Forest fire Portugal (2017-10-16)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-10-16 17:26:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-10-15 10:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:

At least 27 people have died as a result of wildfires sparked around the country amid high temperatures and strong winds fanned by the ex-hurricane storm Ophelia on Sunday 15 of October. Hundreds of wildfires have forced residents to flee from towns and villages.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 4
Grading products: 4

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

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Forest fire Portugal (2017-10-16). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/ba7096f5-0099-4bc1-a7a7-9c29d65da94a

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR250 Mapping Portugal PRT Wildfire Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR250]: Forest fire Portugal (2017-10-16)

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

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-9.15780839458 42.1989051, -7.28416828171 42.1989051, -7.28416828171 39.5874762037, -9.15780839458 39.5874762037, -9.15780839458 42.1989051))

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: 2017-10-16
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR250
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/ba7096f5-0099-4bc1-a7a7-9c29d65da94a
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