Birch River, Canada - CANA218 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 : CANA218.CRN Measurement file name : CANA218.RWL Date checked : 08JUN06 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1757 Ending year : 2000 Principal investigators: David Meko Site name : Birch River Site location : Canada Species information : PCGL WHITE SPRUCE Latitude : +5830 Longitude : -11230 Elevation : 209M Series intercorrelation: 0.706 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.243 Avg standard deviation : 0.779 Avg autocorrelation : 0.777 Number dated series : 27 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 0 Pct problem segments : 0.00 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Birch River 15:10 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 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 BIR01A 1878 2000 .58 .58 .43 .63 .65 2 BIR02A 1883 2000 .51 .71 .67 .69 .72 3 BIR02B 1786 2000 .68 .65 .77 .71 .54 .55 .49 .56 .49 4 BIR03A 1884 2000 .56 .64 .75 .81 .84 5 BIR03B 1871 2000 .59 .66 .72 .65 .74 .76 6 BIR04A 1940 2000 .67 .64 .65 7 BIR04B 1894 2000 .70 .69 .68 .75 .76 8 BIR05A 1813 2000 .74 .83 .81 .77 .85 .77 .80 .80 9 BIR05B 1835 2000 .73 .69 .73 .82 .76 .74 .77 10 BIR06A 1899 2000 .79 .80 .79 .85 .88 11 BIR06C 1861 2000 .88 .82 .82 .78 .83 .86 12 BIR07B 1805 2000 .74 .83 .77 .70 .73 .60 .71 .78 13 BIR08A 1937 2000 .70 .75 .72 14 BIR08B 1953 2000 .71 15 BIR08C 1960 2000 .73 16 BIR09A 1948 2000 .75 .74 .76 17 BIR09B 1925 2000 .68 .70 .70 18 BIR10A 1787 2000 .61 .60 .77 .83 .73 .72 .72 .77 .75 19 BIR10B 1783 2000 .63 .65 .81 .81 .85 .79 .73 .87 .89 20 BIR11A 1783 2000 .76 .74 .75 .68 .74 .72 .62 .72 .77 21 BIR11B 1778 2000 .60 .64 .76 .72 .55 .68 .82 .83 .82 22 BIR12A 1775 2000 .66 .66 .73 .75 .74 .74 .70 .57 .54 23 BIR12B 1757 2000 .63 .69 .72 .74 .74 .78 .74 .59 .64 24 BIR13A 1878 2000 .79 .87 .73 .73 .77 25 BIR13B 1872 2000 .60 .65 .80 .75 .74 .74 26 BIR14A 1834 2000 .49 .75 .82 .82 .72 .55 .45 27 BIR14B 1884 2000 .70 .78 .81 .53 .48 Av segment correlation .65 .68 .75 .74 .70 .74 .70 .71 .72 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Birch River 15:10 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 BIR01A 1878 2000 123 5 0 .558 2.49 7.52 1.195 .744 .256 2.57 .374 .002 1 2 BIR02A 1883 2000 118 5 0 .631 .66 1.50 .258 .786 .205 2.78 .477 -.018 2 3 BIR02B 1786 2000 215 9 0 .602 1.08 3.45 .761 .929 .208 2.70 .450 -.067 1 4 BIR03A 1884 2000 117 5 0 .702 2.32 6.08 1.193 .771 .273 2.50 .448 -.011 1 5 BIR03B 1871 2000 130 6 0 .679 2.63 4.97 1.101 .735 .247 2.65 .482 -.061 1 6 BIR04A 1940 2000 61 3 0 .646 2.92 5.46 1.293 .853 .207 2.35 .339 -.042 1 7 BIR04B 1894 2000 107 5 0 .712 3.19 6.01 1.279 .769 .230 2.44 .381 -.006 1 8 BIR05A 1813 2000 188 8 0 .792 1.03 3.11 .528 .767 .295 2.63 .428 .005 1 9 BIR05B 1835 2000 166 7 0 .755 1.22 3.99 .748 .820 .305 2.73 .469 -.031 1 10 BIR06A 1899 2000 102 5 0 .826 1.57 3.06 .580 .714 .207 2.85 .526 -.028 1 11 BIR06C 1861 2000 140 6 0 .855 2.34 3.89 .776 .677 .218 2.57 .419 -.036 1 12 BIR07B 1805 2000 196 8 0 .742 1.79 4.72 .706 .685 .245 2.60 .445 -.056 1 13 BIR08A 1937 2000 64 3 0 .718 3.71 9.20 1.955 .745 .326 2.56 .493 -.100 1 14 BIR08B 1953 2000 48 1 0 .711 3.50 6.29 1.470 .715 .279 2.66 .571 -.019 1 15 BIR08C 1960 2000 41 1 0 .726 2.93 5.93 1.205 .746 .234 2.48 .453 -.003 1 16 BIR09A 1948 2000 53 3 0 .759 2.46 7.60 1.509 .764 .286 2.73 .591 -.110 1 17 BIR09B 1925 2000 76 3 0 .733 1.83 6.03 1.209 .803 .247 2.69 .479 -.075 2 18 BIR10A 1787 2000 214 9 0 .708 1.05 3.32 .544 .859 .207 2.51 .334 -.036 1 19 BIR10B 1783 2000 218 9 0 .770 1.56 4.66 .803 .863 .236 2.76 .498 -.004 1 20 BIR11A 1783 2000 218 9 0 .729 1.37 2.87 .533 .756 .208 2.68 .428 -.043 1 21 BIR11B 1778 2000 223 9 0 .706 1.04 2.55 .427 .741 .234 2.69 .403 -.014 1 22 BIR12A 1775 2000 226 9 0 .669 1.13 2.37 .550 .819 .252 2.44 .266 -.045 1 23 BIR12B 1757 2000 244 9 0 .688 1.26 3.08 .515 .700 .261 2.44 .351 -.019 1 24 BIR13A 1878 2000 123 5 0 .788 1.96 3.84 .627 .692 .210 2.57 .467 -.007 1 25 BIR13B 1872 2000 129 6 0 .688 2.36 4.32 .907 .726 .225 2.67 .418 .011 1 26 BIR14A 1834 2000 167 7 0 .589 1.55 4.45 1.006 .801 .281 2.87 .540 .033 2 27 BIR14B 1884 2000 117 5 0 .633 1.23 2.58 .650 .854 .254 3.01 .435 -.040 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 3824 160 0 .706 1.67 9.20 .779 .777 .243 3.01 .429 -.027