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Natural Hazards Data Access and Tools

From discovery to visualization, data tools such as the SEDAC Hazards Mapper and NASA's Flooding Days Projection Tool guide users in making the most of natural hazards data.

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Global Volcano Hazard Frequency and Distribution	1.0	MODELS	Computer	1979-01-01 to 2000-12-31	N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180	0.0417 Decimal Degrees x 0.0417 Decimal Degrees	ASCII, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Volcano Mortality Risks and Distribution	1.0	MODELS	Computer	2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31	N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180	0.0417 Decimal Degrees x 0.0417 Decimal Degrees	ASCII, DBF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Volcano Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles	1.0	MODELS	Computer	2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31	N: 86 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180	0.0417 Decimal Degrees x 0.0417 Decimal Degrees	ASCII, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Volcano Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles	1.0	MODELS	Computer	2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31	N: 86 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180	0.0417 Decimal Degrees x 0.0417 Decimal Degrees	ASCII, DBF, PDF, PNG, WMS
GPM Ground Validation Global Flood Monitoring System (GFMS) Flood Maps IFloodS V1	1	DMSP, Aqua, TRMM, NOAA POES	SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TMI, AMSU-B	2013-03-26 to 2013-06-30	N: 49.875 S: -49.875 E: 179.875 W: -179.875		netCDF-4, ASCII
GRIP Hurricane and Tropical Storm Forecasts V1	1	MODELS	Computer	2010-08-12 to 2010-11-14	N: 87.6 S: 0.8 E: 0 W: -178.5		ASCII
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK NAVIGATION V1	1	GLOBAL HAWK	GPS, INS	2012-09-06 to 2014-09-30	N: 51.5268 S: 7.55657 E: -19.4239 W: -174.843		ASCII, XML
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) WORLD WIDE LIGHTNING LOCATION NETWORK (WWLLN) STORMS V1	1	WWLLN	GPS, RF ANTENNA, VLF RECEIVERS	2012-08-28 to 2014-10-20	N: 68.994 S: 12.9 E: -15.001 W: -116.595		netCDF-4, ASCII
IMERG and LHASA Global Landslide Exposure Maps 1.0	1.0	MODELS	NOT APPLICABLE	2001-01-01 to 2017-01-01	N: 72 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180	0.00833334 Decimal Degrees x 0.00833334 Decimal Degrees
Impacts of Wildfires on Boreal Forest Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics	1	MODELS, LANDSAT-1	Computer, MSS	1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31	N: 70 S: 43.5 E: -53 W: -166		CSV
Land Surface Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Product L3 V1(LANDMET) at GES DISC	1	LANDMET	NOT APPLICABLE	1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
LBA-ECO CD-05 Forest Understory Fuel Loads, Paragominas, Para, Brazil: 2001	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	BALANCE	2001-01-01 to 2001-01-01	N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516		CSV
LBA-ECO CD-05 Understory Fuel Stick Moisture, km 67 Site, Para, Brazil: 1998-2000	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	BALANCE	1998-10-09 to 2000-11-17	N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55		CSV
LBA-ECO LC-02 Forest Flammability Data, Catuaba Experimental Farm, Acre, Brazil: 1998	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	VISUAL OBSERVATIONS	1998-06-01 to 1999-09-30	N: -10.073 S: -10.073 E: -67.629 W: -67.629		CSV
LBA-ECO LC-02 GOES-08 Hot Pixel Data from Acre, Brazil: 1998, 2000, and 2001	1	GOES-8	GOES-8 Imager	1998-08-01 to 2001-10-30	N: -7.37 S: -11.14 E: -66.63 W: -73.58		CSV
LBA-ECO LC-08 Passive Ground-based Fire Data, Para and Mato Grosso Brazil: 2001-2002	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	VISUAL OBSERVATIONS	2002-07-12 to 2002-07-15	N: -9.7 S: -15.7 E: -55.1 W: -56.5		CSV
LBA-ECO LC-23 ASTER and MODIS Fire Data Comparison for Brazil: 2003-2004	1	Terra, Aqua	MODIS, ASTER	2003-01-19 to 2004-02-07	N: 5 S: -11 E: -54 W: -68		multiple
LBA-ECO LC-23 Characterization of Vegetation Fire Dynamics for Brazil: 2001-2003	1	Terra, NOAA-12, Aqua	MODIS, AVHRR	2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31	N: 5.3 S: -33.75 E: -34.8 W: -74		multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Southwest US, May, 2011	1	NASA ER-2	MASTER	2011-05-15 to 2011-05-23	N: 38.8226 S: 31.9522 E: -101.25 W: -120.234		multiple
MASTER: California Fire-Burn Area Emergency Response, California, April 2008	1	B-200	MASTER	2008-04-14 to 2008-04-26	N: 37.8333 S: 32.5333 E: -116.55 W: -122.583		multiple
MASTER: FireSense, California and Southern US, Spring 2025	1	B-200	MASTER	2025-03-17 to 2025-04-18	N: 33.4811 S: 30.2467 E: -81.6656 W: -116.044		multiple
MASTER: FireSense, western US, October 2023	1	B-200	MASTER	2023-10-16 to 2023-10-26	N: 39.2058 S: 33.0192 E: -112.052 W: -120.169		multiple
MASTER: Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) campaign, California, USA, 2016	1.2	NASA ER-2	MASTER	2016-06-17 to 2016-06-18	N: 35.846 S: 33.56 E: -118.333 W: -120.883		multiple
MODIS/Aqua+Terra Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m	6.1	Terra, Aqua	MODIS	2021-03-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	250 Meters x 250 Meters	HDF-EOS
MODIS/Aqua+Terra Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 1-day CS GeoTIFF	6.1	Terra, Aqua	MODIS	2021-03-15 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	250 Meters x 250 Meters	GeoTIFF

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Discover Enhanced Wildfire System Capabilities with NASA's FIRMS

Learn how to use NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) and its enhanced User Interface that provides additional services and analysis capabilities for wildfire management.

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FIRMS Helps Thai Officials Manage Fire and Smoke Haze

Geographer Veerachai Tanpipat promotes the use of NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) throughout the Lower Mekong River Region.

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NASA FIRMS Helps Fight Wildland Fires in Near Real-Time

NASA’s worldwide Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides vital near real-time tools for managing wildland fires.

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True color corrected reflectance image of fires blazing across Canada on 17 July 2024 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite

Canadian Wildfires

Image captured on July 17, 2024, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.

Natural Hazards Data Tools

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Tool Sort descending	Description	Services
SOTO	State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans.	Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
TESViS	The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products.	Visualization, Subsetting
VEDA	NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities.	Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
Vertex	Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.	Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting

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