Ptarmigan, Canada - cana320 Additional Site Information Gordon Jacoby, Rosanne D'Arrigo, Greg Wiles Notes: Project Title "Synthesis of Three Decades of Research on Tree Growth in Northern Forests in relation to Global Climatic Change" COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CANA320.CRN Measurement file name : CANA320.RWL Date checked : 06FEB12 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1426 Ending year : 1994 Principal investigators: Gordon Jacoby Rosanne D'Arrigo Greg Wiles Site name : Ptarmigan Site location : Canada Species information : PCGL WHITE SPRUCE Latitude : 6930 Longitude : -12750 Elevation : M Series intercorrelation: 0.617 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.249 Avg standard deviation : 0.127 Avg autocorrelation : 0.771 Number dated series : 86 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 43 Pct problem segments : 5.59 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Ptarmigan 16:45 Tue 06 Feb 2012 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 1425 1450 1475 1500 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1474 1499 1524 1549 1574 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 16 1838 1994 .59 .61 .73 .78 2 16_A 1903 1994 .77 3 16B 1780 1994 .52 .46 .47 .62 .61 .49 4 16C2A 1802 1994 .46 .50 .58 .68 .68 5 16C2B 1800 1931 .38 .42 .56 .44 .46 6 61S 1733 1994 .53 .46 .62 .66 .57 .51 .69 .83 7 61N 1733 1994 .50 .39 .56 .65 .67 .64 .66 .75 8 61_W 1772 1994 .64 .64 .62 .60 .64 .67 .73 9 61_E 1772 1994 .57 .58 .64 .58 .58 .71 .79 10 63W 1750 1994 .68 .71 .74 .82 .68 .69 .79 11 63E 1750 1994 .71 .75 .74 .75 .71 .84 .76 12 64N 1701 1817 .28A .74 .84 .82 13 64N 1819 1994 .26A .31A .52 .71 .62 14 64S 1702 1989 .23A .69 .76 .75 .75 .45 .40 .61 .66 15 88E 1655 1870 .74 .84 .60 .73 .79 .62 .45 .55 16 88W 1645 1874 .76 .76 .73 .68 .73 .80 .76 .63 .48 17 PT1NB1 1743 1994 .70 .69 .70 .64 .66 .62 .54 .61 18 PT1NB2 1743 1816 .78 .78 .78 19 PT2N 1754 1993 .76 .69 .72 .58 .43 .60 .78 20 PT2SS 1777 1994 .77 .81 .71 .66 .78 .75 21 PT2SS 1777 1994 .65 .53 .56 .69 .66 .60 22 PT3N 1720 1835 .75 .78 .86 .80 .53 23 PT3N 1837 1984 .85 .82 .80 .72 24 PT3S1 1766 1994 .40 .39 .55 .72 .75 .68 .67 25 PT3S2 1766 1994 .45 .47 .53 .69 .57 .59 .70 26 PT4S 1797 1994 .33A .36 .26B .49 .75 .69 27 PT4N 1797 1994 .28A .31A .34 .55 .78 .59 28 PT5W 1750 1977 .45 .69 .65 .70 .69 .71 .62 29 PT5E 1750 1971 .81 .76 .70 .55 .56 .66 .62 30 PT7S 1660 1994 .35 .40 .60 .70 .72 .67 .61 .48 .42 .63 .72 31 PT7N 1660 1994 .44 .51 .61 .67 .78 .73 .69 .65 .70 .64 .57 32 PT8S 1760 1955 .62 .65 .53 .53 .62 .71 .65 33 PT8N 1760 1994 .52 .60 .49 .51 .69 .69 .49 34 PT11NE1 1727 1993 .84 .79 .71 .26A .30B .58 .69 .71 35 PT11NE2 1723 1857 .75 .72 .63 .54 .51 .50 36 PT11N 1729 1994 .83 .82 .65 .54 .61 .74 .80 .82 37 PT12N 1681 