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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4857-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4857-2016
Research article
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09 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 09 Dec 2016

Matching the Budyko functions with the complementary evaporation relationship: consequences for the drying power of the air and the Priestley–Taylor coefficient

Jean-Paul Lhomme and Roger Moussa

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The Budyko functions are matched with the complementary evaporation relationship. We show that there is a functional dependence between the Budyko functions and the drying power of the air. Examining the case where potential evaporation is calculated by means of a Priestley–Taylor type equation with a varying coefficient, we show that this coefficient should have a specified value as a function of the Budyko shape parameter and the aridity index.
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