Electric Light Forest PCMA, Northwest Territories, Canada - cana304 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: Pinus banksiana dominated stand with some Picea mariana. Thick Alnus spp. understory. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CANA304.CRN Measurement file name : CANA304.RWL Date checked : 31AUG10 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1943 Ending year : 2008 Principal investigators: Andy Bunn Andrea Lloyd Logan Berner Site name : Electric Light Forest Site location : Canada Species information : PCMA BLACK SPRUCE Latitude : 6121 Longitude : -12048 Elevation : 280M Series intercorrelation: 0.703 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.169 Avg standard deviation : 0.768 Avg autocorrelation : 0.756 Number dated series : 9 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 0 Pct problem segments : 0.00 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Electric Light Forest PCMA 17:55 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 ELF002A 1961 2008 .49 2 ELF003A 1951 2008 .78 .79 3 ELF003B 1943 2008 .77 .79 .69 4 ELF004A 1952 2008 .83 .78 5 ELF004B 1948 2008 .67 .72 .74 6 ELF015A 1949 2008 .83 .83 .77 7 ELF015B 1951 2008 .73 .70 8 ELF016A 1949 2008 .66 .67 .60 9 ELF016B 1954 2008 .55 .64 Av segment correlation .74 .71 .71 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Electric Light Forest PCMA 17:55 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 ELF002A 1961 2008 48 1 0 .491 2.01 3.91 .674 .843 .129 2.88 .521 -.033 1 2 ELF003A 1951 2008 58 2 0 .784 1.87 3.60 .869 .905 .166 2.52 .502 .103 1 3 ELF003B 1943 2008 66 3 0 .741 2.00 3.59 .911 .911 .157 2.37 .454 -.012 2 4 ELF004A 1952 2008 57 2 0 .827 1.97 3.31 .501 .417 .234 2.49 .539 .029 1 5 ELF004B 1948 2008 61 3 0 .638 1.83 2.84 .440 .501 .194 2.66 .437 .028 1 6 ELF015A 1949 2008 60 3 0 .821 1.54 4.15 1.211 .962 .167 2.59 .463 .036 1 7 ELF015B 1951 2008 58 2 0 .738 1.66 4.16 1.264 .968 .170 2.58 .549 .016 2 8 ELF016A 1949 2008 60 3 0 .675 2.26 3.64 .611 .729 .162 2.49 .483 -.017 1 9 ELF016B 1954 2008 55 2 0 .572 2.14 2.76 .380 .554 .133 2.40 .385 .022 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 523 21 0 .703 1.92 4.16 .768 .756 .169 2.88 .480 .020