United States Department of Transportation
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Assessment of the Aviation Environmental Design Tool
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2009-06-29
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Abstract:A comprehensive Tools Suite to allow for
thorough evaluation of the environmental effects and impacts
of aviation is currently being developed by the U.S. This suite
consists of the Environmental Design Space (EDS), the
Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT), and the
Aviation environmental Portfolio Management Tool (APMT).
A key priority is that environmental analyses are informed
with the associated uncertainty from the tools, inputs and
assumptions used in the analysis process. As part of the
development of the Tools Suite, an assessment of each tool
and a system-wide analysis of the entire suite are being
undertaken. This assessment includes sensitivity to inputs
and fidelity analyses that will provide an indication of
uncertainty in analyses performed using the Tools Suite.
Completion of the assessment and evaluation effort described
herein is a key element of the development process. This
paper presents a summary of the Tools Suite assessment and
evaluation effort as it pertains to the AEDT component.
AEDT takes detailed fleet descriptions and flight schedules
and produces estimates of noise, fuel burn and emissions at
global, regional and local levels. The AEDT component of the
suite will be a publicly available regulatory tool within the
U.S. This paper conveys the work completed so far and
provides some insight into some of the findings.
Keywords- component; environmental, modeling,
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