Methodology for Assessing Tradeoffs Between Operational and Environmental Performance in the National Airspace System

Abstract

Given the growing interest in addressing aviation-related environmental challenges, environmental impacts need to be assessed along with operational performance for any large-scale proposed change to the air transportation system. Existing tools can evaluate operational and environmental performance separately, but do not adequately address tradeoffs between different goals. This work presents an integration approach for bridging the gap between system-wide operational performance tools and environmental models. The proposed methods are tested by bringing together the systemwide Modeler developed at The MITRE Corporation and the Aviation Environmental Design Tool being developed by the United States Federal Aviation Administration. An illustrative analysis demonstrates the methods presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1108584

Entities

People

  • Anuja Mahashabde
  • Fred Bankert
  • James Dearmon
  • Jennifer Harding
  • Justin Field
  • Koffi Amefia
  • William Baden

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Accuracy
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Corporations
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Set
  • Data Sets
  • Digital Data
  • Environment
  • Flight Paths
  • Geographic Regions
  • Low Resolution
  • Navigation
  • Observation
  • Reliability
  • Sampling
  • Transportation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space