Curriculum Vitae

NAME
CITIZEN
DATE OF BIRTH
GENDER
PROFESSION

Zoubeida BARGAOUI KEBALI

Tunisia
1956
Female
Professor (ENIT)
COORDINATES
Zoubeida Bargaoui Kebaili, Ecole Nationale dIngnieurs de
Tunis, LMHE, BP 37 1002, Tunis, Tunisie, Tel Fax : 216 70 860 396, poste : 489
zoubeida.bargaoui@laposte.net
MAIN QUALIFICATIONS

Statistic
Hydrology,
Quantitative
Hydrology,
Climatology, Geostatistics, Data Analysis, Water
Resources Management

LANGUAGES

Arabic(VG), French (VG), English (G), Italian (F)

WORK EXPERIENCE
Since 1980, in Ecole Nationale dIngnieurs de Tunis
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1980
(Tunisia)
1981

Diploma of Engineer in Hydraulics: Ecole Nationale d'Ingnieurs de Tunis

DEA of Mecanics, Institut National polytechnique de Toulouse (France)

1983
Doctor Engineer in Mecanics, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
(France)
Rf : Bargaoui Z. (1983), Contribution l'tude statistique de la pluie, Doctorat ingnieur,
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, 1983.
1990
Doctorat of Sciences in Earth Sciences, Facult des Sciences de Tunis
(Tunisia).
Rf : Bargaoui Z. (1990), Modlisation stochastique des scheresses annuelles et
pluriannuelles, Thse de Doctorat d'Etat Sciences de la Terre, Facult des sciences de Tunis
FUNDED PROJECTS
a- Scientific projects as responsible
1991-92 : Shortage modeling, funded by Aupelf (FICU) in cooperation with INRS-Eau
(Canada) and LMH (Montpellier, France)
1992-94 : Runoff and solid transport at Khanguet Zzia, funded by Secretary of Research,
Tunisia
1993-95 : Runoff parameters regionalization , funded by FICU (Aupelf) , in cooperation with
INRS-Eau (Canada) and EMI (Maroc)
1995-97 : Mean annual Isohyet Cartography in Tunisia, funded by Secretary of Research,
Tunisia in collaboration with Ministery of Agriculture (Tunisia)
1999-2000 : Hydrological Data Validation, network rationalization, funded by FICU (Aupelf)
in cooperation with INRS-Eau (Canada) and EMI (Maroc)
2000-2002 : Uncertainty modelling in rainfall-runoff transformation for reservoir
management, funded by Secretary of Research, Tunisia in collaboration with Hydrology
Institute of Stuttgart IWS. http://www.ifsifs.de/handbuch/mena_hb/Laeander/Projekte/GTZ/Tun-GEORE/44Bewirtschaftung.htm
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2001-2003: Water Management in a changing institutional and legal environment , case

studies in Tunisia and Portugal, funded by Secretary of Research, Tunisia in collaboration
with ISEC of Coimbra, Portugal
2003-2004 : Tools for Hydrologic forecasting. funded by FICU (AUF) in cooperation with
INRS-ETE (Canada) and EMI (Maroc)
2006-2008 : Extreme value analysis for rainfall and floods. funded by AUF in cooperation
with INRS-ETE (Canada), EMI (Maroc) and University of Abomey Calavi (Bnin)
2009: GEOSS First African Water Cycle symposium
b- Contribution to research projects
1998-2000 :
Projet
de
Renforcement
Institutionnel
canadien
en
Tunisie
(PRICAT) Technologies de leau et de lenvironnement in collaboration with INRS-Eau.
(as coordinator)
1999-2000 : Projet Mergusie , funded by Secretary of Research, Tunisia in collaboration
with IRD (Tunis), INAT (Tunis) and Ministry of Agriculture (Tunisia)
2003 Kebaili Bargaoui Z. et Mtimet A. (2003). Etude sur la prise en compte de la scheresse
dans les PAN en Afrique du Nord. Cas de la Tunisie. Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel.
Tunis
2000-2002 Besbes M., Chahed J., Bargaoui Z., Mattoussi M.S.et Mhiri A. (2002). LAvenir
de leau: un nouveau challenge pour la Tunisie. Institut Tunisien dEtudes Stratgiques.
c- Consulting
1990-91 : Runoff and recharge in oued Leben, funded by Ministery of Agriculture (Tunisia)
1992-94 : Tools for kriging and cartography , funded by the petroleum company (ETAP)
1993-95 : Hydrologic modeling of Lake Ichkeul , in collaboration with BCEOM and STUDI,
Funded by Groupement d'tude de l'Ichkeul, Ministery of Environment (Tunisia)
1997-99 : Optimization of the rainfall network in Medjerda basin, funded by GTZ, in
collaboration with IWS.
2005-2006: Optimisation of water resources networks, in collaboration with BCEOM and
CONCEPT, funded by Ministry of Agriculture (Tunisia)
PUBLICATIONS
Statistical analysis of climatic and hydrologic observations/ Analyse statistique des
observations climatiques et hydrologiques
Kebaili Bargaoui Z. , Chebbi A., (2008), Comparison of two kriging interpolation methods
applied to spatiotemporal rainfall. Journal of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.11.025.
Kingumbi A., Bargaoui Z. et Hubert P. (2005), Investigation of the rainfall variability in
central Tunisia, Hyd. S. Journ. 50(3).
Bargaoui Z. et A. Chebchoub (2004). Investigation du caractre multifractal pour les dbits
maximaux annuels de crue. Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques. 49(4) :549-562.
Kebaili Bargaoui Z., Chebchoub A., 2003, Estimation des valeurs extrmes de dbits
maximaux annuels en Tunisie : un retour par lapproche multifractale. La Houille Blanche (6),
1-7.

