ERICHA flash flood indicator

Description

EFAS holds two flash flood indicators: ERIC and ERICHA. The ERICHA flash flood indicator shows for the whole of Europe an estimation on flash flood hazard for the next 5 hours based on precipitation radar nowcasting.

Short description on the methodology: Flash flood hazard level estimated from the European OPERA reflectivity composite. Estimation of the hazard level is based on the rainfall aggregated on the drainage network (defined with a resolution of 1km), which is used as the variable that characterizes the flash flood potential. The thresholds used for the different hazard levels depend on the regional climatic characteristics and the size of the catchment defined upstream of each point of the drainage network. The flash flood hazard level is updated every 15 mins in line with the rainfall accumulation (1h) layer. This product has been developed in the ERICHA project.

For more information on: - OPERA: http://eumetnet.eu/activities/observations-programme/current-activities/opera/ - ERICHA

project: http://ericha.eu/

This information is part of the operational suit of EFAS (www.efas.eu) and intends to provide

EFAS partners with in-depth information at relevant key locations along affected European rivers to facilitate decision making.

Contact

Email: ericha (at) ericha.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): ERICHA flash flood indicator. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/b4a32b58-b64a-4eb5-b23f-331521a448cd

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service EFAS flash flood flood forecast heavy precipitation hydrological extremes pan European

Data access

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.

ERICHA flash flood hazard

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 "Latest 24-hour precip."

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

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))

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2022-05-06
Modified date: 2022-05-06
Issued date: 2017-03-06
Landing page: https://www.efas.eu/
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Environment, Health, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/b4a32b58-b64a-4eb5-b23f-331521a448cd
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