Emissions Datasets

Global full-flight emissions

We are pleased to make available a global full-flight aviation emissions dataset for the year 2005, generated using the Aviation Emissions Inventory Code (AEIC). Further details regarding this dataset can be found in the news item and the technical note LAE-2012-012-N. The data is released under the BSD license at this time.

The emissions are gridded into three resolutions, available for download as tar.gz archives from the links below:


Asian surface NOx emissions.

Over the coming weeks and months the Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment will be making additional emissions datasets available for download (on request for very large datasets). We anticipate releasing the following emissions datasets created at the Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment:

  • Emissions from airports
  • All-sector and sectoralized emissions for Europe, South-East Asia and the United States

Please contact us for further information or follow us on Twitter (@MIT_LAE) to learn about updates to codes/datasets and new releases.