Description
Activation time (UTC): 2023-03-24 12:38:00
Event time (UTC): 2023-03-23 12:40:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)
Activation reason:
On the 23 March 2023 at 12:40 UTC, a forest fire started in the provinces of Castellon and Teruel, Spain. The event is on on-going and has already burned a considerable area. The flames are close to urban areas and several villages have been evacuated. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide initial rough estimation, fire extent and damage assessment emergency mapping.
Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 0
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
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) (2023): Fire in Castellon and Teruel provinces (2023-03-24). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/e49f16ce-f07d-4074-ad05-b42f41fd6dff
Keywords
CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR656 ESP Mapping Rapid Mapping Spain Wildfire
Data access
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 | <gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"> <gml:outerBoundaryIs> <gml:LinearRing> <gml:coordinates>-180,90 180,90 180,-90 -180,-90 -180,90</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>-180 90 180 90 180 -90 -180 -90 -180 90</gml:posList> </gml:LinearRing> </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon> |
| WKT | POLYGON ((-180 90, 180 90, 180 -90, -180 -90, -180 90)) |
Lineage information
No additional information
Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2023-03-27
- Modified date
- 2023-03-27
- Issued date
- 2023-03-24
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR656
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/e49f16ce-f07d-4074-ad05-b42f41fd6dff
- Popularity
-