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Lamy, Chloé. « Impact du changement climatique sur la fréquence et l'intensité des sécheresses en Bretagne ». Phd thesis, Université Rennes 2, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01059818.
Texte intégralMartini, Tommaso. « statistical and probabilistic approaches to hydrological data analysis : rainfall patterns, copula-like models and first passage timeapproximations ». Electronic Thesis or Diss., Pau, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024PAUU3051.
Texte intégralAnalysis of rainfall data and subsequent modeling of the many variables concerning rainfall is fundamental to many areas such as agricultural, ecological and engineering disciplines and, due to the complexity of the underlying hydrological system, it relies heavily on historical records. Daily rainfall series obtained from rain gauge networks are arguably the most used. A reliable and flexible single site model is the fundamental starting point of any more complex multi-site model taking into account the spatial correlations arising when observing a dense network of stations. Given the ever-growing interest in analysing the alternance between period of continuous rainfall and periods of drought, two-part discrete time models accounting separately for rainfall occurrence and rainfall amount processes are an useful tool to describe the behaviour of daily rainfall at a single station. In this context, we initially investigate the modeling of daily rainfall interarrival times through a family of discrete probability distributions known as the Hurwitz-Lerch-Zeta family, along with two other distributions which are deeply related to the latter and have never been considered with this aim. Building up on the relationships between the interarrival times and certain other temporal variables, a methodology for their modeling and empirical analysis is detailed. The latter procedure and the fitting performance of the aforementioned distributions is shown on a dataset composed of a variety of rainfall regimes.Moreover, being able to provide reliable modeling of rainfall related variables is essential in the well known issue of climate change. A starting point in detecting change is the multivariate modeling of rainfall variables, as a perceivable shift in the inter-relationships between these could reflect climate changes in a region. In this context, copulas are well known and valued for their flexibility. However, they lose their charm when dealing with discrete random vectors. In this case, the uniqueness of the copula is compromised, leading to inconsistencies which basically break down the theoretical underpinnings of the inferential procedures commonly used in the continuous case. Recently, Gery Geenens made a compelling case for a new approach, grounding its beliefs in historical ideas regarding the statistical analysis of contingency tables. The theoretical insights he gives, coupled with a computational tool known as iterative proportional fitting procedure, open up the path to our development of novel (semi-parametric or parametric) models for finitely supported bivariate discrete random vectors. With this aim, we prove a sklar-like decomposition of a bivariate discrete probability mass function between its margins and a copula probability mass function, on which the previously mentioned models hinge upon. Related inferential and goodness of fit procedures are investigated, both theoretically and empirically.Of the same significance as modeling the behavior of rainfall is its impact on water bodies and land surfaces. For istance, understanding the time it takes for rainfall to cause river levels to exceed a flood stage is of paramount importance for flood prediction and management. More in general, it is often crucial to determine the time at which certain hydrological thresholds are crossed by some hydrological quantity. When the latter's value in time is modelled by a stochastic process, the problem mentioned above can be restated in terms of the well known first passage time problem. In this context, a practical closed form computation of the first passage time probability density and distribution function is a delicate issue. Regarding this, we propose an approximation method based on a series expansion. Theoretical results are accompanied by discussions on the computational aspects. Extensive numerical experiments are carried out for the geometric Brownian motion and the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross process
Gueye, Abdou Karim. « Modélisation statistique des précipitations quotidiennes au Sénégal ». Paris 6, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA066439.
Texte intégralLe, Cam Vaissade Marie-Noëlle. « Modélisation diagnostique des précipitations : formation des précipitations dans la partie convective d'une ligne de grains tropicale ». Clermont-Ferrand 2, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988CLF21087.
Texte intégralLe, Bris Stéphanie. « Le réentraînement à l'effort des patients coronariens : étude de l'intensité et modélisation ». Montpellier 1, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004MON14004.
Texte intégralYahyaoui, Abdelaziz. « Variabilité spatiale et modélisation statistique des précipitations du Maroc cisatlasique et transatlantique ». Nice, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996NICE2034.
Texte intégralThe title given to the whole work is spatial variability and statistical modelisation of rains in cisatlasic and transatlantic Morocco it is based on the data given by 16 stations from 1958 to 1987. Four different parts will be developped : - The first deals with the area which will be studied, the meteorological context, the problems raised and data used in the work. -The second part deals which the annual data after criticizing the series using the doublesmass, principal components and regression residues methods. The lacks in the data were filled by the regional vectors method. The second subdivision of this part is a statistical modelisation of the annual series by the law of Gauss which seems appropriate to explain the annual distribution over the different Moroccan stations. When the average of the annual rains is low, the distribution is normal-root. The principal components exhibits sets of stations characterised by coherent time and spatial variations. - The third deals with the monthly rains. A statistical approach of the quantity of rain higher than o,1 mn by the fuller law and also the study of the average, regimes and gradex. - The fourth part deals with the study of the daily rains approched by the fuller law (montly maxima) and the gumbel's law for the annual maxima the final results are shown in the general conclusion. The illustration is composed of : 12 maps, 98 bibliographical references, 33 drawings, 8 tables and 10 riders
Sebille, Quentin. « Modélisation spatiale de valeurs extrêmes : application à l'étude de précipitations en France ». Thesis, Lyon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LYSE1244/document.
Texte intégralExtreme precipitation in France are responsible for flooding events that cause people's deaths and billions of euros in material damage. Measuring the risk associated to these rare meteorological events is possible thanks to the extreme value theory which allows the estimation of such catastrophic scenarios. This thesis focus on three risk measures involving joint probabilities and spatial prediction methods related to geostatistics.In a first time, several spatial models for extreme values built on annual maxima are evaluated in a comparative study in the form of an article. This comparison is performed using simulated data from real annual maxima of precipitation in France. It is also based on two criteria linked to risk measures: the hundred years return level and the extremal coefficient. One particular model is presented in details: the one of Reich and Shaby (2012). This model is implemented under a R package entirely dedicated to its estimation and simulation procedures.In a second time, exceedances of spatial daily data are modelled in order to estimate a conditional failure probability. Several estimators of this measure are proposed, based on the one hand on parametric methods involving Pareto processes and on the other hand on non parametric approaches. The temporal dependence in extremes is also considered with care when estimating this probability.Along this thesis, the methods are applied on daily data of precipitation in France
Hammami, Ramzi. « Modélisation par des processus stochastiques de l'intensité et du spectre des atomes dans un plasma ». Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013AIXM4711/document.
