Copernicus EMS Global Flood Monitoring (GFM)
Continuous near-real-time global monitoring product that processes incoming Sentinel-1 IW GRD SAR scenes with three flood-mapping algorithms and an ensemble rule. It publishes 20 m Observed Flood Extent and Observed Wat…
Questions this answers
2 · best fit firstFor a buyer-selected area of interest and time range, GFM supplies 20 m Sentinel-1-derived Observed Flood Extent classes with product sensing time and GFM product version, showing where and when model-assisted satellite classification indicates flooding; it does not measure flood depth or establish ground-reported causation.
For a buyer-selected AOI and time range, the standing GFM API and archive provide 20 m Sentinel-1-derived observed-flood-extent classes with sensing time and semantic product version. Parcel intersection establishes covered-scene extent, not depth, mechanism, building entry, or direct ground observation.
Fields it delivers
2 fieldsGFM is expressly documented as continuous global flood monitoring from Sentinel-1 acquisitions; satellite and processing availability can limit individual observations.
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