London, 10/01/2020.
A press conference by the authors of the following publication Gratton G., Padhra A., Rapsomanikis S. (director of ENTA of ATHENA RC and atmospheric WP leader of NEANIAS project), Williams P. D. will be held in London at the Science Media Centre, Welcome Trust at 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE on the 14th February 2020. The importance of the publication to civil aviation and aviation industry, renders its announcement a pivotal event.
"The impacts of climate change on Greek Airports"
Guy Gratton (1), Anil Padhra (2), Spyridon Rapsomanikis (3), Paul D Williams (4)
Time series of meteorological parameters at ten Greek airports since 1955 indicated the level of climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean area. Using this data, take-off performance was analyzed for the DHC-8-400 – a typical short range turboprop airliner, and the A320, a typical medium scale turbofan airliner. For airports with longer runways, a steady but unimportant increase in take-off distances was found. For airports with shorter runways, the results indicate a steady reduction in available payload. They also indicate that for airports where aeroplane maximum take-off mass is a performance limited function of runway length, and where minimum temperatures have increased and/or mean headwind components decreased, climate change has already had a marked impact on the economic activity in the airline industry.
1- Cranfield University, Cranfield, Beds, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom. Corresponding Author This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2 -University of West London, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London, W5 5RF
3 -Unit of Environmental and Networking Technologies and Applications, ATHENA- RC, University Campus, Kimmeria, 67100 Xanthi, Greece, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
4 -Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6BB, United Kingdom"