2 papers
stat.AP2026
Observational constraints on net radiative forcing confirm aviation contrail warming
Aaron Sonabend-W, Scott Geraedts, Nita Goyal +3
Contrail cirrus represents a critical component of aviation's non-CO2 climate impact, but its net radiative forcing, the balance between longwave warming and shortwave cooling, rem…
physics.ao-ph2026
Efficacy of Scalable Airline-led Contrail Avoidance
Tharun Sankar, Thomas Dean, Tristan Abbott +14
Contrails account for a large portion of aviation's contribution to anthropogenic climate change. Navigational contrail avoidance is a promising solution to mitigate the warming ca…