DATASET

EFAS rapid flood mapping

Collection: CEMS-EFAS : European Flood Awareness System 

Description

This data set contains the estimated flood extent at 100 m resolution for the whole of Europe based on the EFAS flood forecast and local flood protection levels.

The methodology in brief: For each location in the river the forecasted magnitude of peak discharge is compared with the local flood protection level. For locations where the local flood protection level is predicted to be exceeded the flood extend is estimated. The delineation of flood prone areas is based on a catalogue of flood hazard maps covering all the EFAS river network. The catalogue is based on simulations run with the 2D hydrodynamic model LISFLOOD-FP, fed with flood hydrographs derived from the EFAS climatology through a statistical analysis of extreme values for several reference return periods.

This information is produced by the operational EFAS (www.efas.eu) in order to communicate to the EFAS partners the estimated flood extent affiliated to the flood forecast.

The update frequency of this data set is twice a day (00:00 and 12:00 UTC); and the spatial coverage is the extended geographic Europe, with a 100 m resolution.

Contact

Email
Peter.SALAMON (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): EFAS rapid flood mapping. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/85470f72-9406-4a91-9f1f-2a0220a5fa86

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service EFAS flood extent flood forecast flood mapping pan European

Data access

EFAS WMS-T (Web Map Service Time)
Use conditions
 
Access conditions
Authorisation required 
URL 
  • EFAS partners have the possibility to access and download selected products from the operational EFAS by using this password-protected OGC service.

EFAS rapid flood mapping
Use conditions
 
Access conditions
Authorisation required 
URL 
  • This data set can be viewed by EFAS partners online under www.efas.eu by activating the layer "rapid flood mapping"

EFAS Sensor Observation Service (SOS)
Use conditions
 
Access conditions
Authorisation required 
URL 
  • EFAS partners have the possibility to access and download selected products from the operational EFAS by using this password-protected OGC service.

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((-11.5 67, 41 67, 41 27, -11.5 27, -11.5 67))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2020-09-11
Modified date
2020-09-11
Issued date
2017-03-06
Landing page
https://www.efas.eu/ 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Environment, Health, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/85470f72-9406-4a91-9f1f-2a0220a5fa86
Popularity