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... 18 IntroductIon Interviews, a literature review, and a survey were the methods used to collect information. Detailed descriptions of methods, data, and the materials reviewed are contained in the appendices.
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... 19 Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure Temperature Change More hot days Take-off Hotter days, when combined with moisture, can reduce airplane performance, increasing the runway length needed for take-off and climbing ability, particularly at high altitudes and/or hot weather airports (Peterson et al.
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... 20 Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure Heat illness (Peterson et al. 2008; Evaluating the Risk Assessment .
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... 21 TABlE 1 (continued) Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure borne and contagious Changes in vector diseases increase likelihood of epidemics and pandemics (Evaluating the Risk Assessment .
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... Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure Damage to pavement drainage systems (TRB 2008) Flood damage to aircraft navigation systems and instrument landing systems (Evaluating the Risk Assessment .
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... Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure Sea Level Rise Rising water levels in coastal areas and rivers (Meyer 2011) All or part of airport In combination with subsidence and/or tidal actions, threat of inundation (Peterson et al.
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... 24 increased icing Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure precipitation, winds, windinduced storm surge; (Peterson et al.
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... 25 Climate Change Phenomenon Change in Environmental Condition Airport Asset or Activity Primary Impact Effect of Impact Illustrative Responses Operations and Interruptions Infrastructure Extreme Events More intense aspects of storms: precipitation, winds, windinduced storm surge (Peterson et al.
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... 26 General Adaptation Guidance and Planning This category of resources includes "how-to" guidance relied on by state and local planners, and these types of guidance, tool-kits, and other instructional materials on climate change adaptation are quite numerous and widely available. As described in Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments (2007)
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... 27 concerned about the effect of climate change on their airport, citing heat waves, increases in storm intensity, and visibility as issues of most concern. Several drivers for considering climate change in decisions were identified by the respondents.
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... 28 results relating to climate change and related risks After completing questions about current weather, the 13 respondents were asked if they were familiar with the way climate is projected to change in their airport's region. If a respondent replied "no" the survey was terminated.
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... 31 next, given a list of climate risks, the 11 respondents indicated which risks their airport has addressed in planning (whether as a climate risk or not)
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... 32 there were divergent views at this stage about the confidence they put into climate change information. Most respondents were only "Somewhat Satisfied" with climate change information (see Figure 6)
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... 33 respondents, was the awareness raised from climate change mitigation efforts (e.g., carbon emissions reduction)

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