Search results for "pluie"
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Soil erosion processes in European vineyards: A qualitative comparison of rainfall simulation measurements in Germany, Spain and France
2016
Small portable rainfall simulators are considered a useful tool to analyze soil erosion processes in cultivated lands. European research groups in Spain (Valencia, Málaga, Lleida, Madrid and La Rioja), France (Reims) and Germany (Trier) have used different rainfall simulators (varying in drop size distribution and fall velocities, kinetic energy, plot forms and sizes, and field of application) to study soil loss, surface flow, runoff and infiltration coefficients in different experimental plots (Valencia, Montes de Málaga, Penedès, Campo Real and La Rioja in Spain, Champagne in France and Mosel-Ruwer valley in Germany). The measurements and experiments developed by these research teams give…
Interannual memory effects for spring NDVI in semi-arid South Africa
2008
[1] Almost 20 years of Normalized Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) and precipitation (PPT) data are analysed to better understand the interannual memory effects on vegetation dynamics observed at regional scales in Southern Africa (SA). The study focuses on a semi-arid region (25°S–31°S; 21°E–26°E) during the austral early summer (September–December). The memory effects are examined using simple statistical approaches (linear correlations and regressions) which require the definition of an early summer vegetation predictand (December NDVI minus September NDVI) and a consistent set of potential predictors (rainfall amount, number of rainy days, rainfall intensity, NDVI and Rain-Use-Efficie…
Les climats régionaux : observation et modélisation : actes du colloque
2012
6 pages; International audience; L'objectif de cette étude est de caractériser les variations spatio-temporelles des flux sédimentaires de la basse vallée du Mono-Couffo (bassin versant partagé par le Bénin et le Togo), à partir des données de matières en suspension (MES), de débits solides (TSS), de pluie, du débit et des données concernant l'occupation du sol pour mieux apprécier l'impact de la dégradation du couvert végétal sur le flux des sédiments terrigènes. Il ressort de l'analyse une diminution de plus de 60 % des formations naturelles entre les années 1956 et 2000, contribuant à une augmentation des apports spécifiques dans la basse vallée. Une charge solide considérable en matière…
Potential predictability of crop impacting climate variables for East Africa and application to sorghum in the Mt Kenya area
2013
In Southern countries with rural low income populations, the vulnerability of rainfed agriculture to rainfall variability requires effective solutions to mitigate the effects of climatic hazards on crops. Predicting the characteristics of rainy seasons some time before they start should help the establishment of agricultural adaptation strategies to rainfall hazards. This is the objective of the present study, focused on East Africa (Kenya and northern Tanzania), and divided in three parts:- Define and document intra-seasonal descriptors (ISD) that will be considered in the predictability study. A new methodological approach has been developed in order to define the onset date (ORS) and the…
Effect of cultivation techniques on the hydrodynamic and mechanical behaviour of the "Lauragais-terreforts"
1993
The effect of various seed bed preparations on hydrodynamic and mechanical parameters was studied experimentally by simulated rainfall on clayeyloamy soils Lauragais, which had developed on chalky molasse on a slope greater than 12 %. The level of soaked up rain ("pluie d'imbibition", Pi) is closely connected to the inital degree of saturation of the soil ; it varies from 10 to 24 mm when the soil is humid and increases when the soil is dry (14 to 47 mm). But when the soil surface is crusted the Pi is less and seems to be no longer controlled by the degree of water in the soil. Treatments with fine structural elements show the fewest possibilities of infiltration during the soaking up stage…
Évolution récente des précipitations de mars-mai en Afrique de l'est : configurations spatiales et évolution subsaisonnière.
2014
6 pages; International audience; S'appuyant sur des données stationnelles de précipitations sur la période 1961-2012, l'objectif de cette étude est 1/ deconfirmer la baisse des pluies au cours des Long Rains sur la décennie 2000 détectée par Lyon et DeWitt (2012) à partir dedonnées en points de grille ; 2/ comprendre sa déclinaison à l'échelle intraannuelle sur la base des scénarios pluviométriquessubsaisonniers développés par Moron et al. (2013) ; et 3/ évaluer son impact sur les écoagrosystèmes. Cette baisse se confirmedans les données stationnelles, mais de façon moins marquée que dans les données grillées. Elle affecte plus fortement les stationsles plus sèches et le mois d'avril, pic c…
Las crecidas en ramblas valencianas mediterráneas
2001
This paper takes into account the characterisation of ephemeral stream hydrology from Mediterranean environments. The heavy floods that these countries suffer are due to firstly, the physical watershed features (steep slopes, scarced vegetation cover and thin soils) and, secondly, to the intense and variable rainfall. Large quantities of precipitation fall in a matter of hours, or even minutes, over very steep catchments, causing catastrophic flash-floods, with very pointed hydrographs and short time lags. Using hydrological daily data from the Rambla de la Viuda basin and five-minute data from both Barranc de Carraixet and Rambla de Poyo basins, we have analysed the rainfall- runoff proces…
Spatial coherence and potential predictability of intraseasonal descriptors of the rainy season in Soudano-Sahelian Africa : application to the pearl…
2010
The aim of this thesis is twofold : (i) fill a lack of knowledge about the spatial coherence and seasonal predictability of the intraseasonal characteristics (ISC) of the soudano-sahelian rainy season. These ISC are the seasonal rainfall amount (S), the daily rainfall frequency > 1 mm (O), the daily rainfall mean intensity (I), the dates of the onset and withdrawal of the rainy season, the mean length of the dry (LDS) and/or wet spells (LWS) ; (ii) document the climate-agriculture relationship over the Niamey area based on the millet crop example.From FRIEND-AOC daily rainfall records (1950-2000) for a 136 stations-network located in Senegal, Mali, Burkina-Faso and Niger, the spatial cohere…
Climate variability and change : hydrological impacts
2006
Système d'Information Géographique pour l'évaluation de la vulnérabilité au risque de ruissellement urbain
2007
Colloque avec actes et comité de lecture. International.; International audience