UID:
almahu_9949613421402882
Format:
1 online resource (546 pages)
ISBN:
2-7592-1260-2
Series Statement:
Hors Collection
Note:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - International FRIEND Group Databases -- Short introduction -- Brève introduction -- The FRIEND European Water Archive -- Adequate DBMS tools -- Data selected for the AMHY database -- The Southern African FRIEND database -- Badoie : outil de gestion de la base de données du projet FRIEND AOC. -- Etat de la base de données du projet FRIEND AOC -- GIS aspects of a FRIEND database -- Short Conclusion -- References of chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 - Regimes and regional hydrology -- Short introduction -- Brève introduction -- European hydroclimatology : the continental scale -- European regimes : diversity and features -- Stability of river flow regimes -- Regimes tropicaux et tendances climatiques -- Régionalisation hydrologique en Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale et au Mali -- Régimes tropicaux et tendances climatiques dans le bassin du Congo-Zaïre -- Synthèses régionales des regimes hydrologiques : approche QdF et régionalisation -- Effets d'échelle et cartographie des écoulements -- Regional quantification of catchment sensitivity to climate variability -- Short conclusion -- References of chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 - Low flows and droughts -- Short introduction -- Brève introduction -- Low Flows and Droughts in Northern Europe -- Regional water resources and drought assessment in Southern Africa -- Long term effects of rain shortage : the ill rivers of Western and Central Africa -- Drought in South-Eastern Europe -- Statistical analysis of low flows with zero discharges -- Short discussion of the presented papers -- References of chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 - Floods -- Short introduction -- Breve introduction -- New developments with AGREGEE, a statistical model using hydrometeorological information.
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Validation of synthetic tools by simulation -- Comparative study of flood characteristics in Southern Africa -- Regional hierarchical approach to flood frequency analysis -- The SMFH/NIMH Synthetic Hydrographs Computing Methods -- Renewal processes for flood analysis -- 5 Conclusions -- Large floods in Europe -- A new Modified Rational Method -- Short conclusion -- References of chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 - Heavy Rains -- Short introduction -- Brève introduction -- Rain intensities in the french Alps -- Trajectoires des noyaux pluvieux dans des chaînes montagneuses côtières -- Meteorological conditions of heavy rains -- Mapping of statistical characterization of heavy rains at national scale -- Application of weather radar in mountainous basins -- Stochastic point models of rainfalls and their extremes -- Short conclusion -- References of chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 - Physical processes of runoff formation -- Short introduction -- Brève introduction -- Global review of isotope hydrological investigations -- Hydrological processes in forested catchments -- Process studies in agricultural catchments -- Modélisation pluie-débit et régionalisation : le programme ERREAU en Côte d'Ivoire -- Short conclusion -- References of chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 - Long series : models and trends -- Brève introduction -- Short introduction -- Caractéristiques fractales des series pluviométriques -- Longues series pluviométriques en Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale non sahélienne -- Longues séries disponibles dans la base AMHY -- Brève Conclusion -- References of chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 - Regional hydrology, integrated water management, and some futures for FRIEND -- Short introduction -- Brève introduction -- Le concept de ralentissement dynamique, en gestion intégrée des eaux -- An hydrological definition of flood vulnerability.
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Regional hydrological determinants for instream ecology -- Future directions for Northern European FRIEND -- The future of Southern Africa FRIEND project -- Hydrologie régionale et développement durable en Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale -- Prevention and management of environmental hazards in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - HKH FRIEND -- Short conclusion -- References of chapter 8 -- Conclusions -- Authors and Chapter Editors.
Language:
English
