DATASET

Tropical cyclone in Tanna Island (2015-04-14)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2015-04-14 09:31:00
Event time (UTC): 2015-03-13 00:00:00
Event type: Wind storm

Activation reason:
Pam, a Category 5 storm, has caused torrential rains and strong winds over the Pacific Tanna island, downing power lines and flattening buildings throughout the country.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 4

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) (2015): Tropical cyclone in Tanna Island (2015-04-14). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7f640f30-6370-4793-9839-8432a02f07b9

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR123 Mapping Rapid Mapping Vanuatu VUT Wind storm

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR123]: Tropical cyclone in Tanna Island (2015-04-14)
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 ((169.212633384 -19.3097304389, 169.515143853 -19.3097304389, 169.515143853 -19.6871876332, 169.212633384 -19.6871876332, 169.212633384 -19.3097304389))

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
2015-04-14
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR123 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/7f640f30-6370-4793-9839-8432a02f07b9
Popularity