Consolidating Data Sets to Simplify Climate Risk Communication

Creators

Kate Quigley, NOS OCMFollow

Description

Timestamp: 44806.3859434491 Email Address: kate.quigley@noaa.gov Name: Kate Quigley Affiliation: NOAA Program Office/Division: NOS OCM Position Title: Economist Title of use case: Consolidating Data Sets to Simplify Climate Risk Communication Authors or Creators: NOAA's OCM Affiliations of Authors or Creators: NOAA OCM Contributors: Doug Marcy Affiliation of Contributors: NOAA OCM Description: Using sea level rise and economic data from NOAA’s Digital Coast, the private sector firm, Vizonomy, created the Vizonomy Climate Risk Terminal. The tool includes seven sea level rise scenarios, from zero to six feet, and calculates economic losses for each scenario. Because NOAA’s data sets provide nearly universal coverage of the nation’s coastline, users can view information throughout the coastal zone. The Vizonomy Climate Risk Terminal serves as a web-based version of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazards-US software for evaluating flood risks. Users can assess building risks and potential economic losses from flooding and sea level rise; the amount of infrastructure, such as roads, schools, and hospitals, exposed to flooding risks; and the specific infrastructure assets at risk. Keywords: climate risk, sea level rise, infrastructure Start date of use case: 44806 End date of this use case: 44806 Is this use case ongoing? : Yes Use case URL : https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/stories/vizonomy.html Data source URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slr.html Image: Ocean Region: Global Oceans Sea: Large Marine Ecosystem Area: Country: United States Other Geography: All coastal US Format Type: Narrative description Data Type:GIS Raster Primary Use: Research, Education, Resource Management, Public Safety/Law Enforcement, Weather/Climate, Environmental Management, Recreation, Operations, Develop New Data Products, Regulatory Activities User Type: Private Individual, Government Professional, Industry Professional, NGO/Non-Profit Professional, Academic Data Type: Physical, Economic, Safety Ocean Observing System (OOS) Variable: Information Type: Remote sense data, Model output Other Format Data: Published Date: 44806 Publisher Name: NOAA Digital Coast Publisher City: Publisher State : Publisher Country: USA Publisher/Distributor URL: Publication URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/stories/vizonomy.html DOI: Industries which benefit: Recreational Fishing, Coastal Construction and Restoration, Marine Research and Education, Marine Transportation of Freight and People, Marine Related Professional and Technical Services, Electric Power Production, Ship and boat building, Coastal and ocean tourism and recreation, National Defense and Public Safety, Insurance/Reinsurance, Medical, Other economic sector (marine or non-marine) not listed - check this box and elaborate in “Other” box below, Coastal businesses Benefits to ecosystems: Ecosystem Services: Ecosystem Regulation and Maintenance Services: Cultural Ecosystem Services: Are benefits documented?: No Are the benefits documented by: Are the benefits quantified?: No Are the quantified benefits reported as monetary values?: No Other Benefits: GIS Raster

Start Year

2020

End Year

2024

Published Year

2025

Ongoing

1

Recommended Citation

Quigley, Kate (2022) "Consolidating Data Sets to Simplify Climate Risk Communication," Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC): Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 58.
Available at: https://cbe.miis.edu/booc/vol2/iss1/58

Document Type

Article