Comparing SPI and SPEI to detect different precipitation and temperature regimes in Chile throughout the last four decades

O Meseguer-Ruiz, R Serrano-Notivoli… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Droughts are one of the main environmental challenges facing the world this century. The
latitudinal and orographic characteristics of continental Chile leads different areas within it to …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of heatwaves in Chile since 1980

Á González-Reyes, M Jacques-Coper, C Bravo… - Weather and Climate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heatwaves (HWs) are highly dangerous threats to human and ecosystem health, as well as
to many economic sectors around the world. In the present work focused on Chile, we use a …

Effects of climate and drought on stem diameter growth of urban tree species

V Dervishi, W Poschenrieder, T Rötzer… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urbanization and climate change are two inevitable megatrends of this century. Knowledge
about the growth responses of urban trees to climate is of utmost importance towards future …

Spatial and temporal analysis of rainfall concentration using the Gini index and PCI

C Sangüesa, R Pizarro, A Ibañez, J Pino, D Rivera… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
This study aims to determine if there is variation in precipitation concentrations in Chile. We
analyzed daily and monthly records from 89 pluviometric stations in the period 1970–2016 …

Recent radial growth decline in response to increased drought conditions in the northernmost Nothofagus populations from South America

A Venegas-González, FR Juñent, AG Gutiérrez… - Forest Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
An emerging phenomenon of forest decline in Mediterranean-type ecosystems has been
detected in response to climate change during the last century. It is expected that the …

Simulation of long-term changes of the equilibrium line altitude in the central Chilean Andes Mountains derived from atmospheric variables during the 1958–2018 …

I Barria, J Carrasco, G Casassa… - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Interannual variability and trends of the Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA) in the Andes
mountains can be modeled using an empirical relationship between the annual average of …

Estimating terrestrial water storage variations in Chile with the effects of earthquakes deducted

P Sun, C Guo, D Wei - Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Chile has unevenly distributed water resources, limited water level stations and earthquake-
prone geological conditions, making it difficult to accurately and comprehensively monitor …

Climate change in two Mediterranean climate areas (Spain and Chile): evidences and projections

OM Ruiz, JO Cantos - Investigaciones Geográficas (España), 2023 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Climate change is the most important environmental problem facing humanity in this century.
And it has become the great axis of public policies and private actions in developed …

Recent multispecies tree-growth decline reveals a severe aridity change in Mediterranean Chile

Á González-Reyes, DA Christie… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Soil moisture (SM) is a crucial factor in the water cycle, sustaining ecosystems and
influencing local climate patterns by regulating the energy balance between the soil and …

Hydroclimatic variability in Santiago (Chile) since the 16th century

R Serrano‐Notivoli, E Tejedor… - International Journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term hydroclimatic variability in Santiago (Chile) was analysed by means of a new
481‐year (1536–2016 CE) tree‐ring reconstruction of the Standardized Precipitation …