Texte intégralThe study of radiative properties of the plasmas (spectra and line intensities) is an important tool for achieving the diagnostic of plasmas. This thesis analyses diagnostic modeling using a stochastic approach. The method consists in modeling a fluctuating plasma parameter by a stepwise constant evolution separated by instantaneous jumps. The plasma parameter is sampled according to a probability density function (PDF), and its evolution is governed by a waiting time (WTD) which is related to the autocorrelation function of the considered plasma parameter. After presenting the theoretical foundations of our stochastic model, we are interested in a second part to the application of the latter for the kinetics of atomic populations in a turbulent plasma and to the Stark broadening of hydrogen line shapes. We apply our model to study the effect of temperature fluctuations on the ion abundances of carbon in conditions that may be encountered in thermonuclear fusion machines (tokamaks) and to a simplified atomic system of Balmer lines, with the aim of preparing a turbulence diagnostic based on line ratios. Our results and show that retaining fluctuations modifies the atomic populations of the system studied.We focus our interest on Stark profiles in a plasma assumed to be in thermodynamic equilibrium for our second application. In this case, it is the electric plasma microfield which is modeled by a stochastic process. The distinctive feature of this study is that it explores, for temperatures of the order of the eV, the intermediate regime between the static approximation at high density, and the impact approximation at low density
Lepioufle, Jean-Marie. « Modélisation spatio-temporelle d'un champ de pluie : application aux pluies journalières du bassin versant de la Loire ». Grenoble INPG, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009INPG0109.
Texte intégralIn spite of the sparse measurement informations, rainfall fields can be modelled as a space-time intermittent process : superimposition of inner variability field and rainfall indicator field, both influenced by advection. Geostatistics permits to link the space-time structure and the evolution of statistical characteristics with temporal support size. This work proposes a space-time modelisation of an effective rainfall field based on significant statistical characteristics in the point of view of hydrology : mathematical expectation and variance of rainfall for different duration. An implementation is done from daily rainfall over the Loire basin in order to provide realistic rainfall events with a duratioin of one day to 10 days
Hammouda, Ali. « Connaissance et modélisation des précipitations pour l'hydrologie urbaine à travers l'exemple de l'agglomération nancéienne ». Lille 1, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995LIL10111.
Texte intégralThne first part of this study is devoted to charcterization of local pluviometry in urban area. We have suggested a methodology based on a definition of the shower which takes into account the spatial development of rain to characterize the maximal average intensity, and we have carried out a classification of the rainy events registered on nancy urban area according to the most significant pluviometric characteristics in relation to the objectives which are pursued. The second part is devoted to the passage of punctual rain to the average aerial rainfall. The interpolation of rainfall fields is carried aout from two different approaches : the kriging, and the research of epicentre. We have determined each time the limits of application and the errors of reckoning of these interpolation techniques when used for the calculation of rainfall fields. The third part is devoted to a study of the potential use of radar rainfall measurment of nancy associated to the network of rain gauges in the urban area. A comparison between the data of the radar an the rain gauges is made. The amphasis is laid on the coherence between the spatial structure of rainfall which is observed by the radar and the one which is given by rain gauges. A tool of visualization of radar pictures is elaborated
Mallet, Cécile. « Modélisation statistique appliquée à la propagation atmosphérique des ondes électromagnétiques et à l'observation des précipitations ». Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00672039.
Texte intégralOettli, Pascal. « Précipitations et relief en Afrique orientale et australe : modélisations statistiques et géostatistiques ». Phd thesis, Université de Bourgogne, 2008. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00332970.
Texte intégralDans un premier temps, un modèle issu d'une régression linéaire multiple, basée sur une décomposition, à différentes échelles spatiales, de l'information topographique en descripteurs, aide à mieux comprendre le lien entre précipitations et topographie. En Afrique de l'Est, les effets de versants sont très importants pour expliquer la répartition spatiale des précipitations, ainsi que l'effet sommital (sommet isolé ou crête). En Afrique du Sud, c'est principalement un gradient sud-ouest/nord-est dans les précipitations qui ressort, atténuant l'influence de la topographie. Ce gradient est toutefois moins marqué en fin de saison des pluies.
Dans un deuxième temps, le modèle de précipitation est amélioré par la modélisation géostatistique des erreurs du modèle statistique. Cette combinaison aboutit à un modèle multiplicatif, servant à reconstituer, pour les cartographier, des champs pluviométriques mensuels moyens, dans chacune des régions. La cartographie obtenue montre des capacités plus que satisfaisantes du modèle à reproduire la variabilité spatiale des précipitations moyennes, notamment en Afrique de l'Est.
Dans un troisième temps, l'évolution interannuelle de l'organisation des précipitations mensuelles en fonction du relief est étudiée. D'une année sur l'autre, une partie inégale de la distribution des précipitations est expliquée par les modèles de précipitations. Une méthodologie originale est aussi mise en place afin de déterminer s'il existe des distributions spatiales récurrentes des précipitations (des modes), liées aux mêmes descripteurs du relief. Dans cette recherche de modes récurrents dans l'organisation spatiale des précipitations ne ressortent, en Afrique de l'Est, que les mois de transition entre saison pluvieuse et saison sèche. Ces modes sont associés à des anomalies récurrentes dans la circulation atmosphérique de plus large échelle, principalement liées aux phases d'installation/retrait des moussons d'été et d'hiver.
Therrien, Charles. « Établissement d'une courbe de correction des précipitations solides en fonction de l'intensité du vent et validation par l'utilisation de modèles de simulation de la couverture de neige ». Thesis, Université Laval, 2005. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2005/22934/22934.pdf.
