Utilisation des données d''un radar météorologique pour la simulation des écoulements en rivière à l''aide d''un modèle hydrologique matriciel

A good knowledge of the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation is required for streamflow forecasting with a mathematical model. Thus, an operational method for correcting and integrating radar and station data with a minimum of operator intervention is under development. A total of 297 CAPPI maps at a height of 2 km have been used, each map representing a 2 h accumulation for 43 rainy days in the summer of 1978.Preliminary results have shown that it is necessary to detect and correct ground clutter as well as echoes coming from anomalous propagation. Thus, an algorithm has been developed to do so. In order to obtain a better idea on the necessity of correcting those echoes and on the efficiency of the algorithm, estimations of the mean areal daily rainfalls on the basin calculated from station data, are compared to estimations computed from (a) raw radar data, (b) radar data corrected with a ground clutter mask, and (c) radar data corrected with the developed algorithm, before and after calibration with station data. Similar comparisons between measured streamflows and streamflows computed by the CEQUEAU model, are presented, except for raw radar data. Actual results show that the identification and correction algorithm behaves very satisfactorily and could permit the operational use of radar data with hydrological models. Moreover, the sensitivity of the calibration factor on the number of meteorological stations is studied. It is shown that a relatively small number of stations may be used to calibrate the radar data. However, this number should be greater for convective than for continuous rain.

Résumé

La prévision des écoulements sur un bassin versant à l'aide d'un modèle mathématique requiert la connaissance de la distribution spatiale et temporelle des précipitations. Pour ce faire, une méthode opérationnelle de correction et d'intégration des images de radar et des données des pluviomètres demandant un minimum d'intervention de l'opérateur est actuellement en cours de développement. Les recherches effectuées jusqu'à maintenant ont porté sur l'étude de 297 images de radar de type CAPPI cumulées sur 2 h à une altitude de 2 km et réparties sur 43 jours pluvieux de l'été 1978.Les premiers résultats obtenus ont vite démontré la nécessité de détecter et de corriger les échos de montagnes et les échos provenant de propagation anormale. Un algorithme a donc été développéà cet effet. Afin de mieux juger de la nécessité de corriger ces échos et de l'efficacité de l'algorithme, des estimations de la pluie moyenne sur le bassin effectuées à l'aide des données aux stations, ont été comparées aux estimations obtenues à l'aide (a) des données de radar brutes, (b) des données de radar corrigées à l'aide d'un masque d'échos de montagnes, et (c) des données de radar corrigées à l'aide de l'algorithme développé, avant et après étalonnage par les données des pluviomètres. Des comparaisons similaires ont été effectuées entre les débits observés et les débits simulés à l'aide du modèle CEQUEAU sauf pour les données de radar brutes. Les résultats obtenus démontrent que l'algorithme d'identification et de correction développé se comporte de façon très satisfaisante et pourrait permettre d'utiliser de façon opérationnelle des données de radar avec un modèle hydrologique. De plus, une étude de la sensibilité du coefficient d'étalonnage en fonction du nombre de stations météorologiques utilisées indique qu'un nombre relativement restreint de stations peut être utilisé pour étalonner les données de radar. Toutefois, ce nombre doit être plus élevé pour un épisode de pluie convective que pour un épisode de pluie continue.     

Influence de la Nature des Magmas sur l’Activité Phréatomagmatique: Approche Volcanologique et Thermodynamique

Many volcanic forms resulting from phreatomagmatic eruptions of differentiated magmas have been studied in the Massif Central (France), in the Phlegrean Fields (Italy), and on Saõ Miguel island (Azores). They show a continuous series between explosion crater maar type — and the hyaoloclastic tuff-cone. An essential feature of this morphological series is the preponderance of tuff-rings resulting from subaerial eruptions. Subaerial tuff-rings of basic compositions are less common than maars. A thermodynamic approach shows that the quantity of heat supplied by the different kinds of magmas and the water / magma ratio are the essential parameters controlling the activity, and the resulting morohology of these volcanoes.     

Le Capelinhos (Faïal,Açores) vingt ans après son éruption: le modèle éruptif «surtseyen» et les anneaux de tufs hyaloclastiques

Phreatomagmatic structures are of two kinds: maars and tuff-rings. Data given by records of Capelinhos activity (Faïal, Açores, 1957–1958), by structures at west point of Faïal island, and by palagonitic breccias of Velay and Cantal areas (France) lead to relate hyaloclastic tuff-rings and shallow subaquatic («surtseyan») eruptions. It is possible to precise causes, characteristics, and mechanism of formation of tuff-rings.     

