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Final Report CDR Data Management Plan: Data Survey and System Design Submitted to the Texas General Land Office by The University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research Work leading to the report received funding from the Texas General Land Office through GLO Contract No. 18-229-000-B854. October 2020 Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 4 Prologue .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 1. Survey of Data for Response, Recovery and Mitigation ............................................ 10 Geodetic Control .................................................................................................................................... 13 Bathymetry .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Topography ............................................................................................................................................. 15 High-Resolution Baseline Imagery ......................................................................................................... 16 Hydrography ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Soils ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 Climate and Weather .............................................................................................................................. 21 Administrative Boundaries ..................................................................................................................... 22 Land Cover / Land Use / Zoning ............................................................................................................ 24 Agriculture .............................................................................................................................................. 25 Transportation ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Critical Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................ 27 Street Addressing .................................................................................................................................... 28 Land Parcels ........................................................................................................................................... 29 Demography ........................................................................................................................................... 31 Economic Activity ................................................................................................................................... 32 Disaster Insurance Claims ..................................................................................................................... 34 Public Health .......................................................................................................................................... 35 Chapter 2. Data Sharing ............................................................................................................... 38 FEMA HPA Team and Hurricane Harvey High Water Marks ............................................................... 39 UTA-UTSA 9-County Southeast Texas Project ...................................................................................... 40 Sharing data from the ADCIRC Storm Guidance System with the SOC and TTF1 ............................... 41 Sharing satellite imagery with the NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center ............................................ 43 USACE Trinity River Investigation ........................................................................................................ 45 Chapter 3. Data System Security .................................................................................................. 49 Major Security Concerns related to Enterprise-Scale Disaster Information System ............................. 50 Federated Identity Management is the best means by which to handle a distributed TDIS ................... 53 Data Sharing agreements among Organizations ................................................................................... 55 Chapter 4. Highest Priority Data ................................................................................................... 58 LiDAR-Based Topography ..................................................................................................................... 59 NOAA Atlas 14........................................................................................................................................ 60 DHS HIFLD Products and Data Services .............................................................................................. 62 Radar Satellite Imagery .......................................................................................................................... 63 FEMA Individual Assistance / NFIP ...................................................................................................... 65 Enhanced Demography / SVI ................................................................................................................. 67 2 Chapter 5. Data Shortfalls ............................................................................................................. 69 Stream and Tide Gages ........................................................................................................................... 70 Height Modernization ............................................................................................................................. 70 Street Addressing and Geocoding .......................................................................................................... 71 Building Footprints................................................................................................................................. 72 Base Flood Elevations ............................................................................................................................ 73 Economic Activity ................................................................................................................................... 74 Land Parcels / Zoning ............................................................................................................................ 75 Land Cover ............................................................................................................................................. 77 Chapter 6. Best Practices in Data Curation ................................................................................... 80 Chapter 7. Cost-Benefit of Information System Design ............................................................... 85 Chapter 8. Critical Data and Application Development ............................................................... 91 NOAA QPE ............................................................................................................................................. 92 Texas Mesonet ........................................................................................................................................ 92 USGS Hurricane Harvey High Water Marks Viewer ............................................................................. 93 GLO Post-Ike Projects ............................................................................................................................ 94 Chapter 9. Uses of Probabilistic and Deterministic Approaches .................................................. 96 Chapter 10. Recommendations ................................................................................................... 100 Appendix 1. Reference Links ..................................................................................................... 106 Appendix 2. Acronyms ............................................................................................................... 121 3 Executive Summary The University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research (UT-CSR) has completed a final report to address the topics and answer the questions raised by the General Land Office (GLO) concerning concepts underlying the Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS) through work to develop a “CDR Data Management Plan: Data Survey and System Design.” The investigation can be divided into three closely interrelated parts: The Data—The System— The Applications. For the data, the study provides a thorough review of 18 major data themes that cover the primary information sources used for disaster response, recovery and mitigation in Texas. Sources of the greatest value (highest priority data) are recognized and supported for expanded use and additional investment. The study also identifies significant data shortfalls, where deficiencies have hindered progress and measures need to be taken to fill the data gaps. Data content and data sharing standards are also reviewed and promoted as guidelines for adoption by TDIS and its participating