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NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database, 2100 BC to Present
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Global Historical Tsunami Database provides information on over 2,400 tsunamis from 2100 BC to the present in the the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; and... -
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Global Volcano Locations Database
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NCEI maintains a database of over 1,500 volcano locations obtained from the Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program, Volcanoes of the World publication. The... -
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Coastal Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Digital elevation models (DEMs) of U.S. and other coasts that typically integrate ocean bathymetry and land topography. The DEMs support NOAA's mission to understand... -
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NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database, 2150 BC to Present
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Significant Earthquake Database is a global listing of over 5,700 earthquakes from 2150 BC to the present. A significant earthquake is classified as one that... -
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Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART(R))
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
As part of the U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP), the Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART(R)) Project is an ongoing effort to... -
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NCEI/WDS Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database, 4360 BC to Present
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database is a global listing of over 600 eruptions from 4360 BC to the present. A significant eruption is classified as one that... -
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Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE) v.1
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
GLOBE is a project to develop the best available 30-arc-second (nominally 1 kilometer) global digital elevation data set. This version of GLOBE contains data from 11... -
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Hawaii Volcanism: Impact on the Environment
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Fewer than one hundred people have been killed by eruptions in the recorded history of Hawaii, and only one death has occurred in the 20th Century. However, the lava... -
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Multibeam Bathymetry Database (MBBDB) NGDA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Originally designed for military use, the multibeam echosounder has proved very useful for nautical charting, oceanographic research and modeling, habitat... -
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ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
In August 2008, the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), an office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), developed the ETOPO1 Global... -
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Solar Features - Solar Flares - Index
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Daily index of solar flare activity. -
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Wang-Sheeley-Arge (WSA)-Enlil Solar Wind Prediction
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Wang-Sheeley-Arge (WSA)-Enlil is a large-scale, physics-based prediction model of the heliosphere, used by the Space Weather Forecast Office to provide 1-4 day... -
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Bathymetry of Lake Superior
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Bathymetry of Lake Superior has been compiled as a component of a NOAA project to rescue Great Lakes lake floor geological and geophysical data and make it more... -
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July 1976 Tangshan, China Images
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Northeastern China. Damage: $5,600 million. The death toll (240,000) was one of largest in recorded history from an earthquake. In addition, around 800,000 were... -
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Environmental Hazards and Mud Volcanoes in Romania
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Romania, an eastern European country, is severely affected by a variety of natural hazards. These include frequent earthquakes, floods, landslides, soil erosion, and... -
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Solar Features - Solar Flares
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
A solar flare is a short-lived sudden increase in the intensity of radiation emitted in the neighborhood of sunspots. For many years it was best monitored in the... -
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Bathymetry of Lake Huron
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Bathymetry of Lake Huron has been compiled as a component of a NOAA project to rescue Great Lakes lake floor geological and geophysical data and make it more... -
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Data on the Earth's Magnetic Field and its Secular Change since 1800
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Information on the past and present orientation of the Earth's magnetic field is available from the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) which serves as the... -
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May 1960 Puerto Montt, Valdivia, Chile Images
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
On May 22, 1960, a Mw 9.5 earthquake, the largest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded, occurred in southern Chile. The series of earthquakes that followed ravaged...
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