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Forest fire in Sweden (2018-06-06)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2018-06-06 11:27:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-06-03 14:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
Sweden has experienced warm and dry spring weather which has resulted in very dry vegetation. Forests are very sensitive to ignition and several persistent fires have endured this past month. Currently, a number of extensive forest fires are ongoing in Värmland, southeast of Kristinehamn and in Edsvalla

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 7
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) (2018): Forest fire in Sweden (2018-06-06). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/b8e233f0-68cd-49a7-8815-4db1d28697e4

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service CEMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Emergency Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Management EMSR290 Rapid Mapping Mapping SWE Sweden Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR290]: Forest fire in Sweden (2018-06-06)
Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice 
Access conditions
No limitations 
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
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WKT 
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WKT 
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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
2018-06-06
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR290 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/b8e233f0-68cd-49a7-8815-4db1d28697e4
Popularity