Flood

Space-based Measurement, Mapping, and Modeling of Surface Water (Darmouth Flood Observatory - NASA)

Data Type: 

hazard

Costs: 

free
English

Spatial Coverage: 

Global
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Data accessibility: 

exportdata
exportmap
statistic

Access: 

Access to the Surface Water Record (Click on the map)
Current Events List
Access to Flood Archives (Click on the related link on the map)
UK Flood Mapping
Bolivia Flood Mapping
River Watch Regional Display for Latin America
Other Flood Detection tools
Global and Regional Analyses

Website: 

http://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/

Technical Specifications: 

Orbital Microwave Measurement of River Discharge
Technical Notes for The Surface Water Record

Tutorial(s) on the use of data: 

Record Guide (Check for the related PPT link on Technical Notes for The Surface Water Record webpage)

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 

File types: 

GeoPDF
GeoTIFF
JPEGJPG
shp

Disaster Cycle Phase: 

drm
rr

Contact: 

Staff

Spatial Resolution: 

30.00

Space-based Information: 

MODIS
LANDSAT 8

Restrictions / Citation of the dataset: 

Publications

Content Date: 

1985-present
Submitted by Guido Sabatini on Tue, 18/03/2014 - 11:49

Near Real-Time Global MODIS Flood Mapping

Data Type: 

hazard

Costs: 

free
English

Spatial Coverage: 

Global

Temporal Coverage: 

near

Data accessibility: 

exportdata
exportmap
visdata

Access: 

Data Download

Website: 

http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/

Technical Specifications: 

Algorithm
Product Description

Tutorial(s) on the use of data: 

Read Me
NRT Global Satellite Monitoring of Flooding Events Poster
NRT Global Satellite Monitoring of Flooding Events PPT Presentation

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 

Institution: 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

File types: 

GeoTIFF
KMZ
PNG
shp

Disaster Cycle Phase: 

rr

Contact: 

"Contact Us" Link on Website

Spatial Resolution: 

250.00

Space-based Information: 

MODIS/Aqua
MODIS/Terra

Restrictions / Citation of the dataset: 

Privacy Policy and Important Notices

Submitted by Guido Sabatini on Mon, 17/03/2014 - 17:45

Near Real-Time data related to Severe Storms (LANCE - NASA)

Data Type: 

hazard

Costs: 

free
English

Spatial Coverage: 

Global

Temporal Coverage: 

arch
near

Data accessibility: 

exportdata
exportmap
visdata

Access: 

Free Registration (required to dowload data)
MYD05_L2 Total Precipitable Water Vapor, 5-Min Swath 1km and 5km
MYD05_L2 Clouds, 5-Min Swath 1km and 5km
MOD05_L2 Total Precipitable Water Vapor, 5-Min Swath 1km and 5km
MOD05_L2 Clouds, 5-Min Swath 1km and 5km

Website: 

https://earthdata.nasa.gov/data/near-real-time-data/data/hazards-and-disasters/s...

Technical Specifications: 

Read Summary Section (MYD05_L2 Total Precipitable Water Vapor, 5-Min Swath 1km and 5km)
Read Summary Section (MYD05_L2 Clouds, 5-Min Swath 1km and 5km)
Read Summary Section (MOD05_L2 Total Precipitable Water Vapor, 5-Min Swath 1km and 5km)
Read Summary Section (MOD05_L2: Clouds, 5-Min Swath 1km and 5km)

Tutorial(s) on the use of data: 

Coprehensive examples about how to access and visualize NASA .hdf files

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 

Institution: 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

File types: 

HDF

Disaster Cycle Phase: 

drm
rr

Contact: 

Contacts

Spatial Resolution: 

1000.00

Space-based Information: 

MODIS/Aqua
MODIS/Terra

Restrictions / Citation of the dataset: 

Disclaimer

Nasa Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices

Publication/References --> Check "Publication/References" section here

Use Constraints --> Check "Use Constraints" section here

Content Date: 

MODIS/Aqua Start Date: 2002-07-04; MODIS/Terra Start Date: 2001-03-06
Submitted by Guido Sabatini on Mon, 17/03/2014 - 17:07

Storm Detection and Forecast (NOAA)

