Copernicus Emergency Management Service
The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) is one of the six thematic services:[1] provided by the European Union's Copernicus Programme. The Copernicus Programme is managed by the European Commission and the CEMS is implemented by the EU's Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, in partnership with the European Space Agency and with CEMS Service Providers. CEMS was the first of the Copernicus Services to become fully operational, in April 2012 (known as GMES Initial Operations - Emergency Management Service (GIO-EMS) at the time).[2]
CEMS provides information for emergency response in relation to different types of disasters, including meteorological hazards, geophysical hazards, deliberate and accidental man-made disasters and other humanitarian disasters as well as prevention, preparedness, response and recovery activities. The Copernicus EMS is composed of an on-demand mapping component providing rapid maps for emergency response and risk and recovery maps for prevention and planning and of the early warning and monitoring component which includes systems for floods, droughts and forest fires.[3]
Copernicus Emergency Management Service Components
The CEMS is composed of four service elements:
- Copernicus EMS - Mapping provides all actors involved in the management of natural disasters, man-made emergency situations and humanitarian crises, with timely and accurate geospatial information derived from satellite remote sensing and completed by available in situ or open data sources and consists of three services[4]
- Rapid Mapping provides on-demand fast-provisioned (within hours or days) geospatial information in support of emergency management activities immediately following an emergency event - there are three standard products: Reference Maps, Delineation Maps (providing an assessment of the event extent) and Grading Maps (providing an assessment of the damage grade and its spatial distribution)
- Risk & Recovery Mapping provides on-demand geospatial information in support of emergency management activities not related to immediate response, particularly dealing with prevention, preparedness, disaster risk reduction and recovery phases - there are three broad product categories: Reference Maps, Pre-disaster Situation Maps and Post-disaster Situation Maps
- Validation is used for the verification of a sample of service outputs produced by the Rapid Mapping or Risk & Recovery Mapping services and is carried out independently
- European and Global Flood Awareness Systems (EFAS & GloFAS) provide to relevant stakeholders high value-added flood forecast information derived using in-situ and satellite data as well as hydro-meteorological models
- European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) and Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) monitor forest fire activity in near-real time, archive historical information on forest fires and support wildfire management at national, regional and global levels
- Drought Observatory provides drought-relevant information and early-warnings for Europe (EDO) and the globe (GDO)
Full, open and free of charge basis
All products of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (data, information, analyses, incl. website content) are made available to the public for free as open data as per the explicit definition in its "Data & Dissemination Policy": [5]
"Under Copernicus Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013, the information produced by the Copernicus Emergency Management Service shall be made available to the public on a full, open and free of charge basis."
References
- ↑ "Copernicus Services". Copernicus Programme. European Union. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ Kučera, Jan; Lemoine, Guido; Broglia, Marco (12 April 2013). "GIO-EMS and International Collaboration in Satellite based Emergency Mapping". EGU General Assembly 2013, held 7-12 April, 2013 in Vienna, Austria. European Geosciences Union: 13667. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ "Copernicus Emergency Management Service". Copernicus Programme. European Union. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ "Copernicus EMS - Mapping". Copernicus Emergency Management Service. European Union. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ↑ "Copernicus EMS Data & Dissemination Policy" (PDF). Copernicus Emergency Management Service. European Union. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Copernicus EMS - Mapping
- European Flood Awareness System
- Global Flood Awareness System
- European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) and Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS)
- European Drought Observatory
- Global Drought Observatory
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2015 Copernicus Work Programme adopted by Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 767 final of 17.02.2015 [1]
Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 establishing the Copernicus Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 911/2010 [2]
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