Understanding Comprehensive Flood Risk with NOAA Data

Authors

Kate Quigley, NOS OCMFollow

BOOC Keywords

flood risk, elevation, hurricane, Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, United States

Abstract

The Beyond Floods app features a flood outlook score and detailed reports for each individual property. This score is an abstraction of more than 25 factors related to real estate, social perception, flood insurance, flood mitigation and losses, infrastructure, and geomorphology. Syndeste used data from NOAA’s digital elevation models and the New York City Panel on Climate Change sea level rise projections that NOAA published in its GeoPlatform for this effort. The Coastal Flood Loss Atlas (developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, derived from NOAA SLOSH models) and NOAA’s New York City 2050 flood risk scenario floodplains information were also used to further improve Beyond Floods’ flood outlook score and risk advisory capabilities.

Recommended Citation

Quigley, Kate (2022) "Understanding Comprehensive Flood Risk with NOAA Data," Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC): Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 40.
Available at: https://cbe.miis.edu/booc/vol2/iss1/40

Document Type

Article