Guidebook on Preparing Airport Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (2009)

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38 AB32 Assembly Bill 32 (California) AEDT Aviation Environmental Design Tool AERO2K The EC’s Global Aircraft Emissions Inventory Model/Project ALP Airport Layout Plan APU Auxiliary power unit AVI Automatic Vehicle Identification BFFM2 Boeing Fuel Flow Method 2 Btu British thermal unit C Carbon CAEP Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection CARB California Air Resources Board CCP Climate Protection Program of ICLEI CEQ Council on Environmental Quality CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CFR Code of Federal Regulations CH4 Methane CNG Compressed natural gas CO Carbon monoxide CO2 Carbon dioxide CO2e Carbon dioxide equivalent DLR Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- and Raumfahrt EC European Commission EDMS Emissions and Dispersion Modeling System EF Emission factor EI Emission index EIA Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy EIR Environmental Impact Report EMFAC CARB’s Mobile Source Emission Factor Model FB Fuel burn FOA First Order Approximation FOI Swedish Defense Research Agency ft3 Cubic feet GAV Ground access vehicle GHG Greenhouse gas GJ Giga joules GSE Ground support equipment GTP Global temperature potential GWP Global warming potential g-bhp-hr Grams per brake horsepower hour H2O Water HAP Hazardous air pollutant HFC Hydrofluorocarbons ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization ICCAIA International Coordinating Council for Aero- space Industries Associations ICLEI International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change kWh Kilowatt hour LPG Liquefied petroleum gas LTO Landing and takeoff MEPA Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Mini-NEPA State equivalents of the National Environ- mental Policy Act (such as MEPA, CEQA), etc. mmBtu Million British thermal units MMT Million metric tons per year MOBILE EPA’s Mobile Source Emissions Model MOVES Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator MSW Municipal solid waste MTCE Metric tons of carbon equivalent MTCO2E Metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent MWh Megawatt hour N2O Nitrous oxide NEG/ECP New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NMHC Non-methane hydrocarbons NMOG Non-methane organic gases NMVOC Non-methane volatile organic compounds NO2 Nitrogen dioxide Acronyms

NONROAD EPA’s Non-Road Equipment Emissions Model NOx Nitrogen oxides O3 Ozone OD Origin-destination OFFROAD CARB’s Off-Road Equipment Emissions Model PFC Passenger facility charges PFC Perfluorocarbons PM Particulate matter PM2.5 Particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters less than 2.5 µm PM10 Particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters less than 10 µm POV Privately owned vehicle RF Radiative forcing RFI Radiative forcing index SAGE System for assessing aviation’s global emissions SCP Seattle Climate Partnership SEPA Washington State Environmental Policy Act SMF Sacramento International Airport SN Smoke number SOx Sulfur oxides TCR The Climate Registry THC Total Hydrocarbons TJ Tera joules TOG Total organic gases TPY Short tons per year TTN Technology Transfer Network UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency VOC Volatile organic compounds WRI World Resources Institute WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development 39