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Laboratoire d’Etude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement
(LTHE) is attached to both the Polytechnical University of Grenoble
(INPG) and to the University Joseph Fourier (UJF). The laboratory
is accredited to the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
and to the Institute for Research on Development (IRD). The laboratory
has a permanent staff of 35 researchers and 18 technicians. It conducts
research into three main areas: hydrometeorology; basin hydrology
and hydraulics; and porous media and hydrological processes.
The Hydrometeorology Group has a long experience of research on
rain processes and on the coupling of atmospheric and ground phases
of the water cycle at various scale. Its research activities have
focused in particular on the development of methodologies, and modelling
(radar hydrology, stochastic and hydro-dynamical modelling of the
atmosphere) and on meso-scale experiments (Cévennes 86-88,
Marseilles 92-93, Grenoble 97-98, HIRE 98, EPSAT Niger, CATCH) aimed
at characterising the spatial and temporal distribution of rain
and its related impact on hydrological response. Flash flood risk
analyses (for urban and rural mountain basins) and climate studies
undertaken by the Laboratory are of key interest and relevance to
the Mediterranean region of France and to the Sahel Sudan region
in West Africa. It has participated in numerous National and International
field experiments (ALPILLES, SALSA-MEX, HAPEX Sahel…).
Within the University Joseph Fourier, the LTHE co-operates with
the Laboratoire "Territoires, Environnements Montagnards et
Métropolitains, Organisations" (TEO), a laboratory of
Geography having an established expertise on the study of societal
vulnerability to natural hazards (Projects Risk-UE and SAFE on seismic
risk). The LTHE also co-operates with Météo-France
in the fields of atmospheric modelling of extreme storms (Centre
National de Recherche en Météorologie) and radar detection
(Direction des Systèmes d'Observation).
For further information visit the INPG website on: www.lthe.hmg.inpg.fr
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