Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution

Description

The Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid derived from a global listing of extreme flood events between 1985 and 2003 (poor or missing data in the early/mid 1990s) compiled by Dartmouth Flood Observatory and georeferenced to the nearest degree. The resultant flood frequency grid was then classified into 10 classes of approximately equal number of grid cells. The greater the grid cell value in the final data set, the higher the relative frequency of flood occurrence. This data set is the result of collaboration among the Columbia University Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR) and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Data Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ndh-flood-hazard-frequency-distribution/data-download
21 Web Map Service Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ndh-flood-hazard-frequency-distribution/maps/services
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2FH4668B3D
21 Maps Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ndh-flood-hazard-frequency-distribution/maps
21 Data Set Overview Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ndh-flood-hazard-frequency-distribution
22 Sample browse graphic of the data set. https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/ndh/ndh-flood-hazard-frequency-distribution/flood-frequency-distribution-thumbnail.jpg

Tags

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

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Energy Infrastructure
  • Ecosystem Vulnerability
  • Atmospheric, Earth and Ocean Sciences