Confluencia, Neuquén, Argentina - ARGE068
Additional Site Information 
Ricardo Villalba      


Purpose of Collection:   Climatology - temperature analyses

Measurement type:  Total ring width

1st Detrending method: 
Negative exponential or linear regression of any slope


Location of core material:
IANIGLA (Instituto Argentino de Nivología y Glaciología)
Bajada del Cerro s/n Parque San Martín
Mendoza
Argentina

References:
Villalba, R., and Veblen, T. Spatial and temporal variation in Austrocedrus 
growth along the forest-steppe ecotone in northern Patagonia. 
Canadian Journal Forestry Research.27:580-597 (1997)

Villalba, R., Cook, E., Jacoby, G., DArrigo, R., Veblen, T., and Jones, P. 
Tree-ring based reconstructions of northern Patagonia presipitation 
since AD 1600.  The Holocene 8,6 (1998)pp.659-674

Villalba, R. and Veblen, T. Influences of large-scale climatic variability 
on episodic tree mortality in Northern Patagonia. 
Ecology, 79 (8),1998, pp.2624-2640




COFECHA output:

      Chronology file name   : ARGE068.CRN
      Measurement file name  : ARGE068.RWL
      Date checked           : 10MAR05
      Checked by             : H. ADAMS AND J. LUKAS
      Beginning year         : 1723
      Ending year            : 1989
      Principal investigators: Ricardo Villalba                            
      Site name              : Confluencia 2
      Site location          : Argentina    
      Species information    : AUCH CHILEAN CEDAR
      Latitude               :  -4042
      Longitude              : -07109
      Elevation              : 1075M

      Series intercorrelation: 0.683
      Avg mean sensitivity   : 0.264
      Avg standard deviation : 0.663
      Avg autocorrelation    : 0.853
      Number dated series    : 25
      Segment length tested  : 50

