A few links to European activities within the field of environmentally compatible air transport systems

ACCENT
ACCENT : Atmospheric Composition Change – The European Network of Excellence

AERONET
Thematic Network of the European Commission on Aircraft Emissions and Reduction Technologies

AEROTEST
Remote Sensing Technique for Aeroengine Emission Certification and Monitoring

ALFA-BIRD
ALFA-BIRD aims at developing the use of alternative fuels in aeronautics.

ARTEMIS
Assessment and Reliability of Transport Emission Models and Inventory Systems

ATTICA
European Assessment of Transport Impacts on Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

ELECT-AE
European Low Emission Combustion Technology in Aero-Engines

ENSEMBLES
Integrated Project supported by the EC’s 6th FP from 2004-2009 under the Thematic Sub-Priority “Global Change and Ecosystems”.

NEWAC
New Aero engine core Concepts

OPTIMAL
The OPTIMAL (Optimised Procedures and Techniques for Improvement of Approach and Landing) project is an air/ground co-operative project.

QUANTIFY
Quantifying the Climate Impact of Global and European Transport Systems

SCOUT-O3
Stratospheric-Climate Links with Emphasis on the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere

TEAM_PLAY
Tools suite for Economic and Environmental Aviation Modelling for Policy Analysis

TRADEOFF
Aircraft emissions: contribution of different climate components to changes in radiative forcing – TRADEOFF to reduce atmosphere impact