The goal of the project is to attempt a significant reduction (>50%) or elimination of the global mean contrail radiative forcing.
At the heart of BeCoM stands the enhancement of the physical representation of ice cloud and the treatment of Ice Super Saturated Regions, which improves the prediction of persistent contrails, hence allowing the integration of contrail schemes in the existing policy framework to enable eco-efficient trajectories.
BeCoM’ aims to achieve these objectives through five technical WPs:
WP1: Operational & new measurements & characterisation
WP2: Cloud Physics & weather models & assimilation
WP3: Evaluation of data and model predictions
WP4: Climate optimized trajectories
WP5: Policy-driven Flight Planning
Research Project details
Consortium members: TU Delft (Leader), Der Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V (DLR), Thales, ENVISA, ECATS International Association
Advisory Board Members: Eurocontrol, UBA, KLM, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Contact at EASA: research [at] easa.europa.eu (research[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