1835 .78 .78 .85 .84 .80 .54 38 PT12N 1839 1985 .56 .58 .59 .62 39 PT12N1A 1719 1994 .67 .69 .73 .65 .13B .15B .54 .64 .54 40 PT12N2A 1741 1921 .76 .74 .65 .30B .08B .01B-.04B 41 PT12N2B 1741 1993 .78 .85 .80 .72 .58 .64 .71 .64 42 PT13S 1722 1994 .54 .57 .51 .64 .71 .60 .67 .77 .76 43 PT14NE1 1725 1992 .55 .66 .75 .55 .49 .64 .57 .56 44 PT14NE2 1722 1994 .53 .55 .63 .72 .62 .63 .66 .66 .70 45 PT14NEB 1790 1994 .40 .36 .57 .43 .44 .64 46 PT14NEB 1790 1994 .44 .36 .59 .41 .47 .70 47 PT15W 1850 1994 .58 .73 .66 48 PT15E 1850 1994 .67 .72 .86 49 PT17NWA 1679 1972 .75 .54 .58 .74 .76 .78 .49 .40 .67 .73 50 PT17NWB 1643 1949 .75 .77 .69 .52 .62 .77 .74 .58 .43 .50 .64 .66 51 PT17S1 1584 1980 .53 .40 .52 .67 .61 .54 .52 .56 .71 .64 .41 .49 .74 .79 52 PT17S2 1642 1986 .74 .79 .82 .61 .63 .68 .64 .62 .58 .60 .77 .78 53 PT18N 1642 1812 .72 .72 .83 .65 .51 .58 .63 54 PT18N 1841 1994 .42 .44 .68 .74 55 PT19N 1646 1994 .71 .76 .75 .65 .73 .82 .44 .29A .50 .66 .81 .84 56 PT19NW 1680 1994 .83 .75 .77 .83 .64 .57 .68 .72 .78 .82 57 PT21NW1 1771 1994 .68 .69 .60 .42 .55 .71 .70 58 PT21NW2 1764 1845 .73 .73 .39 59 PT22NE 1744 1994 .84 .85 .78 .76 .83 .84 .79 .78 60 PT23N 1734 1994 .83 .83 .73 .35 .28A .53 .78 .77 61 PT23N 1734 1994 .78 .77 .70 .63 .71 .74 .75 .79 62 PT23NE1 1708 1994 .84 .81 .77 .73 .71 .57 .66 .81 .81 63 PT23NE2 1736 1884 .83 .85 .81 .69 .74 .72 64 PT26NE 1742 1994 .81 .83 .67 .59 .53 .66 .84 .81 65 PT26NE 1690 1994 .34 .25B .44 .66 .68 .67 .72 .76 .77 .80 66 PT27NW 1690 1994 .73 .77 .77 .78 .84 .74 .58 .68 .72 .71 67 PT27NW 1690 1769 .62 .65 .62 68 PT27NE 1681 1994 .62 .60 .67 .71 .79 .76 .67 .76 .71 .69 69 PT27NE 1681 1994 .59 .67 .71 .72 .66 .66 .68 .75 .84 .80 70 PT65 1696 1816 .63 .66 .72 .76 .70 71 PT65 1826 1993 .13B .50 .71 .67 72 PT65 1703 1821 .48 .69 .73 .59 73 PT65 1826 1994 .34 .56 .79 .78 74 PT81A 1426 1814 .88 .76 .56 .60 .83 .83 .71 .72 .74 .82 .69 .51 .73 .68 .58 75 PT81B 1426 1816 .87 .73 .49 .56 .85 .77 .55 .53 .71 .83 .63 .22B .23B .23B .39B 76 PT81C 1426 1740 .89 .75 .66 .63 .72 .83 .78 .75 .75 .42 .04B .18B 77 PT81C 1749 1833 .73 .73 .57 .49 78 PT82A 1550 1826 .84 .64 .48 .62 .79 .74 .42 .38 .45 .56 .55 79 PT82B 1550 1811 .83 .57 .35 .42 .65 .69 .51 .48 .57 .58 80 PT82C 1550 1812 .77 .65 .62 .73 .83 .75 .63 .65 .53 .53 81 PT86A 1548 1783 .87 .88 .68 .59 .63 .62 .62 .70 .79 .76 82 PT86B 1548 1826 .85 .86 .81 .72 .72 .80 .75 .68 .79 .83 .68 .65 83 PT86C 1548 1812 .88 .89 .73 .61 .65 .70 .72 .68 .74 .79 .75 84 PT89A 1593 1877 .32A .31A .32A .51 .61 .60 .77 .64 .43 .54 .40B .31B 85 PT89B 1592 1883 .26A .26B .37 .66 .70 .34 .29A .52 .60 .55 .33B .23B 86 PT89C 1595 1866 .33A .31A .21A .48 .66 .57 .72 .67 .57 .41 -.06B Av segment correlation .88 .75 .57 .60 .83 .83 .58 .51 .61 .67 .66 .57 .68 .69 .65 .56 .52 .59 .68 .70 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Ptarmigan 16:45 Tue 06 Feb 2012 Page 6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1974 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 16 1838 1994 .75 .65 2 16_A 1903 1994 .73 .61 3 16B 1780 1994 .38 .54 4 16C2A 1802 1994 .55 .49 6 61S 1733 1994 .44 .34 7 61N 1733 1994 .54 .41 8 61_W 1772 1994 .63 .48 9 61_E 1772 1994 .51 .39 10 63W 1750 1994 .66 .53 11 63E 1750 1994 .59 .54 13 64N 1819 1994 .50 .65 14 64S 1702 1989 .70 .61 17 PT1NB1 1743 1994 .57 .56 19 PT2N 1754 1993 .65 .55 20 PT2SS 1777 1994 .71 .64 21 PT2SS 1777 1994 .66 .62 23 PT3N 1837 1984 .64 .53 24 PT3S1 1766 1994 .61 .50 25 PT3S2 1766 1994 .53 .39B 26 PT4S 1797 1994 .42 .56 27 PT4N 1797 1994 .41 .58 28 PT5W 1750 1977 .47 .46 29 PT5E 1750 1971 .58 30 PT7S 1660 1994 .62 .58 31 PT7N 1660 1994 .55 .59 32 PT8S 1760 1955 .68 33 PT8N 1760 1994 .25B .34 34 PT11NE1 1727 1993 .66 .50 36 PT11N 1729 1994 .69 .48 38 PT12N 1839 1985 .53 .55 39 PT12N1A 1719 1994 .45 .24A 41 PT12N2B 1741 1993 .70 .46 42 PT13S 1722 1994 .69 .53 43 PT14NE1 1725 1992 .59 .46 44 PT14NE2 1722 1994 .63 .46 45 PT14NEB 1790 1994 .58 .45 46 PT14NEB 1790 1994 .65 .62 47 PT15W 1850 1994 .52 .45 48 PT15E 1850 1994 .72 .39 49 PT17NWA 1679 1972 .65 51 PT17S1 1584 1980 .70 .58 52 PT17S2 1642 1986 .69 .57 54 PT18N 1841 1994 .67 .57 55 PT19N 1646 1994 .82 .73 56 PT19NW 1680 1994 .75 .61 57 PT21NW1 1771 1994 .52 .56 59 PT22NE 1744 1994 .76 .63 60 PT23N 1734 1994 .66 .62 61 PT23N 1734 1994 .78 .73 62 PT23NE1 1708 1994 .68 .61 64 PT26NE 1742 1994 .75 .71 65 PT26NE 1690 1994 .75 .62 66 PT27NW 1690 1994 .51 .52 68 PT27NE 1681 1994 .63 .55 69 PT27NE 1681 1994 .41 .43 71 PT65 1826 1993 .60 .46 73 PT65 1826 1994 .61 .59 Av segment correlation .61 .53 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Ptarmigan 16:45 Tue 06 Feb 2012 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 16 1838 1994 157 6 0 .692 .62 1.34 .207 .519 .237 2.81 .452 .017 2 2 16_A 1903 1994 92 3 0 .693 .81 2.03 .372 .769 .231 2.69 .551 -.060 1 3 16B 1780 1994 215 8 0 .506 .25 .46 .069 .478 .225 2.62 .411 .014 1 4 16C2A 1802 1994 193 7 0 .554 .17 .43 .078 .803 .218 2.93 .552 -.003 1 5 16C2B 1800 1931 132 5 0 .463 .21 .55 .086 .766 .204 2.96 .499 -.110 1 6 61S 1733 1994 262 10 0 .543 .34 1.16 .232 .806 .287 2.62 .362 -.015 1 7 61N 1733 1994 262 10 0 .576 .29 .75 .140 .608 .306 2.79 .382 .020 1 8 61_W 1772 1994 223 9 0 .621 .35 .92 .201 .732 .276 2.61 .412 .028 1 9 61_E 1772 1994 223 9 0 .592 .25 .80 .141 .687 .287 2.78 .425 -.023 1 10 63W 1750 1994 245 9 0 .681 .22 .83 .135 .864 .236 2.95 .466 -.006 2 11 63E 1750 1994 245 9 0 .713 .24 .83 .148 .823 .291 2.83 .472 .008 1 12 64N 1701 1817 117 4 1 .641 .33 1.06 .173 .766 .241 2.81 .469 -.064 1 13 64N 1819 1994 176 7 2 .524 .13 .34 .057 .483 .305 2.68 .444 .041 1 14 64S 1702 1989 