Pinus Nigra Reserve, Algeria - alge002 Additional Site Information Ramzi Touchan Measurement type: Total ring width Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses Location of core material: Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona Reference: Touchan, R., K.J. Anchukaitis, D.M. Meko, M. Sabir, S. Attalah, and A. Aloui. 2010. Spatiotemporal drought variability in northwestern Africa over the last nine centuries. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0804-4 COFECHA output: Chronology file name : ALGE002.CRN Measurement file name : ALGE002.RWL Date checked : 03NOV10 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1569 Ending year : 2005 Principal investigators: Ramzi Touchan Site name : Pinus Nigra Reserve Site location : Algeria Species information : PINI AUSTRIAN PINE Latitude : 3627 Longitude : 00406 Elevation : 1560M Series intercorrelation: 0.530 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.244 Avg standard deviation : 0.626 Avg autocorrelation : 0.729 Number dated series : 40 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 15 Pct problem segments : 5.93 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Pinus Nigra Reserve 16:02 Wed 03 Nov 2010 Page 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correlations of 50-year dated segments, lagged 25 years Flags: A = correlation under .3281 but highest as dated; B = correlation higher at other than dated position Seq Series Time_span 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 RPN01A 1954 2005 .58 .61 2 RPN02A 1751 2005 .60 .53 .57 .68 .55 .54 .66 .68 .76 .79 3 RPN02B 1707 2005 .70 .70 .60 .38 .50 .69 .63 .55 .56 .68 .81 .83 4 RPN03A 1883 2005 .42 .55 .58 .62 .67 5 RPN03B 1887 2005 .42 .44 .48 .59 .62 6 RPN04A 1863 2005 .30A .30A .47 .64 .49 .54 7 RPN04B 1873 2005 .55 .60 .69 .66 .66 .65 8 RPN05A 1818 2005 .60 .56 .58 .62 .69 .53 .58 .60 9 RPN05B 1748 2005 .38 .43 .57 .39B .42 .55 .45 .51 .42 .51 .58 10 RPN05C 1770 2005 .36 .36 .52 .65 .57 .39 .35 .36 .60 .63 11 RPN06A 1691 2005 .67 .74 .78 .43 .50 .55 .54 .60 .47 .41 .54 .63 .62 12 RPN06B 1689 2005 .71 .77 .73 .57 .45 .40 .59 .49 .56 .75 .69 .56 .61 13 RPN07A 1569 2005 .60 .66 .61 .56 .56 .46 .48 .61 .63 .59 .31A .25B .34B 14 RPN07B 1859 2005 .23B .41 .49 .47 .68 .64 15 RPN08B 1950 2002 .49 .52 16 RPN09A 1942 2005 .33 .51 .65 17 RPN09B 1952 2005 .38 .45 18 RPN10A 1978 2005 .67 19 RPN10B 1971 2005 .59 20 RPN11A 1948 2005 .34 .34 .40 21 RPN11B 1953 2005 .38 .40 22 RPN12A 1954 2005 .55 .59 23 RPN12B 1947 2005 .54 .52 .60 24 RPN13A 1832 2005 .41 .37 .50 .63 .52 .60 .65 25 RPN13B 1850 2005 .12B .21B .42 .46 .53 .45 26 RPN14A 1906 2005 .28A .34 .50 .50 27 RPN14B 1904 2004 .42 .34 .50 .45 28 RPN15A 1867 2005 .55 .54 .54 .52 .57 .58 29 RPN15B 1728 2005 .54 .52 .71 .63 .33A .34 .50 .66 .70 .66 .59 30 RPN15C 1706 2005 .60 .61 .69 .64 .45 .51 .75 .64 .60 .66 .66 .66 31 RPN16A 1776 2005 .41 .45 .44 .46 .50 .40 .35 .59 .53 32 RPN16B 1771 2005 .52 .49 .41B .51 .49 .42 .62 .54 .58 .54 33 RPN17A 1795 2005 .24B .33B .42 .30B .61 .71 .57 .59 .63 34 RPN17B 1817 2005 .61 .62 .63 .55 .69 .66 .59 .64 35 RPN18A 1898 2004 .48 .51 .55 .65 .63 36 RPN18B 1896 2005 .55 .63 .61 .77 .77 37 RPN19A 1892 2005 .34 .40 .53 .62 .63 38 RPN19B 1746 1882 .54 .47 .41 .53 .51 .48 39 RPN20A 1915 2005 .54 .52 .60 .60 40 RPN20B 1941 2005 .67 .70 .63 Av segment correlation .66 .70 .61 .52 .48 .49 .52 .48 .49 .54 .52 .57 .59 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Pinus