DATASET

Tropical cyclone in Haiti (2016-10-03)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2016-10-03 16:46:00
Event time (UTC): 2016-10-03 09:30:00
Event type: Other

Activation reason:
A ferocious hurricane is threatening to wreak havoc on Haiti as it trudges through the Caribbean Sea. Hurricane Matthew, a slow-moving storm, is expected to dump dozens of inches of torrential rainfall over Haiti in the next hours, with great danger for population and infrastructures.

Reference products: 54
Delineation products: 36
Grading products: 43

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email
jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2016): Tropical cyclone in Haiti (2016-10-03). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/50437f74-0971-4465-a272-d1bcb9fcf624

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR185 Haiti HTI Mapping Other Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR185]: Tropical cyclone in Haiti (2016-10-03)
URL 
  • All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((-74.4642474665 19.963537489, -72.218817 19.963537489, -72.218817 18.0365281393, -74.4642474665 18.0365281393, -74.4642474665 19.963537489))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-04-19
Modified date
2021-04-19
Issued date
2016-10-03
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR185 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/50437f74-0971-4465-a272-d1bcb9fcf624
Popularity