Regional Assessment of Weather Impacts on Freight

List of Abbreviations

ASOS—Automated Surface Observing System

ATRI—American Transportation Research Institute

DOT—Department of Transportation

FAF—Freight Analysis Framework (FAF3.5 is Version 3.5)

FHWA—Federal Highway Administration

GIS—Geographical Information System

ITS—Intelligent Transportation Systems

MADIS—Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System

NCDC—National Climatic Data Center

NHS—National Highway System

NLDAS—National Land Data Assimilation System

NOAA—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPMRDS—National Performance Management Research Data Set

NWS—National Weather Service

RWIS—Road Weather Information System

TMC—Transportation Management Code