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E-CONTRAIL Project Closure: Advancing the Science of Contrails
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
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E-CONTRAIL at the EUROCONTROL Showcase Summit: Smart Sustainable Skies
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
Nov 131 min read
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E-CONTRAIL at the EUMETSAT 2025: Advancing Contrail Radiative Forcing Estimation
Ermioni Dimitropoulou  participated in the EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2025 , held in Lyon, France from 15 to 19...
Sep 301 min read
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AI for Climate Impact Assessment of Contrails
Meet Irene Ortiz, a young researcher at the Aircraft Operations Lab of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), who shares her...
Aug 291 min read
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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 82 min read
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Look Up! Best Contrail Capture Award
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...
Dec 1, 20241 min read
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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
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