Aqueduct Floods data measures riverine and coastal food risks under both
current baseline conditions and future projections in 2030, 2050, and 2080.
In addition to providing hazard maps and assessing risks, Aqueduct Floods
helps to conduct comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the value
of dike flood protection strategies.
Aqueduct Floods aims to empower disaster risk analysts and managers with
quantitative information on food risks and adaptation strategy costs, and to
help inform policy and investment decision-making.
Google Earth Engine team recommendation:
This dataset can be used for:
Larger scale regional analysis: what is the broad risk to the big area of
the size of a US county level / large city?
Preliminary assessments: when you need a quick, regional-scale "first
look" at potential changes in river discharge without needing precise
floodplain inundation maps.
Relative changes: This looks at different climate scenarios so can be
used for generalized changes in magnitude of impacts
This dataset should not be used for:
Detailed flood inundation mapping: such as looking at properties specific
risk
Flat, lowland rivers: the simplification of the equations do not take
into account backwater effects (water flowing backwards) which happens a
lot in flood plains
Analyzing hydraulic structures: it is not suitable for assessing the
specific impact of structures like bridges, levees, or weirs that cause
significant backwater effects
Please see
the technical note
from data provider for full details on the methods used and to
understand if this data is right for your application.
Bands
Pixel Size 1000 meters
Bands
Name
Units
Min
Max
Pixel Size
Description
inundation_depth
m
0*
32.05*
meters
Flood inundation depth
* estimated min or max value
Image Properties
Image Properties
Name
Type
Description
climatescenario
STRING
Climate Scenario types:
historical: Baseline condition/ no climate scenario needed
Return period is the average time interval expected between hazard
events of a given magnitude or greater (in years). The flood hazard
maps are generated for return periods of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100,
250, 500, and 1000 years.
subsidence
STRING
Applies only for inuncoast flood type
nosub: Subsidence not included in projection
wtsub: Subsidence included in projection
model
STRING
Applies only for inunriver flood type, represents type of model used.
000000000WATCH: Baseline condition
00000NorESM1-M: (GCM model) Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research,
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
0000HadGEM2-ES: (GCM model) Met Office Hadley Centre
00IPSL-CM5A-LR: (GCM model) Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
year
INT
Flood occurence year
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
The WRI datasets are available without restriction
on use or distribution. WRI does request that the
user give proper attribution and identify WRI, where applicable,
as the source of the data. For more information check
WRI's open data commitment,
Aqueduct Floods data measures riverine and coastal food risks under both current baseline conditions and future projections in 2030, 2050, and 2080. In addition to providing hazard maps and assessing risks, Aqueduct Floods helps to conduct comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the value of dike flood protection strategies. Aqueduct Floods …
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Data includes inundation depth and is available in a Google Earth Engine ImageCollection. Users can conduct comprehensive analyses using various flood types, climate scenarios, and sea-level rise projections. The dataset is free to use, with proper attribution to WRI.\n"],null,["# WRI Aqueduct Floods Hazard Maps Version 2\n\nDataset Availability\n: 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z--2080-12-31T23:59:59Z\n\nDataset Provider\n:\n\n\n [World Resources Institute](https://www.wri.org/research/aqueduct-floods-methodology)\n\nTags\n:\n[flood](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/flood) [monitoring](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/monitoring) [surface-ground-water](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/surface-ground-water) [wri](/earth-engine/datasets/tags/wri) \n\n#### Description\n\nAqueduct Floods data measures riverine and coastal food risks under both\ncurrent baseline conditions and future projections in 2030, 2050, and 2080.\nIn addition to providing hazard maps and assessing risks, Aqueduct Floods\nhelps to conduct comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the value\nof dike flood protection strategies.\n\nAqueduct Floods aims to empower disaster risk analysts and managers with\nquantitative information on food risks and adaptation strategy costs, and to\nhelp inform policy and investment decision-making.\n\nGoogle Earth Engine team recommendation:\n\nThis dataset can be used for:\n\n- Larger scale regional analysis: what is the broad risk to the big area of the size of a US county level / large city?