Lake Ontario Flood Resilience Data from Climate Smart Communities Project

Scott Steinschneider of Cornell University produced data products for a New York Sea Grant project on flood resilience. The repository includes modeled flood level estimates for 79 shoreline locations, focus group protocols, and a crosswalk of flood resiliency programs. The data is presented as part of an online flood risk assessment tool.

Use Cases

• Assessing flood risk for infrastructure planning based on modeled 25-, 50-, and 100-year flood levels.
• Analyzing barriers to climate program adoption based on described focus group and interview results.
• Mapping administrative requirements across programs based on the described crosswalk document.

Strengths

• Flood estimates are tailored for 79 unique locations along the New York coastline.
• Data integrates hydroclimate modeling with social science research from focus groups and interviews.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Cornell University / New York Sea Grant project R/CHD-15

Collection Method

Hydroclimate modeling and social science methods (focus groups, structured interviews).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

New York coastline of Lake Ontario