Ardoin, S.Desetter, A.Servat, É.Bocquillon, C.2016-04-192016-04-192001Earth and Planetary Sciences 333(10) 611-6161251-8050http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66605Metadata only recordIn semiarid western African regions, potential evapotranspiration (ETP) data are often difficult to collect, preventing one from using the conceptual rainfall-runoff model. The use of loss functions based on the amount of available water in soil and not on ETP allows one to sort out this difficulty. The results underline the interest of this approach in numerous southern countries with similar climates.text/plainfr-FRIn CopyrightResource management toolsWaterModelingSemiarid zonesWest AfricaRainfall runoff modelingPotential evapotranspirationActual evapotranspirationEcosystem WatershedRedéfinition des fonctions de production des modèles globaux de relation pluie-débit en milieu semi-aride africainDefinition of new loss functions for lumped rainfall-runoff models in semi-arid African environmentAbstractCopyright 2001 Académie des sciences/ Éditions scientifquest et médicales Elsevier SAS. Tous droits réservés