Events Search

Basic Events Summary

The events search option allows a user to search Mirador by an event name. Hurricanes, storms, tornadoes, wind, storms, and air pollution are all considered events. If a user enters an event name during the search, Mirador will find all occurrences of that event within the location and the time span provided. If no location and time span are provided, Mirador will search its entire collection for occurrences of that event.

When searching for Aerosols, Ozone, Wind, or Hail events you must include the word in the search String

FOR EXAMPLE:
Aerosols:Aerosols Moderate
Aerosols PM10
Ozone:Critical Ozone
Ozone Severe

Sample Searches

To search for AIRI2CCF data of Hurricane Katrina, a user can enter the following search parameters:
Keyword: AIRI2CCF
Location:<blank>
Time Span: 1/1/2005 to 12/1/2005
Event: Katrina

To search for AIRS data for Winds at 40 knots to 50 knots*, a user can enter the following search parameters:
Keyword:Airs
Location:(60,-120),(30,-60)
Time Span: 3/1/2003 to 4/1/2004
Event: Winds 40-50

To search for TRMM data for Air Pollution near Volcanic Eruptions*, a user can enter the following search parameters:
Keyword:TRMM
Location:(60,-120),(30,60)
Time Span: <blank> to <blank>
Event: Aerosols Volcanic

*For further information about Air Pollution, Wind, and Hail searches, please scroll down to the Data Samples section.

Data Breakdown:

Aerosols: 30,000
Sulfur: 1,000
Ozone 40,000
Wind: 107,000
Hail: 107,000
Tornado: 12,000
Storm: 6,000
Hurricane: 30,000
Depression: 3,000
Flood: 3,000
Waterspout: 300
Disturbance: 80

**Note: Remaining 500 are mostly proper names of storms with no classification

Data Samples:

When working with the following Ozone, Aerosol, Sulfur, and CO events, you may add further description:.

For Example, Ozone Events: Count
Ozone Moderate 32397
Ozone Severe 4868
Ozone Critical 827

Aerosol Events: Count
Aerosols PM2.5 Moderate 19788
Aerosols PM10 Moderate 3733
Aerosols PM2.5 Severe 3706
Aerosols PM10 Severe 1209
Aerosols PM10 Critical 477
Aerosols PM10 Hazardous 345
Aerosols PM2.5 Critical 305
Aerosols PM10 HIGH WINDS Moderate 52
Aerosols PM2.5 FOREST FIRE Moderate 47
Aerosols PM2.5 Hazardous 46
Aerosols PM10 HIGH WINDS Hazardous 43
Aerosols PM10 HIGH WINDS Critical 38
Aerosols PM2.5 PRESCRIBED BURNING Moderate 9
Aerosols PM2.5 VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS Moderate 8
Aerosols PM2.5 SAHARA DUST Moderate 7
Aerosols PM2.5 STRUCTURAL FIRE Moderate 6
Aerosols PM2.5 STRUCTURAL FIRE Critical 5
Aerosols PM10 VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS Moderate 5
Aerosols PM2.5 CONSTRUCTION/DEMOLITION Severe 5
Aerosols PM2.5 STRUCTURAL FIRE Severe 4
Aerosols PM10 SANDBLASTING Moderate 3
Aerosols PM2.5 PRESCRIBED BURNING Severe 3
Aerosols PM2.5 PRESCRIBED BURNING Critical 3
Aerosols PM2.5 STRUCTURAL FIRE Hazardous 2
Aerosols PM2.5 CONSTRUCTION/DEMOLITION Moderate 1
Aerosols PM2.5 SAHARA DUST Severe 1
Aerosols PM10 CHEMICAL SPILLS & INDUST. ACCIDENTS Hazardous 1

When working with the Wind, and Hail events, it is helpful to include as much of the eventname as you can and to limit your search by time and location in the other fields of the Mirador Home Page.


To assist with your choice among the 100000 Wind events, here is a sample of the eventnames containing WIND:


To assist witch your choice among the 100000 Hail events, here is a sample of the eventnames containing HAIL: