Severe Weather Data Inventory (SWDI)

Description

The Severe Weather Data Inventory (SWDI) is an integrated database of severe weather records for the United States. SWDI enables a user to search through a variety of source data sets in the NCDC (now NCEI) archive in order to find records covering a particular time period and geographic region, and then to download the results of the search in a variety of formats. The formats currently supported are Shapefile (for GIS), KMZ (for Google Earth), CSV (comma-separated), and XML. The current data layers in SWDI are: Storm Cells from NEXRAD (Level-III Storm Structure Product); Hail Signatures from NEXRAD (Level-III Hail Product); Mesocyclone Signatures from NEXRAD (Level-III Meso Product); Digital Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm from NEXRAD (Level-III MDA Product); Tornado Signature from NEXRAD (Level-III TVS Product); Preliminary Local Storm Reports from the NOAA National Weather Service; Lightning Strikes from Vaisala NLDN.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Direct download for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/
0 Description of the data and related resources. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/severe-weather-data-inventory
0 GIS mapping application for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/swdi/
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00773/html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
21 AMS Meeting Publication (724K). http://ams.confex.com/ams/90annual/techprogram/paper_159679.htm

Tags

  • national climatic data center
  • nesdis
  • subscription services
  • noaa
  • geographic information systems
  • weather/climate advisories
  • severe weather
  • hydrological advisories
  • earth science services
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • desktop geographic information systems
  • reference and information services
  • web-based geographic information systems
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • data analysis and visualization
  • environmental advisories
  • floods
  • national centers for environmental information

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Food Resilience
  • Food Distribution
  • Ecosystem Vulnerability
  • Atmospheric, Earth and Ocean Sciences
  • Water
  • Food Safety and Nutrition
  • Human Health
  • Food Production
  • Food Security