The Early Warning and Monitoring services

The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) Early Warning and Monitoring services include:

• The European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) and the Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS, see: https://www.efas.eu/en). These services combine satellite information, hydrological, modelling, meteorological predictions and in situ measurements. In addition, the Copernicus EMS provides a continuous global, systematic, and automated monitoring of all land surface areas possibly affected by flooding called global flood monitoring (GFM) product. (see: https://www.globalfloods.eu/technical-information/glofas-gfm/ ).

• The European & Global Drought Observatories (EDO & GDO). The observatories gather drought-relevant information such as maps of indicators derived from different data sources and produce reports with detailed description on severe drought events (e.g., precipitation measurements, satellite measurements, modelled soil moisture content, see: https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/edov2/php/index.php?id=1000 ).

• The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS, see: https://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ ) that lies in the integration and processing of multiple data sources, including satellite imagery, and converting them into real-time information on forest fire management, in complement to different national systems. The compatibility of EFFIS with national systems makes it flexible and adaptable to specific methodologies and needs.