The 3-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-3) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 3-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for immediate impacts of droughts, such as reduced soil moisture, snowpack,...

The 6-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-6) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 6-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for medium-term impacts, for example, reduced streamflow and reservoir stor...

The 12-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-12) is a meteorological drought indicator to monitor precipitation anomalies over 12-month accumulation periods and is a proxy indicator for medium-term impacts, for example reduced stream flow and reservoir s...

The Crop Masks used in the European Drought Observatory (EDO) and Global Drought Observatory (GDO) consist of 36 binary spatial layers (one for each 10-day period of the year) used to depict the location and extent of crop in its growing season. The input data...

The FAPAR Anomaly indicator that is implemented in the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory (GDO) is used to detect and monitor the impacts on vegetation growth and productivity of environmental stress factors, especially plant water stress due to drought. Th...

The FAPAR indicator used in the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory (GDO) is the satellite-measured biophysical variable Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR, sometimes written as fAPAR or FPAR), composited for 10-day intervals, fr...

The FAPAR Anomaly indicator that is implemented in the Copernicus European Drought Observatory (EDO) is used to detect and monitor the impacts on vegetation growth and productivity of environmental stress factors, especially plant water stress due to drought. ...

The Total Water Storage (TWS) Anomaly indicator that is implemented in the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory (GDO) is used for determining the occurrence of long-term hydrological drought conditions, which arise when the TWS reaches values lower than usual...

The FAPAR indicator used in the Copernicus Europeran Drought Observatory (EDO) is the satellite-measured biophysical variable Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR, sometimes written as fAPAR or FPAR), composited for 10-day intervals,...

Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) based on SPI, soil moisture and fAPAR, to identify areas with potential to suffer agricultural drought, areas where the vegetation is already affected by drought conditions, and areas in the recovery process to normal condition...

The CDI is used to identify areas suffering from various degrees of drought (areas at risk of agricultural drought, areas where the vegetation has already been affected and areas recovering from drought) and their spatial extent. As the name suggests, the CDI ...

On the 3 February 2024, a wildfire is reported to have affected Valparaiso Region. Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area caused at least 52 deaths. The event is on-going and spreading with damage expected to affect forests and urban area...

On the 15 January 2024 at 22:00, the Tropical Cyclone BELAL-24 is forecast to hit Réunion Island. The event is expected to cause damage in urban coastal areas and to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed populati...

Due to the currently prevailing flood situation in Germany, a 20 to 50-year flood is expected for the federal state of Saarland. The 1st wave will peak between 02.01.2024 around 18:00 and 03.01.2024 06:00, the 2nd wave is expected to peak in the night from 03....

On the 24 December 2023, flood events are forecast and expected over state of Lower Saxony in North West part of Germany. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide initial rough estimation and flood extent emergency mapping.

Activation date: 2023-12-21 Event type: Flood Activation reason: In the wake of Storm Ciarán's destructive path across Western Europe from late October to early November 2023, the region of Tuscany in central Italy faced catastrophic flood...

Activation date: 2023-12-20 Event type: Flood Activation reason: In September 2023, Thessaly Region, Greece, was hit by extended floods due to heavy rainfall. After three months, an area north, north-west of Karla lake is still flooded. The On-demand...

On the 14 December 2023 at 12:00, a flood event is forecast and expected over Charente River in the south-west part of France. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide initial rough estimation and flood extent emergency mapping.

The European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) predicted a high probability event of flooding starting 01 December 2023 at 06:00 UTC, with a peak of the event at 18:00 UTC. The expected duration of the event is 3 days, in Stei city and along Crisul Repede river in...