Texte intégralVischel, Théophile. « Impact de la variabilité pluviométrique de méso-échelle sur la réponse des systèmes hydrologiques sahéliens : modélisation, simulation et désagrégation ». Grenoble INPG, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006INPG0033.
Texte intégralIt is of primary importance to understand how the climate variability influences the response of the Sahelian hydrological systems in ord to anticipate the hydrological impact of future climate changes and to define suitable strategies. Such studies require linking the large scale climate scenarios to the very localized water budget of sm ail catchments. This work deals with such scale issues which are essential when outputs of climate models are used to force hydrological models. The data used here characterize the continuum of space-time scales displayed by the Iwo types of hydrological systems of the Sahelian region: the sm ail endoreic systems at the left bank of the Niger River and the larger right bank tributary exoreic systems. Three main axes are investigated in the work. First we synthesize and update previous works about the description and the modelling of mesoscale rainfall variability, through the fine scale data from the AMMA-CATCH Niger observa tory. Then the impact of the spatial and temporal rainfall variability on runoff is quantified by assessing the error committed when input hydrological model data used sub-sample this rainfall variability. Finally, regarding these results and by using the developed modelling tools, rainfall regime changes and their impact on runoff are investigated through (i) the characterization of changes that have occurred during the particularly dry 1970-1989 period, (ii) hypothetic scenarios based on the actual knowledge of the potential climate changes that cou Id occur in the future
Akrour, Nawal. « Simulation stochastique des précipitations à fine échelle : application à l'observation en milieu urbain ». Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015SACLV014/document.
Texte intégralPrecipitations are highly variable across a wide range of both spatial and temporal scales. This variability is a major source of uncertainty for the measurement and modeling, also for the simulation and prediction. Moreover, rainfall is an extremely intermittent process with multiple scale invariance regimes. The rain-field generator developed during the thesis is based on the fine-scale statistic modeling of rain by the mean of its heterogeneity and intermittency. The modeling originality partially rest on the analysis of fine-scale disdrometer data. This model differs from other existing models whose resolution is roughly a minute or even an hour or a day. It provides simulations with realistic properties across a wide range ofscales. This simulator produces time series with statistical characteristics almost identical to the observations both at the 15s resolution and, after degradation, at hourly or daily resolutions. The multi-scale properties of our simulator are obtained through a hybrid approach that relies on a fine scale simulation of rain events using a multifractal generator associated with a rain support simulation based on a Poissonian-type hypothesis. A final re-normalization step of the rain rate is added in order to adapt the generator to the relevant climate area. The simulator allows the generation of 2D water-sheets. The methodology developed in the first part is extended to the 2 Dimension case. The multi-scale 2D stochastic simulator thus developed can reproduce geostatistical and topological characteristics at the spatial resolution of 1x1 km2.This generator is used in the scope of the feasability study of a new observation system for urban area. The principle of this system is based on the opportunistic use of attenuation measurements provided by geostationary TV satellites which radio waves lay in the 10.7 to 12.7 GHz bandwidth. More specifically it is assumed that the SAT-TV reception terminals installed in private homes are able to measure such attenuations. At this stage of the study we do not have such observations. The study is therefore based on rainfall maps generated using the 2D generator in addition to a hypothetical sensor network. The considered observation system will allow to estimate precipitation fields (30 x 30 km2) with a spatial resolution of 0.5x0.5 km2
Verrier, Sébastien. « Modélisation de la variabilité spatiale et temporelle des précipitations à la sub-mésoéchelle par une approche multifractale ». Phd thesis, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00734327.
Texte intégralLefeivre, Brigitte. « Etude expérimentale et par modélisation des caractéristiques physiques et chimiques des précipitations collectées en forêt équatoriale africaine ». Toulouse 3, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993TOU30077.
Texte intégralHurtaud, Yannis. « Modélisation de la dynamique couplée des plasmas magnétosphérique et ionosphérique ». Phd thesis, Toulouse 3, 2007. http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/158/.
Texte intégralThe interaction of the solar wind with the terrestrial magnetic field induces in the magnetosphere an electric field responsible of the motion (or convection) of the plasma from the tail to the Earth. The magnetospheric particles interact with the ionosphere, the ionized part of the Earth's atmosphere. They modify the electrical properties of the ionospheric conductor, particularly the electric field distribution which moves the magnetospheric plasma. The Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements built a numerical model describing self-consistently the magnetospheric convection coupled with the ionosphere. We modified this code in order: 1) to include the effects of the asymmetry between the two north and south hemispheres due to the solar illumination 2) to replace the used dipolar magnetic field model by a more realistic model The first numerical results show the large effect of the inter-hemispheric asymmetry on the ionospheric plasma dynamics but that the magnetosphere is relatively insensitive to these effects. They also show that the use of a magnetic field topology more realistic than the one of a dipole is necessary to reproduce the observations
Geoffroy, Olivier. « Modélisation LES des précipitations dans les nuages de couche limite et paramétrisation pour les modèles de circulation générale ». Toulouse 3, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007TOU30331.
Texte intégralDiop, Cheikh Abdoulahat. « La structure multimodale de la distribution de probabilité de la réflectivité radar des précipitations ». Toulouse 3, 2012. http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/3089/.
