|  |  LTHE 
                  is one of the largest and most consistently successful centres 
                  of hydro-meteorological research in France, for its works on 
                  precipitation, catchments, hydraulics, and water resource engineering. 
                  Team 1 has internationally recognised capability in space-time 
                  precipitation analysis (processes and geostatistical properties) 
                  and modelling (physical and geostatistical models).  LTHE has 
                  produced various statistical models for the generation of precipitation 
                  scenarios in various meteorological contexts : rainfall disaggregation 
                  models adapted to Sahelian mesoscale convective complexes based 
                  on metagaussien fields, (Lebel, Braud et al. 1998), non parametric 
                  downscaling models for probabilistic quantitative precipitation 
                  forecasts in various regions of France, (Obled, Bontron et al. 
                  2002), semi-parametric downscaling models for weather variable 
                  prediction in alpine context (Mezghani and Hingray 2008).   In 
                  such developments, the group has always paid a special attention 
                  to the coupling of meteorological and hydrological simulation 
                  models, e.g. (Anquetin, Yates et al. 2005).  http://www.lthe.fr/   | 
             
              |  | EDF is one 
                  of the largest and most consistently successful European companies 
                  in charge of water and energy related resources. EDF has an 
                  important staff of researchers and engineers developing knowledge, 
                  methodologies and simulations tools for improving forecast, 
                  management and prediction of water and related resources and 
                  risks. Team 2 is composed by researchers from various EDF centres 
                  covering all together these different aspects.  EDF has been a 
                  worldwide pioneer in a number of research areas and has an internationally 
                  recognised capability in the analysis and modelling of precipitation, 
                  catchments, hydraulics, and water resource engineering. It has 
                  especially led to the development of methods and models applied 
                  worldwide such as the so-called non parametric ANALOG method 
                  for weather scenario generation (Duband 1970) or the so-called 
                  GRADEX method for flood risk analysis (Guillot and Duband 1967).   EDF also operates a number of water systems and has for all 
                  them operational and validated hydrological models (Garcon 1999; 
                  Garcon, Carre et al. 1999; Paquet, Gailhard et al. 2006). Such 
                  models are available for both CSs considered in this project. 
                 http://www.edf.fr/   |