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USGS - United States Geological Survey
Overview
The Natural Hazards Support System (NHSS) enables users to monitor and analyze natural hazards events as they are occurring anywhere on the Earth. For example, as a hurricane nears shoreline, NHSS users can pinpoint the current location of the hurricane, and can access near real-time information on stream levels, wind speeds, and tide conditions. This information is presented in an integrated geospatial view that combines the dynamic natural hazards events with a rich set of reference data including shaded relief, transportation, and hydrography.
NHSS was designed to provide a comprehensive overview of current natural hazards events for the public as well as our Federal, State and local partners. Please refer to the Users Instructions under the applications Help button for more information on how to use the supported tools.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center (RMGSC) developed NHSS to aid in monitoring, responding to, and analyzing current natural hazards events. This is achieved by NHSS’ combination of information that allows users to easily monitor either a single natural hazard event or see the geospatial relationships of different natural hazards events.
Features
NHSS’ wealth of dynamic information and geospatial data is continually growing, and currently contains information from a wide range of sources.
Natural Hazards:
Global Earthquakes (USGS)
Hurricane Tracking (NOAA-NHC)
Hurricane Forecast Cones (NOAA-NHC)
Wild Fires (NIFC)
Tide Monitoring Buoys (NOAA-NDBC, etc.)
Volcanoes (Global Volcanism Program)
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Weather Watches/Warnings (NOAA-NWS)
Remote Automated Weather Stations
Stream Gages (USGS)
NEXRAD (NOAA)
Base Layers:
Shaded Relief, Boundaries, Hydrography, Transportation, Land Cover, Essential Facilities, and Cultural Layers.
Hints
1. This application requires pop-windows. Please enable your browser to allow this function.
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3. To display text information about a specific event, first make sure the appropriate layer is the Active Layer (to make a layer active, select the layer’s radio button). Next, select the Identify tool, and finally select the appropriate event on the map. A pop-up window will then display the specific information associated with the event.
4. The Hyperlink tool works the same way the Identify tool does, but its pop-up window is a direct link to the external agency that provides more detailed event information.
5. The Legend toggle-button displays graphic keys for all features, including color-coded Weather Watches/Warnings.
6. The Help button provides access to a complete set of user instructions, including information on each tool and layer. Metadata (data about data) for each of the layers can also be accessed from the Help section.
About Us
The USGS’s
The GTA team specializes in activities that include investigating, exploring and conducting innovative research and system development projects leading to innovative methods of understanding and responding to natural hazards and other natural phenomena.
For more information contact:
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