Flood in Lapland, Finland (2021-05-21)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2021-05-21 07:21:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-05-20 14:30:00
Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)

Activation reason:
Extensive spring floods are on going in Finnish Lapland due to the melting snow in northern parts of Lapland. Warming weather and possible rain showers may worsen the situation rapidly on the following days. Floods are estimated to reach the highest peaks this week and will affect several municipalities. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide delineation and delineation monitoring products.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 10
Grading products: 0

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

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Flood in Lapland, Finland (2021-05-21). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/cb07c58c-33e5-41f6-aa1c-c35de08575b9

Keywords

Copernicus CEMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service FIN Emergency Management Copernicus EMS Finland Emergency Flood EMSR511 Mapping Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR511]: Flood in Lapland, Finland (2021-05-21)

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

GML

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GEO

POLYGON((23.450667106804 68.651714604261,28.732234289496 68.651714604261,28.732234289496 65.744896377384,23.450667106804 65.744896377384,23.450667106804 68.651714604261))

GEO

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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-05-25
Modified date: 2021-06-18
Issued date: 2021-05-21
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR511
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/cb07c58c-33e5-41f6-aa1c-c35de08575b9
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