight or hide contrails. This dataset contributes to a better understanding of aviation’s climate impact.

Item URL in elib:

https://elib.dlr.de/223827/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

A manually labeled contrail dataset from MSG/SEVIRI

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Santos Gabriel, Vanessa	Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany	https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5698-0401	UNSPECIFIED
Bugliaro, Luca	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4793-0101	UNSPECIFIED
Montag, Mara	Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ries, Sabrina	Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wang, Ziming	Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0219-1838	211497563
Widmaier, Kai	DLR, IPA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Arico, Matteo	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1540-1731	211497564
Unterstrasser, Simon	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3772-3678	UNSPECIFIED
Mayer, Johanna	European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9691-9534	UNSPECIFIED
Menekay, Deniz	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1111-2745	UNSPECIFIED
Marsing, Andreas	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5006-2133	UNSPECIFIED
de la Torre Castro, Elena	DLR, IPA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Megill, Liam	Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4199-6962	211497565
Scheibe, Monika	DLR, IPA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Voigt, Christiane	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8925-7731	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

1 April 2026

Journal or Publication Title:

Earth System Science Data

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

Yes

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.5194/essd-18-2397-2026

Page Range:

pp. 2397-2412

Publisher:

Copernicus Publications

ISSN:

1866-3508

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Contrails, Remote Sensing, Dataset, Meteosat

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Earth Observation

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EO - Earth Observation

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Atmospheric and climate research

Location:

Oberpfaffenhofen

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Cloud Physics
Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Applied Meteorology

Deposited By:

Santos Gabriel, Vanessa

Deposited On:

13 Apr 2026 07:59

Last Modified:

24 Apr 2026 12:42

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