The Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) is part of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) and provides operational, extended-range ensemble flood forecasts with a 30-day lead-time for major river basins based on hydrological and meteorological data with a global coverage.
Through its products, GloFAS provides early warning information that can be used by response groups such as national disaster management agencies and humanitarian organizations to prepare for a flood event. Besides ascertaining whether a flood could occur, GloFAS’s return period exceedance metrics give insights into the potential magnitude of a flood, which is vital in estimating the level of impact. Subsequently, government agencies can quantify the resources required for emergency response and mitigation. Further, impact aggregated over administrative regions can provide a hint about areas of priority and specifically alert the local authorities to put mitigation measures in place. This case study shows the application of GloFAS during a severe flood event in Nigeria in 2022 for early warning.
This case study intends to illustrate how various products available within the Copernicus’s Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) platform can be utilized within the disaster management cycle phases using a recent example of the Nigeria floods of 2022 that occurred along the Benue and Niger rivers and their confluence.
Early warning capacities can be limited in many parts of the world. Copernicus, part of the European Union Space Programme, offers free tools and services to bridge the gap and make early warning information accessible globally. The Global Flood Awareness System, GloFAS, is part of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service’s “Early Warning & Monitoring” portfolio, which also includes the Global Drought Observatory (GDO) as well as the Global Wildfire Information Service (GWIS).
GloFAS can be used for flood early warning globally. However, data accuracy will vary between regions based on factors such density of local measurement networks and area of the river-basin.
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More than 60 humanitarian networks and partnerships are invited to hold their meetings and organize joint sessions at the "Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week" (HNPW). HNPW 2024 will be held in a hybrid format from April 29 to May 10, 2024. The first week (April 29 to May 3) will be held remotely, while the second week (May 6 to May 10) will be organized face-to-face at the CICG in Geneva.
Nine areas of common concern will be addressed for inter-network collaboration. These are:
There is no attendance fee for participants, but participants in the face-to-face week have to cover their costs for travel and accommodation, and make their own hotel arrangements. Nominal invitations for visa support will be provided for speakers and panel members by the inviting network or partnership upon request. The HNPW secretariat does not provide travel support or nominal invitations to participants.
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Satellite earth observation data and tools offer information and insights that can support a wide variety of humanitarian missions. Despite an increase in the availability of data thanks to public and private investments in satellite constellations, the use of this data by humanitarian organizations and governments is still not widespread.
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Disasters affect individuals differently based on gender, age, and disabilities. Therefore, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) invites those interested in advancing their understanding and capabilities in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) to join the upcoming 5th Training Course on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction. The course will take place from May 14th to May 16th, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand.
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The Global Flood Partnership (GFP) has announced that their annual conference will be held this year in Nairobi, Kenya. Registration for the even has now been opened. The subject of this years conference will be "EW4ALL: Strengthening resilience against flooding - Know, Monitor, Communicate, Respond!" and will include sessions covering the four pillars of Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL), including sessions on risk knowledge, monitoring and warning, communication and dissemination, and response and recovery.
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The 2024 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference will take place in Würzburg, Germany, from September 30 to October 4. The theme of this year’s annual EUMETSAT conference is “The Earth Observation value chains for weather, climate, and hydrosphere”.
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The European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL) organizes the annual Symposium, which aims to showcase current trends in remote sensing. Researchers, students, and professionals from Earth and environmental sciences who work with remotely sensed data are invited to Manchester Metropolitan University to attend the 43rd EARSeL Symposium in June 2024. The Symposium will consist of oral and poster sessions covering various workshop topics.
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Two decades after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, UNESCO-IOC and BMKG have initiated the UNESCO IOC Global Tsunami Symposium to commemorate the two-decade anniversary.
The Symposium will take place from November 11th to 14th, 2024, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, featuring special events such as Poster Sessions, Exhibitions, and Ignite Stages. Preceding the main symposium, on November 8th and 9th, the "International Scientific Workshop hosted by IABI in collaboration with USK-TDRMC" will be held.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (Indonesian: Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika, abbreviated BMKG)