Texte intégralA set of radar data gathered over various sites of the US Nexrad (Next Generation Weather Radar) S band radar network is used to analyse the probability distribution function (pdf) of the radar reflectivity factor (Z) of precipitation, P(Z). Various storm types are studied and a comparison between them is made: 1) hailstorms at the continental site of Little Rock (Arkansas), 2) peninsular and coastal convection at Miami (Florida), 3) coastal convection and land/sea transition at Brownsville (Texas), 4) tropical maritime convection at Hawaii, 5) midlatitude maritime convection at Eureka (California), 6) snowstorms from winter frontal continental systems at New York City (New York), and 7) high latitude maritime snowstorms at Middleton Island (Alaska). Each storm type has a specific P(Z) signature with a complex shape. It is shown that P(Z) is a mixture of Gaussian components, each of them being attribuable to a precipitation type. Using the EM (Expectation Maximisation) algorithm of Dempster et al. 1977, based on the maximum likelihood method, four main components are categorized in hailstorms: 1) cloud and precipitation of very low intensity or drizzle, 2) stratiform precipitation, 3) convective precipitation, and 4) hail. Each component is described by the fraction of area occupied inside P(Z) and by the two Gaussian parameters, mean and variance. The absence of hail component in maritime and coastal storms is highlighted. For snowstorms, P(Z) has a more regular shape. The presence of several components in P(Z) is linked to some differences in the dynamics and microphysics of each precipitation type. The retrieval of the mixed distribution by a linear combination of the Gaussian components gives a very stisfactory P(Z) fitting. An application of the results of the split-up of P(Z) is then presented. Cloud, rain, and hail components have been isolated and each corresponding P(Z) is converted into a probability distribution of rain rate P(R) which parameters are µR and sR2 , respectively mean and variance. It is shown on the graph (µR ,sR2) that each precipitation type occupies a specific area. This suggests that the identified components are distinct. For example, the location of snowstorms representative points indicates that snow is statistically different from rain. The P(R) variation coefficient, CVR = sR/µR is constant for each precipitation type. This result implies that knowing CVR and measuring only one of the P(R) parameters enable to determine the other one and to define the rain rate probability distribution. The influence of the coefficients a and b of the relation Z = aRb on P(R) is also discussed
Hurtaud, Yannis. « Modélisation de la dynamique couplée des plasmas magnétosphérique et ionosphérique ». Phd thesis, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, 2007. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00261300.
Texte intégral1) d'y inclure les effets des asymétries entre les deux hémisphères Nord et Sud de la Terre liées à l'éclairement solaire
2) de remplacer le modèle de champ magnétique dipolaire utilisé jusqu'à présent par un modèle plus proche des observations. Les premiers résultats obtenus montrent que les asymétries inter-hémisphériques ont un effet considérable sur la dynamique du plasma ionosphérique mais que la magnétosphère y est relativement insensible. Ils montrent également qu'une topologie de champ magnétique différente de celle d'un dipôle est nécessaire pour reproduire les observations.
Hreiche, Antoine. « Modélisation conceptuelle de la transformation pluie-débit dans le contexte méditerranéen ». Montpellier 2, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003MON20081.
Texte intégralAkrour, Nawal. « Simulation stochastique des précipitations à fine échelle : application à l'observation en milieu urbain ». Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015SACLV014.
Texte intégralPrecipitations are highly variable across a wide range of both spatial and temporal scales. This variability is a major source of uncertainty for the measurement and modeling, also for the simulation and prediction. Moreover, rainfall is an extremely intermittent process with multiple scale invariance regimes. The rain-field generator developed during the thesis is based on the fine-scale statistic modeling of rain by the mean of its heterogeneity and intermittency. The modeling originality partially rest on the analysis of fine-scale disdrometer data. This model differs from other existing models whose resolution is roughly a minute or even an hour or a day. It provides simulations with realistic properties across a wide range ofscales. This simulator produces time series with statistical characteristics almost identical to the observations both at the 15s resolution and, after degradation, at hourly or daily resolutions. The multi-scale properties of our simulator are obtained through a hybrid approach that relies on a fine scale simulation of rain events using a multifractal generator associated with a rain support simulation based on a Poissonian-type hypothesis. A final re-normalization step of the rain rate is added in order to adapt the generator to the relevant climate area. The simulator allows the generation of 2D water-sheets. The methodology developed in the first part is extended to the 2 Dimension case. The multi-scale 2D stochastic simulator thus developed can reproduce geostatistical and topological characteristics at the spatial resolution of 1x1 km2.This generator is used in the scope of the feasability study of a new observation system for urban area. The principle of this system is based on the opportunistic use of attenuation measurements provided by geostationary TV satellites which radio waves lay in the 10.7 to 12.7 GHz bandwidth. More specifically it is assumed that the SAT-TV reception terminals installed in private homes are able to measure such attenuations. At this stage of the study we do not have such observations. The study is therefore based on rainfall maps generated using the 2D generator in addition to a hypothetical sensor network. The considered observation system will allow to estimate precipitation fields (30 x 30 km2) with a spatial resolution of 0.5x0.5 km2
Kirstetter, Pierre-Emanuel. « Estimation quantitative des précipitations par radar météorologique : inférence de la structure verticale des pluies, modélisation des erreurs radar-pluviomètres ». Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008GRE10121.
Texte intégralThe cévennes-vivarais mediterranean hydrometeorological observatory is a research initiative aimed at improving the rainfall observation. A number of innovative quantitative precipitation estimation (qpe) algorithms aimed at a space-time adaptive radar data processing were developed using the dataset of the bollène 2002 experiment. The last involved the operational weather radar of bollène, which is part of the aramis network. Our contribution in the present thesis deals with the vertical heterogeneity of rainfall. We consider the vertical profile of reflectivity inversion method proposed by andrieu et creutin (1995). It is adapted to the case of time-varying geographical supports designed with preliminary rain typing. Characterizing the error structure of radar quantitative precipitation estimates is recognized as a major issue. We assess the radar qpe with respect to reference rain estimates derived from rain gauge networks. A geostatistical framework is proposed for the establishment of such reference estimates. Assuming the residual between radar and reference value to be a random variable, we describe radar error by mean of probability distributions. The model consists in an additive random error, described by a random distribution. Some elements of space-time error structure are given. A new approach to determine the vertical profile of reflectivity (vpr) is proposed. It is based on a simplified microphysics in synergy with radar observations to simulate the vpr. A vpr is described with a reduced number of physical parameters. The new identified vprs are thus less refined but more valid and robust than the initial method
Gaudart, Jean. « Analyse spatio-temporelle et modélisation des épidémies : application au paludisme à P. falciparum ». Aix-Marseille 2, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007AIX20692.
Texte intégralZwiebel, Jimmy. « Etude de l'impact orographique sur la structure microphysique horizontale et verticale des précipitations ». Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015CLF22642/document.
