COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCES ANALYSIS OF FOUR DAILY RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS, APPLIED ON SEMI-ARID WATERSHEDS (ALGERIA)

T. BENKACI, N. DECHEMI

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In this paper, we have tested four rainfall-runoff models on daily time scale that we have picked out amongst more than ten models the most used in hydrology. These models were applied on four basins situated in North of Algeria, that are characterized by an arid climate and different hydrologic regime. The aim of this work is to choose a best rainfall-runoff model that we can use for simulation and prediction runoff. The comparative analysis between these models is based on numerical criterions like Nash-Sutcliffe criterion and has been geared towards the capacity of models to reproduce flood events and base flow. The results of simulation confirm that the GR4J model has given the best performances and is regarded as the most robust for semi-arid regions and fluctuant hydrological regime.


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Rainfall-runoff Model, Hydrology, Algeria, Semi arid Climate, GR4J model

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