GloFAS v4.4 Global Flood Awareness
Operational global flood forecasting with ECMWF's AIFS model. Includes short/medium/long range forecasts and satellite-based flood detection. Released September 2025.
global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- International
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Flood Forecasts
- Streamflow
- Flood Detection
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hazard maps
Map flood-prone areas and who and what is exposed.
Because it has: Flood Forecasts
- 02
Model validation
Check flood models against observed events.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: Streamflow
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flood extent from SAR
Segment flooded areas in radar imagery, even through cloud.
- 02
Depth estimates
Learn flood depth from terrain, rainfall and past events.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
GloFAS via Copernicus CDS API
Licence: Copernicus EMS licence
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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