Robust 4D climate-optimal aircraft trajectory planning under weather-induced uncertainties: Free-routing airspace

Simorgh, A.; Soler, Manuel; Dietmüller, Simone; Matthes, Sigrun; Yamashita, Hiroshi; Castino, F.; Yin, F.

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2024.104196

Robust 4D climate-optimal aircraft trajectory planning under weather-induced uncertainties

Title

Robust 4D climate-optimal aircraft trajectory planning under weather-induced uncertainties: Free-routing airspace

Author

Simorgh, A. (TU Delft Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects; Carlos III University of Madrid)
Soler, Manuel (Carlos III University of Madrid)
Dietmüller, Simone (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR))
Matthes, Sigrun (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR))
Yamashita, Hiroshi (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR))
Castino, F. (TU Delft Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects)
Yin, F. (TU Delft Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects)

Date

2024

Abstract

The non-CO₂ climate impact of aviation strongly relies on the atmospheric conditions at the time and location of emissions. Therefore, it is possible to mitigate their associated climate impact by planning trajectories to re-route airspace areas with significant climate effects. Identifying such climate-sensitive regions requires specific weather variables. Inevitably uncertain weather forecasts can lead to inefficient aircraft trajectories if not accounted for within flight planning. The current study addresses the problem of generating robust climate-friendly flight plans under meteorological uncertainty characterized using the ensemble prediction system. We introduce a framework based on the concept of robust tracking optimal control theory to formulate and solve the proposed flight planning problem. Meteorological uncertainty effects on aircraft performance variables are captured using the formulated ensemble aircraft dynamical model and controlled by penalizing the performance index variance. Case studies show that the proposed approach can generate climate-optimized trajectories with minimal sensitivity to weather uncertainty.

Subject

Aircraft trajectory optimization
Climate change
Meteorological uncertainty
Non-CO climate-sensitive areas
Robust optimal control
Robustness

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104196

ISSN

1361-9209

Source

Transportation Research. Part D: Transport & Environment, 131

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