Athabasca River 2001 Recollection, Canada - CANA217 Additional Site Information David Meko Purpose of Collection: Climate analysis Measurement type: Ring width Location of core material: Laboratory of Tree-Ring research University of Arizona Tucson, AZ References: Meko, D.M. 2002. Tree-ring study of hydrologic variability in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada. Report summarizing research project contracted to University of Arizona by law firm of Lawson Lundell, 1600 Cathedral Place, 925 West Georgia St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C3L2. Meko D.M. (accepted) Tree-ring inferences on water-level fluctuations of Lake Athabasca. Canadian Water Resources Journal. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CANA217.CRN Measurement file name : CANA217.RWL Date checked : 08JUN06 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1708 Ending year : 2000 Principal investigators: David Meko Charles Stockton Site name : Athabasca River 2001 Recollection Site location : Canada Species information : PCGL WHITE SPRUCE Latitude : +5824 Longitude : -11130 Elevation : 209M Series intercorrelation: 0.635 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.239 Avg standard deviation : 0.541 Avg autocorrelation : 0.777 Number dated series : 41 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 4 Pct problem segments : 1.26 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Athabasca River 15:09 Thu 08 Jun 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 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 ATH01A 1905 2000 .55 .66 .67 .64 2 ATH01B 1875 2000 .64 .64 .73 .80 .78 3 ATH01C 1884 2000 .50 .56 .74 .77 .74 4 ATH01D 1847 2000 .36 .38 .55 .68 .61 .67 .65 5 ATH02A 1831 2000 .34 .40 .47 .55 .69 .73 .71 6 ATH02B 1865 2000 .46 .51 .64 .68 .65 .64 7 ATH03A 1727 2000 .49 .50 .58 .51 .41 .32A .43 .52 .45 .53 .54 8 ATH03B 1816 2000 .39 .46 .54 .61 .63 .52 .65 .68 9 ATH04A 1896 2000 .54 .53 .60 .59 .54 10 ATH04B 1869 2000 .36B .58 .57 .53 .62 .62 11 ATH04C 1833 2000 .62 .42 .44 .37 .40 .51 .53 12 ATH05B 1855 2000 .54 .57 .59 .52 .60 .60 13 ATH05C 1865 2000 .64 .56 .63 .59 .57 .57 14 ATH08A 1796 2000 .29A .37 .46 .42 .57 .54 .53 .69 .68 15 ATH08B 1772 2000 .59 .53 .50 .45 .38 .50 .64 .60 .55 .54 16 ATH08C 1722 2000 .38 .34 .53 .53 .36 .43 .39 .57 .73 .67 .74 .74 17 ATH10A 1919 2000 .64 .57 .68 .67 18 ATH10B 1865 2000 .44 .55 .51 .37 .62 .61 19 ATH11A 1882 2000 .37 .47 .65 .73 .72 20 ATH11B 1871 2000 .40 .48 .76 .76 .74 .74 21 BAS01A 1763 1970 .78 .77 .56 .43B .65 .73 .72 .66 22 BAS01B 1770 1970 .66 .68 .58 .51 .65 .76 .79 .63 23 BAS02A 1736 1970 .75 .77 .85 .79 .74 .81 .71 .69 .71 24 BAS02B 1736 1970 .78 .79 .91 .81 .70 .75 .68 .67 .78 25 BAS03A 1708 1930 .81 .77 .71 .78 .80 .77 .73 .53 .56 26 BAS03B 1713 1970 .71 .70 .73 .85 .85 .80 .87 .83 .75 .71 27 BAS04A 1734 1970 .44 .58 .77 .77 .81 .72 .55 .58 .53 28 BAS04B 1727 1970 .54 .58 .68 .74 .77 .67 .72 .73 .61 29 BAS05B 1724 1970 .75 .75 .82 .81 .73 .66 .72 .60 .62 .71 30 BAS06A 1743 1970 .47 .63 .70 .68 .59 .58 .64 .63 .46 31 BAS06B 1745 1970 .69 .69 .74 .77 .73 .70 .78 .71 .64 32 BAS07A 1799 1970 .80 .80 .91 .82 .61 .62 .54 33 BAS07B 1789 1970 .72 .79 .91 .88 .71 .66 .74 34 BAS08A 1716 1970 .68 .68 .82 .86 .80 .82 .77 .69 .73 .82 35 BAS08B 1735 1970 .82 .83 .90 .85 .77 .74 .75 .72 .71 36 BAS09A 1818 1970 .61 .64 .71 .64 .61 .72 37 BAS09B 1774 1970 .56 .63 .75 .77 .69 .65 .59 .49 38 BAS10A 1730 1970 .62 .74 .80 .78 .81 .63 .43 .53 .71 39 BAS10B 1732 1970 .71 .76 .85 .83 .80 .67 .39 .42 .57 40 BAS11A 1734 1970 .53 .70 .70 .64 .72 .75 .58 .58 .67 41 BAS11B 1716 1970 .67 .53 .63 .81 .73 .66 .70 .50 .55 .71 Av segment correlation .67 .63 .69 .73 .68 .65 .61 .59 .62 .63 .65 .65 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Athabasca River 15:09 Thu 08 Jun 2006 Page 8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ATH01A 1905 2000 96 4 0 .574 1.45 4.76 1.109 .918 .278 2.49 .387 .013 2 2 ATH01B 1875 2000 126 5 0 .723 .68 1.42 .285 .770 .240 2.82 .485 -.024 1 3 ATH01C 1884 2000 117 5 0 .651 1.26 2.50 .497 .643 .246 2.62 .373 -.040 1 4 ATH01D 1847 2000 154 7 0 .566 1.04 2.17 .356 .691 .208 2.66 .452 -.032 1 5 ATH02A 1831 2000 170 7 0 .509 1.77 4.37 1.084 .888 .225 2.74 .519 -.017 1 6 ATH02B 1865 2000 136 6 0 .579 1.47 3.23 .757 .834 .225 2.53 .446 .050 1 7 ATH03A 1727 2000 274 11 1 .483 1.01 2.61 .450 .845 .201 2.53 .318 -.019 1 8 ATH03B 1816 2000 185 8 0 .539 1.41 3.15 .596 .827 .199 2.60 .394 .029 1 9 ATH04A 1896 2000 105 5 0 .520 1.66 3.26 .635 .640 .257 2.54 .414 -.004 2 10 ATH04B 1869 2000 132 6 1 .505 1.05 1.86 .382 .750 .196 2.71 .487 -.053 1 11 ATH04C 1833 2000 168 7 0 .477 .93 2.22 .367 .789 .202 2.83 .495 -.022 1 12 ATH05B 1855 2000 146 6 0 .553 1.35 2.71 .445 .745 .193 2.59 .359 .040 1 13 ATH05C 1865 2000 136 6 0 .604 1.23 3.33 .506 .815 .193 2.69 .496 -.001 1 14 ATH08A 1796 2000 205 9 1 .494 1.25 2.55 .476 .746 .203 2.52 .371 -.044 1 15 ATH08B 1772 2000 229 10 0 .504 .90 3.99 .572 .883 .192 2.73 .442 -.065 1 16 ATH08C 1722 2000 279 12 0 .520 .72 2.40 .426 .900 .220 2.67 .404 .019 1 17 ATH10A 1919 2000 82 4 0 .665 .99 2.06 .457 .844 .245 2.74 .490 -.055 1 18 ATH10B 1865 2000 136 6 0 .498 2.47 5.10 1.046 .852 .213 2.58 .386 -.036 1 19 ATH11A 1882 2000 119 5 0 .533 2.47 5.90 1.353 .867 .219 2.54 .430 -.016 1 20 ATH11B 1871 2000 130 6 0 .604 2.79 6.14 1.288 .845 .220 2.63 .543 -.003 1 21 BAS01A 1763 1970 208 8 1 .650 1.31 3.66 .548 .733 .226 2.79 .461 -.109 1 22 BAS01B 1770 1970 201 8 0 .623 .96 3.17 .383 .618 .268 2.75 .468 -.060 1 23 BAS02A 1736 1970 235 9 0 .762 .98 2.54 .454 .728 .278 2.82 .398 -.021 1 24 BAS02B 1736 1970 235 9 0 .769 .94 2.63 .399 .712 .264 2.82 .424 -.014 1 25 BAS03A 1708 1930 223 9 0 .725 1.07 3.43 .701 .915 .230 2.65 .437 -.023 4 26 BAS03B 1713 1970 258 10 0 .778 1.01 3.85 .727 .923 .237 2.83 .448 -.040 1 27 BAS04A 1734 1970 237 9 0 .645 1.20 3.28 .517 .597 .290 2.71 .380 .006 4 28 BAS04B 1727 1970 244 9 0 .659 1.15 2.94 .617 .772 .294 2.51 .358 -.041 3 29 BAS05B 1724 1970 247 10 0 .720 .72 1.84 .315 .746 .266 2.55 .344 -.017 1 30 BAS06A 1743 1970 228 9 0 .586 .92 1.92 .377 .770 .228 2.66 .472 -.010 1 31 BAS06B 1745 1970 226 9 0 .714 1.15 2.43 .353 .592 .229 2.69 .368 .006 3 32 BAS07A 1799 1970 172 7 0 .706 1.00 2.05 .370 .654 .272 2.54 .406 .005 1 33 BAS07B 1789 1970 182 7 0 .769 1.12 2.33 .423 .719 .244 2.61 .459 -.057 1 34 BAS08A 1716 1970 255 10 0 .774 1.09 2.96 .533 .769 .284 2.57 .316 .006 1 35 BAS08B 1735 1970 236 9 0 .797 .97 2.81 .462 .710 .299 2.63 .364 -.024 1 36 BAS09A 1818 1970 153 6 0 .638 1.26 3.85 .567 .735 .269 2.64 .430 -.010 1 37 BAS09B 1774 1970 197 8 0 .628 1.35 3.56 .571 .748 .232 2.78 .451 -.032 1 38 BAS10A 1730 1970 241 9 0 .670 .85 2.50 .414 .801 .238 2.47 .293 -.044 1 39 BAS10B 1732 1970 239 9 0 .691 .70 1.54 .253 .738 .220 2.54 .346 -.067 1 40 BAS11A 1734 1970 237 9 0 .634 1.07 3.94 .583 .873 .243 2.61 .344 .013 1 41 BAS11B 1716 1970 255 10 0 .646 1.01 3.37 .624 .884 .255 2.61 .373 -.030 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 7834 318 4 .635 1.15 6.14 .541 .777 .239 2.83 .407 -.021