Bison, Northwest Territories, Canada - cana295 Additional Information Andy Bunn, Andrea Lloyd, and Logan Berner Purpose of Collection: The purpose of this collection was to characterize stand-level tree growth patterns for comparison with satellite-derived vegetation indices. Cores and cross-sections are stored at: Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA. Reference: Berner, L.B. 2010. Evaluation of high-latitude forest growth using satellite-derived vegetation indices. M.S. Thesis, Western Washington University. Available from WWU Masters Thesis Collection: http://content.wwu.edu/u?/theses,343. Notes: Patches of spruce and small Larix laricina interspersed with bog, grass tussocks, dwarf betula and salix. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CANA295.CRN Measurement file name : CANA295.RWL Date checked : 31AUG10 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1933 Ending year : 2008 Principal investigators: Andy Bunn Andrea Lloyd Logan Berner Site name : Bison Site location : Canada Species information : PCGL WHITE SPRUCE Latitude : 6142 Longitude : -11657 Elevation : M Series intercorrelation: 0.524 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.207 Avg standard deviation : 0.760 Avg autocorrelation : 0.895 Number dated series : 18 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 0 Pct problem segments : 0.00 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Bison 14:36 Tue 31 Aug 2010 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 1925 1950 1975 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 BIS001A 1952 2008 .49 .50 2 BIS001B 1948 2008 .55 .55 .61 3 BIS002A 1952 2008 .46 .58 4 BIS002B 1960 2008 .45 5 BIS006B 1933 2008 .53 .62 .65 6 BIS007A 1941 2008 .52 .51 .58 7 BIS007B 1935 2008 .43 .52 .56 8 BIS009A 1959 2008 .43 9 BIS009B 1957 2008 .40 .46 10 BIS010A 1957 2008 .50 .57 11 BIS011A 1944 2008 .53 .74 .69 12 BIS011B 1952 2008 .64 .60 13 BIS013A 1956 2008 .42 .50 14 BIS013B 1956 2008 .49 .64 15 BIS015A 1960 2008 .64 16 BIS015B 1956 2008 .60 .71 17 BIS020A 1960 2008 .43 18 BIS020B 1957 2008 .36 .53 Av segment correlation .51 .51 .58 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Bison 14:36 Tue 31 Aug 2010 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 BIS001A 1952 2008 57 2 0 .526 1.20 3.52 1.024 .906 .216 2.60 .421 -.020 2 2 BIS001B 1948 2008 61 3 0 .573 1.21 3.37 .804 .912 .181 2.87 .597 -.025 1 3 BIS002A 1952 2008 57 2 0 .522 1.03 3.07 .789 .956 .222 2.60 .468 .239 1 4 BIS002B 1960 2008 49 1 0 .447 .71 2.28 .547 .926 .269 2.73 .474 .137 2 5 BIS006B 1933 2008 76 3 0 .581 1.50 3.86 1.129 .928 .206 2.73 .533 .052 1 6 BIS007A 1941 2008 68 3 0 .556 1.18 3.34 .846 .894 .268 2.82 .539 -.043 1 7 BIS007B 1935 2008 74 3 0 .506 1.16 2.70 .777 .929 .183 2.75 .557 -.011 1 8 BIS009A 1959 2008 50 1 0 .427 1.15 2.65 .492 .839 .192 2.79 .563 -.089 1 9 BIS009B 1957 2008 52 2 0 .433 1.15 2.47 .489 .849 .179 2.62 .485 .079 1 10 BIS010A 1957 2008 52 2 0 .550 .86 2.20 .548 .885 .215 3.01 .560 .034 1 11 BIS011A 1944 2008 65 3 0 .530 1.24 3.05 .794 .937 .180 2.50 .487 -.099 1 12 BIS011B 1952 2008 57 2 0 .602 1.41 3.83 .997 .928 .192 2.79 .497 -.065 1 13 BIS013A 1956 2008 53 2 0 .460 1.30 2.42 .532 .875 .176 2.54 .583 -.008 1 14 BIS013B 1956 2008 53 2 0 .539 1.28 2.25 .668 .913 .202 2.96 .608 .139 1 15 BIS015A 1960 2008 49 1 0 .636 1.31 3.05 .946 .947 .220 2.75 .377 .096 1 16 BIS015B 1956 2008 53 2 0 .651 1.38 3.83 1.142 .958 .268 3.02 .581 -.122 1 17 BIS020A 1960 2008 49 1 0 .431 .99 1.90 .375 .815 .181 2.63 .552 .014 2 18 BIS020B 1957 2008 52 2 0 .406 1.02 2.95 .476 .658 .190 2.70 .486 -.023 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 1027 37 0 .524 1.18 3.86 .760 .895 .207 3.02 .522 .014