1. U.S. Geological Survey National Center, Reston, Virginia Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information

2. 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:

3. Volcanoes Landslides Earthquakes Wildlife Disease Geomagnetic Storms Tsunamis Floods

4. “…No single source exists for the broad range of information needed for natural disaster reduction, nor are there aids to help integrate information from diverse sources.” --Natural Disaster Reduction: A Plan for The Nation, SNDR/National Science and Technology Council, December 1996

5. “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

7. OUR MISSION The 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.

8. Hazards Focal Point Research Outreach CINDI MISSION

9. 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.

10. Analyze Multiple Themes of Data

12. West Nile Virus Outbreak

13. August 6, 2000 Bitterroot National Forest Photo courtesy of J. McColgan/BLM

14. http://geomac.usgs.gov

15. Hurricane Mitch

16. New Choluteca Bridge Location of Destroyed Neighborhoods New Choluteca Bridge Inundated area

17. Landslides El Berrinche Landslide

18. 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

19. Hazards 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

20. OUTREACH Highlight USGS as a leader in natural hazards information and strengthen hazards communication infrastructure. Demonstrate USGS capabilities to collect, integrate, describe and communicate natural hazards and disaster information

21. 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

22. Hazard Data Infrastructure Development Provide Basic Information Tools Acquisition of New Data Damage/Risk Assessment Data Integration & Delivery Capacity Building

23. CINDI Collaborations Coastal Hazards Risk Atlas  NOAA and FEMA Climatologic Integration  Flash Flood Laboratory (CSU) International Imagery Node  Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

24. CINDI: 06/26/00 JP http://cindi.usgs.gov 570 National Center U.S. Geological Survey Reston, VA 20192 Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information