Texte intégralDuring Fall 2012, a complementary observational network has been deployed in the Cévennes region (South of France) for the Special Observation Period (SOP) of the HyMeX project. This network has been specifically designed to study the structure and heterogeneity of precipitations and, in particulat, the impact of orography on this structure. Firstly, the analysis of the Drop Size Distribution (DSD) at the ground et along a vertical profile from ground observations allow us to describe precisely the rainfall structure along a topographical gradient. In order to understand the influence of a relief on this structure, we focus our study on the microphysical process associated with the structure of precipitations. To do so, we define three rainfall regime et study the vertical evolution of the DSD along the topographical gradient. Variations in number and size of the DSD can be associated with different microphysical or dynamical process. Finally, we estimate the capacity of a bulk atmospheric model such as WRF to represent the rainfall structure and associated mechanisms above a mountainous area
Zahar, Yadh. « Modélisation spatiale et temporelle des précipitations extrêmes et érosives en Tunisie centrale en vue de l'aménagement des petits bassins hydrologiques ». Nice, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994NICE2015.
Texte intégralThe research work presented in this thesis addresses two essential methodological themes: the study of extreme rainfalls, and the analysis of the rainfall erosivity in central tunisia. The first part of the study, devoted to the statistical analysis of the rainfall series, has highlighted the following aspects: the good fit between gumbel's and montana's laws at the seasonal and annual series of maxima for various time lags ranging from 30 minutes to 24 hours and the link between the b perameter of montana's law and the gradex ratio of the daily autumnal and annual rainfalls, as well as the independence of this parameter vis-a-vis the return intervals. The statistical analysis of extreme rainfalls may thus be well characterized using the three parameters that are the decenial rainfall on a daily basis,the daily gradex and the b parameter of montana's law. These three parameters are estimated from the rainfall series and have ben mapped. Such maps present the advantage of being generated from recent data collected over the study area. The practical application of part one of the study has finally consisted in providing a regionally valid methodology of aid to planners in predetermining extreme rainfalls on an hourly basis at any given point and for durations ranging from 30 minutes to 24 hours. Part two is devoted to the analysis of rainfall erosivity. The methodological procedure has been based on a stochastic rainfall generator and on the rainfall-erosivity model of wischmeier. It was observed that the distribution of the r inde of rainfall erositivy in relation of rainfall parameters is especially strong with the 30 minutes intensities because of their short duration. The maximum erosive event in the year is often extremely erosive, such that the sum of the extreme episodes over long periods accounts for over 50% of the measured erosion. These episodes are most commonly observed in spring, and especially in autumn
Berthou, Ségolène. « Sensibilité des précipitations extrêmes au couplage sous-mensuel atmosphère-océan en Méditerranée nord-occidentale : approche par la modélisation climatique régionale ». Thesis, Paris 6, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA066477/document.
Texte intégralEvery year in autumn, heavy precipitation events (HPEs) occur in the northwestern Mediterrranean. This thesis uses coupled atmosphere-ocean regional climate modeling to tackle the sensitivity of these events to sea surface temperature (SST) changes coming either from model biases or from the oceanic mixed layer response to atmospheric forcing. Two case studies show the particular sensitivity of moisture convergence zones to SST changes. The use of synthetic indexes of precipitation changes and SST changes in the upstream zones shows a linear relationship between the two indexes in several regions (Cévennes, the region of Valencia, Calabria) in the modeling platforms MORCE and CNRM-RCSM4. Furthermore, we show that the HPEs in the region of Valencia are often preceded by a Mistral event which cools the upstream zone whithin 5 days before the HPEs. In turn, this cooling tends to reduce the intensity of the HPE
Berthou, Ségolène. « Sensibilité des précipitations extrêmes au couplage sous-mensuel atmosphère-océan en Méditerranée nord-occidentale : approche par la modélisation climatique régionale ». Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris 6, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA066477.
Texte intégralEvery year in autumn, heavy precipitation events (HPEs) occur in the northwestern Mediterrranean. This thesis uses coupled atmosphere-ocean regional climate modeling to tackle the sensitivity of these events to sea surface temperature (SST) changes coming either from model biases or from the oceanic mixed layer response to atmospheric forcing. Two case studies show the particular sensitivity of moisture convergence zones to SST changes. The use of synthetic indexes of precipitation changes and SST changes in the upstream zones shows a linear relationship between the two indexes in several regions (Cévennes, the region of Valencia, Calabria) in the modeling platforms MORCE and CNRM-RCSM4. Furthermore, we show that the HPEs in the region of Valencia are often preceded by a Mistral event which cools the upstream zone whithin 5 days before the HPEs. In turn, this cooling tends to reduce the intensity of the HPE
Söhne, Nathalie. « Validation des prévisions de nuages et de précipitations à mésoéchelle par l'observation satellite ». Toulouse 3, 2007. http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/102/.
Texte intégralAn original methodology combining the model-to-satellite approach and skill score calculation has been developped in order to objectively evaluate mesoscale models. This method has been applied on three study cases using the Meso-NH model. The first case is about the validation of an ensemble of contrasted precipitating situations, at mid-latitude, used for a data base. It also shows the link between the forecast quality and the meteorological nature of the situation. The second, is an ensemble of forecasts done to quantify the influence on the predictibility of an extreme event when modifications were done on initial conditions and model configurations. The last case allowes to quantify the reliability of a series of AMMA previsions and its variability with synoptic factors
Sun, Xun. « Analyse propabiliste régionale des précipitations : prise en compte de la variabilité et du changement climatique ». Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00934476.
Texte intégralReinares, Martinez Irene. « Les mécanismes de contrôle des précipitations dans le nord de l'Afrique pendant un épisode poussiéreux ». Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU30382/document.
