Implemented by the European Commission as part of the Copernicus Programme
GloFAS is composed of an integrated hydro-meteorological forecasting chain and of a monitoring system
that analyses results daily for GloFAS forecasts and monthly for GloFAS Seasonal.
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26 May 2021 is the release of Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) version 3.1, which implements a major change in the modelling system, with updates of all related GloFAS products …
Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) version 3.1 is due for pre-release on 15 April 2021. Here is a summary of the main updates:
In 2019, forecasts from the Copernicus Emergency Management Service’s Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) were used to provide real-time emergency flood forecast bulletins to support international humanitarian decision-making ahead of and during two devastating tropical …
The UN released $5.2 million dollars in humanitarian aid to the people of Bangladesh on 4 July to prepare before a forecast flood peak in mid-July. The finance trigger was based on the Copernicus Emergency …
Copernicus GloFAS has been highlighted in a recent WMO Bulletin as an example of successful innovation in hydrological modeling through the Earth System approach. This novel modeling approach provides information for early flood warning on a global scale.
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