Extreme floods regionalisation in the tropical island of Tahiti, French Polynesia

Flood hazards in the inactive volcanic island of Tahiti are very high. Indeed, the island is located in the South Pacific Ocean, in humid tropical climate and is exposed to cyclones. Even if the island is small (1,042 km2), rainfalls and runoffs are very different from one place to another. Precipit...

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Main Authors: Pheulpin Lucie, Recking Alain, Sichoix Lydie, Barriot Jean-Pierre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160701014