ERORUN observatory

ERORUN observatory

Scientific context

Located on Reunion Island, the ERORUN Observatory allows to document the water and matter fluxes in a context of tropical climat with an extreme rainfall controlled by tropical cyclones. The geological context is that of a young volcanic island with high relief (3000 m). The floods are flash floods with a very high flow and  associated with a strong solid transport.

Summary

Starting year: 2016

Localisation : Réunion island (France)

Keywords: hydrology, erosion 

Database: http://geosur.univ-reunion.fr/geonetwork/srv/fre/catalog.search;jsessionid=AB6516EDC348621D3C339CCE880CC34B#/search?resultType=details&any=erorun&fast=index&_content_type=json&from=1&to=20&sortBy=relevance

Web site: https://osur.univ-reunion.fr/observations/soere/rbv/

PI: Jean-Lambert Join
 

Partie amont de la Rivière des Pluies (>500m) avec les accumulations détritiques du "Grand éboulis".
Upstream part of the Rivière des Pluies (>500m) with the detrital accumulations of the “Grand éboulis”. © ERORUN

Scientific questions

Réunion island is marked by major environmental and social issues about the components of hydological balance: rainfall/flow/erosion. ERORUN observatory allows to document and study this processes in a tropical context with a high relief.

Sites and measured variables

The main site of ERORUN is the watershed of the Rivière des Pluies. All the components of the hydrological balance are measured: rainfall, water flows, solid and liquid matter flows. Rainfall is measured by a network of rain gauges and two S band radars and one UHF radar. Water balances are monitored at several stations as well as geochemical and sediment flows.

  • Vue d'ensemble du bassin versant de la Rivière des pluies profondément encaissée et surmonté en rive droite par la "Plaine des Fougères" à plus de 1000m au dessus.
    Overall view of the watershed of the Rivière des pluies deeply incised and surmounted on the right bank by the “Plaine des Fougères” at more than 1000m above. © ERORUN
  • Station hydrométrique à l'aval immédiat du "Grand éboulis", bassin d''érosion de la Rivière des Pluies(Alt:450m)
    Hydrometric station at the immediate downstream of the “Grand éboulis”, erosion basin of the Rivière des Pluies(Alt:450m) © ERORUN
  • Station météorologique dans la "forêt de nuages" de la Plaine des Fougères et son capteur de brouillard "Juvik" Alt:1330m
    Meteorological station in the “cloud forest” of the Plaine des Fougères and its fog sensor “Juvik” Alt:1330m © ERORUN

Partners and further information

ERORUN is supported by the UMR Géosciences Réunion, Météo-France and Réunion University. Hydrometric measurments are carried out by the Office de l’Eau de la Réunion. ERORUN observaory is part of the Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers de la Réunion.

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