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Meteorological Satellite Conference '26: Advancing Contrail Detection with Meteosat-12/FCI and GEO Satellite Constellations
Darmstadt, Germany - September 2026 At the Meteorological Satellite Conference 2026, Hugues Brenot from the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy presented groundbreaking work on satellite-based observation algorithms titled "An early warning algorithm for aviation hazard monitoring using MTG-I1/FCI within a multi-sensor GEO–LEO web interface". Developed with support from the E-CONTRAIL 2 project, this research marks a significant step forward in monitoring non-CO2 aviat
Oct 12 min read
Enhancing GOES-16 Contrail Segmentation through Ensemble Neural Network Modeling and Optical Flow Corrections
UC3M researcher Irene Ortiz spearheads pioneering work on the Contrail Detection and Segmentation Ensemble Model (CDSEM), an advanced AI...
Feb 8, 20252 min read
Satellite-Based Quantification of Contrail Radiative Forcing over Europe: A Two-Week Analysis of Aviation-Induced Climate Effects
A new E-CONTRAIL study submitted to SESAR Innovation Days 2024 investigates the relationship between aviation-induced contrails and their...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
ATMOS Conference
From July 1-5, the E-CONTRAIL project flew to Bologna, Italy, to attend ATMOS 2024, a conference organized by the European Space Agency...
Jul 12, 20241 min read
IATA Calls for Urgent Research into Climate Effects of Non-CO2 Emissions from Aircraft
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published a recent report calling for urgent research into the climate effects of...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
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