Published April 5, 2021 | Version 1.0
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Ecuador historical flood occurrences and impacts dataset with Flash Flood Confidence Index (2007-2020)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University
  • 2. Ecuadorian Red Cross

Contributors

  • 1. CIESIN
  • 2. Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), The University of Oklahoma and 7 NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Description

This Ecuador historical flood dataset has been compiled from two different sources : DesInventar (UNISDR) and the Ecuadorian Secretariat for Disaster Management (SNGRE) ranging from 2007 to 2020, and results in 4967 data entries.

For each event it contains information about: 

  • Location (administrative level, 3 regions, exact location name and XY coordinates) 
  • Date of the event (Day, Hour, Minutes)
  • Flash Flood Identifiers detected from the event description
  • Impacts (12 different fields)

In addition, several indexes have been computed:

  • FFCI (1-10) : Flash Flood confidence index from events description FF identifiers tagging
  • FFSI (1-10) : the Flash Flood Susceptibility Index (from geomorphology characteristics) of the catchment the point event is falling in
  • EFFCI (1-10) : Enhanced FFCI combining information about FFSI and FFCI
  • Impact_Severity (1-6) : computed from the estimated number of people affected.

 

Notes

This research was funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, grant number 80NSSC18K0342 and 80NSSC18K1693. Kruczkiewicz, A., Bucherie, A., Ayala, F., Hultquist, C., Vergara, H., Mason, S., … de Sherbinin, A. (2021). Development of a flash flood confidence index from disaster reports and geophysical susceptibility. Remote Sensing, 13(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142764

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The dataset is not openly available as it contains data that are the property of the Ecuadorian Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGRE). 

The historical flood dataset is available upon request describing the intended use of the dataset. A written agreement will be required, confirming that the dataset will not be published openly, stored on public servers or loaded in online GIS platforms. 

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Journal article: 10.3390/rs13142764 (DOI)

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