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    • Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid based on more than 1,600 storm tracks for the period 1 January 1980 through 31 December 2000 for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans that were assembled and modeled at UNEP/GRID-Geneva PreView. Windspeeds around storm tracks were modeled using Holland's model (1997) to assess the grid cells likely to have been exposed to high wind levels. Post-modeling, the cells were divided into deciles, 10 classes consisting of approximately equal number of grid cells. The higher the value of the grid cell, the higher the decile ranking and the greater the frequency of the hazard relative to other cells. 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, United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database Geneva (UNEP/GRID-Geneva), 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/H40P0WXQ
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4862DC5
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H44F1NNF

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C179001766-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2005-12-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category NDH, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id de33dab9-3db3-46c7-ad47-c1cf7293e50d
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -58.0 180.0 85.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H40P0WXQ, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4862DC5, https://doi.org/10.7927/H44F1NNF
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 7c11b6e821721e8dddb0fcc2bfc33c69a0fb1f3a48777258fc19d3ece52e6480
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z/2000-12-31T00:00:00Z

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