STORMTOOLS, Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI) Risk and Damage Assessment App

摘要: STORMTOOLS Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI) predicts the coastal flooding damage to individual structures using levels, including effects of sea level rise (SLR), provided in terms base flood elevation (BFE), specifications structure interest (type and first floor elevation) associated functions from U.S. Army Corp Engineers (USACE), North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS). CERI has been applied selected communities Rhode Island, those Narragansett Bay along southern Island shoreline. Users can access results via ArcGIS online at website. The objective this effort was develop, test, distribute, evaluate a mobile phone application (App) that allows user assess risk methodology. App is publicly available developed for both iOS Android operating systems. data support App, 100 y BFE maps, SLR site grade elevation, are by URI Data Center (EDC). enters location type (residential number stories, with or without basement, pile supported commercial building first-floor (FFE)) desired SLR. then calculates percent structural based on specified environmental conditions specifications. be any within state. development project guided an Advisory Board made up key constituents involved management included extensive testing various groups. makes it simple straightforward transfer inland flooded areas other locations, requiring only specification BFEs elevations.