Bargaoui Z., (1994), Comparison of some estimation methods in frequency analysis, Journal
of Hydraulic engineering, 120(2), 229-235.
Kebaili Bargaoui Z., (1989), Occurrence des scheresses pluviomtriques sur le bassin de la
Medjerda (Tunisie), Revue des Sciences de l'eau, 2(3), 429-447.
Water Budget and Rainfall runoff modelling/ Bilans hydriques et transformation pluiedbit
Bargaoui Z., Houcine A., (2010), sensitivity to calibration data of simulated soil moisture
related drought indices. Revue Scheresse, Vol. 21(4). 1-7.
Bargaoui Z., Dakhlaoui H. et Houcine A., (2008), Modlisation pluie-dbit et classification
hydroclimatique. Revue des Sciences de leau, Vol. 21(2). Numro spcial. 20ime
anniversaire. ISSN : 1718-8598, 233-245.
Kingumbi A., Bargaoui Z., Ledoux E., Besbes M., Hubert P. et (2007), Modlisation
hydrologique stochastique dun basin affect par des changements doccupation: cas du
Merguellil en Tunisie Centrale, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 52(6), 1232-1253.
Ouachani Rim , Bargaoui Zoubeida , Ouarda Taha (2007) 'Intgration d'un filtre de Kalman
dans le modle hydrologique HBV pour la prvision des dbits', Hydrological Sciences
Journal, 52: 2, 318 337. DOI: 10.1623/hysj.52.2.318; URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1623/hysj.52.2.318

Ellouze-Gargouri et Bargaoui Kebaili Z., (2006), Prdtermination des dbits maximaux de

crue par simulation de Monte Carlo de la pluie nette. Rev. Sci. Eau, 19(4), 327-345.
M'Chirgui,
R.,
Bargaoui,
Z.
and
A.
Brdossy
(2001),
Incidence de l'incertitude pluviomtrique sur la modlisation pluie-dbit.
Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer Schemes and Large-Scale-Hydrological Models,
Editor: Dolman, A. J. et al., IAHS Redbook, 2001. - Nr.: 270 - pages: 269-278
Ayadi M., Bargaoui Z., (1998), Modlisation des coulements de loued Mliane par le
modle Cequeau, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 43(5), 741-758.

Regionalisation and spatial analysis of hydroclimatic data/ Regionalisation et analyse

spatialedes donnes hydroclimatiques
Jedidi K., Bargaoui Z., Benzarti Z., (2008), Identification des zones pluviomtriques
homognes en bassin versant base sur linformation topographique. Revue des Sciences de
leau.
Bargaoui, Z. K., Fortin, V., Bobe, B. et Duckstein, L.,(1998) Une approche floue pour la
dtermination de la rgion d'influence d'une station hydromtrique Rev. Sci. Eau / J. Water
Sci. 11(2): 255-282

Water resources management / Gestion des ressources en eau

Chebbi A., Zammouri M. , Cunha M., Nazoumou Y., Besbes M., Bargaoui Z. (2008).
Optimisation of withdrawals from an aquifer: A case study of Kairouan (Tunisia). Water
International. 33 (1), 116.