Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution

Description

The Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid based on more than 1,600 storm tracks for the period 1 January 1980 through 31 December 2000 for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans that were assembled and modeled at UNEP/GRID-Geneva PreView. Windspeeds around storm tracks were modeled using Holland's model (1997) to assess the grid cells likely to have been exposed to high wind levels. Post-modeling, the cells were divided into deciles, 10 classes consisting of approximately equal number of grid cells. The higher the value of the grid cell, the higher the decile ranking and the greater the frequency of the hazard relative to other cells. This data set is the result of collaboration among the Columbia University Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database Geneva (UNEP/GRID-Geneva), and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2FH4CZ353K
22 Sample browse graphic of the data set. https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/ndh/ndh-cyclone-hazard-frequency-distribution/cyclone-frequency-distribution-thumbnail.jpg
21 Data Set Overview Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ndh-cyclone-hazard-frequency-distribution
21 Data Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ndh-cyclone-hazard-frequency-distribution/data-download
21 Maps Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ndh-cyclone-hazard-frequency-distribution/maps
21 Web Map Service Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ndh-cyclone-hazard-frequency-distribution/maps/services

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  • human-dimensions
  • natural-hazards
  • earth-science

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