Description
This data set contains for the whole of Europe a set of layers on soil moisture estimates based on a) satellite information and b) hydrological model outcome. Additionally, it comes with a layer on soil moisture anomalies.
Brief informaiton on the individual layers: 1) Satellite-derived soil moisture: Relative soil moisture for soil depths 0 - 1.0m as derived from the advanced scatterometer (ASCAT) on board the METOP satellite. Relative soil moisture is calculated using a weighted average of the three different soil moisture layers provided by ASCAT. This is an operational H-SAF product. For more information visit http://hsaf.meteoam.it/soil-moisture.php
2) Model-derived soil moisture: LISFLOOD simulated relative soil moisture of the upper soil layer based on observed meteorological input.
3) Soil moisture anomalies: Deviation of the LISFLOOD simulated daily soil moisture from normal conditions. The normal conditions have been derived using the simulated soil moisture from a 22 year model climatology (1991 - 2012). For more information visit https://www.efas.eu/utilities/efas-user-information.html#soilmosture
This information is part of the operational suit of EFAS (www.efas.eu) and intends to provide
EFAS partners with in-depth information about the current soil moisture (anomaly) as important supplementary information to better judge upcoming hydrological extremes.
The update frequency of this data set is daily; and the spatial coverage is the extended geographic Europe.
Contact
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): EFAS soil moisture. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/96079eb5-b5c1-43ec-8933-21ac2eda07bc
Keywords
ASCAT Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service EFAS pan European satellite-derived soil moisture soil moisture soil moisture anomaly
Data access
This data set can be viewed by EFAS partners online under http://www.efas.eu by activating the layers: - soil moisture - satellite soil moisture - soil moisture anomaly
EFAS partners have the possibility to access and download selected products from the operational EFAS by using this password-protected OGC service.
EFAS partners have the possibility to access and download selected products from the operational EFAS by using this password-protected OGC service.
Spatial coverage
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| GML | <gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"> <gml:outerBoundaryIs> <gml:LinearRing> <gml:coordinates>-11.5,67 41,67 41,27 -11.5,27 -11.5,67</gml:coordinates> </gml:LinearRing> </gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon> |
| GML | <gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2"> <gml:exterior> <gml:LinearRing> <gml:posList>-11.5 67 41 67 41 27 -11.5 27 -11.5 67</gml:posList> </gml:LinearRing> </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon> |
| WKT | POLYGON ((-11.5 67, 41 67, 41 27, -11.5 27, -11.5 67)) |
Lineage information
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2020-09-11
- Modified date
- 2020-09-11
- Issued date
- 2017-03-06
- Landing page
- https://www.efas.eu/
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Environment, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/96079eb5-b5c1-43ec-8933-21ac2eda07bc
- Popularity
-