Modelling Mediterranean heavy precipitation events at climate scale: an object-oriented evaluation of the CNRM-AROME convection-permitting regional climate …

C Caillaud, S Somot, A Alias, I Bernard-Bouissières… - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
Modelling the rare but high-impact Mediterranean Heavy Precipitation Events (HPEs) at
climate scale remains a largely open scientific challenge. The issue is adressed here by …

A numerical study of three catastrophic precipitating events over southern France. I: Numerical framework and synoptic ingredients

O Nuissier, V Ducrocq, D Ricard… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the simulation of three torrential rain events observed on 13–14
October 1995 (the Cévennes case), 12–13 November 1999 (the Aude case) and 8–9 …

[HTML][HTML] Cloud-resolving ensemble simulations of Mediterranean heavy precipitating events: Uncertainty on initial conditions and lateral boundary conditions

B Vié, O Nuissier, V Ducrocq - Monthly Weather Review, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
Cloud-Resolving Ensemble Simulations of Mediterranean Heavy Precipitating Events:
Uncertainty on Initial Conditions and Lateral Boundary Conditions in: Monthly Weather Review …

1D+ 3DVar assimilation of radar reflectivity data: a proof of concept

O Caumont, V Ducrocq, É Wattrelot… - Tellus A: Dynamic …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract An original one-dimensional (1-D) retrieval followed by a three-dimensional
variational (1D+ 3DVar) assimilation technique is being developed to assimilate volumes of …

Sensitivity of the hydrological response to the variability of rainfall fields and soils for the Gard 2002 flash-flood event

S Anquetin, I Braud, O Vannier, P Viallet… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
In the general context of field experiment design, this paper presents a modeling study that
quantifies the respective impact of rainfall estimation and soil variability on the simulated …

The benefit of high-resolution operational weather forecasts for flash flood warning

J Younis, S Anquetin, J Thielen - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2008 - hess.copernicus.org
In Mediterranean Europe, flash flooding is one of the most devastating hazards in terms of
loss of human life and infrastructures. Over the last two decades, flash floods have caused …

The use of distributed hydrological models for the Gard 2002 flash flood event: Analysis of associated hydrological processes

I Braud, H Roux, S Anquetin, MM Maubourguet… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents a detailed analysis of the September 8–9, 2002 flash flood event in the
Gard region (southern France) using two distributed hydrological models: CVN built within …

Perturbation of convection-permitting NWP forecasts for flash-flood ensemble forecasting

B Vincendon, V Ducrocq… - Natural Hazards and …, 2011 - nhess.copernicus.org
Mediterranean intense weather events often lead to devastating flash-floods. Extending the
forecasting lead times further than the watershed response times, implies the use of …

Towards probabilistic forecasting of flash floods: The combined effects of uncertainty in radar-rainfall and flash flood guidance

G Villarini, WF Krajewski, AA Ntelekos… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The flash flood guidance system (FFGS) is an operational system which assists forecasters
to issue flash flood warnings and watches over the conterminous United States. Currently, it …

Evaluation of Alpine-Mediterranean precipitation events in convection-permitting regional climate models using a set of tracking algorithms

SK Müller, C Caillaud, S Chan, H De Vries, S Bastin… - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
We here inter-compare four different tracking algorithms by applying them onto the
precipitation fields of an ensemble of convection-permitting regional climate models …