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The '''[[GFMS | GFM]] '' service is designed to achieve the following three major requirements, namely:
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The [[GFMS | '''GFM''']] is a service of the [https://emergency.copernicus.eu/ CEMS] ecosystem specifically designed to provide users all around the world with the most timely, updated and reliable flood mapping products based on Sentinel-1 satellite imagery.  
* to provide a continuous global, systematic monitoring of flood events,
 
* to significantly enhance the timeliness of flood maps for emergency response and
 
* to improve the effectiveness of Rapid Mapping activation requests through a better identification of the area of interest.  
 
  
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[[GFMS | '''GFM''']] is run by:
  
GFMS is run by the Global Flood Monitoring Alliance, consisting of
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* [[EODC]]
* 2 companies: the [http://eodc.eu EODC] (Earth Observation Data Centre - Group Leader) and GeoVille from Austria,
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* [[GeoVille]]
* 3 research institutions: the TU Wien (Austria), LIST (Luxembourg) and CIMA (Italy) and
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* [[TU Wien]]
* the German Aerospace Center (DLR, as sub-contractor to EODC)
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* [[LIST]]
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* [[CIMA Foundation]]
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* [[DLR]]
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All the [[PRODUCTS | '''data''']] produced by [[GFMS | '''GFM''']] are freely available through [https://www.efas.eu EFAS] and [https://www,glofas.eu GloFAS] webportals.
  
 
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The GFM is a service of the CEMS ecosystem specifically designed to provide users all around the world with the most timely, updated and reliable flood mapping products based on Sentinel-1 satellite imagery.

GFM is run by:

All the data produced by GFM are freely available through EFAS and GloFAS webportals.


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