Texte intégralPrecipitation in northern Africa occurs mainly during the monsoon season. It arises from the interaction of atmospheric processes across a wide range of scales, making its prediction challenging. The control mechanisms on precipitation are examined during a well-documented case study of dust emission and transport on 9-14 June 2006. The same method for cloud detection and tracking was applied on satellite observations and several numerical simulations (with explicit or parameterized convection) to investigate the precipitating systems. Among the various types of systems identified, mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) yield most of the total precipitation, with an observed contribution of 66%. The greatest precipitation producers are the long-lived MCSs (i.e., that last more than 6 h), at the origin of 55% of precipitation. These MCSs become more organized, i.e., larger, longer-lived and faster, as they propagate westward. The convection-permitting simulations capture the rainfall partition, but do not fully reproduce the organization of the long-lived MCSs. The simulation with parameterized convection fails to correctly represent the rain partition. This shows the added-value provided by the convection-permitting simulations. The radiative effect of dust is then analyzed, by comparing two convection-permitting simulations, with and without dust-radiation interaction. The direct effects are a mid-level warming and a near-surface cooling mainly in the western parts of northern Africa, which tend to stabilize the lower atmosphere. One semi-direct effect is a decrease in precipitation. This rainfall drop is explained by a too low number of long-lived MCSs which, nevertheless, are longer-lived and more efficient in terms of precipitation production. The diminution in the number of long-lived MCSs is due to the stabilization of the atmosphere inhibiting the triggering of convection
Leveque, Emilie. « Modélisation statistique de l'intensité des expositions prolongées en étiologie du cancer : application au tabac, à l'amiante, au cancer du poumon, et au mésothéliome pleural ». Thesis, Bordeaux, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018BORD0315/document.
Texte intégralThe association between smoking and lung cancer or between occupational exposure to asbestos and pleural mesothelioma have been extensively investigated. Nevertheless, as for many protracted exposures-cancer relationships, the role of exposure intensity over lifetime has been rarely addressed. Accounting for individual variation of intensity over lifetime and investigating time-dependent effect in the statistical analysis of case-control data indeed raise several methodological issues. The thesis objectives were 1) to study the time-dependent effect of exposure intensity over lifetime on the risk of cancer and 2) to identify lifetime profiles of exposure intensities and to compare their associated risks of cancer. To address these objectives, we used an existing flexible weighted cumulative index of exposure and we developed a new joint latent class mixed model, to analyze the data from two French case-control studies on lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma. The results show the important contribution of recent smoking intensity for lung cancer and distant intensity of exposure to asbestos for both cancers. They confirm the importance of the timing of exposure in the association with the risk of cancer and illustrate the relevance of the proposed statistical approaches
Féral, Laurent. « Analyse et modélisation des champs de précipitation pour l'optimisation des liaisons micro-ondes terre/espace ». Toulouse 3, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002TOU30167.
Texte intégralDelaygue, Gilles. « Relations entre surface océanique et composition isotopique des précipitations antarctiques : simulation pour différents climats ». Phd thesis, Aix-Marseille 3, 2000. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00002821.
Texte intégralWotling, Geoffroy. « Caractérisation et modélisation de l'aléa hydrologique à Tahiti ». Montpellier 2, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999MON20170.
Texte intégralRoux, Christian. « Analyse des précipitations en hydrologie urbaine - Exemple de la Seine-Saint-Denis ». Phd thesis, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 1996. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00529474.
Texte intégralBiaou, Angelbert. « De la méso-échelle à la micro-échelle : désagrégation spatio-temporelle multifractale des précipitations ». Phd thesis, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, 2004. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00001573.
Texte intégralPlanche, Céline. « Développement et évaluation d'un modèle tridimensionnel de nuage mixte à microphysique détaillée : application aux précipitations orographiques ». Phd thesis, Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand II, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00622980.
Texte intégralNavas, Nunez Rafael. « Modélisation hydrologique distribuée des crues en région Cévennes-Vivarais : impact des incertitudes liées à l'estimation des précipitations et à la paramétrisation du modèle ». Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017GREAU025/document.
Texte intégralIt is known that having a precipitation observation system at high space - time resolution is crucial to obtain good results in rainfall - runoff modeling. Radar is a tool that offers quantitative precipitation estimates with very good resolution. When it is merged with a rain gauge network the advantages of both systems are achieved. However, radars estimates have different uncertainties than those obtained with the rain gauge. In the modeling process, uncertainty of precipitation interacts with uncertainty of the hydrological model. The objective of this work is: To study methods used to quantify the uncertainty in radar – raingauge merge precipitation estimation and uncertainty in hydrological modeling, in order to develop a methodology for the analysis of their individual contributions in the uncertainty of rainfall - runoff estimation.The work is divided in two parts, the first one evaluates: How the uncertainty of radar precipitation estimation can be quantified? To address the question, the geostatistical approach by Kriging with External Drift (KED) and Stochastic Generation of Precipitation was used, which allows to model the spatio - temporal structure of errors. The method was applied in the Cévennes - Vivarais region (France), where there is a very rich observation system. The second part explains: How can it be quantified the uncertainty of the hydrological simulation coming from the radar precipitation estimates and hydrological modeling process? In this point, the hydrological mesoscale computation tool was developed; it is distributed hydrological software in time continuous, within the basis of the Curve Number and the Unit Hydrograph. It was applied in 20 spatio-temporal resolutions ranging from 10 to 300 km2 and 1 to 6 hours in the Ardèche (~ 1971 km2) and the Gardon (1810 km2) basins. After a sensitivity analysis, the model was simplified with 4 parameters and the uncertainty of the chain of process was analyzed: 1) Precipitation estimation; 2) Hydrological modeling; and 3) Rainfall - runoff estimation, by using the coefficient of variation of the simulated flow.It has been shown that KED is a method that provides the standard deviation of the precipitation estimation, which can be transformed into a stochastic estimation of the local error. In the chain of processes: 1) Uncertainty in precipitation estimation increases with decreasing spatio-temporal scale, and its effect is attenuated by hydrological modeling, probably due by storage and transport properties of the basin; 2) The uncertainty of hydrological modeling depends on the simplification of hydrological processes and not on the surface of the basin; 3) Uncertainty in rainfall - runoff treatment is the result of the amplified combination of precipitation and hydrologic modeling uncertainties
Colin, Jeanne. « Étude des événements précipitants intenses en Méditerranée : approche par la modélisation climatique régionale ». Toulouse 3, 2011. http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/1357/.
