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Copernicus EMS User Workshop, 15-16 March 2016, Ispra

European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)

Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz Joint Research Centre

Space User Workshop EMS Mapping, 15-16 March 2016, Ispra Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz

Fire danger exchange 1998… need for harmonization establishment of EFFIS

Space User Workshop EMS Mapping, 15-16 March 2016, Ispra Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz

Definition and scope of EFFIS

– System established by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and DG Environment (ENV) as focal point

for information on forest fires in Europe (1998)

– Provides EU level assessments during both pre-fire and post-fire phases, thus supporting fire

prevention, preparedness, fire fighting and post-fire operations

– Complements national fire information systems through the provision of harmonised data,

methods and standards

Users

– EC Services, European Parliament, national/regional forest fires and civil protection services of

EU and non-EU countries

– FAO, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, FAO Silva Mediterranea

Operation and development

– Development by the JRC. Until 2015, operation supported by the EC Directorate Generals ENV,

ECHO, JRC

– From Oct. 2015 onwards, operation financed by GROW EFFIS becomes part of Copernicus

EMS.

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EFFIS Network – area covered by the system

Space User Workshop EMS Mapping, 15-16 March 2016, Ispra Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz

2016 - Network of 39 Countries, over 2.4 million records

PT, ES, FR, UK, IT, CH, DE, SE, NO, BE, CZ, AT, SI, HR,FI, PL, SK, HU, MK, GR, EE, LV, LT, RO, BG, TR, CY, IE, MA, LB, ME, BS, KO, AL, RU, ALG, LEB, MOR, TUN

Recently in the EFFIS network

In the EFFIS network

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EFFIS under the Copernicus Program

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EFFIS landing page

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Space User Workshop EMS Mapping, 15-16 March 2016, Ispra Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz

Since 2016 – the following EFFIS components will be operated outside JRC:

(1) Fire danger forecast

• Short and long-term fire danger forecast

• Monthly and seasonal fire weather forecast

(2) Active fire and burnt area mapping

• Active fire mapping – MODIS/VIIRS

• Medium spatial resolution (approx 300 m) near-real time mapping of burnt

areas (twice a day in pan-European region) (MODIS/VIRS/Sentinel3)

• High spatial resolution weekly burnt area mapping product (Landsat/Sentinel-2)

Copernicus Components Emergency Management Services

Early Warning Systems - European Forest Fire Information System

Space User Workshop EMS Mapping, 15-16 March 2016, Ispra Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz

ECMWF (16 km – 10 day forecast) MeteoFrance (10 km 3 day forecast)

DWD (25 km 6 day forecast) FWI Anomalies – deviation form historical average

FWI Percentiles - % with respect to historical values

Fire danger forecast

Space User Workshop EMS Mapping, 15-16 March 2016, Ispra Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz

Long-term fire weather forecast

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Monthly Forecast

Temperature

Rainfall

Seasonal Forecast

Temperature

Rainfall

Space User Workshop EMS Mapping, 15-16 March 2016, Ispra Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz

Since 2016 – the following EFFIS components will be operated outside JRC:

(1) Fire danger forecast

• Short and long-term fire danger forecast

• Monthly and seasonal fire weather forecast

(2) Active fire and burnt area mapping

• Active fire mapping – MODIS/VIIRS/Sentinels

• Medium spatial resolution (approx 300 m) near-real time mapping of burnt areas (twice a

day in pan-European region) (MODIS/VIIRS/Sentinel3)

• High spatial resolution (e.g. Sentinel2, Landsat res.) weekly (or bi-weekly) mapping of

burnt areas product (Landsat/Sentinel-2)

Copernicus Components Emergency Management Services

Early Warning Systems - European Forest Fire Information System

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Active fire detection (hot spots) -Location

-Landcover affected

Post-fire assessments

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Burnt area mapping (Rapid Damage Assessment) -Location

-Fire duration

-Total burnt area

-Landcover affected

Post-fire assessments

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Post-fire assessments

Fire severity Based on the Relative Difference Normalized Burn Ratio

(Miller et al. 2009)

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The following modules will be operated by the JRC:

(3) Enhancements of other existing modules of EFFIS e.g. fire database, fire

emissions and dispersion, soil erosion, vegetation regeneration, fire spread

prediction for large fires, etc.

(4) Dissemination services – operation of web services & contact with countries

(5) Development of a Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) in cooperation

with GOFC Fire IT (Global Observation of Forest Cover Fire Implementation

Team) and GEO (Group on Earth Observations).

Copernicus Components Emergency Management Services

Early Warning Systems - European Forest Fire Information System

Space User Workshop EMS Mapping, 15-16 March 2016, Ispra Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz

Thank you

effis@jrc.ec.europa.eu

http://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu