Medusa Bay, Labrador, Canada - CANA210 Additional Site Information Brendan Buckley Rosanne D'Arrigo Purpose of Collection: Climate analysis Measurement type: Total ring width Location of core material: Tree-Ring Laboratory Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Palisades, New York 10964 Reference: D'Arrigo, R., B. Buckley, S. Kaplan, and J. Woollett. 2003. Interannual to multidecadal modes of Labrador climate variability inferred from tree rings. Climate Dynamics 20: 219-228. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CANA210.CRN Measurement file name : CANA210.RWL Date checked : 09JAN06 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1634 Ending year : 1997 Principal investigators: Brendan Buckley Rosanne D'Arrigo Site name : Medusa Bay Site location : Canada Species information : PCGL WHITE SPRUCE Latitude : +5655 Longitude : -06130 Elevation : 25M Series intercorrelation: 0.659 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.239 Avg standard deviation : 0.236 Avg autocorrelation : 0.715 Number dated series : 40 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 13 Pct problem segments : 4.29 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Medusa PCGL 15:19 Mon 09 Jan 2006 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 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 MBS-01A 1826 1996 .24B .49 .82 .78 .62 .52 2 MBS-01B 1832 1994 .29B .51 .73 .79 .73 .72 3 MBS-02A 1760 1997 .63 .64 .73 .69 .76 .81 .79 .81 .82 4 MBS-02B 1761 1996 .62 .60 .54 .59 .76 .78 .75 .76 .76 5 MBS-03A 1791 1997 .34 .31B .36 .79 .82 .78 .80 .82 6 MBS-03B 1777 1997 .53 .57 .68 .75 .81 .87 .91 .89 7 MBS-04A 1838 1997 .50 .45 .60 .75 .78 .72 8 MBS-04B 1777 1995 .41 .61 .64 .74 .75 .63 .73 .84 9 MBS-05A 1802 1963 .72 .65 .61 .68 .71 .73 10 MBS-05B 1830 1962 .57 .73 .72 .79 .76 11 MBS-06A 1847 1997 .74 .71 .73 .76 .76 .83 12 MBS-06B 1769 1996 .60 .57 .71 .80 .72 .72 .67 .46 .54 13 MBS-07 1720 1997 .66 .64 .75 .73 .77 .77 .79 .35B .23B .61 .73 14 MBS-07B 1759 1889 .73 .80 .78 .64 .62 15 MBS-08A 1796 1996 .63 .59 .59 .62 .75 .86 .81 .82 16 MBS-08B 1796 1997 .51 .56 .45 .48 .55 .67 .68 .68 17 MBS-09A 1762 1936 .66 .72 .68 .71 .66 .36 .43 18 MBS-09B 1795 1997 .63 .69 .73 .70 .77 .68 .55 .69 19 MBS-10A 1799 1997 .54 .55 .72 .70 .77 .82 .71 .61 20 MBS-10B 1824 1997 .74 .72 .66 .67 .73 .66 .59 21 MBS-11A 1808 1996 .58 .68 .69 .77 .83 .77 .58 22 MBS-11B 1747 1996 .42 .42 .59 .39 .25B .48 .61 .79 .70 .47 23 MBS-12A 1680 1996 .53 .62 .59 .56 .66 .72 .76 .85 .88 .75 .68 .75 24 MBS-12B 1634 1996 .64 .65 .73 .73 .64 .59 .65 .73 .82 .76 .65 .77 .88 25 MBS-13A 1895 1996 .76 .77 .74 .78 26 MBS-13B 1895 1996 .81 .84 .80 .72 27 MBS-14A 1815 1995 .64 .73 .70 .78 .85 .86 .82 28 MBS-14B 1760 1996 .56 .61 .59 .76 .78 .79 .80 .82 .80 29 MBS-15A 1667 1996 .61 .62 .56 .56 .61 .72 .77 .73 .70 .77 .78 .81 .77 30 MBS-15B 1682 1885 .58 .61 .65 .69 .70 .74 .73 .74 31 MBS-16A 1803 1996 .66 .39 .30B .45 .56 .62 .55 32 MBS-16B 1782 1996 .45 .48 .46 .43 .52 .69 .74 .61 33 MBS-16 1749 1996 .19B .21B .36 .50 .35 .24B .34B .32A .32A .36 34 MBS-17B 1877 1996 .54 .67 .77 .74 35 MBS-17C 1885 1993 .73 .78 .77 .65 36 MBS-18A 1914 1996 .56 .64 .61 37 MBS-18B 1689 1997 .46 .59 .61 .56 .59 .71 .53 .52 .68 .83 .80 .72 38 MBS-19 1882 1997 .68 .79 .79 .76 39 MBS-19B 1794 1997 .69 .67 .48 .51 .74 .78 .76 .71 40 MBS-20 1783 1997 .70 .77 .65 .64 .85 .89 .83 .80 Av segment correlation .62 .57 .63 .55 .59 .60 .64 .60 .64 .69 .72 .73 .70 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Medusa PCGL 15:19 Mon 09 Jan 2006 Page 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 MBS-01A 1826 1996 171 6 1 .592 1.16 2.62 .565 .834 .231 2.56 .346 .017 1 2 MBS-01B 1832 1994 163 6 1 .623 .68 1.39 .261 .743 .223 2.73 .435 -.013 1 3 MBS-02A 1760 1997 238 9 0 .752 .51 1.00 .144 .584 .204 2.68 .401 -.004 1 4 MBS-02B 1761 1996 236 9 0 .680 .40 1.21 .166 .715 .230 2.72 .433 -.043 1 5 MBS-03A 1791 1997 207 8 1 .679 .62 2.01 .238 .461 .290 2.73 .409 .002 1 6 MBS-03B 1777 1997 221 8 0 .780 .72 1.81 .233 .386 .262 2.78 .412 -.005 1 7 MBS-04A 1838 1997 160 6 0 .652 .38 1.15 .185 .784 .259 2.60 .382 -.004 1 8 MBS-04B 1777 1995 219 8 0 .670 .61 1.13 .188 .609 .219 2.66 .396 -.001 2 9 MBS-05A 1802 1963 162 6 0 .704 .91 2.60 .506 .864 .238 2.72 .512 -.025 1 10 MBS-05B 1830 1962 133 5 0 .697 .70 1.71 .285 .660 .277 2.75 .488 .014 1 11 MBS-06A 1847 1997 151 6 0 .763 .50 1.36 .197 .677 .239 2.65 .365 -.033 1 12 MBS-06B 1769 1996 228 9 0 .637 .52 1.55 .242 .800 .227 2.56 .407 -.050 1 13 MBS-07 1720 1997 278 11 2 .591 .45 1.67 .299 .880 .249 2.54 .277 -.006 1 14 MBS-07B 1759 1889 131 5 0 .703 .39 .88 .165 .774 .233 2.46 .414 .023 1 15 MBS-08A 1796 1996 201 8 0 .738 .55 2.04 .307 .814 .283 2.67 .370 -.024 1 16 MBS-08B 1796 1997 202 8 0 .582 .63 2.62 .386 .750 .347 2.70 .335 -.075 1 17 MBS-09A 1762 1936 175 7 0 .585 .26 .64 .124 .865 .218 2.46 .351 -.027 1 18 MBS-09B 1795 1997 203 8 0 .676 .27 .68 .143 .827 .265 2.60 .428 -.012 2 19 MBS-10A 1799 1997 199 8 0 .664 .87 1.87 .355 .632 .273 2.69 .474 .003 1 20 MBS-10B 1824 1997 174 7 0 .680 1.22 3.88 .599 .662 .290 2.84 .414 .004 1 21 MBS-11A 1808 1996 189 7 0 .689 .66 1.50 .245 .736 .202 2.50 .291 -.027 1 22 MBS-11B 1747 1996 250 10 1 .519 .64 1.44 .261 .794 .204 2.64 .406 .001 1 23 MBS-12A 1680 1996 317 12 0 .685 .38 1.40 .225 .806 .268 2.73 .383 -.005 1 24 MBS-12B 1634 1996 363 13 0 .715 .38 1.33 .178 .682 .266 2.97 .420 -.004 1 25 MBS-13A 1895 1996 102 4 0 .776 .68 1.51 .229 .690 .187 2.89 .527 -.008 2 26 MBS-13B 1895 1996 102 4 0 .774 .73 1.34 .195 .569 .179 2.80 .469 -.016 1 27 MBS-14A 1815 1995 181 7 0 .748 .46 .92 .168 .443 .320 2.58 .440 .020 1 28 MBS-14B 1760 1996 237 9 0 .738 .38 .80 .117 .314 .294 2.59 .366 -.014 1 29 MBS-15A 1667 1996 330 13 0 .690 .58 2.27 .317 .844 .214 2.61 .363 -.023 1 30 MBS-15B 1682 1885 204 8 0 .663 .43 1.21 .212 .811 .206 2.80 .418 .024 2 31 MBS-16A 1803 1996 194 7 1 .515 .18 .50 .100 .838 .228 2.69 .395 -.016 1 32 MBS-16B 1782 1996 215 8 0 .540 .16 .53 .089 .855 .237 2.75 .356 -.013 1 33 MBS-16 1749 1996 248 10 6 .311 .25 .68 .130 .896 .190 2.54 .431 .012 1 34 MBS-17B 1877 1996 120 4 0 .671 1.09 2.14 .291 .578 .176 2.65 .410 -.017 1 35 MBS-17C 1885 1993 109 4 0 .700 .87 1.42 .233 .612 .185 2.71 .470 -.002 1 36 MBS-18A 1914 1996 83 3 0 .581 .63 1.25 .235 .822 .172 2.63 .546 .039 1 37 MBS-18B 1689 1997 309 12 0 .629 .33 .91 .137 .788 .209 2.65 .418 -.004 2 38 MBS-19 1882 1997 116 4 0 .740 .55 1.22 .208 .750 .217 2.68 .445 -.060 1 39 MBS-19B 1794 1997 204 8 0 .683 .57 1.26 .191 .670 .216 2.72 .430 -.006 1 40 MBS-20 1783 1997 215 8 0 .769 .90 1.95 .282 .572 .219 2.78 .400 -.022 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 7940 303 13 .659 .55 3.88 .236 .715 .239 2.97 .403 -.011