Les berges des grands fleuves soumis à des crues saisonnières et aux effets de la marée sont l’objet de glissements et d’éboulements causant des dégâts matériels et parfois des victimes humaines. Le présent travail consiste à étudier la stabilité des berges de rivière soumises à la marée en considérant l’influence des écoulements externe et interne de l’eau sur le massif du sol. On considère en particulier l’effet de la fluctuation du niveau d’eau à l’extérieur et à l’intérieur du massif sur la pression interstitielle dans le sol. Le modèle d’écoulement de Dupuit est adopté pour trouver la variation de la surface libre dans le massif. Une méthode des tranches est programmée pour calculer les coefficients de sécurité au glissement des berges soumises à la marée. Des études paramétriques sur la géométrique de la berge, sur les caractéristiques hydromécaniques du sol et sur celles de la marée sont ensuite présentées. L’érosion superficielle de la berge est simulée par différentes méthodes et couplée avec le calcul de stabilité. Enfin, des études des cas sur la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel et sur les rives du Mékong inférieur sont présentées.La comparaison entre les simulations et les mesures de surface libre pendant les marées nous permet de conclure quant à la pertinence du modèle d’écoulement de Dupuit dans le cas de milieux relativement homogènes et isotropes. Mais celui-ci s’avère moins précis pour des milieux plus complexes, tels que les milieux multicouches. La marée a un effet important sur les pressions interstitielles dans le sol, lesquelles subissent des phénomènes d’amortissement et de retard.Les facteurs de sécurité au glissement varient en fonction de la marée et ils sont minimaux pendant le reflux avant la basse mer à cause du retard de la surface libre dans le sol et de la décélération de la vitesse descendante de la marée avant la basse mer. Des abaques sont proposés donnant les domaines de sécurité en fonction de différents paramètres du sol, de la géométrie de la berge et de la marée. Ces abaques permettent également le calcul du coefficient de sécurité par interpolation linéaire.Quand la berge est submergée pendant un temps suffisamment long, la zone de rupture du massif se localise dans la partie supérieure de la berge et se produit à la pleine mer. Ce mode de rupture est observé aussi sur les sites étudiés (Mont-Saint-Michel). Au reflux, on met évidence un deuxième mode de rupture correspondant à des surfaces de glissement plus profondes liées à des pressions interstitielles résiduelles élevées.Dans la période de décrue (site de Kaoh Chorram), le coefficient de sécurité diminue avec la baisse du niveau de l’eau sous le sommet de la berge. A même niveau d’eau dans la rivière, le coefficient de sécurité à la décrue est inférieur à celui résultant d’un état d’équilibre. Des différences importantes s’observent aussi sur les surfaces de glissement entre les deux régimes. / The riverbanks, subjected to seasonal flooding and tidal variation, are submitted to landslides causing property damage and sometimes human victims. The presented work is conducted to analyze the riverbank stability subjected to the tide variation by considering the influence of external and internal water flows on the bank soil. More particularly, we consider the effect of ground water variation on the soil pore pressure. The Dupuit’s flow model is adopted to find the variation of the ground water table. A method of slices is developed to calculate the safety factor of riverbank slides as a function of tide. Parametric studies of the effect of bank geometry, hydromechanical soil properties and the characteristics of tide variation are then presented. Then the bank surface erosion is simulated by different methods and coupled with the calculation of landslide. Finally, case studies at Mont-Saint-Michel bay and on the lower Mekong riverbank are conducted.The comparison between simulations and field measurements of ground water table during the tide variation let us conclude that the Dupuit’s flow model can be adopted for homogeneous and isotropic soils. However, the mode is less accurate for more complex media, such as multilayered soils. The tide has a significant effect on the pore pressure in the soil, which creates damping and delayed phase phenomena with respect to the tide.Slide safety factors vary as a function of tide and they are minimal during the falling of water level before low tide due to the delay of the ground water table and the slowing down of the speed of the tide. Charts of safety factor have been proposed providing the security domains based on various soil parameters, bank geometry and tide variation. These charts also allow calculation of the safety factor by linear interpolation.When the bank is submerged for a time period long enough, the failure surface is located in the upper part of the bank and occurs at high tide. This failure mode is also observed in the field study (Mont-Saint-Michel). During the falling of tide from the bank surface, the second mode of failure is observed corresponding to deeper slip surfaces associated with high residual pore pressures.In the period of decline after flooding of the bank (Kaoh Chorram site), the bank safety factor decreases with the falling of water level below the top of the bank. At the same water level in the river, the safety factor during decreasing water level is smaller than that during the steady state. Significant different failure surfaces are observed between the two regimes.

