Natural Disasters

The data layers related to the risk of specific natural disaster occurrence

Here the available via the API climatic variables are presented and described. The detailed reference for the API can be found here.

In the following sub pages the detailed description of each natural disaster data layer is presented.

Cold Wave ProbabilityDrought ProbabilityFlood SeverityHeat Wave ProbabilityWindstorm ProbabilityWildfire Frequency OccurrenceExtreme Heat ProbabilityExtreme Cold Probability

Probabilities of Occurrence

The following table presents the summary for each natural disaster data layer that is available on the platform.

Hazard	Intensity Parameter	Intensity Threshold	Period Duration in years	Aggregation	Units
Cold Wave	Cold Wave Duration Index	9 (High), 7 (Moderate), 5 (Low)	42	Monthly	Days
Drought	Consecutive Dry Days	80 (Extreme), 75 (High), 50 (Moderate), 30 (Low)	42	Seasonal	Days
Heat Wave	Heat Wave Duration Index	9 (High), 7 (Moderate), 5 (Low)	42	Monthly	Days
Windstorm	Mean Wind Speed	22.2 (High), 20 (Moderate), 15 (Low)	42	Monthly	m/s
Flood	Depth	0.5 (High), 0.3 (Moderate), 0.1 (Low)	10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500	Yearly	meters
Wildfire Frequency	Per mill occurrence	3 (High), 2 (Moderate), 1 (Low)	22	Whole time series	Clear number
Extreme Heat	Universal Thermal Climate Index	46 (Extreme), 38 (High), 32 (Moderate), 26 (Low)	82	Monthly	Celsius
Extreme Cold	Universal Thermal Climate Index	-40 (Extreme), -27 (High), -13 (Moderate), 0 (Low)	82	Monthly	Celsius