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A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A EUROPEAN COPERNICUS COASTAL FLOOD AWARENESS SYSTEM

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Proving the feasibility of a European Coastal Flood Awareness System

In the context of climate change and rising sea levels, coupled with an increasing pressure on coastal zones, weather-induced climate risks are expected to grow in number and effect. New advances in products and tools better exploiting Earth observation data can help us prepare and respond to weather-related emergencies. The EU-funded ECFAS project aims at demonstrating the technical and operational feasibility of a European Coastal Flood Awareness System. It will deliver a proof of concept that will contribute to a fully integrated risk cycle monitoring service for coastal areas (preparedness, response and recovery phases), and develop new products and tools, and integrate the information currently available in the Copernicus Core Services to improve the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.

Objective

The increasing number of tools and algorithms able to process and extract qualitative and quantitative information from Earth Observation products has an enormous potential to support the evaluation of weather-induced climate risks. The ECFAS project will contribute to the evolution of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service by demonstrating the technical and operational feasibility of a European Coastal Flood Awareness System. ECFAS will provide a proof-of-concept that will complement and broaden the currently available panoply of core service information. ECFAS will evaluate coastal flood risk contributing to a fully integrated risk cycle monitoring service. ECFAS will implement an awareness system for coastal areas (preparedness phase) and impact assessment products (response phase), fundamental for effective recovery and prevention actions. Following the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, the avoidance of duplication, and the facilitation of user uptake, ECFAS will capitalise from the product portfolio of CEMS, CMEMS and CLMS, publicly available datasets and information derived from relevant EU projects. Marine forcing forecasts will be improved through the integration of available models in order to reduce uncertainties and provide reliable coastal flood maps. Hazard and impact assessments will be carried out taking into account the existing CEMS framework and adding the impact on low-lying areas, that represents a set of added value mapping products. The technical operational feasibility of the products will be demonstrated through a performance assessment of the service in selected test cases for past-events, as well as in forecasting mode. The integration of data from different sources will require increased computer resources, supporting the concept of using DIAS as core processing service. The availability and accessibility of generated data and derived products will stimulate their exploitation by users of the Emergency Service and beyond

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Coordinator

ISTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO DI STUDI SUPERIORI ( I.U.S.S.) DI PAVIA
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€ 228 000,00
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PIAZZA DELLA VITTORIA 15 PALAZZO DEL BROLETTO
27100 Pavia
Italy

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Nord-Ovest Lombardia Pavia
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 228 000,00

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