NEEDED responds to the second and third bullets of the “expected outcome” of the HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-12 topic, delivering the next generation data-driven reference European models and methods to estimate present and future aircraft emissions (pollutants and noise), achieving TRL 4 at the end of the project.
NEEDED will enhance aircraft operation reconstruction accuracy using real-world ADS-B data. It will advance emission inventories
for current and future aircraft technologies, improving pollution dispersion models. Additionally, it aims to expand the ECAC Doc 29 noise model to cover future aircraft tech and perform more accurate estimations of people affected by local air transport using dynamic population maps.
The activities are complemented by local air quality (LAQ) and experimental noise measurements performed at Rotterdam Airport, validation of the NEEDED toolchain in a 30-week pilot study involving three airports, and delivery of a methodology to optimise the flight patterns for minimum detrimental impact on the population in present and future scenarios.