This research conducted a GIS analysis of twenty-eight sub-watersheds in Massachusetts and considered five factors which the literature suggested influenced base flow. The literature suggested a positive relation between precipitation, forest cover and base flow and a negative relationship between impervious surfaces, soil drainage class, slope and base flow. A multiple regression analysis of the sub-watershed information confirmed the literature for two factors (soil drainage class and slope) and questioned it on three factors (impervious surfaces, precipitation, and forest cover). The resulting predictive equation indicated that imperviousness and precipitation were the most significant factors affecting base flow. The first derivative of the predictive equation indicated that the interaction effects between these factors had a substantial impact on the base flow values. A number of land use impacts were also considered in this research. Natural land use features such as open land, wetland, forest cover, agricultural, and recreation uses were found to promote the infiltration and increase base flow. These uses promote base flow because their surfaces are more pervious than unnatural surfaces such as high density/multi-family residential, industrial and commercial areas which are mostly covered by impervious surfaces reducing base flow. The research also used a case study of two Massachusetts sub-watersheds to consider the effectiveness of structural stormwater Best Management Practices for promoting base flow. Two sub-watersheds were considered: the Neponset where stormwater BMPs had been implemented and Quinsigamond that had not implemented them. The case study results suggested that structural stormwater BMPs were effective in increasing base flow.

Streams are classified into perennial, intermittent, and ephemeral streams based on flow durations. Perennial stream is the basic network, while intermittent or ephemeral stream is the expanded network. Connection between perennial stream and base flow at the mean annual scale exists since one of the hydrologic functions of perennial stream is to deliver runoff even in low flow seasons. The partitioning of precipitation into runoff and evaporation at the mean annual scale, on the first order, is captured by the ratio of potential evaporation to precipitation (Ep/P called climate aridity index) based on the Budyko hypothesis. The primary focus of this thesis is the relationship between base flow and perennial stream density (Dp) in the Budyko framework. In this thesis, perennial stream density is quantified from the high resolution National Hydrography Dataset for 185 watersheds; the climate control (represented by the climate aridity index) on perennial stream density and on base flow is quantified; and the correlation between base flow and perennial stream density is analyzed. Perennial stream density declines monotonically with the climate aridity index, and an inversely proportional function is proposed to model the relationship between Dp and Ep/P. This monotonic trend of perennial stream density reconciles with the Abrahams curve, and the perennial stream density is only a small portion of the total drainage density. The dependences of base flow ratio (Qb/P) and the normalized perennial stream density on the climate aridity index follow a similar complementary Budyko-type curve. The correlation coefficient between iv the ratio of base flow to precipitation and perennial stream density is found to be 0.74. The similarity between the base flow and perennial stream density reveals the co-evolution between water balance and perennial stream network.

For this dissertation I studied flow and transport in low gradient Florida streams. Chapter 2 is a statewide analysis of long-term variations in stream discharge. The results from Chapter 2 suggest that changes in mean annual stream discharge are controlled by the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation (AMO). During the warm phase, mean annual discharge decreases in central Florida and increases in north Florida. The opposite is true during the cool phase, with mean annual discharge increasing in central Florida and decreasing in north Florida. This pattern is observed for both components of stream discharge, base flow and runoff. The following two chapters are part of an analysis of particle transport in low gradient mangrove estuaries. Chapter 3 describes the use of a numerical model to simulate the hydrodynamics of a coastal reach of the Shark River, Florida Everglades and the development of a Lagrangian particle tracking model. The particle tracking model uses the output from the hydrodynamic model to simulate the movement of particles released within the model domain. In Chapter 4, the hydrodynamic and particle tracking models are used to estimate the historical particle residence time in the Shark River Slough Estuary (SRSE) and determine the key factors controlling particle residence time and fate in mangrove estuaries. The mean and median residence times in the model domain are 16 and 8 hours, respectively, and 60% of all particles exit the model domain downstream, towards the Gulf of Mexico. Particle residence time varies greatly depending on the particle release location and timing. The residence time is significantly lower for particles released in the middle of the channel and for particles released during the wet season, spring tides or during upstream flows. Additionally, there is a decreasing trend in mean particle residence time from 1997 through 2017, mirroring an increasing trend in mean annual water levels in the SRSE. The combined results of this dissertation show the impact that a variable climate can have on stream flow and particle transport.

Mémoire (T.Sc.A)--Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1990. / Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

No Brasil, particularmente nas últimas décadas, um considerável número de instrumentos de políticas foram criados, para uma melhor gestão dos recursos naturais do país. Dentre os instrumentos, destacam-se o Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico e os Planos de Recursos Hídricos, ambos de políticas ambientais distintas, porém com objetivos, em partes, semelhantes, ao proporem, em seu escopo, a criação de áreas sujeitas à restrição de uso para uma melhor gestão do território e dos recursos hídricos, respectivamente. Diante da problemática de dinamizar o planejamento ambiental, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a efetividade de ambos os instrumentos de políticas ao considerar o efeito das proposições dos usos do solo sobre a disponibilidade quantitativa dos recursos hídricos de uma bacia. Para testar a efetividade dos instrumentos será desenvolvido um caso de estudo na região norte do Estado do Tocantins, especificamente nas bacias dos rios Lontra e Corda, inseridas no sistema hidrográfico do rio Araguaia. As bacias foram selecionadas por possuírem elaborados um plano de Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico e um Plano de Bacia Hidrográfica, a serem implantados em uma mesma área. Os rios das bacias em apreço apresentam uma considerável interação com os recursos hídricos subterrâneos, necessitando de uma gestão integrada das componentes hídricas. Aplicaram-se filtros digitais recursivos para separação do escoamento de base do escoamento total de hidrogramas das séries históricas de duas estações fluviométricas (2820000 e 28240000 – Hidroweb/ANA) e observou-se que 80 e 76% das vazões dos rios são mantidas pelos aqüíferos da região. Ao considerarem que os aqüíferos são importantes para manutenção da vazão dos rios e que os mesmos estão localizados em áreas propicias a usos do solo, este trabalho buscou localizar, na área em estudo, as áreas potenciais de armazenamento de água subterrânea, possivelmente áreas de recarga de aqüíferos (CHIARANDA, 2002), a fim de observar as proposições de ambos os instrumentos para as referidas áreas. Com o auxílio de técnicas de ponderação, análise e cruzamento de mapas temáticos em ambiente de Sistema de Informações Geográficas (SIG), foi possível observar que grande parte da área das bacias dos rios Lontra e Corda estão inseridas em classes de muito alta a alta capacidade de armazenamento de água subterrânea. Como resultado da análise da efetividade dos instrumentos, algumas divergências foram observadas quanto à proposição das zonas, que no ato da implementação dos instrumentos poderá acarretar prejuízos econômicos e/ou ambiental para a região, a exemplo, a indicação para