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Volcanic eruption Mount Etna, Italy (2015-12-08)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2015-12-08 19:37:00
Event time (UTC): 2015-12-03 06:00:00
Event type: Other

Activation reason:
In the early morning of 3rd December, a series of violent explosions with large ash emission occurred on Mount Etna, Italy. Ongoing volcanic activities are located in the north eastern sector (Linguaglossa and Castiglione di Sicilia Municipalities). According to the information available, some damage have occurred.

Reference products: 2
Delineation products: 4
Grading products: 2

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email
jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2015): Volcanic eruption Mount Etna, Italy (2015-12-08). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/114ebff9-d9dd-41f7-b266-4a16209ed187

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR148 ITA Italy Mapping Other Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR148]: Volcanic eruption Mount Etna, Italy (2015-12-08)
Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice 
Access conditions
No limitations 
URL 

  • All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

Type Value
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WKT 
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WKT 
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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-04-19
Modified date
2021-04-19
Issued date
2015-12-08
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR148 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/114ebff9-d9dd-41f7-b266-4a16209ed187
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