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Accurate detection of aircraft contrails from satellite imagery is a valuable capability for studying one of the most impactful yet uncertain climate effects of aviation. In a recent study published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Irene Ortiz Abuja and co-authors critically assess the performance of state-of-the-art deep learning models trained on the OpenContrails dataset, with the aim of explaining the segmentation performance plateau widely reported

The E-CONTRAIL project concluded on 30 November 2025 , after two years and a half of intense research since its launch in June 2023. We are extremely proud of the progress made in advancing the understanding of contrails and aviation-induced cloudiness , a major and still uncertain contributor to aviation’s non-CO₂ climate impact. Throughout the project, the consortium produced advanced AI detection tools, radiative forcing evaluations, and predictive models. These are key co

The E-CONTRAIL project  will take part in the upcoming EUROCONTROL Showcase Summit. Smart Sustainable Skies: Boosting Sustainability in Aviation , held on 17–18 November 2025 at EUROCONTROL Headquarters (Brussels). E-CONTRAIL will be featured on Tuesday, 18 November, where the team will showcase the project’s Policy Brief  and the interactive E-CONTRAIL Dashboard  developed within the project, presentig key findings, datasets, and actionable insights aimed at supporting con

Ermioni Dimitropoulou  participated in the EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2025 , held in Lyon, France from 15 to 19...

Meet Irene Ortiz, a young researcher at the Aircraft Operations Lab of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), who shares her...

UC3M researcher Irene Ortiz spearheads pioneering work on the Contrail Detection and Segmentation Ensemble Model (CDSEM), an advanced AI...

As the # LookUp! campaign has come to an end, we are pleased to reveal the top three photos selected as candidates for the Best Contrail...

A new E-CONTRAIL study submitted to SESAR Innovation Days 2024 investigates the relationship between aviation-induced contrails and their...