uma mesma localidade de criação de áreas restritas ao uso e de ocupação por atividades humanas. Ao realizar o cruzamento das zonas dos ZEE’s sobre as áreas potenciais de armazenamento de água subterrânea, observou-se que ambos os instrumentos propõe áreas de ocupação humana, sobre as áreas de maior potencial de armazenamento de água subterrânea. Não sendo evidenciada nenhuma proposta quanto aos cuidados específicos em relação à preservação destas áreas, não reconhecendo a interação existente entre as águas subterrâneas e superficiais e sua necessidade de gestão integrada para uma melhor qualidade ambiental da região. / In Brazil, particularly in recent decades, a considerable number of policy instruments were created for better management of natural resources of the country. Among the instruments stand out from the Ecological and Economic Zoning and Plans of Water Resources, both of different environmental policies, but with goals, in part, similar to propose in its scope, the creation of areas subject to use restrictions for better land management and water resources, respectively. Regarding the problem of dynamic environmental planning, this work is to analyze the effectiveness of both policy instruments to consider the effect of the proposals of land use on the availability of water resources in a bowl. To test the effectiveness of both instruments will be developed a case study in the northern state of Tocantins, specifically in the basins of the rivers Otter and rope, inserted in the hydrographic system of the Araguaia River. The basins were selected because they have drawn up a plan of Ecological-Economic Zoning Plan and a Watershed, both to be deployed in the same area. The rivers in this basin have a considerable interaction with the groundwater resources, requiring an integrated component of water. Applied to recursive digital filters for separating the base flow of total flow hydrographs of historical series of two gauged stations (2820000 and 28240000 - Hidroweb / ANA) and observed that 80 and 76% of the flows of rivers are maintained by aquifers the region. In considering that the aquifers are important for maintaining river flows and that they are located in areas conducive to land use, this study tried to find, in the study area, the potential areas of water storage underground, possibly recharge areas aquifer (CHIARANDA 2002), in order to observe the propositions of both instruments for those areas. With the help of techniques of measurement, analysis and cross-thematic maps in an environment of geographic information system (GIS), it was observed that much of the area of the basins of rivers Otter and rope are placed in classes for very high discharge capacity storage of groundwater. Based on the analysis of the effectiveness of the instruments, some differences were observed concerning a proposed areas, which at the time of implementation of both instruments may cause economic losses and / or environmental in the region, such as the indication for the same location establishment of restricted areas to use and occupancy by human activities. When performing the crossroad of the exclusive economic areas of potential water storage underground, it was observed that both instruments proposed areas of human occupation on the areas of greatest potential for water storage underground. Not being shown any proposal regarding the specific care for the preservation of these areas, not recognizing the interaction between groundwater and surface water and their need for integrated management for better environmental quality in the region.

No Brasil, particularmente nas últimas décadas, um considerável número de instrumentos de políticas foram criados, para uma melhor gestão dos recursos naturais do país. Dentre os instrumentos, destacam-se o Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico e os Planos de Recursos Hídricos, ambos de políticas ambientais distintas, porém com objetivos, em partes, semelhantes, ao proporem, em seu escopo, a criação de áreas sujeitas à restrição de uso para uma melhor gestão do território e dos recursos hídricos, respectivamente. Diante da problemática de dinamizar o planejamento ambiental, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a efetividade de ambos os instrumentos de políticas ao considerar o efeito das proposições dos usos do solo sobre a disponibilidade quantitativa dos recursos hídricos de uma bacia. Para testar a efetividade dos instrumentos será desenvolvido um caso de estudo na região norte do Estado do Tocantins, especificamente nas bacias dos rios Lontra e Corda, inseridas no sistema hidrográfico do rio Araguaia. As bacias foram selecionadas por possuírem elaborados um plano de Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico e um Plano de Bacia Hidrográfica, a serem implantados em uma mesma área. Os rios das bacias em apreço apresentam uma considerável interação com os recursos hídricos