Final Assessment of the Extreme Weather and Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Tool

March, 2021
IDA document: D-11598
FFRDC: Systems and Analyses Center
Type: Documents , Energy-Environment
Division: Science and Technology Division , Science, Systems and Sustainment Division
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Jennifer L. Bewley, Jacob B. Bartel, Shelley M. Cazares, Sara C. Runkel See more authors

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The goal of the final evaluation of the Department of Defense Climate Assessment Tool (DCAT) was to assess how the tool’s output could best be used to inform high-level mitigation planning and infrastructure development. The evaluation also identified areas of potential tool enhancement and new investment areas for future research. We found that the DCAT webtool provides a consistent way to produce exposure assessments at the installation or regional level. However, there are a few caveats to the use of DCAT outputs.