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Flood

Data source provider

World Bank

Use cases

Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Investment and lending decisions, Macro-economic modelling, Scenario analysis, Stress testing

Data group

Exposure to physical risks

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

1. National database
2. World Bank's CCKP, CMIP5 models, which are utilized within the AR5 of the IPCC

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Number of days affected per year or Number of incidents per year

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Country (map)

Time horizon 

Backward-looking

Frequency

Latest Update

Time series

Varies

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

These datasets present the first global reanalysis of storm surges and extreme sea levels (GTSR data set) based on hydrodynamic modelling. GTSR covers the entire world’s coastline and consists of time series of tides and surges, and estimates of extreme sea levels. Validation shows that there is good agreement between modelled and observed sea levels, and that the performance of GTSR is similar to that of many regional hydrodynamic models

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