subterrâneos, necessitando de uma gestão integrada das componentes hídricas. Aplicaram-se filtros digitais recursivos para separação do escoamento de base do escoamento total de hidrogramas das séries históricas de duas estações fluviométricas (2820000 e 28240000 – Hidroweb/ANA) e observou-se que 80 e 76% das vazões dos rios são mantidas pelos aqüíferos da região. Ao considerarem que os aqüíferos são importantes para manutenção da vazão dos rios e que os mesmos estão localizados em áreas propicias a usos do solo, este trabalho buscou localizar, na área em estudo, as áreas potenciais de armazenamento de água subterrânea, possivelmente áreas de recarga de aqüíferos (CHIARANDA, 2002), a fim de observar as proposições de ambos os instrumentos para as referidas áreas. Com o auxílio de técnicas de ponderação, análise e cruzamento de mapas temáticos em ambiente de Sistema de Informações Geográficas (SIG), foi possível observar que grande parte da área das bacias dos rios Lontra e Corda estão inseridas em classes de muito alta a alta capacidade de armazenamento de água subterrânea. Como resultado da análise da efetividade dos instrumentos, algumas divergências foram observadas quanto à proposição das zonas, que no ato da implementação dos instrumentos poderá acarretar prejuízos econômicos e/ou ambiental para a região, a exemplo, a indicação para uma mesma localidade de criação de áreas restritas ao uso e de ocupação por atividades humanas. Ao realizar o cruzamento das zonas dos ZEE’s sobre as áreas potenciais de armazenamento de água subterrânea, observou-se que ambos os instrumentos propõe áreas de ocupação humana, sobre as áreas de maior potencial de armazenamento de água subterrânea. Não sendo evidenciada nenhuma proposta quanto aos cuidados específicos em relação à preservação destas áreas, não reconhecendo a interação existente entre as águas subterrâneas e superficiais e sua necessidade de gestão integrada para uma melhor qualidade ambiental da região. / In Brazil, particularly in recent decades, a considerable number of policy instruments were created for better management of natural resources of the country. Among the instruments stand out from the Ecological and Economic Zoning and Plans of Water Resources, both of different environmental policies, but with goals, in part, similar to propose in its scope, the creation of areas subject to use restrictions for better land management and water resources, respectively. Regarding the problem of dynamic environmental planning, this work is to analyze the effectiveness of both policy instruments to consider the effect of the proposals of land use on the availability of water resources in a bowl. To test the effectiveness of both instruments will be developed a case study in the northern state of Tocantins, specifically in the basins of the rivers Otter and rope, inserted in the hydrographic system of the Araguaia River. The basins were selected because they have drawn up a plan of Ecological-Economic Zoning Plan and a Watershed, both to be deployed in the same area. The rivers in this basin have a considerable interaction with the groundwater resources, requiring an integrated component of water. Applied to recursive digital filters for separating the base flow of total flow hydrographs of historical series of two gauged stations (2820000 and 28240000 - Hidroweb / ANA) and observed that 80 and 76% of the flows of rivers are maintained by aquifers the region. In considering that the aquifers are important for maintaining river flows and that they are located in areas conducive to land use, this study tried to find, in the study area, the potential areas of water storage underground, possibly recharge areas aquifer (CHIARANDA 2002), in order to observe the propositions of both instruments for those areas. With the help of techniques of measurement, analysis and cross-thematic maps in an environment of geographic information system (GIS), it was observed that much of the area of the basins of rivers Otter and rope are placed in classes for very high discharge capacity storage of groundwater. Based on the analysis of the effectiveness of the instruments, some differences were observed concerning a proposed areas, which at the time of implementation of both instruments may cause economic losses and / or environmental in the region, such as the indication for the same location establishment of restricted areas to use and occupancy by human activities. When performing the crossroad of the exclusive economic areas of potential water storage underground, it was observed that both instruments proposed areas of human occupation on the areas of greatest potential for water storage underground. Not being shown any proposal regarding the specific care for the preservation of these areas, not recognizing the interaction between groundwater and surface water and their need for integrated management for better environmental quality in the region.

