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These are the intended use-case/justification for one or multiple variable groups. Opportunities are linked to relevant experiment groups. Identifying opportunities helps to provide a structure to map variables against requirements. Each opportunity description will convey why this combination of variables and experiments is important and how they contribute to impact.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| description | These variables were requested to support studies focused on the impacts of climate change on the aviation sector. Climate change causes changes on the jet streams that in turn affect wind shear and can cause clear air turbulence as shown in multiple studies (https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1866, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23630-8\_23, https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2021.109). The variables in this group allow to diagnose clear air turbulence that is of relevance for passenger safety concerns as well as planning of flight routes and times. |
| desirable_ensemble_size | 10 |
| expected_impacts | Climate change causes changes on the jet streams that in turn affect wind shear and can cause clear air turbulence as shown in multiple studies (https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1866, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23630-8\_23, https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2021.109). The variables in this group allow to diagnose clear air turbulence that is of relevance for passenger safety concerns as well as planning of flight routes and times. |
| justification_of_resources | This request comprises a subset of 3 to 5 of the 27 pressure levels of standard variables (temperature, wind components) that can also be used for jet stream diagnostics and other dynamical studies. |
| lead_theme | Impacts & Adaptation |
| minimum_ensemble_size | 1 |
| name | Impacts of climate change on aviation |
| opportunity_id | 41 |
| data_request_themes | Impacts & Adaptation |
| experiment_groups | impact_climserv_core_expt, scenarios |
| mips | DCPP |
| time_subsets | 80ac3156-a698-11ef-914a-613c0433d878 |
| variable_groups | aviation_impacts_essential |