Soil moisture (SM) is a crucial variable to the energy balance between the soil and the atmosphere. Given the lack of long-term instrumental SM measurements, information captured by satellites and climate reanalysis emerges as a useful tool. In the Mediterranean ecosystems of Chile (MC; 30°-36°S), several studies have reported a forest decline mainly associated with a persistent mega-drought (MD) during the last decade. We evaluated the main spatio-temporal patterns of tree growth during 1...

MAIDENiso is a numerical process-based model that allows researchers to simulate the growth of a virtual tree. Using daily meteorological data, the model simulates the physical and physiological processes taking place in the tree and its environment, to produce daily and yearly outputs comparable to dendrological observations. The model has been adapted and used successfully in boreal regions in North America. In an inverse mode, tree-ring obs...