Data and information management

This theme covers aspects related to hardware, software, networks, and media for the collection, storage, processing, transmission and presentation of information for disaster risk reduction (DRR), as well as related services. It also addresses information management to support knowledge sharing for DRR, such as data exchange standards and taxonomy.

Latest Data and information management additions in the Knowledge Base

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A bystander takes a photo of floods in Zaragoza, Spain
Update

The Insurance Development Forum Risk Modelling Steering Group has launched a new web page housing a suite of free, open-access risk modelling tools designed to advance climate and disaster risk understanding and quantification of disaster risk globally.

Insurance Development Forum
A storm off the coast of Iceland as imaged by a weather satellite
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The Aerosol Wind Profiler instrument seeks to fill these gaps, enabling extremely precise measurements of wind direction, wind speed, and aerosol concentration – all crucial elements for accurate weather forecasting.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lava lake, Lava flow at night, Nyiragongo, DR Congo, active Volcano,
Research briefs

Using data from a technology called distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), researchers developed a method to provide warnings up to 30 minutes in advance of lava eruptions. The method offers a way to volcanic activity and provide early warnings.

California Institute of Technology
Cover and source: Natural Hazards (Springer)
Documents and publications

This study develops a machine learning-based wildfire susceptibility model for Germany, using data between 2003 and 2023, to identify the dominant wildfire predictors and create monthly susceptibility maps.

Natural Hazards (Springer)
Research briefs

Secondary gravity waves emerge as the hidden architects of global-scale thermospheric upheaval following the Tonga eruption in 2022.

Eos - AGU
GPS satellite in the Earth's orbit
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Researchers are exploring new technologies for short-term earthquake forecasting and prediction, including the application of the LAIC approach to the 2015 Gorkha earthquakes in Nepal.

Open Access Government
A large wave crests off the coast of Sydney, Australia
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Swell waves are created by distant weather systems, such as storms far away, and travel long distances. They may still be present even if the local wind is calm. This makes the predicting of swells and waves a complex science.

Conversation Media Group, the
Hurricane Beryl as seen from space from the International Space Station
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Researchers present a new framework for global detection and classification of all low-pressure systems.

Eos - AGU
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