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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Severe Weather Data Inventory (SWDI): a Geospatial Database of Severe Weather Data at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) | HTML | AMS Meeting Publication (724K). | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| NCEI GIS Map Service | Unknown | GIS mapping application for the dataset. | Open resource |
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Landing page for the dataset. | Open resource |
| NCEI Product Information Page | Unknown | Description of the data and related resources. | Open resource |
| NCEI Direct Download (Dataset Files) | Unknown | Direct download for the dataset. | Open resource |
Tags
- data analysis and visualization
- desktop geographic information systems
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
- earth science services
- environmental advisories
- floods
- geographic information systems
- hydrological advisories
- national centers for environmental information
- national climatic data center
- nesdis
- noaa
- reference and information services
- severe weather
- subscription services
- u.s. department of commerce
- weather/climate advisories
- web-based geographic information systems