Results & Publications
Publications
A4CLIMATE Frankfurt airport campaign (Deliverable 1.1)
Author(s): Vogel, A. L., Ahmad, M. N., und Ungeheuer, F.
Title: A4CLIMATE Frankfurt airport campaign (Deliverable 1.1)
Journal/Platform: Zenodo (Forschungsdatensatz 2026)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22027362
Mitigating aviation’s environmental impact through alternative fuels and cleaner engines
Author(s): Dischl, R., Sauer, D., Voigt, C., Märkl, R., Neumann, G., Bräuer, T., Harlaß, T., Kaufmann, S. et al.
Title: Mitigating aviation’s environmental impact through alternative fuels and cleaner engines
Journal/Platform: Science Advances (In Press, 2026)
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aeg7503
Using aviation fuel hydrogen content to assess contrails and climate impact
Author(s): Wang, Z., Voigt, C., Marsing, A., Lecouffe, A., Juchem, M. et al.
Title: Using aviation fuel hydrogen content to assess contrails and climate impact
Journal/Platform: Research Square (Preprint 2026)
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10602102/v1
Development of an automated contrail-to-flight attribution using Meteosat Second Generation satellite data
Author(s): Ries, S., Bugliaro, L., Santos Gabriel, V., Piontek, D., Arico, M., und Voigt, C
Title: Development of an automated contrail-to-flight attribution using Meteosat Second Generation satellite data
Journal/Platform: EGUsphere / AMT (Preprint 2026)
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2026-3046 (Preprint Identifier)
A manually labeled contrail dataset from MSG/SEVIRI
Author(s): Santos Gabriel, V., Bugliaro, L., Montag, M., Ries, S., Wang, Z., Widmaier, K. et al.
Title: A manually labeled contrail dataset from MSG/SEVIRI
Journal/Platform: Earth System Science Data (ESSD, 2026)
DOI: 10.5194/essd-18-2397-2026
An Adaptive Segmentation Approach for Contrail Detection in Meteosat Second Generation Satellite Imagery
Author(s): Santos Gabriel, V., Bugliaro, L., Piontek, D., Ries, S., und Voigt, C.
Title: An Adaptive Segmentation Approach for Contrail Detection in Meteosat Second Generation Satellite Imagery
Journal/Platform: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT, 2026)
DOI: 10.5194/amt-19-3271-2026
An updated microphysical model for particle activation in contrails: the role of volatile plume particles
Author(s): Ponsonby, J., Teoh, R., Kärcher, B., und Stettler, M. E. J.
Title: An updated microphysical model for particle activation in contrails: the role of volatile plume particles
Journal/Platform: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP, 2025)
DOI: 10.5194/acp-25-18617-2025
Fuel sulfur content can modulate contrail ice crystal numbers
Author(s): Dischl, R., Märkl, R., Sauer, D., Voigt, C., Harlaß, T., Scheibe, M., Kaufmann, S., Marsing, A. et al.
Title: Fuel sulfur content can modulate contrail ice crystal numbers
Journal/Platform: Communications Earth & Environment (2025)
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02951-5
Substantial aircraft contrail formation at low soot emission levels
Author(s): Voigt, C., Märkl, R., Sauer, D., Dischl, R., Kaufmann, S., Bräuer, T., Jurkat, T. et al
Title: Substantial aircraft contrail formation at low soot emission levels
Journal/Platform: Nature (2026)
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10286-0
Deliverables
Deliverable 1.1 nvPM and vPM physicochemical characteristics from ground-based measurements
This report analyses in-flight measurements to explore how modern aircraft engine technologies and sustainable aviation fuels influence aerosol emissions and contrail formation, providing valuable data to improve contrail modelling and better understand aviation’s non-CO₂ climate impacts.
In-flight measurements in low-soot regime
This deliverable analyses in-flight measurements of aerosol and contrail ice particles from modern aircraft engines.
Deliverable 3.1 – Flight test – concept study
Report on conceptualization of demonstration flight tests series
Presentations
A4Climate Overview Presentation
Advancing Aeronautics and Aerosol research to Accelerate CLIMATE neutral aviation