Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS)
Description
GloFAS is one component of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service, designed to support preparatory measures for flood events worldwide, particularly in large transnational river basins. GloFAS combines information from satellites, models and in-situ measurements.
Disaster Risk Response Stage
Preparedness
Response
Response
Category
Flood Modeling
Temporal Use
Current observation
Forecast
Input Network
GEO
CEOS
CEOS
Input Network Member
WGCapD
Provider Organization
European Commission / Copernicus Emergency Management Service
Point of Contact
Peter Salamon
E-mail
Geographic Domain
Global
Geographic Product Locations
Global
Geographic Product Locations - Detailed
Producing Daily Global Coverage?
Yes
Globally Extensible
Unknown
Product Delivery Latency
Near-real time, Forecasts are updated once daily with a latency of approx 11 hours.
Data Type
Uses ECMWF ensemble forecasts as input
Associated Capacity Development Resources
Product Format
WMS-T, netCDF
Archived
Yes
Tailored Service Available
Yes
License Type
O
Spatial Extent
Global
Spatial Scale
3 arc minutes (approx. 5km)
Caveats
Detailed skill assessment available on GloFAS wiki
Frequency
forecasts updated 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/cems-glofas-forecast?tab=overview
Reforecasts: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/cems-glofas-reforecast?tab=overview
Reanalysis: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/cems-glofas-historical?tab=overview
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