Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS)
| Disaster Risk Response Stage |
Forecasting
Response Risk |
|---|---|
| Category | Flood Modeling |
| Input Network |
GEO
CEOS |
| Input Network Member |
WGCapD
|
| Provider Organization: | European Commission / Copernicus EMS |
| Point of Contact: | Peter Salamon |
| E-mail: |  |
| Source | |
| Geographic Domain |
Global |
| Geographic Product Locations |
Global |
| Geographic Product Locations - Detailed | |
| Producing Daily Global Coverage? | True |
| Globally Extensible | None |
| 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 | True |
| Tailored Service Available | True |
| License Type | None |
| Spatial Extent | Global |
| Spatial Scale | 0.05 degree |
| 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 | None |
| Impacted By Terrain Shadows | None |
| 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 |