Climate Risk Tools:
Public and Commercial Offerings
Commercial products
Built for professional use, these tools support planning, analysis, and outreach at scale.
GIS Layers
Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flood Layers
Interactive GIS-ready map layers showing potential flood extent for multiple future scenarios.
- Layers include combinations of sea level rise + storm surge / extreme tide scenarios.
- Available globally or by region.
- Useful for risk assessments, planning, and storytelling.
CoastalDEM®
A high-resolution coastal global digital elevation model tailored for coastal flood risk analysis.
- Developed using advanced machine learning to correct errors in traditional elevation data.
- Enables more accurate projections of areas exposed to sea level rise and coastal flooding.
- Available on global scale or country-by-country
FloodVision®
Photo-realistic flood visualizations and precise elevation data for decision-making and community outreach.
- Shows how flooding would actually look at street level.
- Helps identify risks and engage stakeholders with customized local visual content.
- Where available, provides entry floor elevation (EFE) data for buildings.
Interactive, no-cost tools
Intended for non-commercial users, these tools explore a variety of climate impacts on communities.
Coastal Risk Finder
A public tool for exploring population, infrastructure, and exposure to sea level rise.
- No-cost access to interactive maps and analysis.
- Displays who and what is at risk under various sea level rise (SLR) scenarios.
- Based on peer-reviewed science and trusted federal datasets.
FloodVision®
RiskViewer
An interactive map of the US East Coast featuring high-quality visualizations of sea level rise and coastal flooding.
- Cutting-edge technology was used to create realistic visuals of various flood scenarios.
- Imagery easily downloadable for communication and outreach.
Climate Shift Index
An attribution tool showing how climate change has altered the frequency of daily temperatures globally.
- Quantifies the influence of climate change on air and sea surface temperatures.
- Helps connect climate change to weather events (e.g. extreme heat, wildfires) and impacts (e.g. school closures, health risks).