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Wildfires in Northern Scotland (2018-04-26)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2018-04-26 15:45:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-04-15 12:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
Several wildfires were reported between 15 and 22nd April in the north of Scotland, firefighters contained a fierce wildfire which broke out in

Strath Naver in north Sutherland which was swept by a strong easterly and then southerly wind

Reference products: 3
Delineation products: 3
Grading products: 2

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) (2018): Wildfires in Northern Scotland (2018-04-26). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/b4f89032-c7ce-417a-9acb-bcf4fe77c5e0

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR281 GBR Mapping Rapid Mapping United Kingdom Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR281]: Wildfires in Northern Scotland (2018-04-26)
Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice 
Access conditions
No limitations 
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
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GML 
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WKT 
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GML 
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GML 
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WKT 
POLYGON ((-4.36597423552996 58.5702960123, -4.0758468228 58.5702960123, -4.0758468228 58.3641348455, -4.36597423552996 58.3641348455, -4.36597423552996 58.5702960123))

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
2018-04-26
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR281 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/b4f89032-c7ce-417a-9acb-bcf4fe77c5e0
Popularity