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Peter Ng

Peter Ng specializes in the design and development of software and database management systems to support a variety of multi-disciplinary science programs.

Peter Ng received a B.S. in Computer Science in 1990 and a M.B.A. in Telecommunications Management in 1997. Peter worked for the Department of Army from 1982 to 1992 as an operations research analyst and with the Department of Navy from 1992 to 1994 serving as a lead database administrator. Peter began his career with the USGS, Western Geographic Science Center, Menlo Park, in 1994 when it was formerly known as the Western Mapping Center where his responsibilities included the development of database management systems and software applications to support the Digitial Orthphoto Quadrangle (DOQ) program. Peter's current responsibilities include the design and development of software decision support tools and applications and database management systems to support a variety of natural hazard science programs.

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CDI Risk Map

The Community for Data Integration (CDI) Risk Map Project is developing modular tools and services to benefit a wide group of scientists and managers that deal with various aspects of risk research and planning. Risk is the potential that exposure to a hazard will lead to a negative consequence to an asset such as human or natural resources. This project builds upon a Department of the Interior pr
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CDI Risk Map

The Community for Data Integration (CDI) Risk Map Project is developing modular tools and services to benefit a wide group of scientists and managers that deal with various aspects of risk research and planning. Risk is the potential that exposure to a hazard will lead to a negative consequence to an asset such as human or natural resources. This project builds upon a Department of the Interior pr
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2050 Comprehensive land-use plan for Sarasota County, Florida.

Coastal Change

The continued devastation from recent hurricanes and tropical storms demonstrates the vulnerability of coastal communities to coastal-change hazards. Changes in sea level and storm-wave intensity are changing the areas that are prone to erosion and storm-related flooding. The Hazards Vulnerability Team has worked with USGS coastal researchers and partners to improve our understanding of community...
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Coastal Change

The continued devastation from recent hurricanes and tropical storms demonstrates the vulnerability of coastal communities to coastal-change hazards. Changes in sea level and storm-wave intensity are changing the areas that are prone to erosion and storm-related flooding. The Hazards Vulnerability Team has worked with USGS coastal researchers and partners to improve our understanding of community...
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Community Exposure to Future Coastal Hazards for Georgia, USA

The data set contains information on potential population, economic, land cover, and infrastructure exposure to coastal hazards for coastal communities of the state of Georgia, USA. The type of information includes U.S. Census data on the number and types of residents, InfoGroup data on numbers and types of employees, county parcel values, NLCD land cover estimates, and infrastructure data on roa
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Western Geographic Science Center

Community Exposure to Future Coastal Hazards for Virginia, USA

The data set contains information on potential population, economic, land cover, and infrastructure exposure to coastal hazards for coastal communities of the state of Virginia, USA. The type of information includes U.S. Census data on the number and types of residents, InfoGroup data on numbers and types of employees, county parcel values, NLCD land cover estimates, and infrastructure data on ro
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Western Geographic Science Center

Community Exposure to Future Coastal Hazards for Florida, USA

Socioeconomic impact estimates of community exposure to future coastal hazards are presented for communities along the coast of U.S. Florida. The provided data were generated using the Hazard Exposure Reporting and Analytics (HERA) web application (www.usgs.gov/apps/hera/). HERA uses geospatial analysis of socioeconomic indicators (population, economic, land cover, and infrastructure) in combinat
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Western Geographic Science Center

Community Exposure to Future Coastal Hazards in U.S. North Carolina, reference year 2020

The data set contains information on potential population, economic, land cover, and infrastructure exposure to coastal hazards for coastal communities of the state of North Carolina, USA. The type of information includes U.S. Census data on the number and types of residents, InfoGroup data on numbers and types of employees, county parcel values, NLCD land cover estimates, and infrastructure data
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Western Geographic Science Center

Community Exposure to Future Coastal Hazards in U.S. South Carolina, reference year 2020

The data set contains information on potential population, economic, land cover, and infrastructure flooding exposure for coastal communities of the state of South Carolina, USA. The type of information includes U.S. Census data on the number and types of residents, InfoGroup data on numbers and types of employees, county parcel values, NLCD land cover estimates, and infrastructure data on roads,
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Western Geographic Science Center

Community Exposure to Future Coastal Hazards for U.S. Washington, reference year 2020

The data set contains information on potential population, economic, land cover, and infrastructure flooding exposure for coastal communities of the state of Washington, USA. The type of information includes U.S. Census data on the number and types of residents, Data-Axle data on numbers and types of employees, county parcel values, NLCD land cover estimates, and infrastructure data on roads, rai
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Western Geographic Science Center

Threat prioritization framework and input data for a multi-hazard risk analysis for the U.S. Department of the Interior

An integral part of disaster risk management is identifying and prioritizing hazards and their potential impacts in a meaningful way to support risk-reduction planning. There has been considerable use and subsequent criticism of threat prioritization efforts that simply compare likelihoods and consequences of plausible threats. This data supports an article that summarizes a new mixed-methods and
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Western Geographic Science Center

