@article{fdi:010090867, title = {{D}ata rescue and valorization of old climatological data - application to rainfall data in {B}urkina {F}aso and {I}vory {C}oast using {NUNIEAU} software}, author = {{P}aturel, {J}ean-{E}mmanuel and {K}ouacou, {B}. and {L}ohou, {F}. and {P}ons, {F}. and {D}je, {K}. and {C}oulibaly, {N}. and {K}arambiri, {H}. and {B}orrell, {V}. and {O}gilvie, {A}ndrew and {S}ervat, {E}ric}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n 2011, the {XVI} {W}orld {M}eteorological {C}ongress {R}esolution 16 gives priority to the rescue and digitization of climate archives and to promote global and regional initiatives to collaborate on {DARE} (data rescue) and the exchange of scientific knowledge and related technological advances. {T}he {C}ongress urged {M}embers to make every effort to prevent the deterioration of climate-relevant data and to make these data available to support climate change analyses and relevant climate services. {I}n the framework of operational and scientific research actions around the updating of hydrological standards in {W}est {A}frica ({A}ctualisation des {N}ormes hydrologiques en {A}frique de l'{O}uest - {A}ct{NAO} {P}roject) and in response to the {WMO} call, we used the {NUNIEAU} software ({NU}m{\'e}risation de {NI}veaux d'{EAU} en mer ou en rivi{\`e}res - free software from {CEREMA}) which allows the digitization of different types of paper documents by automatic recognition. {T}his software has been used on rainfall pluviograms in {B}urkina {F}aso and {C}{\^o}te d'{I}voire. {T}he use of this tool allows rainfall analysis on intraday time steps, a time step that is very useful for the knowledge and management of flash-flood events in small basins, especially urban basins. {I}llustrated by a few scientific results, access to these data, which remains very limited in {W}est {A}frica, opens up fields of analysis that are not only disciplinary but also, and above all, inter or transdisciplinary.}, keywords = {{CLIMATOLOGIE} ; {TRAITEMENT} {DE} {DONNEES} ; {PLUVIOMETRIE} ; {LOGICIEL} ; {PRECIPITATION} ; {CRUE} ; {GESTION} ; {METHODOLOGIE} ; {BASSIN} {VERSANT} ; {NUNIEAU} {LOGICIEL} ; {CHANGEMENT} {CLIMATIQUE} ; {VALORISATION} ; {BURKINA} {FASO} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {OUAGADOUGOU} ; {ABIDJAN}}, booktitle = {{IAHS}2022 - {H}ydrological sciences in the {A}nthropocene}, journal = {{P}roceedings of {IAHS}}, volume = {385}, numero = {}, pages = {219--224}, ISSN = {2199-899{X}}, year = {2024}, DOI = {10.5194/piahs-385-219-2024}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090867}, }