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Citing EuroFlood

If EuroFlood helps your work, please cite the software, the index dataset, and the source data it builds on. Each has its own persistent identifier.

EuroFlood at a glance.

Cite the software

The repository ships a CITATION.cff, so GitHub's "Cite this repository" button generates an up-to-date reference.

Each release is archived on Zenodo. Cite the version you used for reproducibility, or the concept DOI to point at whatever is latest:

A BibTeX entry for the current release (the concept DOI resolves to it):

@software{hackl_euroflood,
  author    = {Hackl, J\"urgen},
  title     = {{EuroFlood: query Europe's satellite flood-depth maps by place and time}},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {0.3.1},
  license   = {MIT},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.22837458},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22837458}
}

Software and dataset carry different DOIs

The DOIs above identify the library. The flood index it reads is a separate artifact with its own DOI, below. Citing one does not cite the other.

Cite the index dataset

The published index (the COG + dictionary + events table + manifest) is archived on Zenodo and mirrored on Source Cooperative. Cite the version you used for reproducibility, or the concept DOI to point at whatever is latest:

@dataset{hackl_euroflood_index,
  author    = {Hackl, J\"urgen},
  title     = {{EuroFlood index}},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {v1.1.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.22834747},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22834747}
}

Cite the source data

The flood-depth maps and hazard layers are produced by the JRC / Copernicus Emergency Management Service and are not created by EuroFlood. Please cite them too.

  • Observed flood depth (CEMS-EFAS): Betterle, A. & Salamon, P. (2025). Satellite-Derived Flood Depth Maps for Europe. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) / Copernicus EMS. CC-BY-4.0. Dataset.
  • Modelled hazard (CEMS-GLOFAS): the CEMS-GLOFAS river-flood hazard maps (v2.1.2), when you use ef.hazard(...).

Reproduction package

All of the paper's figures, its derived data, and the analysis code that recreates them are archived on Zenodo:

Hackl, J. (2026). EuroFlood paper reproduction package: figures, derived data, and analysis code (Version v1.0.0) [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21510351

@dataset{hackl_euroflood_repro,
  author    = {Hackl, J\"urgen},
  title     = {{EuroFlood paper reproduction package: figures, derived data, and analysis code}},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {v1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.21510351},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21510351}
}

The paper

In preparation

A methods paper describing the index and library is in preparation. Once it is public, its citation (and a preferred-citation entry in CITATION.cff) will appear here. Until then, please cite the software and dataset above.