Studies
Studies, publications, and reports from the DLR Institute of Air Transport on the optimisation of flight trajectories.
Dahlmann, K., Matthes, S., Plohr, M., Niklaß, M., Scheelhaase, J., Wozny, F., 2023. Klimawirkung des Luftverkehrs: Wissenschaftlicher Kenntnisstand, Entwicklungen und Maßnahmen, Federal Environment Agency.
Grewe, V., Dahlmann, K., Flink, J., Frömming, C., Ghosh, R., Gierens, K., Heller, R., Hendricks, J., Jöckel, P., Kaufmann, S., et al., 2017. Mitigating the Climate Impact from Aviation: Achievements and Results of the DLR WeCare Project. Aerospace, 4 (34). https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace4030034.
Linke, F., Grewe, V., Gollnick, V., 2017. The Implications of Intermediate Stop Operations on Aviation Emissions and Climate. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 26 (6), Seiten 697-709. Borntraeger Science Publishers. doi: 10.1127/metz/2017/0763. ISSN 0941-2948.
Lührs, B., Linke, F., Matthes, S., Grewe, V., Yin, F., 2021. Climate Impact Mitigation Potential of European Air Traffic in a Weather Situation with Strong Contrail Formation. Aerospace, 8 (50). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi: 10.3390/aerospace8020050. ISSN 2226-4310.
Marks, T., Dahlmann, K., Grewe, V., Gollnick, V., Linke, F., Matthes, S., Stumpf, E., Swaid, M., Unterstrasser, S., Yamashita, H., Zumegen, C., 2021. Climate Impact Mitigation Potential of Formation Flight. Aerospace, 8 (1), Seite 14. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi: 10.3390/aerospace8010014. ISSN 2226-4310.
Meuser, M., Ehlers, T., Lau, A., Lührs, B., Grunau, R., Kanitz, R., 2025. pyTOM: A python-based Multicriterial Optimization Framework for Aircraft Trajectories in large Traffic Scenarios (SESAR Project), 15th Conference of the European Aviation Science Network (EASN), Madrid, Spain.
Meuser, M., Lührs, B., Linke, F., Gollnick, V., Matthes, S., Dietmüller, S., Baumann, S., Soler, M., Simorgh, A., Yin, F., Castino, F., 2022. Mitigation of Aviations climate impact through robust climate optimized Trajectories in intra-European Airspace. In: 33rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS 2022. 33th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 2022-09-04 - 2022-09-09, Stockholm, Sweden.
Niklaß, M., Dahlmann, K., Grewe, V., Maertens, S., Plohr, M., Scheelhaase, J., Schwieger, J., Brodmann, U., Kurzböck, C., Schweizer, N., Repmann, M., von Unger, M., 2019. Integration of Non-CO2 Effects of Aviation in the EU ETS and under CORSIA, Federal Environment Agency.
Niklaß, M., Grewe, V., Gollnick, V., Dahlmann, K., 2021. Concept of climate-charged airspaces: a potential policy instrument for internalizing aviation’s climate impact of non-CO2 effects, Climate Policy, 21, 1066.
Niklaß, M., Lührs, B., Swaid, M., 2022. Note on the Non-CO2 Mitigation Potential of Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Using "Eco-Switch". Journal of Aircraft. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). doi: 10.2514/1.C036826. ISSN 0021-8669.
Zengerling, Z., Dal Gesso, S., Linke, F., Clococeanu, M., Gollnick, V., Peter, P., Matthes, S., Baspinar, B., Ozkol, I., Noorafza, M., Roling, P., Branchini, E., Grampella, M., Abate, C., Tedeschi, A., 2023. Operational Improvements to Reduce the Climate Impact of Aviation - A Comparative Study from EU Project ClimOP. Applied Sciences, 13 (16), Seite 9083. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi: 10.3390/app13169083. ISSN 2076-3417.
Zengerling, Z., Lau, A., 2024. Reducing the climate impact of flight trajectories considering network effects. SESAR Innovation Days 2024, 2024-11-12, Rom, Italy. doi: 10.61009/SID.2024.1.29.
Zengerling, Z., Linke, F., Weder, Ch., Dahlmann, K., 2022. Climate-Optimised Intermediate Stop Operations: Mitigation Potential and Differences from Fuel-Optimised Configuration. Applied Sciences, 12 (23). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi: 10.3390/app122312499. ISSN 2076-3417.
Zengerling, Z., Linke, F., Weder, Ch., Dietmüller, S., Matthes, S., Peter, P., 2023. Flying low and slow: Application of algorithmic climate change functions to assess the climate mitigation potential of reduced cruise altitudes and speeds on different days. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Seiten 1-15. Borntraeger Science Publishers. doi: 10.1127/metz/2023/1194. ISSN 0941-2948.