In this exercise, you will learn how to work with spatial data using ArcGIS Pro and explore the official hurricane track for Hurricane Sandy and its impacts along the eastern coast.

Technical skills you will learn:

• Opening and exploring ArcGIS Pro interface.
• Importing an existing map.
• Symbolizing data.
• Navigating ArcGIS Pro.
• Creating a 3D scene.
• Navigating the 3D scene.

This exercise was developed for the NCAR GIS Program BRIGHTE Workshop : Envisioning risk of hurricane storm surge and sea-level rise that took place the summer of  2019 and the summer of 2020.

Authors

Jennifer Boehnert, National Center for Atmospheric Research

J. Greg Dobson, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Patricia Carbajales, Clemson University

In this exercise, you will explore the interface of ArcPro. You will learn how to upload different types of data and customize the application to fit the needs of your project. In addition, you will learn how to navigate the Living Atlas of the World within ArcPro, and use the Living Atlas to add data to your project.

Technical skills you will learn:

• Open and explore ArcPro.
• Add data to a map.
• Work with attribute data.
• Navigate the Living Atlas.

In this exercise you will create a dashboard to communicate the risk of a Category 3 hurricane storm surge flooding in Chatham, GA. Your dashboard will include six elements; a map, a pie chart, a list, a serial chart, a map legend, and an indicator. All elements can be configured and interactive.

Technical skills you will learn:

• Work with netCDF multidimensional data in GIS.
• Graph temporal trends.

This exercise was developed for the BRIGHTE Workshop : Exploring Coastal Flood Risk Through Geospatial Storytelling that took place the summer of  2021