U.S. Geological SurveyNational Center, Reston, Virginia

Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information

• Enhance and protect our quality of life

• Manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources

• Minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters

• Describe and understand the earth

The USGS Serves the Nation by Providing Reliable Scientific Information to:

Volcanoes

Landslides

Earthquakes Wildlife Disease

Geomagnetic Storms

TsunamisFloods

“…No single source exists for the broad range of information needed for natural disaster reduction, nor arethere aids to help integrate information from diverse sources.”

--Natural Disaster Reduction: A Plan for The Nation, SNDR/National Science and Technology Council, December 1996

“The USGS, working in every State, is proud to be the leading natural science agency seeking to broaden and integrate our understanding of the physics, geology, biology, hydrology, geomorphology and other aspects of the Earth and the hazards we face. Working together, we can build safer communities for ourselves and our children”

-- USGS Director Chip Groat World Disaster Reduction Day October 11, 2000

OUR MISSIONThe CINDI is a research and operational facility

that explores methods for collecting, integrating, and communicating information about the risks posed by natural hazards and the effects of

natural disasters.

HazardsFocal Point

ResearchOutreach

CINDI MISSION

Real-time Operational Hazards

• USGS Focal Point for Data Integration for Hazardous Events

• Develop Enhanced Communication Infrastructure for Long-term Data Vital to both Emergency Response and to Analysis of Hazard Risks.

Analyze Multiple Themes of Data

West Nile Virus Outbreak

August 6, 2000Bitterroot National ForestPhoto courtesy of J. McColgan/BLM

http://geomac.usgs.gov

Hurricane Mitch

New CholutecaBridge

Location of Destroyed Neighborhoods

New CholutecaBridge

Inundatedarea

Landslides

El BerrincheLandslide

Applied Hazards Research

• Assess & Integrate Key Multidisciplinary Datasets

• Construct Predictive Models & Decision Support Systems

• Apply Intuitive Data Visualization Techniques

Mount St. Helens-1983 Satellite image

Hazards Research 2000Hazards Research 2000

• Development of Flood Extent and Visualization Models

• Development of an Integrated Information Management System for West Nile Virus

• A Hazard Information Seamless Delivery and DDS for the Red River System

• Web-based Software to Develop Estimates of Population Density

• Development of Flood Extent and Visualization Models

• Development of an Integrated Information Management System for West Nile Virus

• A Hazard Information Seamless Delivery and DDS for the Red River System

• Web-based Software to Develop Estimates of Population Density

OUTREACH

Highlight USGS as a leader innatural hazards information and strengthen hazards communication infrastructure.

Demonstrate USGS capabilitiesto collect, integrate, describe andcommunicate natural hazards anddisaster information

CINDI Outreach Activities

• USGS Natural Hazards Workshop

• National Disaster Education Coalition

• Natural Hazards Speaker Series

• USGS Open House: April 28, 2001

• Tours and Technical Briefings

Hazard Data Infrastructure Development

• Provide Basic Information Tools

• Acquisition of New Data

• Damage/Risk Assessment

• Data Integration & Delivery

• Capacity Building

CINDI Collaborations

• Coastal Hazards Risk AtlasNOAA and FEMA

• Climatologic Integration Flash Flood Laboratory (CSU)

• International Imagery NodeOffice of Foreign Disaster Assistance

CINDI: 06/26/00 JP

http://cindi.usgs.gov

570 National CenterU.S. Geological Survey

Reston, VA 20192

Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information