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 ...

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...

Activation date: 2023-11-23 Event type: Other Activation reason: Wildfires are one of the main environmental hazards that regularly threaten the Iberian Peninsula. On 8 September at 13h55 a fire broke out in the Sierra de Los Guájares Granada provinc...

Activation date: 2023-11-14 Event type: Humanitarian Activation reason: This activation (a continuation and update of EMSN120 for 2023) focuses on several villages situated on both sides of the Panj River in the Tajik/Afghan border region, at an alti...

Activation date: 2023-10-10 Event type: Wind storm Activation reason: On Monday 7 August 2023, Latvia experienced a severe storm characterised by large hailstones, thunderstorms, heavy precipitation, and intense winds. This event resulted in signific...

Activation date: 2023-10-09 Event type: Flood Activation reason: On 10 September 2023, storm Daniel reached its peak in north-eastern Libya, causing much damage and major destruction. One of the worst affected cities was Derna, at the time of the eve...

Activation date: 2023-09-17 Event type: Mass movement Activation reason: The landslides in Eastern Slovenia caused by heavy rainfalls on 17 May 2023 were object to investigate, geolocate and quantify using post event data of CEMS’s Aerial compo...

Activation date: 2023-08-24 Event type: Other Activation reason: On 21 August 2023 at 05:59 UTC two wildfires started in a forest area near Prodromos village (Sterea Ellada Region) and in the afternoon (15:10 UTC) in a forest area near Kyriaki villag...

Activation date: 2023-08-24 Event type: Other Activation reason: The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard (RRM STD) has been activated by the Spanish General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies (CENEM) on behalf of the government of the Canary...

Activation date: 2023-08-24 Event type: Forest fire, wild fire Activation reason: This CEMS Risk and Recovery Mapping (RRM) activation has been requested to provide damage delineation and grading product over the Parnitha Mountain, in the region of A...

Activation date: 2023-08-24 Event type: Wildfire Activation reason: On Monday of 21 August morning (10:11 local time) a wildfire started in a forest area on Euboea island at Sterea Ellada region, Greece. According to firefighters, the front was very ...

Activation date: 2023-08-21 Event type: Mass movement Activation reason: On the evening of 3 August 2023, a significant landslide struck the Georgian municipality of Oni, located in the mountainous region of Racha, Georgia. This event had a seve...