Interactive comment on “Sensitivity of North Patagonian temperate rainforests to changes in rainfall regimes: a process-based, dynamic forest

L9-: Did not you compare the model results with field measurements at OG? L19: What are “changes in climatic parameters”? Each paragraph in this paper tends to be too long. Please reconsider the structure of the text throughout the paper. P6298L1-: Please show important equations in the model and schematic representation of the model structure. P6299, equation (2) is wrong. This should be changed to theta=s*n. P6300: Could be values of alpha and f obtained by observations? P6301L8: What is “the soil hydraulic conductivity of the given soil at field capacity”? Unclear. P6301, equation (8): How did you obtain the value of WUE? This information is critical in this paper, and just showing the reference is insufficient. WUE is a constant in this model? If so, please show reasons why that assumption is OK. How did you obtain Ad? P6302, equation (10) is a Penman-Monteith expression in case of “aerodynamic conductance” (relatively) « “canopy conductance” or just “equilibrium evaporation”. equation (11) need not to be described (this is a common sense). P6303L1: Theta_fc did not appear in equation (12). P6303L12-: According to equation (8), Td cannot be directly controlled by soil moisture. Show how Td is controlled by soil moisture. P6303L3: “the mean amount of daily rainfall” is incorrect. P6303L5-: Please give a description about the validity of the generated climatic factors.