DATASET

EFAS snow water equivalent anomaly

Collection: CEMS-EFAS : European Flood Awareness System 

Description

This data set contains for the whole of Europe two layers on the anomaly of snow water equivalent. Both visualize the deviation of the estimated snow water equivalent from the average long-term normal. One layer is based on satellite information and the other one on the output of our hydrological model.

Brief information on the individual layers: 1) Satellite-derived snow water equivalent anomaly: Standardized snowpack indicator provided by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. This product is derived from the pan-European Snow Water Equivalent from satellite microwave radiometry blended by snow-measurements from meteorological stations. The classes indicate the deviation of the relative volume of the snow pack on a 10 daily basis compared to the reference period 1979 - 2010. For more information visit http://cryoland.enveo.at/index.php/services/snow-services/pan-european-snow-products/standardized-snow-pack-indicator

2) Model-derived snow water equivalent anomaly: Deviation of the LISFLOOD simulated past 10-day average Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) from normal conditions. The normal conditions have been derived using the simulated SWE from a 22 year model climatology (1991 - 2012). For more information visit https://www.efas.eu/utilities/efas-user-information.html#soilmosture

This information is part of the operational suit of EFAS (www.efas.eu) and intends to provide EFAS partners with in-depth information about any current anomaly in snow water equivalent as important supplementary information to better judge upcoming hydrological extremes.

The update frequency of this data set is daily; and the spatial coverage is the extended geographic Europe.

Contact

Email
Peter.SALAMON (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): EFAS snow water equivalent anomaly. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/0cff874b-303b-45e8-a25a-f228cf080f55

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service pan European EFAS satellite-derived snow water equivalent snow water Standardized snowpack indicator snow water anomaly

Data access

EFAS active information
Use conditions
 
Access conditions
Authorisation required 
URL 
  • This data set can be viewed by EFAS partners online under www.efas.eu by activating the layer "EFAS active information"

EFAS WMS-T (Web Map Service Time)
Use conditions
 
Access conditions
Authorisation required 
URL 
  • EFAS partners have the possibility to access and download selected products from the operational EFAS by using this password-protected OGC service.

EFAS Sensor Observation Service (SOS)
Use conditions
 
Access conditions
Authorisation required 
URL 
  • EFAS partners have the possibility to access and download selected products from the operational EFAS by using this password-protected OGC service.

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((-11.5 67, 41 67, 41 27, -11.5 27, -11.5 67))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2020-09-11
Modified date
2020-09-11
Issued date
2017-03-06
Landing page
https://www.efas.eu/ 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Environment, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/0cff874b-303b-45e8-a25a-f228cf080f55
Popularity