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Title:

Climate Variability and Change with Implications for Transportation

Abstract:

The U.S. transportation system was built for the typical weather and climate experienced locally. Moderate changes in the mean climate have little impact on transportation. However, changes in weather and climate extremes can have considerable impact on transportation. Transportation relevant measures of extremes have been changing over the past several decades and are projected to continue to change in the future. Some of the changes are likely to have a positive impact on transportation and some negative.

Source(s):

NOAA National Climatic Data Center, NOAA National Weather Service, and DOE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Prepared for National Research Council. For an electronic copy of this resource, contact Lynette Goodwin at lynette.goodwin@noblis.org.

Date: 2006

Author:

Peterson, McGuirk, Houston, Horvitz, Wehner

Keywords:


Air temperature
Precipitation
Flooding
Hurricane/Tropical Storm
Institutional issues

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