Tropical Cyclones Population Exposure

This dataset includes an estimation of the annual physical exposition to tropical cyclones of Saffir-Simpson category 5. It is based on three sources: 1) IBTrACS v02r01 (1969 - 2008, http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ibtracs/), year 2009 completed by online data from JMA, JTWC, UNISYS, Meteo France and data sent by Alan Sharp from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 2) A GIS modeling based on an initial equation from Greg Holland, which was further modified to take into consideration the movement of the cyclones through time. 3) A population grid for the year 2010, provided by LandScanTM Global Population Database (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory). Unit is expected average annual population (2010 as the year of reference) exposed (inhabitants). This product was designed by UNEP/GRID-Geneva for the Global Assessment Report on Risk Reduction (GAR). It was modeled using global data.

Credit: Raw data: IBTrACS, compilation and GIS processing UNEP/GRID-Geneva.

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Source https://app.mapx.org/static.html?views=MX-4SS55-XUQ5Y-E8YDE&zoomToViews=true#JAAc6
Author UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Maintainer UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Last Updated December 7, 2022, 08:19 (UTC)
Created December 7, 2022, 08:19 (UTC)
GUID MX-4SS55-XUQ5Y-E8YDE
Issued 2017-11-15 16:36:46
Language EN
Modified 2022-07-11 13:21:10
Publisher email info@mapx.org
Publisher name UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Theme Web Map
data_type geospatial
keywords_m49 WLD
projects_description World Environment Situation Room: Risk
projects_id MX-XVK-HPH-OGN-HVE-GGN
projects_title WESR: Risk
range_end_at_year 2022
range_start_at_year 2011
source_abstract This dataset includes an estimation of the annual physical exposition to tropical cyclones of Saffir-Simpson category 5. It is based on three sources: 1) IBTrACS v02r01 (1969 - 2008, http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ibtracs/), year 2009 completed by online data from JMA, JTWC, UNISYS, Meteo France and data sent by Alan Sharp from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 2) A GIS modeling based on an initial equation from Greg Holland, which was further modified to take into consideration the movement of the cyclones through time. 3) A population grid for the year 2010, provided by LandScanTM Global Population Database (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory). Unit is expected average annual population (2010 as the year of reference) exposed (inhabitants). This product was designed by UNEP/GRID-Geneva for the Global Assessment Report on Risk Reduction (GAR). It was modeled using global data. Credit: Raw data: IBTrACS, compilation and GIS processing UNEP/GRID-Geneva.
source_title Tropical Cyclones Population Exposure
spatial WLD