%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Lhomme, Jean-Paul %A Moussa, R. %T Matching the Budyko functions with the complementary evaporation relationship : consequences for the drying power of the air and the Priestley-Taylor coefficient %D 2016 %L fdi:010068785 %G ENG %J Hydrology and Earth System Sciences %@ 1027-5606 %M ISI:000390434200002 %N 12 %P 4857-4865 %R 10.5194/hess-20-4857-2016 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068785 %> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers17-01/010068785.pdf %V 20 %W Horizon (IRD) %X The Budyko functions B-1(Phi(p))are dimensionless relationships relating the ratio E/P (actual evaporation over precipitation) to the aridity index Phi(p) = E-p/P (potential evaporation over precipitation). They are valid at catchment scale with E-p generally defined by Penman's equation. The complementary evaporation (CE) relationship stipulates that a decreasing actual evaporation enhances potential evaporation through the drying power of the air which becomes higher. The Turc-Mezentsev function with its shape parameter lambda, chosen as example among various Budyko functions, is matched with the CE relationship, implemented through a generalised form of the advection-aridity model. First, we show that there is a functional dependence between the Budyko curve and the drying power of the air. Then, we examine the case where potential evaporation is calculated by means of a Priestley-Taylor type equation (E-0) with a varying coefficient alpha(0). Matching the CE relationship with the Budyko function leads to a new transcendental form of the Budyko function B-1'(Phi(0)) linking E/P to Phi(0) = E-0/P. For the two functions B-1(Phi(p)) and B-1'(Phi(0) ) to be equivalent, the Priestley-Taylor coefficient alpha(0) should have a specified value as a function of the Turc-Mezentsev shape parameter and the aridity index. This functional relationship is specified and analysed. %$ 072