GloFAS Global Flood Forecasting (Copernicus)

GloFAS Global Flood Forecasting (Copernicus)

MH Subset Needed

Global Flood Awareness System providing river discharge reanalysis (1979-present) and 30-day probabilistic flood forecasts at ~10km resolution. Maharashtra subset covers Krishna, Godavari, Bhima, and Tapi river basins for operational flood early warning.

Build a 30-day flood forecasting system for Maharashtra rivers using GloFAS global discharge predictions.
Maharashtra subset not yet extracted. This is a global dataset that contains data covering Maharashtra. A regional subset can be extracted by filtering on geographic coordinates or administrative boundaries.
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Quick Start

import cdsapi
# c = cdsapi.Client()
# c.retrieve('cems-glofas-historical', {...})
print('GloFAS: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/')
print('Global flood forecasting at 0.05 degree resolution')
Modality
raster-gridded
Size
~50 GB (global reanalysis), ~1 GB (MH river basins)
License
Format
GRIB / NetCDF
Language
en
Update Frequency
daily
Organization
ECMWF / Copernicus EMS

Schema

FieldTypeDescription
latitudefloatGrid cell latitude (0.05° resolution)
longitudefloatGrid cell longitude (0.05° resolution)
timedatetimeForecast or reanalysis time step
dis24floatRiver discharge (m³/s) — 24-hour mean

Build With This

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AI Use Cases

Flood forecasting for MH river basinsDam release impact modelingAgricultural flood damage predictionUrban flood risk mappingClimate change impact on river flows
Last verified: 2026-03-07