4. Communication on Water
Scarcity and Drought
yearly aggregated drought indicators
yearly water scarcity indicators
EDO
JRC
European Reporting
and Information
System (WISE)
WISE
EEA
Global Drought
Monitoring System
NetworkNetwork
COM(2007)414Final
European
Drought
Observatory
Water
Information
System for EU

5. Water
Information
System for
Europe
(WISE)
European
Drought
Observatory
(EDO)
European Drought
Observatory (EDO)
Multi-scale on-line Monitoring System
(European, Regional, National, RB)
Drought risk analysis
Drought monitoring and assessment
Drought forecasting
Drought indices (meteorological, pedological,
hydrological)
Near real-time modelling
Analysis of Climate Change impact
Network of JRC, Regional Centres, MS, River
Basin authorities, …
Analysis of environmental impact (e.g. soil
degradation, desertification)
Water Information System
for Europe (WISE)
Yearly (seasonal?) Reporting (European,
National, River Basin District)
Indicator Reports
Analysis of water scarcity (socio-economic
vulnerability)
Analysis of socio-economic and environmental
impact
Drought Management Plans
(preparedness and mitigation)

6. The European Drought
Observatory (EDO)
http://edo/jrc.ec.europa.eu
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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Multi-Scale Approach
& Catalogue
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Multi-Scale Approach
& Catalogue
10

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Multi-Scale Approach
& Catalogue
11

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Multi-Scale Approach
& Catalogue
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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

14. How to join EDO
1628 April 2015

15. 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

19. 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

20. 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

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Take-Away Points
Key Points:
• EDO is implemented as a multi-scale distributed system based on
interoperable map servers.
• Core indicators are implemented at all scales. They are
complemented by regionally relevant indicators.
• Continuous stakeholder involvement ensures both sound results
and the acceptance of the system.
Next Steps:
• Increase the number of indicators at European level.
• Enlarge the number of interoperable observatories.
• Improve medium to long-range forecasting
• Hazard & risk analysis (incl. CC scenarios)
http://edo/jrc.ec.europa.eu