CONTRAIL ANALYSIS WITH AIRCRAFT DERIVED DATA

Abstract

The article is concerned with aircraft derived data and its applicability for condensation trails research. ADS-B messages, selected BDS registers and meteorological BDS registers are received on 1090MHz frequency and filtrated from the received data. Information received from on-board systems of the aircraft are selected only from a delineated monitored area, where contrails are observed. A methodical process is created for the purpose of assigning the corresponding aircraft and received data to the created condensation trails. The process is lately verified based on watching video records and pairing with the appropriate data obtained from the Department of Air Transport at CTU in Prague, Faculty of Transportation Sciences data warehouse. Condensation trails are classified into given categories and decoded information was assigned to them. Suggestions for possible improvement of the particular steps of the process are created based on previous verification.