Data Type: 

hazard

Costs: 

free
English

Spatial Coverage: 

Global

Temporal Coverage: 

arch
near

Data accessibility: 

exportdata
exportmap
statistic

Access: 

IBTrACS-WMO data
IBTrACS (International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship) - All data
IBTrACS maps of storm tracks (1842-2012)

Website: 

http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#

Technical Specifications: 

IBTrACS-WMO Data formats
IBTrACS Data formats
Tropical Cyclone Serial Number

Tutorial(s) on the use of data: 

Check Help on Historical Hurrican Tracks webpage

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 

Institution: 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

File types: 

CSV
NetCDF
Shapefiles

Disaster Cycle Phase: 

drm
rr

Contact: 

NOAA Contact Form

Spatial Resolution: 

110574.29

Space-based Information: 

SMS-2
GOES-1 to 13
Meteosat-2 to 9
MTSAT-1R
MTS-2
FY2-C/E
F8, F10 to 15
NOAA-5 to 18

Restrictions / Citation of the dataset: 

Disclaimer

Privacy Policy

Terms of Use

Bibliography

Data Sources

Content Date: 

1842-2012

Satellites and Sensors: 

GMS 2, 3, 4, 5 (VISSR)
MetOp (GOME -2)
Submitted by Guido Sabatini on Mon, 17/03/2014 - 14:37

Global Soil Moisture data set 1978-2010 (ESA)

Data Type: 

hazard

Costs: 

free
English

Spatial Coverage: 

Global

Temporal Coverage: 

arch

Data accessibility: 

exportdata
visdata

Access: 

Register to Access Free data
Webmap of Thirty Years of Global Soil Moisture

Website: 

http://www.esa-soilmoisture-cci.org/node/145

Technical Specifications: 

Products Description
Overview Global Soil Moisture Project Description
Publications

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 

Institution: 

European Space Agency (ESA)

File types: 

NetCDF

Disaster Cycle Phase: 

drm

Contact: 

Contact Points

Spatial Resolution: 

110574.29

Space-based Information: 

Active and passive microwave sensors Using Nimbus 7 SMMR, DMSP SSM/I, TRMM TMI and Aqua AMSR-E.

Requirements: 

<p>Software: IDL, Matlab, R</p>

Restrictions / Citation of the dataset: 

Reference

Disclaimer

Content Date: 

1978-2010
Submitted by Moses Duguru on Mon, 17/03/2014 - 11:12

CUT (The CryoSat User Tool)(ESA)

GUT (The GOCE User Toolbox)(ESA)

PolSARpro (The Polarimetric SAR Data Processing and Educational Tool) (ESA)

EOLDAS (Earth Observation Land Data Assimilation) (ESA)

Global Flood Alert System (GFAS)

Data Type: 

hazard

Costs: 

free
English

Spatial Coverage: 

Global

Temporal Coverage: 

arch
fore
near

Data accessibility: 

exportdata
exportmap
statistic
visdata
webproc

Access: 

Data Download
Download Raw 3B42RT Used to Make GFAS

Website: 

http://gfas.internationalfloodnetwork.org/gfas-web/

Technical Specifications: 

Product Specifications

Tutorial(s) on the use of data: 

User Manual of GFAS, KML and Downloads

Institution: 

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

File types: 

txt
webmap
wmf
XML

Disaster Cycle Phase: 

drm
rr

Contact: 

International Flood Network Contact

Spatial Resolution: 

110574.29

Space-based Information: 

TRMM

Restrictions / Citation of the dataset: 

Copyrights, Disclaimer and Contacts

Reference:
Huffman, G.J., R.F. Adler, D.T. Bolvin, G. Gu, E.J. Nelkin, K.P. Bowman, E.F. Stocker, D.B. Wolff, 2006:  The TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis: Quasi-Global, Multi-Year, Combined-Sensor Precipitation Estimates at Fine Scale.  J. Hydrometeor., submitted.  Available at:ftp://meso.gsfc.nasa.gov/agnes/huffman/papers/TMPA_jhm_06.pdf.gz

 

Content Date: 

2014
Submitted by Moses Duguru on Thu, 13/03/2014 - 10:19

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