Texte intégralThe climatic variability of intense rainfall events in the Mediterranean is studied using the limited area climate model ALADIN-Climate, whose ability to simulate these events in South-East France is explored. Several sensitivity studies are conducted to assess the impact of various configuration parameters on the model's skill to downscale such extreme events : coupling with a Mediterranean sea model, use of the spectral nudging technique, size of the domain of integration and horizontal resolution. These studies are either performed within the so-called Big-Brother Experiment framework or through hindcast simulations driven by the ERA-40 reanalysis. The increase of resolution (from 50 to 12. 5 km) is found to be the only parameter affecting the modeling of extreme precipitation. The added value of the higher resolution on the way ALADIN-Climate simulates High Precipitation Events (HPE) in South-East France is carefully studied. Comparisons of ALADIN-Climate's skills to those of two State-of-the-art statistical methods of downscaling and detection of these events -- DSCLIM (Boé et al. , 2006) and "CYPRIM" (Nuissier et al. , 2011) -- show that with a resolution of 12. 5 km, the model offers better results than the first method and appears to be at least as good as the second one, therefore it constitutes an appropriate numerical tool to explore the climatic variability of the HPE. A climate change scenario (A1B) is then performed with this tool for the end of the XXe century and we assess the simulated changes affecting HPE in future climate. Several methods are proposed to analyse and display the results, suggesting an increase of both the frequency and intensity of the HPE
Dezetter, Alain. « Modélisation globale de la relation pluie débit : application en zone de savanes soudanaises (Nord-Ouest de la Côte-d'Ivoire) ». Montpellier 2, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991MON20173.
Texte intégralLalonde, Morgane. « Urban effects on the hydroclimate : observation and model-based analyses ». Electronic Thesis or Diss., Sorbonne université, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024SORUS373.
Texte intégralUrban water management is evolving in response to the increasing urban population, rising demand for water supply, climate change, and urban-induced changes in regional hydroclimate. Ensuring a sustainable approach to urban water management requires a deeper understanding of the urban hydroclimate. This thesis addresses this need by investigating urban effects on precipitation, influences on natural surface properties, and the interactions between atmospheric and hydrological systems in shaping the urban hydroclimate. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted, integrating insights from both atmospheric and hydrological sciences and combining empirical analyses of observed data with modeling to provide complementary perspectives. The study begins by examining urban effects on precipitation through a combination of literature review and machine learning to assess any consensus. Given the lack of agreement among studies using radar precipitation data, a consistent wind-based radar methodology is applied to a broad sample of cities over the USA and Europe. This approach aims to determine if urban areas have a consistent influence on precipitation patterns across regions, addressing the challenge of generalizing urban effects on precipitation. The modeling aspect includes a review of existing urban land surface models, focusing on their representation of surface hydrological processes and energy fluxes. This is followed by the development of a new urban surface scheme for the ORCHIDEE model, incorporating urban heterogeneities and representation of imperviousness
Drogue, Gilles. « Apports de l'information historique et des outils de modélisation à l'étude de l'évolution passée et future du climat et de la relation pluie-débit au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ». Strasbourg 1, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003STR1GEO1.
Texte intégralTime analysis of hydrological cycle components is of prime interest, our environment being subjected to climate change since few decades. In this context, trends in major hydro-climatic variables (rainfall, snow cover, air temperature, sunshine duration and water levels) were analysed at different time and spatial scales. This first working step is prolonged with application of future climate scenarios to rainfall-runoff modelling, in order to predict possible evolutions of hydrological reponse of main tributaries of the Alzette river (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), in the middle of the current century (2050s). After a data quality checking of the hydro-climatic database, the secular analysis of regional climate demonstrates a succession of two climatic oscillations since the middle of the nineteenth century, influencing the hydrological regime of the main rivers flowing in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. During the last five decades, opposite trends between winter rainfall regime and summer rainfall regime could be found. The magnitude of trends is determined by atmosphere-topography interactions. In the same period, climate warming is confirmed, with an altitudinal dependancy in some seasons and an increase of diurnal temperature range in most seasons. As a result of temperature increase, snow cover has decreased on regional scale in the 1990s, but without general recessive trend before. Sunshine duration series exhibit significantly decreasing trend in spring and autumn and indicate cloudless conditions in summer. These climate trends could be related to synoptic atmospheric forcing evolution. Analysis of water level time series in the second half of the 20th century shows a stronger response to changes in climatic regime of winter high water levels, also conditonned by elevation of river basins
Vermeulen, Arthur. « Modélisation biophysique du neurone récepteur olfactif : influence de la structure spatiale du neurone, de l'environnement sensillaire et de la rétropropagation des potentiels d'action sur le codage de l'intensité olfactive ». Grenoble INPG, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997INPG0156.
Texte intégralArgence, Sébastien. « Prévisibilité de précipitations intenses en Méditerranée : impact des conditions initiales et application aux inondations d'Alger de novembre 2001 ». Phd thesis, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, 2008. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00451051.
Texte intégralJeannin, Nicolas. « Modélisation spatio-temporelle des champs de précipitation et des couverts nuageux associés : applications à la propagation terre-espace ». Toulouse, ISAE, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008ESAE0012.
Texte intégralQuéno, Louis. « Apport de prévisions météorologiques à échelle kilométrique pour la modélisation du manteau neigeux en montagne ». Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU30360/document.
Texte intégralMonitoring and representing the snowpack variability in mountains are crucial ecological and societal issues. The recent development of meteorological models at kilometric scale offers a new potential to improve snowpack simulations in mountains. In this thesis, we assessed the potential of forecasts from the numerical weather prediction model AROME at 2.5 km horizontal resolution to drive the detailed snowpack model Crocus. AROME-Crocus distributed simulations were first evaluated over the Pyrenees from 2010 to 2014. They showed benefits in representing the snowpack spatio-temporal variability as compared to the massif-based approach of the current operational system SAFRAN-Crocus, despite an overestimation of snow depth. Then, we studied the potential added value of satellite-derived products of incoming radiations for simulating the snow cover in the French Alps and Pyrenees. These products were found of good quality in mountains but their impact on the simulated snow cover is questionable. Finally, we showed how the cloud microphysics scheme of AROME associated with Crocus enables to better predict ice formation on top of the snowpack due to freezing precipitation in the Pyrenees. These works pave the way for high-resolution distributed snowpack forecasting in mountains
Harader, Elizabeth. « L'impact du changement climatique sur les événements hydrologiques extrêmes des petits bassins versants méditerranéens : le cas du bassin versant du Lez ». Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOU30010/document.