Discovery of two ophiolite complexes of different ages in the Khoy area (NW Iran)

New field and laboratory studies on the ophiolite of Khoy (northwestern corner of Iran) lead to the discovery that there are not one, but two ophiolitic complexes in the Khoy area: (1) an old, poly-metamorphic ophiolite, whose oldest metamorphic amphiboles yielded a Lower Jurassic apparent ⁴⁰K–⁴⁰Ar age, and whose primary magmatic age should logically be pre-Jurassic (Upper-Triassic?); (2) a younger non metamorphic ophiolite of well dated Upper Cretaceous age. To cite this article: M. Khalatbari-Jafari et al., C. R. Geoscience 335 (2003).     

Nouvelles données structurales et datations 40K–40Ar sur les roches métamorphiques de la région de Neyriz (zone de Sanandaj–Sirjan,Iran méridional). Leur intérêt dans le cadre du domaine néo-téthysien du Moyen-Orient

The metamorphic rocks of the Neyriz area (Sanandaj–Sirjan zone) represent a Palaeozoic sequence, the upper part of which being palaeontologically dated from the Carboniferous and the Permian. Field structural analysis of the whole sequence, detailed in laboratory by microstructural one and ⁴⁰K–⁴⁰Ar dating carried on separated minerals, lead to establish that the whole sequence, from gneisses to Permian rocks, has suffered a unique synmetamorphic deformation, of variable intensity, marked by a foliation. Isotopic ages measured on extracted amphiboles and micas, clustered in four groups between 300 and 60 Ma, show the successive stages of their slow exhumation, which ended by the end of the Cretaceous. To cite this article: R. Sheikholeslami et al., C. R. Geoscience 335 (2003).     

Calc-Alkaline Magmatism at the Archean Proterozoic Transition: the Caico Complex Basement (NE Brazil)

The Paleoproterozoic metaplutonic rocks of the CaicóComplex Basement (Seridó region, NE Brazil) provide importantand crucial insights into the petrogenetic processes governingcrustal growth and may potentially be a proxy for understandingthe Archean–Proterozoic transition. These rocks consistof high-K calc-alkaline diorite to granite, with Rb–Sr,U–Pb, Pb–Pb and Sm–Nd ages of c. 2·25–2·15Ga. They are metaluminous, with high Yb_N, K₂O/Na₂O and Rb/Sr,low I_Sr ratios, and are large ion lithophile elements (LILE)enriched. Petrographic and geochemical data demonstrate thatthey belong to differentiated series that evolved by low-pressurefractionation, thus resulting in granodioritic liquids. We proposea model in which the petrogenesis of the Caicó Complexorthogneisses begins with partial melting of a metasomaticallyenriched spinel- to garnet-bearing lherzolite (with high-silicaadakite melt as the metasomatic agent), generating a basic magmathat subsequently evolved at depth through fractional crystallizationof olivine, followed by low-pressure intracrustal fractionation.A subduction zone setting is proposed for this magmatism, toaccount for both negative anomalies in high field strength elements(HFSE) and LILE enrichment. Mantle-derived juvenile magmatismwith the same age is also known in the São Franciscoand West Africa cratons, as well as in French Guyana, and thusthe Archean–Proterozoic transition marks a very importantcontinental accretion event. It also represents a transitionfrom slab-dominated (in the Archean) to wedge-dominated post-Archeanmagmatism. KEY WORDS: calc-alkaline; magmatism; NE Brazil; Paleoproterozoic; petrogenesis     

Tchabal Gangdaba massif in the Cameroon Volcanic Line: a bimodal association

Tchabal Gangdaba (TG) volcanic massif, which is a part of the continental sector of the Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL), is dated between 34.4 and 25.1 Ma. It displays mafic lavas (picrobasalt and basanite, 41–43 wt % SiO₂) and felsic lavas (rhyolite, 68–73 wt % SiO₂). The lack of intermediate rocks evidences a pronounced Daly gap between 43 and 68 wt % SiO₂, which corresponds to an important time span of 3.4 Ma. It is interpreted as due to extensive fractional crystallization under peculiar thermodynamical conditions. Felsic lavas yield strong negative anomalies in Ba, Sr and Eu (0.1?206Pb/²⁰⁴Pb?207Pb/²⁰⁴Pb?208Pb/²⁰⁴Pb?相似文献