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Wind Storm Friederike in Central West Germany (2018-01-24)

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Activation time (UTC): 2018-01-24 12:47:00

Event time (UTC): 2018-01-18 11:00:00

Event type: Storm (Extra-tropical storm)

Activation reason:

Storm Friederike caused extended damage to forests at 18 January 2018 in the federal states from Northrhine-Westfalia and Lower Saxony in the West to Brandenburgia and Saxony in the East.

Reference products: 0

Delineation products: 16

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.

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026): Wind Storm Friederike in Central West Germany (2018-01-24). [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.DEM48Q8 PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/1a0ad0eb-6d13-4acc-acbc-7748005d68e9

Keywords

CEMSCopernicusCopernicus Emergency Management ServiceCopernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping ActivationCopernicus EMSCopernicus ServiceDEUEmergencyEmergency ManagementEMSR266GermanyMappingRapid MappingStorm

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR266]: Wind Storm Friederike in Central West Germany (2018-01-24)
Esri Shape

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Use conditions
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Access conditions
No limitations

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  • 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

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
jrc-data-support (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
unknown

The event occurs with unknown regularity.

Language(s)
English

English is a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states and is now a global lingua franca.It is the third-most-common native language in the world and it is widely learned as a second language.

Data theme(s)
Regions and cities

dataset theme covering the domains of regions and cities, where regions is defined by political geography units including sovereign states, subnational administrative areas, and multinational groupings, and cities are characterised as large human settlements
Science and technology

dataset theme covering the domains of science and technology, with science being the systematic pursuit of knowledge through testable explanations and predictions across natural, social, and formal disciplines, and technology encompassing the collective techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in producing goods, providing services, or achieving objectives like scientific research

Issued date
2018-01-24
Created date
02 Mar 2026 17:07
Modified date
19 Apr 2021 03:34
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR266 
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/1a0ad0eb-6d13-4acc-acbc-7748005d68e9
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