CMIP Climate Data Processing Tool (2016/2018): HTML User Guide | PDF (2.5 MB) | Tool for CMIP3 Data (Excel file, 23.7 MB) Tool for CMIP5 Data Version 1.4 (Excel file, 60.9 MB) (October 2018) | Spreadsheet tool that processes downscaled climate projections from the World Climate Research Programme's Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) CMIP3 and CMIP5 databases into relevant statistics for transportation planners, including changes in the frequency of very hot days and extreme precipitation events that may affect transportation infrastructure and services by the middle and end of the century.
Tool for CMIP5 Data Version 1.4 corrects an error in the formulas affecting the calculations of "Very Hot/Cold/Wet" and "Extremely Hot/Cold/Wet" values and associated variables, whereby the full time period may not have been included in the calculations.
Sensitivity Matrix (2015):
Tool (Excel file, 3.7 MB) - Spreadsheet tool that documents the sensitivity of roads, bridges, airports, ports, pipelines, and rail to 11 climate impacts.
Guide to Assessing Criticality in Transportation Adaptation Planning (2015):
HTML | PDF (949 KB) - Discusses common challenges associated with assessing criticality, options for defining criticality and identifying scope, and the process of applying criteria and ranking assets.
HTML User Guide | PDF (1.5 MB) | Tool (Excel file, 2 MB) - Spreadsheet tool that guides the user through conducting a quantitative, indicator-based vulnerability screen. Intended for agencies assessing how components of their transportation system may be vulnerable to climate stressors.
