WRI Aqueduct Floods Hazard Maps Version 2

WRI/Aqueduct_Flood_Hazard_Maps/V2
Dataset Availability
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z–2080-12-31T23:59:59Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("WRI/Aqueduct_Flood_Hazard_Maps/V2")
Tags
flood monitoring wri

Description

Aqueduct Floods data measures riverine and coastal food risks under both current baseline conditions and future projections in 2030, 2050, and 2080. In addition to providing hazard maps and assessing risks, Aqueduct Floods helps to conduct comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the value of dike food protection strategies.

Aqueduct Floods aims to empower disaster risk analysts and managers with quantitative information on food risks and adaptation strategy costs, and to help inform policy and investment decision-making.

This technical note explains in detail the framework, methodology, and data used in developing Aqueduct Floods.

Bands

Resolution
10000 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Description
inundation_depth m 0 1

Flood inundation depth

Image Properties

Image Properties

Name Type Description
climatescenario STRING

Climate Scenario types:

  • historical: Baseline condition/ no climate scenario needed
  • rcp4p5: Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 (rising carbon emissions)
  • rcp8p5: Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (steady carbon emissions)
floodtype STRING

Type of Flood:

  • inuncoast: Coastal flood hazard
  • inunriver: Riverine flood hazard
projection INT

Sea level rise scenario (in percentile)
returnperiod INT

Return period of flood in years
subsidence STRING

Applies only for inuncoast flood type

  • nosub: Subsidence not included in projection
  • wtsub: Subsidence included in projection
model STRING

Applies only for inunriver flood type, represents type of model used.
year INT

Flood occurence year

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

The WRI datasets are available without restriction on use or distribution. WRI does request that the user give proper attribution and identify WRI, where applicable, as the source of the data. For more information check WRI's open data commitment,

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('WRI/Aqueduct_Flood_Hazard_Maps/V2');
var inundationDepth = dataset.select('inundation_depth');
var inundationDepthVis = {
  min: 0,
  max: 1,
  palette: ['ffffff','0000ff'],
};
Map.setCenter(-68.36, -6.73, 4);
Map.addLayer(inundationDepth, inundationDepthVis, 'Aqueduct Flood Hazard Maps');
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Aqueduct Floods data measures riverine and coastal food risks under both current baseline conditions and future projections in 2030, 2050, and 2080. In addition to providing hazard maps and assessing risks, Aqueduct Floods helps to conduct comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the value of dike food protection strategies. Aqueduct Floods …
WRI/Aqueduct_Flood_Hazard_Maps/V2, flood,monitoring,wri
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z/2080-12-31T23:59:59Z
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