288 11 1 .583 .18 .61 .082 .743 .244 2.79 .426 -.010 1 15 88E 1655 1870 216 8 0 .665 .23 .73 .134 .837 .252 2.56 .352 -.020 2 16 88W 1645 1874 230 9 0 .690 .22 .56 .098 .774 .246 2.80 .426 .004 2 17 PT1NB1 1743 1994 252 10 0 .617 .20 .66 .108 .803 .265 2.59 .319 -.010 1 18 PT1NB2 1743 1816 74 3 0 .790 .36 .61 .123 .490 .281 2.50 .400 .063 1 19 PT2N 1754 1993 240 9 0 .633 .17 .63 .106 .784 .311 2.59 .347 -.002 1 20 PT2SS 1777 1994 218 8 0 .712 .42 1.00 .167 .703 .227 2.67 .415 -.037 1 21 PT2SS 1777 1994 218 8 0 .627 .32 .90 .163 .852 .198 2.78 .512 -.033 1 22 PT3N 1720 1835 116 5 0 .688 .27 .82 .139 .537 .325 2.87 .606 .044 1 23 PT3N 1837 1984 148 6 0 .697 .14 .35 .065 .569 .302 2.78 .501 .013 1 24 PT3S1 1766 1994 229 9 0 .558 .22 .77 .105 .796 .183 2.55 .333 -.026 1 25 PT3S2 1766 1994 229 9 1 .528 .22 .73 .097 .799 .177 2.66 .429 -.057 1 26 PT4S 1797 1994 198 8 2 .512 .23 .56 .112 .861 .201 2.69 .476 -.018 1 27 PT4N 1797 1994 198 8 2 .495 .21 .53 .098 .810 .210 2.72 .441 -.026 3 28 PT5W 1750 1977 228 9 0 .573 .25 1.01 .195 .915 .229 2.80 .449 .031 2 29 PT5E 1750 1971 222 8 0 .666 .23 .98 .184 .884 .256 2.90 .469 .009 1 30 PT7S 1660 1994 335 13 0 .558 .17 .80 .101 .833 .218 2.77 .397 -.047 3 31 PT7N 1660 1994 335 13 0 .600 .19 .79 .114 .845 .240 2.83 .389 -.042 3 32 PT8S 1760 1955 196 8 0 .608 .29 .70 .121 .770 .199 2.88 .460 -.031 2 33 PT8N 1760 1994 235 9 1 .494 .27 .74 .103 .742 .196 2.62 .322 .010 2 34 PT11NE1 1727 1993 267 10 2 .605 .23 .96 .166 .826 .291 2.93 .469 -.042 2 35 PT11NE2 1723 1857 135 6 0 .598 .31 1.08 .249 .843 .313 2.86 .478 -.059 1 36 PT11N 1729 1994 266 10 0 .688 .24 .80 .141 .861 .227 2.71 .430 -.041 1 37 PT12N 1681 1835 155 6 0 .731 .20 .76 .104 .574 .314 2.82 .385 .000 1 38 PT12N 1839 1985 147 6 0 .547 .16 .35 .053 .577 .238 2.69 .427 -.046 1 39 PT12N1A 1719 1994 276 11 3 .512 .18 .68 .131 .881 .253 2.78 .404 .022 1 40 PT12N2A 1741 1921 181 7 4 .353 .26 .79 .168 .839 .245 2.95 .448 .002 1 41 PT12N2B 1741 1993 253 10 0 .672 .17 .73 .108 .825 .260 2.81 .461 .017 1 42 PT13S 1722 1994 273 11 0 .635 .18 .50 .096 .797 .253 2.69 .417 -.025 3 43 PT14NE1 1725 1992 268 10 0 .573 .23 .69 .123 .819 .233 2.76 .433 -.007 1 44 PT14NE2 1722 1994 273 11 0 .605 .18 .65 .105 .794 .264 2.65 .356 -.025 1 45 PT14NEB 1790 1994 205 8 0 .464 .24 .54 .117 .760 .239 2.83 .470 -.035 2 46 PT14NEB 1790 1994 205 8 0 .532 .28 .85 .144 .801 .225 2.79 .386 -.021 1 47 PT15W 1850 1994 145 5 0 .559 .46 1.14 .300 .938 .180 2.58 .432 -.046 1 48 PT15E 1850 1994 145 5 0 .632 .40 1.42 .326 .922 .248 2.65 .440 -.048 2 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Ptarmigan 16:45 Tue 06 Feb 2012 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 PT17NWA 1679 1972 294 11 0 .659 .21 .67 .114 .828 .215 2.85 .431 -.060 3 50 PT17NWB 1643 1949 307 12 0 .631 .11 .27 .047 .718 .260 2.72 .330 -.015 1 51 PT17S1 1584 1980 397 16 0 .585 .12 .55 .071 .796 .254 2.73 .402 -.014 1 52 PT17S2 1642 1986 345 14 0 .670 .19 .66 .121 .870 .237 2.79 .364 -.024 3 53 PT18N 1642 1812 171 7 0 .648 .10 .22 .038 .680 .238 2.61 .343 -.026 1 54 PT18N 1841 1994 154 6 0 .584 .15 .32 .061 .732 .222 2.71 .472 -.003 1 55 PT19N 1646 1994 349 14 1 .678 .24 .81 .108 .714 .245 2.70 .265 -.001 3 56 PT19NW 1680 1994 315 12 0 .709 .24 .75 .107 .719 .242 2.63 .311 -.003 1 57 PT21NW1 1771 1994 224 9 0 .602 .21 .84 .126 .769 .254 2.70 .424 -.020 1 58 PT21NW2 1764 1845 82 3 0 .532 .36 1.13 .185 .652 .305 2.82 .545 -.069 1 59 PT22NE 1744 1994 251 10 0 .769 .22 .66 .133 .806 .274 2.70 .430 -.030 1 60 PT23N 1734 1994 261 10 1 .630 .31 1.19 .211 .795 .283 2.66 .444 -.029 1 61 PT23N 1734 1994 261 10 0 .735 .36 1.00 .173 .722 .258 2.72 .361 .012 3 62 PT23NE1 1708 1994 287 11 0 .712 .35 .91 .158 .641 .274 2.88 .504 .023 4 63 PT23NE2 1736 1884 149 6 0 .784 .42 .89 .183 .720 .246 2.62 .418 .054 4 64 PT26NE 1742 1994 253 10 0 .717 .24 .82 .101 .805 .201 2.59 .372 -.011 2 65 PT26NE 1690 1994 305 12 1 .619 .34 .99 .175 .812 .244 2.80 .421 -.029 1 66 PT27NW 1690 1994 305 12 0 .691 .26 .62 .107 .770 .194 2.68 .332 -.029 1 67 PT27NW 1690 1769 80 3 0 .611 .31 .50 .073 .524 .187 2.51 .370 -.069 1 68 PT27NE 1681 1994 314 12 0 .675 .32 .83 .129 .686 .231 2.66 .378 -.016 1 69 PT27NE 1681 1994 314 12 0 .652 .32 1.15 .209 .856 .219 2.77 .379 -.005 1 70 PT65 1696 1816 121 5 0 .698 .17 .46 .086 .698 .295 3.03 .575 -.033 1 71 PT65 1826 1993 168 6 1 .471 .24 1.07 .176 .740 .294 2.82 .432 .041 1 72 PT65 1703 1821 119 4 0 .591 .17 .41 .083 .652 .292 2.75 .489 .047 1 73 PT65 1826 1994 169 6 0 .595 .16 .70 .088 .627 .308 2.86 .514 .039 1 74 PT81A 1426 1814 389 15 0 .707 .15 .36 .063 .600 .288 2.63 .349 -.019 1 75 PT81B 1426 1816 391 15 4 .591 .15 .45 .077 .819 .246 2.74 .392 -.017 3 76 PT81C 1426 1740 315 12 2 .610 .14 .38 .059 .707 .253 2.54 .306 .003 1 77 PT81C 1749 1833 85 4 0 .574 .11 .20 .035 .183 .308 2.58 .396 .035 3 78 PT82A 1550 1826 277 11 0 .602 .20 1.06 .146 .852 .259 2.57 .349 -.024 3 79 PT82B 1550 1811 262 10 0 .611 .24 .96 .155 .870 .216 2.77 .437 -.051 1 80 PT82C 1550 1812 263 10 0 .685 .23 .83 .149 .859 .228 2.89 .444 -.001 1 81 PT86A 1548 1783 236 10 0 .688 .17 .88 .155 .903 .261 2.59 .331 -.025 1 82 PT86B 1548 1826 279 12 0 .744 .18 1.41 .182 .897 .298 2.68 .425 -.015 1 83 PT86C 1548 1812 265 11 0 .711 .18 1.14 .190 .917 .302 2.44 .352 -.023 1 84 PT89A 1593 1877 285 12 5 .479 .15 .49 .070 .784 .234 2.75 .370 -.023 1 85 PT89B 1592 1883 292 12 5 .420 .14 .40 .072 .820 .232 2.75 .437 -.013 1 86 PT89C 1595 1866 272 11 4 .443 .12 .42 .066 .821 .237 2.67 .369 -.052 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 19747 769 43 .617 .23 2.03 .127 .771 .249 3.03 .409 -.014