No Brasil, particularmente nas últimas décadas, um considerável número de instrumentos de políticas foram criados, para uma melhor gestão dos recursos naturais do país. Dentre os instrumentos, destacam-se o Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico e os Planos de Recursos Hídricos, ambos de políticas ambientais distintas, porém com objetivos, em partes, semelhantes, ao proporem, em seu escopo, a criação de áreas sujeitas à restrição de uso para uma melhor gestão do território e dos recursos hídricos, respectivamente. Diante da problemática de dinamizar o planejamento ambiental, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a efetividade de ambos os instrumentos de políticas ao considerar o efeito das proposições dos usos do solo sobre a disponibilidade quantitativa dos recursos hídricos de uma bacia. Para testar a efetividade dos instrumentos será desenvolvido um caso de estudo na região norte do Estado do Tocantins, especificamente nas bacias dos rios Lontra e Corda, inseridas no sistema hidrográfico do rio Araguaia. As bacias foram selecionadas por possuírem elaborados um plano de Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico e um Plano de Bacia Hidrográfica, a serem implantados em uma mesma área. Os rios das bacias em apreço apresentam uma considerável interação com os recursos hídricos subterrâneos, necessitando de uma gestão integrada das componentes hídricas. Aplicaram-se filtros digitais recursivos para separação do escoamento de base do escoamento total de hidrogramas das séries históricas de duas estações fluviométricas (2820000 e 28240000 – Hidroweb/ANA) e observou-se que 80 e 76% das vazões dos rios são mantidas pelos aqüíferos da região. Ao considerarem que os aqüíferos são importantes para manutenção da vazão dos rios e que os mesmos estão localizados em áreas propicias a usos do solo, este trabalho buscou localizar, na área em estudo, as áreas potenciais de armazenamento de água subterrânea, possivelmente áreas de recarga de aqüíferos (CHIARANDA, 2002), a fim de observar as proposições de ambos os instrumentos para as referidas áreas. Com o auxílio de técnicas de ponderação, análise e cruzamento de mapas temáticos em ambiente de Sistema de Informações Geográficas (SIG), foi possível observar que grande parte da área das bacias dos rios Lontra e Corda estão inseridas em classes de muito alta a alta capacidade de armazenamento de água subterrânea. Como resultado da análise da efetividade dos instrumentos, algumas divergências foram observadas quanto à proposição das zonas, que no ato da implementação dos instrumentos poderá acarretar prejuízos econômicos e/ou ambiental para a região, a exemplo, a indicação para uma mesma localidade de criação de áreas restritas ao uso e de ocupação por atividades humanas. Ao realizar o cruzamento das zonas dos ZEE’s sobre as áreas potenciais de armazenamento de água subterrânea, observou-se que ambos os instrumentos propõe áreas de ocupação humana, sobre as áreas de maior potencial de armazenamento de água subterrânea. Não sendo evidenciada nenhuma proposta quanto aos cuidados específicos em relação à preservação destas áreas, não reconhecendo a interação existente entre as águas subterrâneas e superficiais e sua necessidade de gestão integrada para uma melhor qualidade ambiental da região. / In Brazil, particularly in recent decades, a considerable number of policy instruments were created for better management of natural resources of the country. Among the instruments stand out from the Ecological and Economic Zoning and Plans of Water Resources, both of different environmental policies, but with goals, in part, similar to propose in its scope, the creation of areas subject to use restrictions for better land management and water resources, respectively. Regarding the problem of dynamic environmental planning, this work is to analyze the effectiveness of both policy instruments to consider the effect of the proposals of land use on the availability of water resources in a bowl. To test the effectiveness of both instruments will be developed a case study in the northern state of Tocantins, specifically in the basins of the rivers Otter and rope, inserted in the hydrographic system of the Araguaia River. The basins were selected because they have drawn up a plan of Ecological-Economic Zoning Plan and a Watershed, both to be deployed in the same area. The rivers in this basin have a considerable interaction with the groundwater resources, requiring an integrated component of water. Applied to recursive digital filters for separating the base flow of total flow hydrographs of historical series of two gauged stations (2820000 and 28240000 - Hidroweb / ANA) and observed that 80 and 76% of the flows of rivers are maintained by aquifers the region. In considering that the aquifers are important for maintaining river flows and that they are located in areas conducive to land use, this study tried to find, in the study area, the potential areas of water storage underground, possibly recharge areas aquifer (CHIARANDA 2002), in order to observe the propositions of both instruments for those areas. With the help of techniques of measurement, analysis and cross-thematic maps in an environment of geographic information system (GIS), it was observed that much of the area of the basins of rivers Otter and rope are placed in classes for very high discharge capacity storage of groundwater. Based on the analysis of the effectiveness of the instruments, some differences were observed concerning a proposed areas, which at the time of implementation of both instruments may cause economic losses and / or environmental in the region, such as the indication for the same location establishment of restricted areas to use and occupancy by human activities. When performing the crossroad of the exclusive economic areas of potential water storage underground, it was observed that both instruments proposed areas of human occupation on the areas of greatest potential for water storage underground. Not being shown any proposal regarding the specific care for the preservation of these areas, not recognizing the interaction between groundwater and surface water and their need for integrated management for better environmental quality in the region.

