Air traffic on the one hand exceptionally depends on weather forecasting products. On the other hand, aircraft are among the most valuable data sources in meteorology and air traffic has a significant impact on global climate change and local air quality. Due to this strong mutual interdependence, this session covers all topics from the overlapping between aviation, meteorology and climate.

Aircraft represent the only platform that is able to collect targeted atmospheric in-situ measurements throughout the troposphere and the lower stratosphere. Hence contributions are welcome on topics like
• new or improved airborne measurement techniques
• meteorological experiments involving airborne platforms
• programmes and strategies, e.g. IAGOS
• new or improved platforms, e.g. UAVs

Air traffic is particularly exposed to weather and related hazards that may decrease safety and cause delays. Authors are invited to present developments or applications in fields like
• weather hazards for aviation, e.g. FLYSAFE
• improved forecast products and warning methods
• decision making tools and hazard avoidance procedures

Aircraft exhaust greenhouse gases, ozone precursors and produce contrails, which contribute to climate change and local air pollution, and noise is an important social and economical problem. To reflect the impact of aviation on the environment, contributions are solicited covering for example
• climate impact of aviation emissions, including contrails
• local air quality in the vicinity of airports
• experiments and simulations for noise mitigation

The session will be featuring oral and poster presentations.