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.
Method/brief algorithm description
None
Model Type
None
Data Source(s)
None
Tool output data product(s)
None
Disaster Risk Response Stage
Preparedness
Response
Response
Category
Flood Modeling
Data Time Frame
None
Point of Contact
Peter Salamon
E-mail
Website URL
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
Data Availability
Unknown
Associated Capacity Development Resources
Product Format
WMS-T, netCDF
Archived
Yes
Tailored Service Available
Yes
License Type
O
Spatial Extent
Global
Caveats
Detailed skill assessment available on GloFAS wiki
Revisit Time
Unknown
Overpass Latency
Unknown
Downlink Latency
NA
Processing Latency
NA
Impacted By Cloud Shadows
Unknown
Impacted By Terrain Shadows
Unknown
Approval Status
Unknown
Status
Operational
Input By
Peter Salamon, European Commission , Joint Research Center
Institution Type
Unknown
Record Last Updated
Nov. 20, 2024
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
User Feedback