| AASHTO |
American
Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials |
| APTA |
American
Public Transit Association |
| BRT |
Bus Rapid Transit |
| CCSP |
Climate Change
Science Program |
| CDIAC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
| CVI |
Coastal
Vulnerability Index |
| DEM |
Digital
Elevation Model |
| DOT |
Department of
Transportation |
| ENSO |
El
Nino-Southern Oscillation |
| FAA |
Federal
Aviation Administration |
| FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
| FRA |
Federal
Railroad Administration |
| FTA |
Federal Transit
Administration |
| GCM |
General
Circulation Model |
| HURDAT |
HURricane
DATabase |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change |
| MARAD |
Maritime
Administration |
| MPO |
Metropolitan Planning
Organization |
| NAVD88 |
North American
Vertical Datum 88 |
| NBI |
National Bridge Inventory |
| NED |
National
Elevation Dataset |
| NGVD |
National
Geodetic Vertical Datum |
| NHC |
National Hurricane Center |
| NHS |
National
Highway System |
| NLCD |
National Land Cover Dataset |
| NTD |
National
Transit Database |
| PDF |
Probability Density
Function |
| PHMSA |
Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
| SLOSH |
Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes |
| SLRRP |
Sea Level Rise
Rectification Program |
| SRES |
Special Report
on Emissions Scenarios |
| SST |
Sea Surface Temperature |
| USCDD |
U.S. Climate Division Dataset |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| USHCN |
U.S. Historic Climate Network |
| VMT |
Vehicle Miles of
Travel |
| WGNE-CMIP3 |
Working Group on
Numerical Experimentation Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 |