Community Exposure in California to Coastal Groundwater Hazards Enhanced by Climate Change, reference year 2020

The data set contains information on potential population, economic, land cover, and infrastructure groundwater inundation exposure for San Francisco Bay and coastal communities of the state of California, USA. The type of information includes U.S. Census data on the number and types of residents, Data Axle data on numbers and types of employees, county parcel values, HAZUS building replacement va
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Western Geographic Science Center

Community Exposure in California to Coastal Flooding Hazards Enhanced by Climate Change, reference year 2010

The data set contains information on potential population, economic, land cover, and infrastructure flooding exposure for San Francisco Bay and coastal communities of the state of California, USA. The type of information includes U.S. Census data on the number and types of residents, InfoGroup USA data on numbers and types of employees, county parcel values, HAZUS building replacement values, NLC
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Western Geographic Science Center

Multi-hazard risk analysis for the U.S. Department of the Interior: An integration of expert elicitation, planning priorities, and geospatial analysis

An integral part of disaster risk management is identifying and prioritizing hazards and their potential impacts in a meaningful way to support risk-reduction planning. There has been considerable use and subsequent criticism of threat prioritization efforts that simply compare likelihoods and consequences of plausible threats. This article summarizes a new mixed-methods and scalable approach for
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Nathan J. Wood, Alice B. Pennaz, Jason Marineau, Jeanne M. Jones, Jamie Jones, Peter Ng, Kevin Henry
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Western Geographic Science Center

Assessing hazards and risks at the Department of the Interior—A workshop report

On February 27–28, 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey and Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Emergency Management (OEM) hosted a workshop to gather input from DOI subject matter experts (SMEs), resource managers, facility managers, emergency managers, and law enforcement personnel. Workshop goals were to (1) determine how DOI Bureaus and Offices use risk information for strategic planning an
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Nathan Wood, Alice B. Pennaz, Kristin Ludwig, Jeanne Jones, Kevin Henry, Jason Sherba, Peter Ng, Jason Marineau, John Juskie
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Western Geographic Science Center, Reducing Risk

PRISM software—Processing and review interface for strong-motion data

Rapidly available and accurate ground-motion acceleration time series (seismic recordings) and derived data products are essential to quickly providing scientific and engineering analysis and advice after an earthquake. To meet this need, the U.S. Geological Survey National Strong Motion Project has developed a software package called PRISM (Processing and Review Interface for Strong-Motion data).
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Jeanne M. Jones, Erol Kalkan, Christopher D. Stephens, Peter Ng
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Water Resources Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center

HERA: A dynamic web application for visualizing community exposure to flood hazards based on storm and sea level rise scenarios

The Hazard Exposure Reporting and Analytics (HERA) dynamic web application was created to provide a platform that makes research on community exposure to coastal-flooding hazards influenced by sea level rise accessible to planners, decision makers, and the public in a manner that is both easy to use and easily accessible. HERA allows users to (a) choose flood-hazard scenarios based on sea level ri
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Jeanne M. Jones, Kevin Henry, Nathan J. Wood, Peter Ng, Matthew Jamieson
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Western Geographic Science Center

PRISM Software: Processing and Review Interface for Strong‐Motion Data

A continually increasing number of high‐quality digital strong‐motion records from stations of the National Strong Motion Project (NSMP) of the U.S. Geological Survey, as well as data from regional seismic networks within the United States, calls for automated processing of strong‐motion records with human review limited to selected significant or flagged records. The NSMP has developed the Proces
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Jeanne M. Jones, Erol Kalkan, Christopher D. Stephens, Peter Ng
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center

The Pedestrian Evacuation Analyst: geographic information systems software for modeling hazard evacuation potential

Recent disasters such as the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake and tsunami; the 2013 Colorado floods; and the 2014 Oso, Washington, mudslide have raised awareness of catastrophic, sudden-onset hazards that arrive within minutes of the events that trigger them, such as local earthquakes or landslides. Due to the limited amount of time between generation and arrival of sudden-onset hazards, evacuations
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Jeanne M. Jones, Peter Ng, Nathan J. Wood
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Water Resources Mission Area, Western Geographic Science Center

Geographic Information System Software to Enhance Field-Data Collection and Management of Land Cover Trends Information

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Nathan Wood, Benjamin Sleeter, Peter Ng
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Water Resources Mission Area

Hazard Exposure Reporting and Analytics (HERA)

The Hazard Exposure and Reporting Analytics (HERA) website helps communities understand how natural hazards could impact their land, people, infrastructure, and livelihoods. HERA provides tools and data to help communities as they plan and prepare for natural hazards.

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Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Western Geographic Science Center

Pedestrian Evacuation Analyst Tool

The Pedestrian Evacuation Analyst is an ArcGIS extension that estimates how long it would take for someone to travel on foot out of a hazardous area that was threatened by a sudden event such as a tsunami, flash flood, or volcanic lahar. It takes into account the elevation changes and the different types of landcover that a person would encounter along the way.

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Western Geographic Science Center, 2020 Puerto Rico Earthquakes

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