Analysis and forecast of wildfires using Copernicus data and services

Copernicus is the European Union’s Earth Observation programme aiming at monitoring and forecasting the state of the environment on land, sea and in the atmosphere, in order to support climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, the efficient management of emergency situations and improve the security of every citizen.

Copernicus has created a wealth of datasets related to the forecasting of wildfire danger as well as the detection of wildfire events and related emissions in the atmosphere. These products contribute to the operational services provided by the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) and the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and consists of real time forecasts as well as historical datasets based on ECMWF reanalysis database ERA5. Most of these data are available through the Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS) and the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS).

We will present the complete wildfire-related data offering under the Copernicus CDS and GWIS and showcase how data can be post-processed and visualised using the caliver R package.