Mesoscale numerical analysis of the historical November 1982 heavy precipitation event over Andorra (Eastern Pyrenees)

From 6 to 8 November 1982 one of the most catastrophic flash-flood events was recorded in the Eastern Pyrenees affecting Andorra and also France and Spain with rainfall accumulations exceeding 400 mm in 24 h, 44 fatalities and widespread damage. This paper aims to exhaustively document this heavy precipitation event and examines mesoscale simulations performed by the French Meso-NH non-hydrostatic atmospheric model. Large-scale simulations show the slow-evolving synoptic environment favourable for the development of a deep Atlantic cyclone which induced a strong southerly flow over the Eastern Pyrenees. From the evolution of the synoptic pattern four distinct phases have been identified during the event. The mesoscale analysis presents the second and the third phase as the most intense in terms of rainfall accumulations and highlights the interaction of the moist and conditionally unstable flows with the mountains. The presence of a SW low level jet (30 m s-1) around 1500 m also had a crucial role on focusing the precipitation over the exposed south slopes of the Eastern Pyrenees. Backward trajectories based on Eulerian on-line passive tracers indicate that the orographic uplift was the main forcing mechanism which triggered and maintained the precipitating systems more than 30 h over the Pyrenees. The moisture of the feeding flow mainly came from the Atlantic Ocean (7-9 g kg-1) and the role of the Mediterranean as a local moisture source was very limited (2-3 g kg-1) due to the high initial water vapour content of the parcels and the rapid passage over the basin along the Spanish Mediterranean coast (less than 12 h).

An analysis of the evolution of hydrometeorological extremes in newspapers: the case of Catalonia, 1982-2006

This contribution analyzes the evolution of perception of certain natural hazards over the past 25 years in a Mediterranean region. Articles from newspapers have been used as indicator. To this end a specific Spanish journal has been considered and an ACCESS database has been created with the summarized information from each news item. The database includes data such as the location of each specific article in the newspaper, its length, the number of pictures and figures, the headlines and a summary of the published information, including all the instrumental data. The study focused on hydrometeorological extremes, mainly floods and droughts, in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. The number of headlines per event, trends and other data have been analyzed and compared with "measured" information, in order to identify any bias that could lead to an erroneous perception of the phenomenon. The SPI index (a drought index based on standardized accumulated precipitation) has been calculated for the entire region, and has been used for the drought analysis, while a geodatabase implemented on a GIS built for all the floods recorded in Catalonia since 1900 (INUNGAMA) has been used to analyze flood evolution. Results from a questionnaire about the impact of natural hazards in two specific places have been also used to discuss the various perceptions between rural and urban settings. Results show a better correlation between the news about drought or water scarcity and SPI than between news on floods in Catalonia and the INUNGAMA database. A positive trend has been found for non-catastrophic floods, which is explained by decrease of the perception thresholds, the increase of population density in the most flood-prone areas and changes in land use.

Um estudo com egressos do curso de fisioterapia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG): 1982-2005

Estudo com egressos do curso de graduação em Fisioterapia da UFMG entre 1982 e 2005. Analisou-se a percepção dos egressos sobre o curso, bem como de seus percursos profissionais e as relações que podem ser estabelecidas entre ambos. Foi realizado um estudo transversal com questionário autoaplicável em egressos selecionados pelo método de amostragem estratificada, abordando os seguintes aspectos: identificação e contatos; estudos após a graduação; atividades profissionais; mercado de trabalho; avaliação do curso de graduação. Estudos no campo da sociologia das profissões e na área de currículo fundamentam este trabalho e constituem a referência para a análise dos dados. Segundo os resultados obtidos, o curso não só alcançou seu objetivo inicial de atender à demanda de formar profissionais para atuar na reabilitação, como teve importante participação na construção da identidade da profissão em Minas Gerais, tendo impacto na representação interna e externa ao grupo, ampliando e delimitando fronteiras do campo de atuação. Constata-se que é um curso de práticas pedagógicas tradicionais, com inserção tardia nos cenários de prática. Os dados mostram, ainda, que o egresso está inserido no mercado de trabalho, satisfeito com sua atividade profissional e reconhece que introduz novas técnicas e formas de atuação no mercado de trabalho. Praticamente todos os egressos estão em atividades relacionadas com a fisioterapia e avaliam que vale a pena ser fisioterapeuta. Os dados sugerem também que as possibilidades de trabalho para os graduados em Fisioterapia pela UFMG são bastante amplas.

Registre du commerce : liste des activités réglementées. - Paris : Journaux officiels, 1961 - . - 21 cm. -. 1982, 1er juillet

Collection : Journal officiel de la République française ; brochure 1006-II

Unités de mesure : [décrets du 3 mai 1961, du 26 février 1982 et du 24 avril 1975]

Collection : Journal officiel de la République française ; brochure 1194