European Flood Awareness System (EFAS)
Description
The European Flood Awareness System, developed to produce European overviews on ongoing and forecasted floods up to 10 days in advance, contributes to better protection of the European citizen, the environment, property and cultural heritage.
Disaster Risk Response Stage
Preparedness
Response
Response
Category
Hybrid Tools
Temporal Use
Current observation
Input Network
GEO
Input Network Member
WGCapD
Provider Organization
European Commission / Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS)
Point of Contact
Peter Salamon
E-mail
Geographic Domain
Regional
Geographic Product Locations
Europe
Geographic Product Locations - Detailed
Producing Daily Global Coverage?
No
Globally Extensible
No
Product Delivery Latency
Near-real time, Forecasts are updated twice daily with a latency of approx. 11 hours
Data Type
Uses multiple weather forecasts (ECMWF, German Weather Service, COSMO-LEPS) as input
Associated Capacity Development Resources
Product Format
WMS-T, netCDF
Archived
Yes
Tailored Service Available
Yes
License Type
Unknown
Spatial Extent
European
Spatial Scale
1 arc minute (approx. 1.5km)
Caveats
Detailed skill assessment available on EFAS wiki
Frequency
forecasts updated twice daily
Overpass Latency
NA
Downlink Latency
NA
Processing Latency
NA
Impacted By Cloud Shadows
Unknown
Impacted By Terrain Shadows
Unknown
Status
Operational
Input By
Peter Salamon, European Commission , Joint Research Center
Notes
Data archive URLs:
Past forecasts: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/efas-forecast?tab=overview
Reforecasts: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/efas-reforecast?tab=overview
Reanalysis: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/efas-historical?tab=overview
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