Fathom-Global 2.0 Flood Hazard Data
A step-change in your ability to understand global flood hazard
Introduction Fathom-Global 2.0 provides flood hazard data from the cutting edge of academic research. This model is unique in harnessing world-leading modelling techniques, combined with the very latest terrain and hydrography data.
Product key features
90 meter resolution globally
*30 meter available on request.
100% of river channels explicitly modelled
10 Return periods – From 1:5 year to 1:1000 year. Return periods can be categorised to suit your risk appetite.
A high‐resolution global flood hazard model – Water Resources Research, 2015
Fluvial & pluvial flooding – Assess the behaviour of multiple flood types
Defended & undefended layers – Compare the impact of modelled flood defences
About the model Fathom-Global represents the most robust and comprehensive global flood hazard dataset in the world.
Fathom’s latest Global data use MERIT-DEM and MERIT-Hydro, the best terrain and hydrography data currently available globally. These data provide the most accurate view of the ground surface elevation and the location of all rivers. These two components are crucial in building robust flood models.
By coupling the latest topography and hydrography datasets with cutting-edge hydraulic modelling techniques, Fathom have produced truly world-leading flood data for the whole planet. All methods have been published in the most pre-eminent scientific journals, representing a step change in our ability to understand flooding at the global scale.
Fathom-Global simulates inundation across all rivers in the world using a 2D hydraulic modelling framework.
The most important component of any global flood model is the terrain data. When building earlier models, terrain data contained errors. These errors made it very difficult to build accurate flood models. As our ability to model flood has advanced, so have the terrain datasets made available to the global community.
Fathom-Global 2.0 enables:
Quantification and mitigation of flood risk.
Consistent analysis and pricing of global exposures.
Competitive advantage for risk selection, pricing and underwriting.
Improved portfolio management at a global scale.
Triage your flood exposures across any portfolio.
Loss analysis by flood types.
Output can be categorised to reflect your risk appetite.
01 Fathom-Global 1.0
02 Fathom-Global 2.0
– improved representation of river channels
– the ability to produce plausible event footprints.
