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Global Drought Mortality Risks and Distribution

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

The Global Drought Mortality Risks and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid of global drought mortality risks. Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3) data provide a baseline estimation of population per grid cell from which to estimate potential mortality risks due to drought hazard. Mortality loss estimates per hazard event are calculated using regional, hazard-specific mortality records of the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) that span the 20 years between 1981 and 2000. Data regarding the frequency and distribution of drought hazard are obtained from the Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution data set. In order to more accurately reflect the confidence associated with the data and procedures, the potential mortality estimate range is classified into deciles, 10 classes of increasing risk with an approximately equal number of grid cells per class, producing a relative estimate of drought-based mortality risks. This data set is the result of collaboration among the Columbia University Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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References

https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT
https://doi.org/10.7927/H4GQ6VP4
https://doi.org/10.7927/H4MG7MDV

Dates

Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

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Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher SEDAC
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2005-12-31
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2005-12-31
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Citation Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The World Bank. 2005-12-31. Global Drought Mortality Risks and Distribution. Version 1.00. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)/Columbia University. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4R49NQV. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4R49NQV.
Creator Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The World Bank
Graphic Preview Description Maps Download Page
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Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4GQ6VP4, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4MG7MDV
Release Place Palisades, NY
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