Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
Romain Herren Supervisor: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Experts: Dr. Richard Metzger, Pascal Horton The purpose of this work is to develop a continuous rainfall tracking and characterisation method on the basis of radar …
Romain Herren: Caractérisation et tracking en continu des précipitations : analyse des pluies de 2006 sur l’Ouest de la Suisse. Read More
Flow-R is a distributed empirical model for regional susceptibility assessments of debris flows, developed at the University of Lausanne. It was successfully applied to different case studies in various countries. …
Flow-R (debris-flows assessment at a regional scale) Read More
The upper Rhone catchment is sometimes subject to heavy precipitation that can eventually result in floods. The MINERVE project, to which this work belongs, aims at providing tools for flood …
Statistical precipitation forecasting for the Minerve project Read More
Sarah Bitz Co-supervisors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Prof. Torsten Vennemann, Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer Cette étude a pour but de nous faire acquérir de meilleures connaissances concernant les écoulements dans un bassin versant. …
Sarah Bitz: Etude des processus hydrologiques du bassin versant de la Tinière (VD). Application du traçage environnemental et modélisation. Read More
Valentin Métraux Supervisor: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Expert: Alexandre Loye The watershed of Merdenson dominates the villages of Vollèges and Cries. Many major events of debris flows are recorded on this torrent and …
Valentin Métraux: Quantification de l’érosion et de la dynamique sédimentaire dans un bassin versant torrentiel à l’aide de la télédétection. Application au bassin versant du Merdenson (Valais/Suisse). Read More
Benoît Mazotti Co-supervisors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Alexandre Loye Expert: François-Joseph Baillifard The aim of this work is to diagnose the main hazard for debris flows in the North watershed of Mt-Rogneux which …
Benoît Mazotti: Création d’une carte de danger lave torrentielle. Le cas du bassin versant Nord du Mont-Rogneux (Val de Bagnes, Valais). Read More
Caroline Christinaz Co-supervisors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Andrea Pedrazzini Expert : Dr. François-Joseph Baillifard The limestone wall of the Crevasse, located in the district of Entremont on the right bank of the Dranse …
Caroline Christinaz: Etude des instabilités et analyse du danger rocheux. Le cas de la Crevasse, dans le district d’Entremont. Read More
Nicolas Gendre Supervisor: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Expert: Andrea Pedrazzini Les éboulements de la Dent de Lyss et de Varvalanna se situent dans les chaînes des Préalpes fribourgeoises. Ils ont eu lieu respectivement …
Nicolas Gendre: Caractérisation de deux événements d’éboulements rocheux dans la région des Préalpes fribourgeoises. Le cas de la Dent de Lyss et celui de Varvalanna (Fribourg, Suisse). Read More
Thierry Oppikofer Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Jean-Luc Epard, Prof. Torsten Vennemann, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Prof. Giovanni Crosta, Prof. Doug Stead, Dr. Lars Harald Blikra Slope movements, such as rockfalls, rockslides, shallow landslides or debris …
Thierry Oppikofer: Detection, analysis and monitoring of slope movements by high-resolution digital elevation models. Read More Pascal Horton Directors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Prof. Charles Obled Jury: Prof. Francois Bussy, Dr. Dominique Berod, Dr. Daniel Cattani, Dr. Vincent Fortin The upper Rhone catchment is sometimes subject to …
Pascal Horton: Improvements and global optimization of the analogue method for statistical precipitations forecasting. Read More