\n- Preliminary assessments: when you need a quick, regional-scale \"first look\" at potential changes in river discharge without needing precise floodplain inundation maps.\n- Relative changes: This looks at different climate scenarios so can be used for generalized changes in magnitude of impacts\n\nThis dataset should not be used for:\n\n- Detailed flood inundation mapping: such as looking at properties specific risk\n- Flat, lowland rivers: the simplification of the equations do not take into account backwater effects (water flowing backwards) which happens a lot in flood plains\n- Analyzing hydraulic structures: it is not suitable for assessing the specific impact of structures like bridges, levees, or weirs that cause significant backwater effects\n\nPlease see\n[the technical note](https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/aqueduct-floods-methodology.pdf)\nfrom data provider for full details on the methods used and to\nunderstand if this data is right for your application.\n\n### Bands\n\n\n**Pixel Size**\n\n1000 meters\n\n**Bands**\n\n| Name | Units | Min | Max | Pixel Size | Description |\n|--------------------|-------|-----|---------|------------|------------------------|\n| `inundation_depth` | m | 0\\* | 32.05\\* | meters | Flood inundation depth |\n\n\\* estimated min or max value\n\n### Image Properties\n\n**Image Properties**\n\n| Name | Type | Description |\n|-----------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| climatescenario | STRING | Climate Scenario types: - historical: Baseline condition/ no climate scenario needed - rcp4p5: Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 (steady carbon emissions) - rcp8p5: Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (rising carbon emissions) |\n| floodtype | STRING | Type of Flood: - inuncoast: Coastal flood hazard - inunriver: Riverine flood hazard |\n| projection | INT | Sea level rise scenario (in percentile) - 5: A low sea level rise scenario - 50: The median sea level rise projection - 95: A high sea level rise scenario |\n| returnperiod | INT | Return period is the average time interval expected between hazard events of a given magnitude or greater (in years). The flood hazard maps are generated for return periods of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, and 1000 years. |\n| subsidence | STRING | Applies only for inuncoast flood type - nosub: Subsidence not included in projection - wtsub: Subsidence included in projection |\n| model | STRING | Applies only for inunriver flood type, represents type of model used. - 000000000WATCH: Baseline condition - 00000NorESM1-M: (GCM model) Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Norwegian Meteorological Institute - 0000GFDL_ESM2M: (GCM model) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA) - 0000HadGEM2-ES: (GCM model) Met Office Hadley Centre - 00IPSL-CM5A-LR: (GCM model) Institut Pierre Simon Laplace |\n| year | INT | Flood occurence year |\n\n### Terms of Use\n\n**Terms of Use**\n\nThe WRI datasets are available without restriction\non use or distribution. WRI does request that the\nuser give proper attribution and identify WRI, where applicable,\nas the source of the data. For more information check\n[WRI's open data commitment](https://www.wri.org/data/open-data-commitment),\n\n### Explore with Earth Engine\n\n| **Important:** Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets, both for public benefit and for business and government users. Earth Engine is free to use for research, education, and nonprofit use. To get started, please [register for Earth Engine access.](https://console.cloud.google.com/earth-engine)\n\n### Code Editor (JavaScript)\n\n```javascript\nvar dataset = ee.ImageCollection('WRI/Aqueduct_Flood_Hazard_Maps/V2');\nvar inundationDepth = dataset.select('inundation_depth');\nvar inundationDepthVis = {\n min: 0,\n max: 1,\n palette: ['ffffff','0000ff'],\n};\nMap.setCenter(-68.36, -6.73, 4);\nMap.addLayer(inundationDepth, inundationDepthVis, 'Aqueduct Flood Hazard Maps');\n```\n[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/WRI/WRI_Aqueduct_Flood_Hazard_Maps_V2) \n[WRI Aqueduct Floods Hazard Maps Version 2](/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/WRI_Aqueduct_Flood_Hazard_Maps_V2) \nAqueduct Floods data measures riverine and coastal food risks under both current baseline conditions and future projections in 2030, 2050, and 2080. In addition to providing hazard maps and assessing risks, Aqueduct Floods helps to conduct comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the value of dike flood protection strategies. Aqueduct Floods ... \nWRI/Aqueduct_Flood_Hazard_Maps/V2, flood,monitoring,surface-ground-water,wri \n2010-01-01T00:00:00Z/2080-12-31T23:59:59Z \n-90 -180 90 180 \nGoogle Earth Engine \nhttps://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets\n\n- [](https://doi.org/https://www.wri.org/research/aqueduct-floods-methodology)\n- [](https://doi.org/https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/WRI_Aqueduct_Flood_Hazard_Maps_V2)"]]
