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It All Adds Up...
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List of Selected Acronyms

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