Nigra Reserve 16:02 Wed 03 Nov 2010 Page 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corr //-------- Unfiltered --------\\ //---- Filtered -----\\ No. No. No. with Mean Max Std Auto Mean Max Std Auto AR Seq Series Interval Years Segmt Flags Master msmt msmt dev corr sens value dev corr () --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- 1 RPN01A 1954 2005 52 2 0 .604 2.47 3.80 .456 .333 .161 2.64 .454 -.021 1 2 RPN02A 1751 2005 255 10 0 .632 1.35 2.78 .505 .745 .212 2.63 .345 .003 1 3 RPN02B 1707 2005 299 12 0 .634 1.05 2.43 .335 .627 .217 2.59 .335 .013 2 4 RPN03A 1883 2005 123 5 0 .484 1.10 2.41 .403 .584 .266 2.50 .416 -.060 1 5 RPN03B 1887 2005 119 5 0 .480 1.58 3.80 .627 .713 .238 2.68 .486 -.035 2 6 RPN04A 1863 2005 143 6 2 .466 2.05 4.89 .824 .765 .187 2.70 .477 .032 1 7 RPN04B 1873 2005 133 6 0 .617 2.28 5.28 1.037 .828 .214 2.65 .455 .002 1 8 RPN05A 1818 2005 188 8 0 .597 .92 1.31 .179 .242 .198 2.59 .399 .044 1 9 RPN05B 1748 2005 258 11 1 .476 .34 .79 .116 .552 .265 2.57 .347 .012 3 10 RPN05C 1770 2005 236 10 0 .459 .43 1.02 .161 .781 .191 2.50 .310 -.013 3 11 RPN06A 1691 2005 315 13 0 .590 1.23 5.08 1.048 .891 .279 2.63 .368 .033 1 12 RPN06B 1689 2005 317 13 0 .619 1.09 6.26 1.006 .906 .223 2.67 .407 .003 2 13 RPN07A 1569 2005 437 13 3 .469 .67 1.85 .285 .759 .245 2.35 .211 -.022 2 14 RPN07B 1859 2005 147 6 1 .431 .62 2.51 .369 .774 .246 2.89 .526 -.019 1 15 RPN08B 1950 2002 53 2 0 .481 2.44 4.50 1.057 .808 .194 2.54 .447 .002 1 16 RPN09A 1942 2005 64 3 0 .416 2.62 4.76 .794 .749 .174 2.72 .589 .089 1 17 RPN09B 1952 2005 54 2 0 .427 3.27 5.27 1.169 .768 .208 2.81 .584 -.018 4 18 RPN10A 1978 2005 28 1 0 .673 4.19 6.45 1.354 .629 .214 2.57 .694 -.182 2 19 RPN10B 1971 2005 35 1 0 .588 2.52 5.10 .766 .426 .218 2.97 .624 .003 1 20 RPN11A 1948 2005 58 3 0 .357 3.13 4.83 .824 .742 .166 2.46 .469 -.065 1 21 RPN11B 1953 2005 53 2 0 .392 3.79 6.25 1.040 .733 .159 2.66 .527 .012 1 22 RPN12A 1954 2005 52 2 0 .579 3.04 4.90 .652 .213 .207 2.76 .606 -.004 1 23 RPN12B 1947 2005 59 3 0 .553 2.52 3.86 .595 .355 .214 2.58 .491 -.005 3 24 RPN13A 1832 2005 174 7 0 .550 1.50 5.17 1.007 .805 .297 2.69 .412 -.014 2 25 RPN13B 1850 2005 156 6 2 .327 1.25 5.36 .910 .791 .337 2.58 .442 .028 2 26 RPN14A 1906 2005 100 4 1 .385 2.00 4.28 .755 .704 .209 2.71 .392 -.033 1 27 RPN14B 1904 2004 101 4 0 .429 2.54 7.53 1.109 .691 .228 2.73 .392 -.056 4 28 RPN15A 1867 2005 139 6 0 .542 .79 4.71 .550 .789 .255 2.66 .420 -.015 2 29 RPN15B 1728 2005 278 11 1 .555 .91 2.76 .407 .757 .257 2.67 .407 .033 2 30 RPN15C 1706 2005 300 12 0 .592 1.03 2.76 .456 .651 .304 2.71 .441 .080 5 31 RPN16A 1776 2005 230 9 0 .432 1.21 4.02 .799 .849 .297 2.68 .286 -.009 1 32 RPN16B 1771 2005 235 10 1 .515 1.42 7.51 1.179 .909 .262 2.66 .345 .027 1 33 RPN17A 1795 2005 211 9 3 .502 .96 3.18 .608 .847 .258 2.94 .484 .030 2 34 RPN17B 1817 2005 189 8 0 .616 .79 3.91 .590 .858 .250 2.81 .479 .027 2 35 RPN18A 1898 2004 107 5 0 .558 1.84 3.12 .591 .560 .243 2.61 .414 .009 1 36 RPN18B 1896 2005 110 5 0 .633 1.42 3.29 .669 .717 .245 2.48 .325 .020 1 37 RPN19A 1892 2005 114 5 0 .504 .92 1.79 .240 .426 .196 2.82 .441 .029 1 38 RPN19B 1746 1882 137 6 0 .468 1.14 3.14 .567 .774 .228 2.48 .385 -.020 2 39 RPN20A 1915 2005 91 4 0 .583 1.34 4.72 1.083 .907 .318 2.67 .481 -.031 1 40 RPN20B 1941 2005 65 3 0 .627 1.38 3.34 .801 .757 .290 2.71 .549 -.086 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 6215 253 15 .530 1.28 7.53 .626 .729 .244 2.97 .399 .006