GVCCS: A Dataset for Contrail Identification and Tracking on Visible Whole Sky Camera Sequences

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18330v2
• Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 17:32:47 GMT
• Title: GVCCS: A Dataset for Contrail Identification and Tracking on Visible Whole Sky Camera Sequences
• Authors: Gabriel Jarry, Ramon Dalmau, Philippe Very, Franck Ballerini, Stefania-Denisa Bocu,
• Abstract summary: We present an open data set of contrails recorded with a ground-based all-sky camera in the visible range.<n>Each contrail is individually labeled and tracked over time, allowing a detailed analysis of its lifecycle.<n>We also propose a unified deep learning framework for contrail analysis using a panoptic segmentation model.
• Score: 2.0761764595782544
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Aviation's climate impact includes not only CO2 emissions but also significant non-CO2 effects, especially from contrails. These ice clouds can alter Earth's radiative balance, potentially rivaling the warming effect of aviation CO2. Physics-based models provide useful estimates of contrail formation and climate impact, but their accuracy depends heavily on the quality of atmospheric input data and on assumptions used to represent complex processes like ice particle formation and humidity-driven persistence. Observational data from remote sensors, such as satellites and ground cameras, could be used to validate and calibrate these models. However, existing datasets don't explore all aspect of contrail dynamics and formation: they typically lack temporal tracking, and do not attribute contrails to their source flights. To address these limitations, we present the Ground Visible Camera Contrail Sequences (GVCCS), a new open data set of contrails recorded with a ground-based all-sky camera in the visible range. Each contrail is individually labeled and tracked over time, allowing a detailed analysis of its lifecycle. The dataset contains 122 video sequences (24,228 frames) and includes flight identifiers for contrails that form above the camera. As reference, we also propose a unified deep learning framework for contrail analysis using a panoptic segmentation model that performs semantic segmentation (contrail pixel identification), instance segmentation (individual contrail separation), and temporal tracking in a single architecture. By providing high-quality, temporally resolved annotations and a benchmark for model evaluation, our work supports improved contrail monitoring and will facilitate better calibration of physical models. This sets the groundwork for more accurate climate impact understanding and assessments.

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