How space technologies can address the impact of climate change on aeronautic and the aviation

How space technologies can address the impact of climate change on aeronautic and the aviation

Marianna Valente

Abstract. Aviation and flight management are strictly influenced by environmental conditions. Greater variability of the climate and the atmospheric phenomena carries greater risks for air navigation and increase cancellations and delay. An increase in the frequency and intensity of storms, torrential rains, hailstorms, fog, wind gusts, and other meteorological events may lead to a reduction in flight times and from a design point of view an increase in the weight of the aircraft, to counteract higher loads in operation. All of this could produce rising management and operational costs, as well as a reduction in profit. The instruments for remote monitoring as satellites, ground stations, and other technologies allow to collect data about several climate parameters such as temperature, humidity, rainfalls, wind patterns, etc. This data could be analyzed to obtain useful information to improve flights managements and airport services. Moreover, Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to elaborate this information in real-time. This it makes possible to have more accurate forecasts and update the mathematical model for weather forecasting.

Keywords
Aviation, Climate Change, Space Technologies

Published online 9/1/2023, 7 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: Marianna Valente, How space technologies can address the impact of climate change on aeronautic and the aviation, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 33, pp 247-253, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902677-36

The article was published as article 36 of the book Aerospace Science and Engineering

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