European Drought Observatory (EDO)

Jürgen Vogt

and the EDO Team

juergen.vogt@jrc.ec.europa.eu

European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)

Climate Risk Management Unit (CRM)

European Drought Observatory

• Concept

• Content

• Tools

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The European Drought

Observatory (EDO)

http://edo/jrc.ec.europa.eu

Reports

EDO:

• Internet-based tool

• provides different types

of information and tools

• at multiple scales

• through multiple

indicators, including high

level indicators targeted

to decision makers

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Multi-scale approach

that integrates drought

information from

various scales

Interoperability of drought information systems is required !

Multi-Scale Approach

Continental

sub-continental

& national

regional and local (RB)

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Source: National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Multi-Indicator Approach

Continental Scale

To add:

• Low-flow Indicator

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Standardized

Precipitation Index

Soil Moisture Anomaly

Vegetation Response

Standardized

Snowpack Indicator

Spring 2011

3-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-3)

February to April 2011, rainfall deviation from normal

EDO Standardized

Precipitation Index (SPI)

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Continental

layers

International /

National layers

Regional / Local

layers

Tools to navigate,

query and export

map and data

EDO

Map Viewer

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Multi-Scale Approach

& Catalogue

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Drought Metadata Catalogue

Open details on this metadata See the metadata bounding box

on the map below

Download the metadata

XML document

See the layer/service

described by the metadata

as temporary layer in EDO

MapViewer

How to join EDO

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Publish services *

WMS

WFS

WCS CSW

WPS

Write XML document(s) with metadata on your

data and services

Create and maintain data

and services

Registering permanent layers and/or services in EDO MapViewer(s) *

Upload XML document(s) onto the Drought Metadata Catalogue

Use

How to join EDO

More details in:

GWP-CEE_implementation_guide_final_0.6

http://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Guidelines_Drought_IOC_Nov2011_draft3.pdf

Steps to join EDO

* optional steps

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How to join EDO

Drought Metadata Catalogue

Allows to share different types of information:

scientific and/or geographical data (raster or vector),

documents (field reports, bulletins, etc.),

web pages, or web services (e.g. mapping services or data delivery services).

Different free or commercial software products are available for composing metadata XML files.

The most suitable for EDO Drought Metadata Catalogue are:

- CatMDEdit (http://catmdedit.sourceforge.net/, free software product)

- INSPIRE Metadata Editor (http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/editor/, free on-line tool).

Provide an XML document containing at least the mandatory fields to ensure

ISO (19115, 19119, 19139) and INSPIRE compliancy.

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How to join EDO

Drought Metadata Catalogue

Ask EDO team to upload

your XML document(s)

It will be immediately available

in the Drought Metadata Catalogue

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How to join EDO

Web Map Service (WMS)

If the metadata entry refers to a WMS (Web Map Service), used to deliver maps (images),

it can be temporarily displayed in the EDO MapViewer clicking the button in the result row

When you reset or close the MapViewer, the WMS is removed and you need to re-load it from

the Drought Metadata Catalogue

How to join EDO

Web Map Service (WMS)

If you want to promote your data via WMS, you can also ask EDO

team to register into the MapViewer one or more of your layers

as permanent layers

Once registered, you can see your

layer(s) as one of the EDO layers

with legend, description and time

selection options if needed

The layer is always available in the

MapViewer’s Table of Contents,

without the need to select it from the

Drought Metadata Catalogue

How to join EDO

WFS & WCS

If you have a WFS (Web Feature Service) to deliver vector data

or a WCS (Web Coverage Service) to deliver raster data,

you can ask EDO team to insert a link to your service