DATASET

Tropical Cyclone GITA in Tonga (2018-02-12)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2018-02-12 16:02:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-02-12 12:00:00
Event type: Storm (Tropical cyclone, hurricane, typhoon)

Activation reason:
The island nation of Tonga has declared a state of emergency as it braces for the wrath of Tropical Cyclone Gita, which is bearing down on the island after causing widespread damage in neighbouring Samoa and American Samoa. The Tongan government declared a state of emergency to allow its 100,000 inhabitants to prepare for the category four storm. Gita is expected to intensify into a category five storm.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 6
Grading products: 8

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): Tropical Cyclone GITA in Tonga (2018-02-12). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/087620a4-895f-4933-b3ba-73944f252fa8

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR269 Mapping Rapid Mapping Storm TON Tonga

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR269]: Tropical Cyclone GITA in Tonga (2018-02-12)
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 ((-175.364031616 -21.0594304231, -175.179456419 -21.0594304231, -175.179456419 -21.2055889006, -175.364031616 -21.2055889006, -175.364031616 -21.0594304231))

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
2018-02-12
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR269 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/087620a4-895f-4933-b3ba-73944f252fa8
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