La constante de temps du débit de base (τ) représente le temps moyen pour que l'eau souterraine arrive à la rivière depuis la zone de recharge dans un bassin donné. C’est un élément clé pour simuler le débit de base dans les modèles simples des eaux souterraines, tels qu’ORCHIDEE. τ a été estimée à l’échelle globale à partir d’une solution de l’équation de Boussinesq pour les aquifères libres en pente. τ dépend de la porosité efficace, de la transmissivité, de la pente de l'aquifère et de la densité de drainage (δ). Calculées à partir de bases de données globales, les valeurs de τ sont surestimées par rapport à celles obtenues par analyse des courbes de récession. Une analyse de sensibilité a montré que la transmissivité et δ sont les principales sources d’incertitude de τ. L’extraction d’un nouveau réseau de drainage, qui dépend de la lithologie, du climat, de la pente et des δ observées, a permis d’obtenir des δ conformes aux valeurs observées aux échelles régionales et à la variabilité spatiale. L’utilisation de ces nouvelles δ et la combinaison de deux jeux de données de conductivité hydraulique pour le sol et l’aquifère a réduit τ de deux ordres de grandeur, mais les valeurs calculées restent surestimées. L’utilisation de τ dans le modèle de surface ORCHIDEE a montré une forte sensibilité du débit simulé à l’augmentation de τ, qui dégrade les débits simulés par rapport aux observations. Cette méthodologie nécessite des valeurs plus adaptées de transmissivité et porosité efficace par rapport aux jeux de données globaux actuellement disponibles pour obtenir des valeurs de τ plus proches de celles attendues et qui permettent de reproduire les débits observés. / The base flow time constant (τ) represents the mean amount of time the groundwater takes to reach the stream from the recharge zone in a given watershed. τ is a key element to simulate base flow in simple groundwater models as ORCHIDEE. τ was estimated at global scale based on a solution of the Boussinesq equation for unconfined sloping aquifers. τ depends on the effective porosity, transmissivity, aquifer slope, and drainage density (δ). When estimated from global available datasets, τ results are overestimated when compared to recession analysis results. A sensitivity analysis showed that transmissivity and δ are the main uncertainty sources of τ. A river network extraction based on lithology, climate, slope, and observed δ allowed to obtain δ values close to reference data and spatially variable at regional scale. The use of a new δ and the combination of two hydraulic conductivity datasets of soil and aquifer reduced τ of two orders of magnitude, however the values remained overestimated. The use of τ in ORCHIDEE land surface model showed a strong sensitivity of the river discharge buffer effect to τ, which worsen simulated river discharge when compared to observations. This methodology needs more adequate porosity and transmissivity values when compared to global available datasets that will result in close results to observed river discharge.