Texte intégralThe Mediterranean region of southern France experiences extreme autumn rainfall, sometimes leading to violent flash floods. The evolution of these floods under the influence of climate change is a key question for the Mediterranean region, where a rapidly growing population puts human lives at stake. The difference in scale between the resolution of climate model outputs and hydrological impacts is a challenge for the study of flash floods in a future climate. The goal of this doctoral thesis is to propose a methodology adapted to the study of climate change impacts on flash floods in the small Mediterranean catchments of southern France. The Lez catchment near Montpellier was selected for a case study. Early results suggest that the intensity of flash floods may increase in the Lez catchment in a future climate. However these results are heavily dependent on the choice of the climate model used to simulate changes in precipitation and the evolution of future soil conditions, which were not taken into account in this study
Brédy, Jhemson, et Jhemson Brédy. « Prévision de la profondeur de la nappe phréatique d'un champ de canneberges à l'aide de deux approches de modélisation des arbres de décision ». Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/37875.
Texte intégralLa gestion intégrée de l’eau souterraine constitue un défi majeur pour les activités industrielles, agricoles et domestiques. Dans certains systèmes agricoles, une gestion optimisée de la nappe phréatique représente un facteur important pour améliorer les rendements des cultures et l’utilisation de l'eau. La prévision de la profondeur de la nappe phréatique (PNP) devient l’une des stratégies utiles pour planifier et gérer en temps réel l’eau souterraine. Cette étude propose une approche de modélisation basée sur les arbres de décision pour prédire la PNP en fonction des précipitations, des précédentes PNP et de l'évapotranspiration pour la gestion de l’eau souterraine des champs de canneberges. Premièrement, deux modèles: « Random Forest (RF) » et « Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) » ont été paramétrisés et comparés afin de prédirela PNP jusqu'à 48 heures. Deuxièmement, l’importance des variables prédictives a été déterminée pour analyser leur influence sur la simulation de PNP. Les mesures de PNP de trois puits d'observation dans un champ de canneberges, pour la période de croissance du 8 juillet au 30 août 2017, ont été utilisées pour entraîner et valider les modèles. Des statistiques tels que l’erreur quadratique moyenne, le coefficient de détermination et le coefficient d’efficacité de Nash-Sutcliffe sont utilisés pour mesurer la performance des modèles. Les résultats montrent que l'algorithme XGB est plus performant que le modèle RF pour prédire la PNP et est sélectionné comme le modèle optimal. Parmi les variables prédictives, les valeurs précédentes de PNP étaient les plus importantes pour la simulation de PNP, suivie par la précipitation. L’erreur de prédiction du modèle optimal pour la plage de PNP était de ± 5 cm pour les simulations de 1, 12, 24, 36 et 48 heures. Le modèle XGB fournit des informations utiles sur la dynamique de PNP et une simulation rigoureuse pour la gestion de l’irrigation des canneberges.
Integrated ground water management is a major challenge for industrial, agricultural and domestic activities. In some agricultural production systems, optimized water table management represents a significant factor to improve crop yields and water use. Therefore, predicting water table depth (WTD) becomes an important means to enable real-time planning and management of groundwater resources. This study proposes a decision-tree-based modelling approach for WTD forecasting as a function of precipitation, previous WTD values and evapotranspiration with applications in groundwater resources management for cranberry farming. Firstly, two models-based decision trees, namely Random Forest (RF) and Extrem Gradient Boosting (XGB), were parameterized and compared to predict the WTD up to 48-hours ahead for a cranberry farm located in Québec, Canada. Secondly, the importance of the predictor variables was analyzed to determine their influence on WTD simulation results. WTD measurements at three observation wells within acranberry field, for the growing period from July 8, 2017 to August 30, 2017, were used for training and testing the models. Statistical parameters such as the mean squared error, coefficient of determination and Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient were used to measure models performance. The results show that the XGB algorithm outperformed the RF model for predictions of WTD and was selected as the optimal model. Among the predictor variables, the antecedent WTD was the most important for water table depth simulation, followed by the precipitation. Base on the most important variables and optimal model, the prediction error for entire WTD range was within ± 5 cm for 1-, 12-, 24-, 26-and 48-hour prediction. The XGB model can provide useful information on the WTD dynamics and a rigorous simulation for irrigation planning and management in cranberry fields.
Integrated ground water management is a major challenge for industrial, agricultural and domestic activities. In some agricultural production systems, optimized water table management represents a significant factor to improve crop yields and water use. Therefore, predicting water table depth (WTD) becomes an important means to enable real-time planning and management of groundwater resources. This study proposes a decision-tree-based modelling approach for WTD forecasting as a function of precipitation, previous WTD values and evapotranspiration with applications in groundwater resources management for cranberry farming. Firstly, two models-based decision trees, namely Random Forest (RF) and Extrem Gradient Boosting (XGB), were parameterized and compared to predict the WTD up to 48-hours ahead for a cranberry farm located in Québec, Canada. Secondly, the importance of the predictor variables was analyzed to determine their influence on WTD simulation results. WTD measurements at three observation wells within acranberry field, for the growing period from July 8, 2017 to August 30, 2017, were used for training and testing the models. Statistical parameters such as the mean squared error, coefficient of determination and Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient were used to measure models performance. The results show that the XGB algorithm outperformed the RF model for predictions of WTD and was selected as the optimal model. Among the predictor variables, the antecedent WTD was the most important for water table depth simulation, followed by the precipitation. Base on the most important variables and optimal model, the prediction error for entire WTD range was within ± 5 cm for 1-, 12-, 24-, 26-and 48-hour prediction. The XGB model can provide useful information on the WTD dynamics and a rigorous simulation for irrigation planning and management in cranberry fields.