COPERNICUS4Schools

Contents:

• 1. Introduction to GIS (Geographic Information System)
  • 1.1. What are Geographic Information Systems?
  • 1.2. Introduction to QGIS
• 2. GIS and Analysis Tools
  • 2.1. Access to Copernicus Satellite images for free
  • 2.2. Display satellite images(s) in Copernicus Browser
• 3. Retrieving Copernicus EMS Data
  • 3.1. Copernicus EMS
• 4. Sentinel-2 Pre- and Post-Event Imagery
  • 4.1. How to Download the data with Copernicus Browser
  • 4.2. Sentinel-2 images in QGIS
• 5. Retrieving Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) data
  • 5.1. The CLMS
• 6. Retrieving JRC POPULATION DATA
  • 6.1. What is the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL)
  • 6.2. Importing GHSL in QGIS
• 7. Computing land Cover affected by flooding
  • 7.1. Insights into the land cover classes which are most affected by flood
  • 7.2. Percentage of each land cover class affected by the flooding
  • 7.3. Obtained results
• 8. Population affected by flooding
  • 8.1. Visualization of GHSL-JRC population data in QGIS
  • 8.2. Number of People affected by flooding

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Disclaimer

The product was created in collaboration with ISPRA according to the collaboration agreement dated September 5, 2023, within the framework of an Agreement No. 241 (article 15) of August 7, 1990.

Disclaimer

Co-funded by the European Union’s Caroline Herschel Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake under grant agreement No FPA 275/G/GRO/COPE/17/10042, project FPCUP (Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake).

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