Au cours des dernières décennies, la théorie de la stabilité a été intensivement utilisée pour caractériser le comportement instationnaire d'écoulements. Cela a donné naissance à un grand nombre d'approches, mais malheureusement chacune d'entre elles semble présenter ses propres limitations. De plus, leurs conditions de validité sont encore très mal connues, ce qui soulève la question de la fiabilité de ce genre de méthodes dans un cas général.Cette problématique est traitée dans cette thèse en s'intéressant dans un premier temps aux approches classiques de stabilité, qui étudient l'évolution de petites perturbations autour d'une solution stationnaire -- un champ de base -- des équations de Navier-Stokes. Pour cela, le phénomène du screech -- un bruit tonal que peuvent causer les jets sous-détendus -- est étudié d'un point de vue de la stabilité linéaire. Les résultats obtenus montrent que la dynamique non-linéaire du phénomène est correctement prédite par une analyse linéaire de stabilité du champ de base. Une confrontation avec d'autres analyses similaires montre qu'un tel résultat n'est pas toujours observé. Cependant, lorsque les oscillations auto-entretenues d'un écoulement sont provoquées par un bouclage acoustique, comme c'est le cas entre autres pour le screech, l'écoulement de cavité ou encore les jets impactants, alors les non-linéarités ont une faible influence sur le phénomène de sélection de fréquence. Cela explique la capacité d'une analyse linéaire à caractériser ces écoulements, même dans le régime non-linéaire.Une autre approche, consistant à étudier la stabilité linéaire du champ moyen, a montré de bons résultats dans certaines configurations qui ne peuvent être correctement étudiées par une analyse linéaire du champ de base. Cela est justifié dans cette thèse en mettant en évidence le rôle que joue la résolvante autour du champ moyen dans la dynamique d'un écoulement. Il est montré que lorsque cet opérateur présente une forte séparation de valeurs singulières, ce qui correspond à l'existence d'un mécanisme d'instabilité fort, alors les modes de Fourier de l'écoulement sont proportionnels aux modes de résolvante dominants. Ce résultat fournit des conditions mathématiques et physiques pour l'utilisation et le sens de diverses méthodes d'analyse du champ moyen, telles qu'une analyse d'équations de stabilité parabolisées (Parabolised Stability Equations). De plus, cela permet de mettre en place un modèle de prédiction du spectre fréquentiel en tout point d'un écoulement, à partir d'une ou de quelques mesures ponctuelles et du champ moyen. L'ensemble de ces résultats est illustré et validé sur un cas de marche descendante turbulente. Enfin, cela est exploité dans un cadre expérimental, afin de reconstruire le comportement instationnaire d'un jet rond transitionnel, à partir de la seule connaissance du champ moyen et d'une mesure ponctuelle. L'étude montre que, sous certaines précautions expérimentales, la reconstruction est très précise et robuste. / Linear stability theory has been intensively used over the past decades for the characterization of unsteady flow behaviors. While the existing approaches are numerous, none has the ability to address any general flow. Moreover, clear validity conditions for these techniques are often missing, and this raises the question of their general reliability.In this thesis, this question is addressed by first considering the classical stability approach, which focuses on the evolution of small disturbances about a steady solution -- a base flow -- of the Navier-Stokes equations.To this end, the screech phenomenon -- a tonal noise that is sometimes generated by underexpanded jets -- is studied from alinear stability point of view. The results reveal that the nonlinear dynamics of this phenomenon is well-predicted by a linear base flow stability analysis. A confrontation with other similar analyses from the literature shows that such a satisfactory result is not always observed. However, when a self-sustained oscillating flow is driven by an acoustic feedback loop, as it is the case for the screech phenomenon, cavity flows and impinging jets for instance, then the nonlinearities have a weak impact on the frequency selection process, explaining the ability of a linear analysis to characterize the flow, even in the nonlinear regime.Another alternative approach, based on a linearization about the mean flow, is known to be successful in some cases where a base flow analysis fails. This observation from the literature is explained in this thesis by outlining the role of the resolvent operator, arising from a linearization about the mean flow, in the dynamics of a flow. The main finding is that if this operator displays a clear separation of singular values, which relates to the existence of one strong convective instability mechanism, then the Fourier modes areproportional to the first resolvent modes. This result provides mathematical and physical conditions for the use and meaning of several mean flow stability techniques, such as a parabolised stability equations analysis of a mean flow.Moreover, it leads to a predictive model for the frequency spectrum of a flow field at any arbitrary location, from the sole knowledge of the mean flow and the frequency spectrum at one or more points. All these findings are illustrated and validated in the case of a turbulent backward facing step flow. Finally, these results are exploited in an experimental context, for the reconstruction of the unsteady behavior of a transitional round jet, from the sole knowledge of the mean flow and one point-wise measurement. The study shows that, after following a few experimental precautions, detailed in the manuscript, the reconstruction is very accurate and robust.