Our Mission
IEDRO’s mission is to save lives, protect crops, livestock and infrastructure, and mitigate severe weather and climate change by locating, protecting, digitizing, archiving and sharing historic weather data from around the globe.
We believe the world loses over 500,000 critical historical weather records every day, particularly in developing countries. Paper and inks deteriorate due to improper storage, and fire and floods are common.
By rescuing and digitizing past extreme weather events such as extreme winds, precipitation, and storms, IEDRO empowers local decision-makers to adapt their infrastructure and agriculture to better withstand extreme weather and climate change while also helping predict the path of airborne disease.
IEDRO believes that when used regionally, rescued environmental data can reduce humankind’s suffering and death more than any other endeavor.
What We Do
IEDRO recovers and digitizes historical environmental data that are at risk of disintegrating or being discarded, particularly in developing countries. This vast knowledge offers the world community the ability to more accurately predict long-range weather patterns, and gives tools to meteorological professionals and others to:
- Better understand the nature and extent of global warming and climate change.
- Prevent famine and starvation.
- Provide more accurate lifesaving flood forecasts.
- Prevent the spread of airborne and insect-borne disease.
- Understand how to construct and reinforce buildings, bridges, and other public services to withstand predicted severe weather.
- Gain a clearer understanding of human history.
Our Activities
- International Climate Data Rescue (IC-DARE) Inventory
- On-site Training – Data Analysis and Visualization
- Climate Data Digitization Tools
- Alpha-Numeric Data Entry (workstations and crowdsourcing)
- Strip Chart Digitization Application