Windstorm in Kranj, Slovenia (2020-02-17)

Description

Activation date: 2020-02-17
Event type: Wind storm

Activation reason:

This activation follows a windstorm occurred in the Gorenjska Region, Slovenia, which caused severe damages to the woods in the area surrounding the airport of Ljubljana. The event hit the area twice: on the 5th and 6th of February 2020, and few days later, on the 10th and 11th of February 2020. The Authorized User requested the damage assessment of woods within the area of interest.Proposed solution and resultsGeneration of a post-event DSM (5m GSD, 0.71 m RMSE).Detailed damage assessment by photo-interpretation of VHR Optical satellite images.Impact assessment analyses through the comparison with the reference forest stand dataset. Figure 1 - Detail of the post-event DSM Figure 2 - Affected areas per damage grade per forest stand Figure 3 - Two examples of tree cover affected areas. Red areas represent destroyed tree cover areas Destroyed tree cover area [ha]Moderate damage tree cover area [ha]Possible damage tree cover area [ha]Total affected area [ha]Affected growing stock [m3]64.1016.001.5081.60188834.43

Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2020): Windstorm in Kranj, Slovenia (2020-02-17). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/21378327-1001-4162-90c8-603421abd6c4

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Management Mapping EMSN070 Risk and Recovery Mapping Slovenia Wind storm SVN Emergency

Data access

Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation [EMSN070]: Windstorm in Kranj, Slovenia (2020-02-17)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant geodatabase (GDB) and complete final report as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((14.346476 46.303031, 14.526707 46.303031, 14.526707 46.179675, 14.346476 46.179675, 14.346476 46.303031))

Lineage information

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-12
Modified date: 2021-04-12
Issued date: 2020-02-17
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN070
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/21378327-1001-4162-90c8-603421abd6c4
Popularity: 30 Nov 2023: 1 visits