Flight Trials Show Potential For AI-Based Contrail Avoidance

Google contrails

Researcher used satellite imagery, weather and flight data to train an AI algorithm to identify contrails over the U.S.

Credit: Google Research
American Airlines has cooperated with Google Research and Breakthrough Energy to test whether atmospheric zones likely to create contrails can be identified and avoided by adjusting flight paths. The study was part of a growing effort to understand and mitigate the effect of contrail formation, with...
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