Implemented by the European Commission as part of the Copernicus Programme
The Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) is pleased to announce a minor upgrade to its map viewer enhancing the user experience. As of 31-10-2024, the Bing Maps background layers have been removed from the map viewer and replaced with two new options: a high-resolution satellite imagery layer and a detailed topographic map. These new layers are provided by MapTiler.
The recently published scientific publication Technical note: Surface fields for global environmental modelling provides a thorough description of the methodology and raw data used for the generation of the GloFAS 0.05 degrees high resolution static maps.
The GloFAS 0.05 high resolution maps are available for download from this link.
The availability of the dataset can support the understanding and interpretation of GloFAS forecasts.
Furthermore, interested users can use the high resolution maps to run the hydrological model OS LISFLOOD on their premisese, for their area of interest, and specific purposes.
The Annual Survey for the reference year 2023 was conduced in February-March 2024: the results and the complete list of FOLLOW-UP actions are available from THIS PAGE.
Overall, the results indicate that there is high satisfaction with GloFAS and GFM service and products. However, there are opportunities for further improvement. More specifically, the survey responses allowed to identify 8 medium-term (1 year) and 4 long-term (more than 1 year) follow-up actions. 3 actions have been already completed!
Annual Meeting Summary
The 3rd CEMS Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Annual Meeting (online) gathered almost 200 participants and it featured presentations about recent developments to CEMS GloFAS and GFM products, 3 keynotes on the potential that GloFAS and GFM products have in large scale projects, 10 ignite talks about applications of GloFAS and GFM products and data.
The summary of the event and all the presentations and posters are available from the GloFAS web page: GloFAS and GFM events.
The CEMS GloFAS and …
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs has released a new report highlighting the ways in which space technologies are improving early warning systems to further advance disaster preparedness. The Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) and the Global Drought Observatory (GDO) of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service are among the key tools highlighted in the report.
The report, titled "Space Technologies for Early Warning Systems" , features more than 80 case studies provided by experts, industry, and governments, showcasing the impact of space-based information on disaster management and emergency response.
GloFAS is presented …
The CEMS GloFAS and GFM teams are always eager to know how we can further improve the products and service. Would you like to help us identify needs for improvement and prioritize the follow-up actions?
Please fill the GloFAS and GFM Annual Survey
https://response.questback.com/smhi/glofasandgfmsurveyregarding2023
This survey will allow you to share your feedback and provide suggestions about GloFAS and/or GFM service and products. The questionnaire should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete, and it will close on March 20th (5pm UTC), 2024. The results of the previous surveys (reference years 2022 …
GloFAS v4.1
A minor release of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS), version 4.1, has been launched operationally on Wednesday 28 February 2024.
GloFAS version 4.1 introduces several minor changes to the system, including:
A minor release of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS), version 4.1, will be launched operationally on Wednesday 28 February 2024.
GloFAS version 4.1 introduces several minor changes to the system, including:
Join the 3rd Copernicus Emergency Service (CEMS) Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Annual Meeting to learn about the most recent advances and developments to the CEMS Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) and to the CEMS Global Flood Monitoring (GFM) products and data.
The annual meeting will be hosted online on 05 and 06 March 2024, from 13:00 to 16:30 (UTC) during both days of the event.
The format of the meeting will be highly interactive, including ignite and keynote talks from GloFAS and GFM users, a poster session, and an open space for …
Would you like to find out the most recent developments to the CEMS Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) and to the CEMS Global Flood Monitoring (GFM) product?
If yes, then save the date – 05-06 March 2024 - to join us at the 3rd CEMS Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Meeting. We will focus on the recent developments of the CEMS global flood forecasting and monitoring products, discuss users feedback, and learn about use cases.
The 2-days meeting will be held fully online and it will consist of two blocks from 1pm – …
To facilitate the use of the hydrological reanalysis data from the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS), ECMWF has developed training material for accessing and working with GloFAS data. It is freely accessible from a repository of Copernicus Data Tutorials here.
The material, in the form of a Jupyter notebook , demonstrates how to investigate a specific flood event using data from the GloFAS. The example used is the major flood event in Bangladesh in June 2022.
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