Sub-chapter 2.3.4. Inter-disciplinary post-event surveys to disentangle hazard from vulnerability in the impacts of Mediterranean flash-flood events
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19 novembre 2018
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.23550
- isbn: 9782709922197
- eisbn: 9782709922203
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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changement climatique Méditerranée COP22 Allenvi Allenvi climatic change COP22 Mediterranean Environmental Studies NAT011000 RNKSujets proches
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Guy Delrieu et al., « Sub-chapter 2.3.4. Inter-disciplinary post-event surveys to disentangle hazard from vulnerability in the impacts of Mediterranean flash-flood events », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.23550
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A matter of space and time scales Heavy precipitation events (HPE) and flash floods (FF) are common phenomena over the Mediterranean region. The peculiar topography and geographical location of this area make it especially favorable to the occurrence of intense events. The Mediterranean Sea acts as a vast heat and moisture reservoir from which baroclinic atmospheric systems pump part of their energy. The steep orography surrounding the Mediterranean Sea favors lifting of the low-level unstabl...