Isewan Typhoon Storm Tide Database

Isewan Typhoon Storm Tide Map

This website provides the summary of data on storm tide caused by Isewan Typhoon that devastated the coast of Ise Bay (Isewan) in 1959, and is released on the 50th anniversary of the disaster. In particular, this website digitized the report published by Jan Meteorological Agency in 1961 and aerial photographs just after the disaster so that they can be browsed as overlay on the current map.

(September 22, 2013) Solved a problem in the status of storm tide, which returned incorrect results before.
(October 1, 2010) Irregular parts of the highest water level was corrected.
(February 2, 2010) AGL (above ground level) was added and the accuracy of data was improved for WEB-GIS (detail). OGC Web Service was released.
(September 21, 2009) The highest water level was corrected for WEB-GIS.

Databases


Isewan Typhoon Related Data by Digital Typhoon


Related Links

Members


WEB-GIS (Map)

Orkney, Inc.
  • Director: Chikai Eto
  • Technical manager: Daisuke Oguri
  • Developer: Kim, Seongbong

Acknowledgment

  • Aerial photographs used for the WEB-GIS are collected by NARA (US National Archives and Records Administration) and provided by NIED (National Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention) in Japan.
  • Various data are cited from the following reference: Report of the Ise Bay Typhoon (No. 5915) in September 1959, Technical Report of the Japan Meteorological Agency, No. 7, 1961.
  • Google Maps API is used for converting latitude and longitude to addresses.