Aqueduct Floods Hazard Maps (WRI S3)
Gridded riverine and coastal flood inundation depth maps for 9 return periods (2 to 1000 years) under baseline and future (2030/2050/2080) climate scenarios, produced by WRI, Deltares, VU Amsterdam, Utrecht University and PBL. Hosted as open GeoTIFFs on AWS S3.
wri-projects.s3.amazonaws.com
At a glance
- Region
- United States (Global)
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- NGO
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Flood hazard
- Return period
- Inundation depth
- Climate projection
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hazard maps
Map flood-prone areas and who and what is exposed.
Because it has: Flood hazard
- 02
Model validation
Check flood models against observed events.
- 03
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Climate projection
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flood extent from SAR
Segment flooded areas in radar imagery, even through cloud.
- 02
Depth estimates
Learn flood depth from terrain, rainfall and past events.
- 03
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
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