Cartographie régionale de la susceptibilité aux laves torrentielles dans les Alpes du Sud

This article describes a regional methodology of debris-flow susceptibility mapping. The implementation of this approach is based on statistical and GIS methods and makes it possible to identify catchments in the Southern French Alps, according to their morphometric (Melton index and local slope) an...

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Main Authors: Mélanie Bertrand, Frédéric Liébault, Hervé Piégay
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Language:English
Published: Institut de Géographie Alpine 2017-01-01
Series:Revue de Géographie Alpine
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3530
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description This article describes a regional methodology of debris-flow susceptibility mapping. The implementation of this approach is based on statistical and GIS methods and makes it possible to identify catchments in the Southern French Alps, according to their morphometric (Melton index and local slope) and sediment supply conditions (active erosion zones in headwater catchments), that are prone to debris flows because of hydrometeorological forcing. This methodology has been validated on 50 sites with very high scores; the geomorphic response was correctly predicted for 80% of the sites. The map of susceptibility to the occurrence of debris flow has been integrated into the RhyTMME project’s Web platform. This platform also offers a visualisation of the rainfall’s spatial distribution (from meteorological radar data), enabling automatic real-time detection of the triggering of debris flow at the regional scale.
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spelling doaj-art-4834b1c9ab744bc0b9827496a421e63f2025-01-10T15:55:26ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-74262017-01-01105410.4000/rga.3530Cartographie régionale de la susceptibilité aux laves torrentielles dans les Alpes du SudMélanie BertrandFrédéric LiébaultHervé PiégayThis article describes a regional methodology of debris-flow susceptibility mapping. The implementation of this approach is based on statistical and GIS methods and makes it possible to identify catchments in the Southern French Alps, according to their morphometric (Melton index and local slope) and sediment supply conditions (active erosion zones in headwater catchments), that are prone to debris flows because of hydrometeorological forcing. This methodology has been validated on 50 sites with very high scores; the geomorphic response was correctly predicted for 80% of the sites. The map of susceptibility to the occurrence of debris flow has been integrated into the RhyTMME project’s Web platform. This platform also offers a visualisation of the rainfall’s spatial distribution (from meteorological radar data), enabling automatic real-time detection of the triggering of debris flow at the regional scale.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3530remote sensingsusceptibilitydebris-flowSouthern French AlpsGIS
spellingShingle Mélanie Bertrand
Frédéric Liébault
Hervé Piégay
Cartographie régionale de la susceptibilité aux laves torrentielles dans les Alpes du Sud
Revue de Géographie Alpine
remote sensing
susceptibility
debris-flow
Southern French Alps
GIS
title Cartographie régionale de la susceptibilité aux laves torrentielles dans les Alpes du Sud
title_full Cartographie régionale de la susceptibilité aux laves torrentielles dans les Alpes du Sud
title_fullStr Cartographie régionale de la susceptibilité aux laves torrentielles dans les Alpes du Sud
title_full_unstemmed Cartographie régionale de la susceptibilité aux laves torrentielles dans les Alpes du Sud
title_short Cartographie régionale de la susceptibilité aux laves torrentielles dans les Alpes du Sud
title_sort cartographie regionale de la susceptibilite aux laves torrentielles dans les alpes du sud
topic remote sensing
susceptibility
debris-flow
Southern French Alps
GIS
url https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3530
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