DATASET

Flood in Münster (2021-03-29)

Collection: CEMS-RRM : CEMS Risk and Recovery Mapping 

Description


Activation date: 2021-03-29
Event type: Flood

Activation reason:


The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard has been activated by the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) on behalf of Bezirksregierung Münster, for a retrospective assessment of the maximum flood extent and flood depth registered during the event occurred at the Ems river (Münster city, Germany) in February 2021, whose flood peak was observed on the 19th February 2021. The inundation was caused by a significant increase of temperatures to approximately 30 degrees that was registered since the 15th of February, resulting into a rapid snow melting process and into a consequent quick increase of the water level in local water bodies, so that numerous rivers around Münster burst their banks, causing floods in the regions along the Ems river.A hydraulic modelling approach has been adopted to provide the temporal analysis of the occurred flood event (P06 product) in terms of maximum flood extent, maximum water depth, and flood temporal evolution estimated during the period 17th-22nd February 2021. The model has been calibrated by using three P04-Flood delineation products depicting the flood footprint extracted from Sentinel-1 acquisitions taken on the 19th (682.65 ha), 21st (355.72 ha) and 22nd (353.86 ha) of February 2021.The maximum flood extent retrieved from the hydraulic modelling is 1791.31 ha. The water depth range has been estimated between 0.25 and 2.5 m (0.40 m on average).

Contact

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

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Flood in Münster (2021-03-29). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/78d0f486-8bb0-4b8d-b9ed-d62b9373de41

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service DEU Emergency Emergency Management EMSN092 Flood Germany Mapping Risk and Recovery Mapping Copernicus

Data access

Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation [EMSN092]: Flood in Münster (2021-03-29)
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

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((7.39206 52.31726, 7.71136 52.31726, 7.71136 52.02817, 7.39206 52.02817, 7.39206 52.31726))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-05-13
Modified date
2021-05-13
Issued date
2021-03-29
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN092 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/78d0f486-8bb0-4b8d-b9ed-d62b9373de41
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