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Rainfall risk over the city of Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire): first contribution of the joint analysis of daily rainfall from a historical record and a recent network of rain gauges
LASMES, Félix Houphouët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
Modeste Kacou
LASMES, Félix Houphouët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Ehouman Serge Koffi
Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement, Nangui Abrogoua University, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Amidou Dao
Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement, Nangui Abrogoua University, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Clément Dutremble
HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
Maurice Guilliod
HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
Bamory Kamagaté
Laboratoire Géosciences et Environnement, Nangui Abrogoua University, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Jean-Louis Perrin
HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
Christian Salles
HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
Luc Neppel
HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
Jean-Emmanuel Paturel
HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
Eric Pascal Zahiri
LASMES, Félix Houphouët Boigny University, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Luc Séguis
HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Proc. IAHS, 385, 435–441, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-435-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-435-2024, 2024
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Runoff simulation is complex in poorly gauged and data-scarce hydrosystems of the West African Sahel. The results of this study showed that multi-sites calibration without nested sub-catchments is the best modelling scheme for capturing the hydrological response of the Sahelian catchments. This approach could therefore be applied to obtain regionalized parameter values for the West African Sahel region from small catchments distributed across all climatic zones.
Domiho Japhet Kodja, Gandomè Mayeul Leger Davy Quenum, Houteta Djan'na Koubodana, Ernest Amoussou, Isaiah Sewanu Akoteyon, Arsène Sègla Josué Akognongbé, Mahougnon Fidèle Ahéhéhinnou Yêdo, Gil Mahé, Jean-Emmanuel Paturel, Expédit Wilfrid Vissin, and Constant Houndénou
Proc. IAHS, 385, 359–364, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-359-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-359-2024, 2024
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Jean-Emmanuel Paturel, Bérenger Kouacou, Franck Lohou, Frédéric Pons, Kouakou Dje, Naky Coulibaly, Harouna Karambiri, Valérie Borrell, Andrew Ogilvie, and Eric Servat
Proc. IAHS, 385, 219–224, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-219-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-219-2024, 2024
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Golab Moussa Omar, Jean-Emmanuel Paturel, Christian Salles, Gil Mahé, Mohamed Jalludin, Frédéric Satgé, Mohamed Ismail Nour, and Abdillahi Hassan Hersi
Proc. IAHS, 385, 59–64, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-59-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-59-2024, 2024
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Proc. IAHS, 385, 141–146, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-141-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-141-2024, 2024
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Yves Tramblay, Patrick Arnaud, Guillaume Artigue, Michel Lang, Emmanuel Paquet, Luc Neppel, and Eric Sauquet
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 27, 2973–2987, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2973-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2973-2023, 2023
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Yetchékpo Patrick Gbohoui, Jean-Emmanuel Paturel, Tazen Fowe, Harouna Karambiri, and Hamma Yacouba
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Golab Moussa Omar, Jean-Emmanuel Paturel, Christian Salles, Gil Mahé, and Mohamed Jalludin
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Rainfall causes material damage and human losses in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, every year. This study shows that the period of the 60 wettest days of the long rainy season is more exposed to the risk of flooding than the rest of the year because the rains are more spatially extensive and heavier. The increase in the number of floods in recent years is probably due to the recovery of rainfall after the drought of the 80s associated with the sharp increase in urbanization of the District.
Rainfall causes material damage and human losses in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, every year. This...