GDACS - Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System

GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters.

GDACS scientific publications and dedicated reports

In this section a list of main GDACS document.

See more documents here.

JRC Emergency Report

M7.8 and M7.5 Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria - JRC Scientific Analysis - Update #5 28 Feb 2023 11:05

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Syria - Earthquake impact map 20 Feb 2023 08:32

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The maps provides an overall assessment of the impact in Syria, as of 17 February 2023. It includes figures of humanitarian impact pre-post earthquake and the distribution of the IDP locations and ref...

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M7.8 and M7.5 Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria - JRC Scientific Analysis - Update #4 20 Feb 2023 08:21

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This the fifth JRC emergency report on the ongoing earthquake crisis in Türkiye and Syria, which started 06 Feb 2023 at 01:17 UTC – 04:17 local time (previous reports published on 06, 07, 08 and 10 Fe...

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JRC Technical Report

M7.5 Palu earthquake preliminary report 25 Oct 2018 08:40

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A preliminary report on the M7.5 Palu earthquake co-seismic ruptures and landslides using image correlation techniques on optical satellite data.

JRC Sea Level Database: Coastal hazards 22 Aug 2018 12:37

Authors:Pamela Probst, Alessandro Annunziato

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission has developed a storm surge system for the Tropical Cyclones included in the Global Disasters Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) and the S...

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JRC storm surge system: New developments 22 Aug 2018 12:34

Authors:Pamela Probst, Alessandro Annunziato

JRC has developed the first storm surge calculation system for the Tropical Cyclones (TCs) included in the Global Disasters Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) in 2011. The TCs are not the only weat...

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