The Open Atmospheric Science Journal

2008, 2 : 1-7
Published online 2008 January 24. DOI: 10.2174/1874282300802010001
Publisher ID: TOASCJ-2-1

A Review of Various Strategies for Contrail Avoidance

Klaus Gierens , Ling Lim and Kostas Eleftheratos
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.

ABSTRACT

A review is given of various contrail avoidance strategies that have been developed since the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of the various options for contrail mitigation, to describe the state of the art, and to indicate future directions for research.

Keywords:

Aviation, climate, contrails.