Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program

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TAOS/L Storm Hazard Model

Digital Elevation Model Database Sources and Map
TAOS/L 30 arcsecond database (topo.bin), version November 1999

Legend

key1.gif (969 bytes) Raster database, from TerrainBase, CD ROM Release 1.0., National Geophysical Data Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder Colorado 80303-3328, USA. April 1995.
key2.gif (1533 bytes) Point soundings from Marine Trackline Geophysics, CD ROM from National Geophysical Data Center, verson 4.0, 1999. [Data compiled from numerous sources and years prior to the CD publication date.]
key3.gif (3571 bytes) Surface raster by CDMP* from 1:50,000 topographic map by British Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Romsey Rd., Maybush, Southampton, S09 4DH, UK.
key3.gif (3571 bytes) Bathymetry by CDMP*, linear interconnection from shore to 200-meter depth from chart at 1:75,000, Maptech Chart Pack 8, Resolution Mapping, Inc., Andover MA 01810.
key3.gif (3571 bytes) Raster by CDMP* from interconnection and smoothing of point soundings from charts at scales from 1:75,000 to 1:250,000, Maptech Chart Pack 8.
key3.gif (3571 bytes) Raster and point soundings from National Geophysical Data Center Global Relief Data CDROM, 1994. Overlaid and smoothed by CDMP*.
key3.gif (3571 bytes) Raster by CDMP* from interconnection and smoothing of point soundings from chart at 1:80,000, Maptech Chart Pack 8.
key3.gif (3571 bytes) Bathymetry as polygonal zones, from chart at 1:80,000, Maptech Chart Pack 8.

* Prepared by Ross Wagenseil, under contract to CDMP.

Maps of data sources (click on map for full image)

Map 1: Full Caribbean

Map 1: Full Caribbean

Map 2: Puerto Rico and the Eastern Caribbean

Map 2: Puerto Rico and the Eastern Caribbean

Map 3: Northeastern Caribbean

Map 3: Northeastern Caribbean

Note: For more information on the TAOS model, see the CDMP Storm Hazard Modeling page.

CDMP home page: http://www.oas.org/en/cdmp/ Project Contacts

Page Last Updated: 20 April 2001