1. An Asia Pacific Natural Hazards and Vulnerabilities Atlas
Chris Chiesa
Director, Data and Information Resources Division
Pacific Disaster Center
Pacific Disaster Center
590 Lipoa Parkway, Suite 259
Kihei, Maui, Hawaii 96753 -
(Fax)

2. Asia Pacific Natural Hazards Atlas
Web-based, Geospatial Information Application Supporting Regional Hazard and Vulnerability Assessments
Natural Hazards
Tropical Storms
Wildfires
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Floods
Risk Exposure
People
Infrastructure

3. Where are current hazard events and what is their extent?
Atlas Applications
What hazards are likely to occur in this region, and with what frequency and intensity?
Where are current hazard events and what is their extent?
How many people can be, or are, affected?
What will be the impacts on the infrastructure of the region?

4. Other Critical Information Layers
Hazard Intensity Zones
Tropical Storms
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Vulnerable Resources
Population Density
Transportation Networks
Roads
Railroads
Airports
Baseline Cartography
Topography/Bathymetry
Populated Places
Administrative Geography
Land Cover

5. Active Tropical Storms

6. Historical Tropical Storms

7. Tropical Storms Active Historical
Current tropical storms in the Pacific and Indian Oceans
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS)
Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)
Storm positions (current / forecast) updated every 6 hours
Historical
for the Western, Eastern, and Southern Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean regions
JTWC
Unisys Corp.
University of Hawaii (UH)
Only storms that were classified above a tropical depression in strength (wind speeds > 30mph) for 2 or more 6 hour periods

8. Earthquakes

9. Earthquakes Recent Historical
Location, magnitude, depth and date of the last 48 hours of worldwide earthquakes (Richter magnitude > 2.0)
US Geological Survey's (USGS) National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC)
Updated approximately every 15 minutes.
Historical
Date and magnitude of more than 5,000 destructive earthquakes
NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Catalog of Significant Earthquakes
2150 B.C. to the present
- moderate damage (approximately $1 million or more)
- 10 or more deaths
- magnitude 7.5 or greater
Database for Instrumentally Recorded Earthquakes
to present
- Richter magnitude > 4.5

10. Volcanoes

11. Volcanoes Active Historical
Location and status of approximately 124 active volcanoes around the world
Southwest Volcano Research Center
Level 1 = Volcano is restless, eruption may occur
Level 2 – 4 = Volcano is in eruption or eruption may occur at any time
Level 5 = Significant eruption is occurring or explosive eruption is expected at any time.
Updated twice a day.
Historical
Location of approximately 1500 active volcanoes and their eruptions within past 10,000 years
Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program
Volcanoes of the World, Simkin and Siebert.

12. Wildfires

13. Wildfires Recent Hotspots Historical Large Wildfires
Location, duration, size and intensity of “thermal anomalies” including: wildfires, oil/gas refineries and volcanic activity
1-km Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) derived
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) at the University of Hawaii (UH)
Additional spectral processing and spatial clustering
Weekly summary; Updated every six hours.
Historical Large Wildfires
Location, duration, size and intensity of historically large wildfires
Large wildfires (>2000 acres in size) from March 2000 – October 2004
Derived from UH’s HIGP MODIS thermal anomalies database

14. Hawaii Hazards and Vulnerabilities Atlas

15. Hawaii Hazards and Vulnerabilities Atlas
Local level data:
Hawaii natural hazards and R & V data including:
Lava flows, FEMA flood zones, hazardous dams
Emergency services including:
Police and fire stations, hospitals, shelters
Public facilities including:
Schools, hotels, banks
Transportation networks including:
Airports, seaports, bridges
Elevation data including:
Shaded reliefs, 500 foot contours
Imagery including:
Cloud-free Landsat, aerial photography

16. Analysis & Functional Enhancements
Still to come in Atlas 2.0
Analysis & Functional Enhancements
Regional Reporter Tool using Spatial Query Server
Provides one-click “drill down” of multiple data layers
Additional hazard query tools
Additional Map Services
SE Asia in collaboration with ADPC

17. Tsunami Response Map Viewer