Settling Pond, Northwest Territories, Canada - cana284 Additional Site Information Sonia St-Onge Michael Pisaric Steve Kokelj Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses Detrend Method: Negative exponontial or linear regression with negative or 0 slope Cores are stored at: Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa CANADA Attn: Michael Pisaric Notes: Samples were collected from rock outcrops in the Yellowknife region. There was little to no soil cover and ground cover was predominantly mosses and lichens. Reference: Pisaric, M.F.J., St-Onge, S.M. and Kokelj, S.V. In press. Tree-ring reconstruction of early-growing season precipitation from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. Accepted June 24, 2009. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CANA284.CRN Measurement file name : CANA284.RWL Date checked : 24JUL09 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1862 Ending year : 2005 Principal investigators: Sonia St-Onge Michael Pisaric Steve Kokelj Site name : Settling Pond Site location : Canada Species information : PIBN JACK PINE Latitude : 6231 Longitude : -11421 Elevation : 189M Series intercorrelation: 0.688 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.401 Avg standard deviation : 0.246 Avg autocorrelation : 0.604 Number dated series : 54 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 0 Pct problem segments : 0.00 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Settling Pond 15:36 Fri 24 Jul 2009 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 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 SET1A 1952 2005 .80 .81 2 SET1B 1952 1982 .49 3 SET2A 1952 2003 .76 .76 4 SET2B 1952 2005 .77 .78 5 SET3A 1952 2005 .79 .80 6 SET3B 1952 2005 .79 .82 7 SET4A 1958 2005 .59 8 SET4B 1958 2005 .57 9 SET5A 1958 2005 .79 10 SET5B 1958 2005 .67 11 SET6A 1958 2005 .65 12 SET6B 1966 2005 .72 13 SET7A 1966 2005 .72 14 SET7B 1966 2005 .78 15 SET8A 1950 2005 .63 .79 16 SET8B 1950 2005 .70 .75 17 SET9A 1876 2005 .63 .76 .76 .77 .78 18 SET9F 1873 2005 .76 .74 .80 .78 .78 .80 19 SET12A 1887 2005 .83 .86 .81 .69 .72 20 SET12B 1886 2005 .68 .77 .75 .74 .76 21 SET13A 1862 2005 .69 .71 .59 .56 .71 .72 22 SET13B 1862 2005 .76 .73 .73 .65 .63 .64 23 SET15A 1886 2005 .67 .75 .65 .62 .64 24 SET15B 1874 2005 .36 .37 .72 .82 .83 .83 25 SET16A 1958 2001 .75 26 SET16B 1958 2005 .69 27 SET17A 1958 2005 .47 28 SET17B 1958 2005 .52 29 SET18A 1959 1998 .69 30 SET18B 1958 2005 .69 31 SET19A 1955 2005 .42 .42 32 SET19B 1954 2003 .59 33 SET20A 1966 2003 .42 34 SET20B 1966 2005 .63 35 SET22A 1958 2005 .64 36 SET22B 1966 2005 .76 37 SET23A 1864 1989 .66 .68 .41 .34 .39 38 SET23B 1864 1987 .67 .63 .56 .50 .46 39 SET24C 1875 1997 .70 .74 .72 .59 40 SET24D 1876 2005 .65 .65 .71 .59 .63 41 SET26A 1958 2005 .86 42 SET26B 1967 2005 .81 43 SET27A 1932 1994 .64 .59 44 SET27B 1932 2003 .67 .59 .61 45 SET28A 1912 2005 .60 .48 .52 .49 46 SET28B 1891 2005 .58 .61 .65 .79 .80 47 SET29B 1887 2005 .72 .85 .83 .81 .84 48 SET29F 1887 2005 .72 .85 .85 .72 .69 49 SET31A 1887 2005 .77 .80 .83 .83 .83 50 SET31B 1887 2005 .75 .77 .83 .81 .75 51 SET32C 1886 2005 .62 .63 .74 .70 .71 52 SET32D 1886 2005 .62 .71 .75 .78 .78 53 SET33A 1874 2000 .73 .74 .85 .86 .76 .76 54 SET33B 1874 2003 .72 .73 .74 .81 .81 .75 Av segment correlation .67 .68 .71 .71 .68 .73 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Settling Pond 15:36 Fri 24 Jul 2009 Page 9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SET1A 1952 2005 54 2 0 .795 .33 1.12 .233 .361 .618 2.81 .520 .042 1 2 SET1B 1952 1982 31 1 0 .493 .24 .63 .141 .286 .560 2.88 .698 .072 1 3 SET2A 1952 2003 52 2 0 .764 .37 1.34 .301 .445 .756 2.73 .538 .024 1 4 SET2B 1952 2005 54 2 0 .775 .49 1.47 .291 .347 .595 2.84 .565 .024 1 5 SET3A 1952 2005 54 2 0 .779 .44 1.00 .231 .472 .411 2.77 .469 .125 1 6 SET3B 1952 2005 54 2 0 .795 .40 .95 .207 .471 .443 2.81 .572 .048 1 7 SET4A 1958 2005 48 1 0 .586 .60 1.41 .321 .590 .385 2.83 .726 .040 1 8 SET4B 1958 2005 48 1 0 .565 .38 .96 .176 .644 .348 2.65 .579 .032 1 9 SET5A 1958 2005 48 1 0 .787 .40 1.32 .273 .537 .459 2.65 .532 .055 1 10 SET5B 1958 2005 48 1 0 .668 .53 1.88 .367 .614 .421 2.89 .656 .006 1 11 SET6A 1958 2005 48 1 0 .649 .42 1.01 .195 .541 .405 2.70 .576 .039 1 12 SET6B 1966 2005 40 1 0 .723 .84 1.58 .347 .546 .333 2.60 .494 .001 1 13 SET7A 1966 2005 40 1 0 .718 .80 1.66 .321 .472 .285 2.72 .487 -.007 1 14 SET7B 1966 2005 40 1 0 .779 .84 1.52 .323 .590 .302 2.57 .451 .053 1 15 SET8A 1950 2005 56 2 0 .644 1.08 2.53 .547 .625 .357 2.41 .445 -.097 1 16 SET8B 1950 2005 56 2 0 .693 .84 2.07 .447 .613 .433 2.65 .507 -.024 1 17 SET9A 1876 2005 130 5 0 .733 .39 .84 .134 .580 .247 2.75 .510 -.013 1 18 SET9F 1873 2005 133 6 0 .775 .40 .82 .142 .532 .247 2.74 .478 .006 1 19 SET12A 1887 2005 119 5 0 .795 .35 1.17 .212 .637 .396 2.86 .403 .034 1 20 SET12B 1886 2005 120 5 0 .721 .40 .99 .200 .509 .367 2.69 .457 -.047 1 21 SET13A 1862 2005 144 6 0 .665 .25 .87 .214 .781 .506 2.63 .486 -.105 1 22 SET13B 1862 2005 144 6 0 .685 .31 1.24 .267 .791 .466 2.66 .548 -.071 1 23 SET15A 1886 2005 120 5 0 .676 .43 1.30 .262 .714 .398 2.61 .426 -.009 1 24 SET15B 1874 2005 132 6 0 .651 .43 1.45 .269 .646 .359 2.72 .453 .016 1 25 SET16A 1958 2001 44 1 0 .749 .64 1.37 .280 .462 .327 2.92 .647 -.075 1 26 SET16B 1958 2005 48 1 0 .691 .48 .95 .180 .208 .348 2.68 .466 -.050 1 27 SET17A 1958 2005 48 1 0 .473 .57 2.18 .414 .506 .573 2.82 .591 .034 1 28 SET17B 1958 2005 48 1 0 .521 .60 1.94 .388 .402 .457 2.95 .597 -.016 1 29 SET18A 1959 1998 40 1 0 .694 .35 1.10 .257 .751 .494 2.67 .628 .094 1 30 SET18B 1958 2005 48 1 0 .688 .26 .78 .189 .790 .514 2.57 .461 -.091 1 31 SET19A 1955 2005 51 2 0 .419 .64 1.06 .201 .457 .288 2.57 .454 -.035 1 32 SET19B 1954 2003 50 1 0 .587 .74 1.47 .360 .639 .321 2.57 .527 .043 1 33 SET20A 1966 2003 38 1 0 .419 .73 1.57 .388 .866 .257 2.72 .589 -.091 1 34 SET20B 1966 2005 40 1 0 .632 1.02 2.21 .593 .839 .309 2.70 .516 .078 1 35 SET22A 1958 2005 48 1 0 .638 .93 1.75 .353 .131 .423 2.64 .472 .013 1 36 SET22B 1966 2005 40 1 0 .756 .67 1.25 .252 .333 .375 2.63 .550 .006 1 37 SET23A 1864 1989 126 5 0 .487 .23 1.04 .202 .614 .532 2.77 .603 .001 1 38 SET23B 1864 1987 124 5 0 .535 .30 1.10 .233 .611 .554 2.81 .555 -.041 1 39 SET24C 1875 1997 123 4 0 .666 .29 1.05 .201 .732 .437 2.74 .508 -.052 1 40 SET24D 1876 2005 130 5 0 .655 .34 1.54 .267 .746 .446 2.64 .421 -.015 3 41 SET26A 1958 2005 48 1 0 .862 .49 1.31 .237 .255 .482 2.79 .592 -.007 1 42 SET26B 1967 2005 39 1 0 .806 .57 1.16 .238 .154 .433 2.58 .487 -.025 1 43 SET27A 1932 1994 63 2 0 .626 .33 .64 .123 .212 .363 2.67 .528 -.021 2 44 SET27B 1932 2003 72 3 0 .658 .45 1.01 .183 .396 .364 2.55 .477 -.054 2 45 SET28A 1912 2005 94 4 0 .545 .46 1.27 .269 .804 .290 2.51 .396 -.061 1 46 SET28B 1891 2005 115 5 0 .684 .49 1.11 .215 .618 .326 2.61 .467 -.013 2 47 SET29B 1887 2005 119 5 0 .798 .47 .99 .162 .601 .238 2.73 .504 .042 2 48 SET29F 1887 2005 119 5 0 .745 .42 1.02 .174 .602 .280 2.75 .518 .080 2 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Settling Pond 15:36 Fri 24 Jul 2009 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 () --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- 49 SET31A 1887 2005 119 5 0 .814 .23 1.29 .242 .851 .369 2.63 .450 -.009 1 50 SET31B 1887 2005 119 5 0 .762 .24 1.18 .243 .911 .341 2.70 .443 -.011 1 51 SET32C 1886 2005 120 5 0 .668 .42 1.26 .243 .673 .369 2.78 .543 .074 2 52 SET32D 1886 2005 120 5 0 .728 .35 .88 .182 .648 .388 2.52 .372 .045 2 53 SET33A 1874 2000 127 6 0 .791 .34 1.02 .196 .528 .474 2.74 .465 .047 1 54 SET33B 1874 2003 130 6 0 .747 .46 1.51 .343 .687 .460 2.77 .520 .010 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 4263 157 0 .688 .44 2.53 .246 .604 .401 2.95 .502 -.001