      Number problem segments: 3
      Pct problem segments   : 1.75


PART 5:  CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: arge068.rwl                                            14:12  Thu 10 Mar 2005  Page   5
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 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   1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950
                         1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999
 --- -------- ---------  ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
   1 CF202A   1792 1989             .85  .84  .76  .77  .77  .80  .88  .88
   2 CF206B   1852 1989                            .76  .61  .53  .56  .58
   3 CF211A   1781 1989             .81  .87  .73  .69  .45  .31A .48  .59
   4 CF212B   1808 1989                  .81  .79  .84  .73  .59  .74  .81
   5 CF213B   1780 1953             .71  .87  .80  .77  .68  .54  .54
   6 CF214B   1772 1875        .66  .74  .74  .68  .67
   7 CF217B   1784 1989             .83  .84  .84  .85  .77  .82  .76  .76
   8 CF218B   1793 1989             .72  .78  .80  .79  .78  .80  .83  .84
   9 CF221C   1773 1989        .66  .66  .75  .75  .81  .72  .78  .86  .85
  10 CF222A   1839 1989                       .63  .61  .57  .70  .81  .78
  11 CF223A   1803 1989                  .62  .78  .85  .74  .78  .88  .90
  12 CF224A   1783 1989             .42  .62  .69  .77  .73  .72  .81  .83
  13 CF224B   1815 1989                  .63  .64  .70  .69  .63  .73  .76
  14 CF225B   1801 1989                  .73  .80  .61  .53  .78  .78  .69
  15 CF226A   1840 1989                       .81  .79  .70  .79  .82  .77
  16 CF228B   1849 1979                       .74  .74  .73  .73  .65  .60
  17 CF232A   1860 1989                            .69  .60  .72  .76  .77
  18 CF234A   1831 1989                       .74  .77  .77  .59  .62  .71
  19 CF237A   1814 1989                  .83  .82  .84  .64  .65  .77  .80
  20 CF239A   1855 1989                            .84  .82  .72  .70  .72
  21 CF240B   1791 1989             .72  .81  .72  .71  .75  .67  .60  .67
  22 CF216A   1787 1931             .58  .68  .80  .75  .56  .54
  23 CF219B   1736 1961   .67  .64  .56  .58  .50  .30A .26B .47  .43
  24 CF219C   1723 1957   .55  .48  .45  .70  .83  .68  .56  .59  .49
  25 CF238A   1898 1983                                 .55  .54  .52  .48
 Av segment correlation   .61  .61  .67  .75  .75  .73  .65  .66  .70  .74
PART 7:  DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: arge068.rwl                                                       14:12  Thu 10 Mar 2005  Page   6
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                                                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 CF202A   1792 1989    198      8      0    .794    .99   3.67   .726   .912   .243   2.42   .264  -.033   2
   2 CF206B   1852 1989    138      5      0    .607   1.21   2.65   .574   .838   .217   2.53   .397   .061   1
   3 CF211A   1781 1989    209      8      1    .622   1.13   4.29   .933   .842   .367   2.68   .377   .020   6
   4 CF212B   1808 1989    182      7      0    .749    .91   2.80   .599   .825   .259   2.53   .379  -.056   2
   5 CF213B   1780 1953    174      7      0    .668    .74   2.44   .575   .910   .294   2.53   .327   .024   1
   6 CF214B   1772 1875    104      5      0    .681    .60   1.28   .379   .917   .256   2.65   .491   .048   1
   7 CF217B   1784 1989    206      8      0    .777    .94   3.09   .679   .906   .239   2.62   .370  -.030   1
   8 CF218B   1793 1989    197      8      0    .776    .84   3.23   .682   .919   .243   2.69   .381  -.003   1
   9 CF221C   1773 1989    217      9      0    .749   1.13   2.95   .612   .878   .193   2.57   .329   .003   1
  10 CF222A   1839 1989    151      6      0    .658    .66   1.75   .398   .783   .316   2.71   .357   .036   1
  11 CF223A   1803 1989    187      7      0    .774    .77   2.56   .379   .830   .210   2.60   .353   .004   1
  12 CF224A   1783 1989    207      8      0    .667    .73   2.57   .507   .853   .287   2.45   .303   .017   2
  13 CF224B   1815 1989    175      7      0    .684    .76   2.66   .464   .769   .291   2.54   .365   .019   2
  14 CF225B   1801 1989    189      7      0    .674    .72   3.07   .673   .921   .316   2.67   .436  -.004   2
  15 CF226A   1840 1989    150      6      0    .755   1.58   4.49   .823   .725   .281   2.62   .320  -.027   1
  16 CF228B   1849 1979    131      6      0    .652    .80   1.92   .416   .792   .296   2.47   .356  -.030   1
  17 CF232A   1860 1989    130      5      0    .672    .71   2.10   .387   .787   .291   2.64   .414  -.050   1
  18 CF234A   1831 1989    159      6      0    .710    .89   4.07   .820   .921   .302   2.47   .387  -.018   3
  19 CF237A   1814 1989    176      7      0    .735   1.25   4.55   .884   .884   .222   2.74   .497  -.019   1
  20 CF239A   1855 1989    135      5      0    .760   1.05   2.30   .475   .810   .215   2.53   .321  -.013   1
  21 CF240B   1791 1989    199      8      0    .697    .78   3.54   .708   .936   .192   2.79   .400  -.002   1
  22 CF216A   1787 1931    145      6      0    .638    .44   1.03   .175   .532   .297   2.59   .434   .022   1
  23 CF219B   1736 1961    226      9      2    .482   1.00   4.56  1.166   .937   .285   2.62   .348  -.005   1
  24 CF219C   1723 1957    235      9      0    .569   1.66   4.51  1.279   .911   .237   2.60   .393   .041   4
  25 CF238A   1898 1983     86      4      0    .391    .68   2.30   .350   .732   .290   2.55   .391   .026   1
 --- -------- ---------  -----  -----  -----   ------ -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  --
 Total or mean:           4306    171      3    .683    .94   4.56   .663   .853   .264   2.79   .372   .000