Surprise Valley, Alberta, Canada - CANA453 Additional information Brian Luckman Scott St.George Cores are stored at: University of Western Ontario Detrending: -ve exponential or linear with -ve or 0 slope References: St.George, R. S. and Luckman, B.H. 2001. Extracting a paleotemperature record from Picea engelmannii treeline sites in the central Canadian Rockies. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 31, 457-470. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CANA453.CRN Measurement file name : CANA453.RWL Date checked : 09MAY14 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1600 Ending year : 1990 Principal investigators: Brian Luckman Scott St.George Site name : Surprise Valley Site location : Canada Species information : PCEN ENGELMANN SPRUCE Latitude : 5248 Longitude : -11739 Elevation : 1800M Series intercorrelation: 0.597 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.173 Avg standard deviation : 0.452 Avg autocorrelation : 0.891 Number dated series : 31 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 18 Pct problem segments : 4.48 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Surprise Valley 17:18 Fri 09 May 2014 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 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 V9101N 1635 1990 .35B .52 .77 .68 .67 .53 .38 .55 .69 .72 .70 .53 .51 .53 2 V9101S 1600 1990 .15B .48 .64 .63 .53 .58 .76 .58 .37 .35 .43 .61 .50 .63 .57 3 V9102N 1600 1990 .20A .54 .64 .76 .66 .58 .55 .52 .52 .57 .62 .61 .47 .60 .64 4 V9102W 1600 1990 .33A .55 .68 .72 .64 .64 .62 .48 .66 .75 .60 .51 .50 .60 .61 5 V9103 1600 1990 -.06B .10B .41 .73 .52 .49 .73 .61 .53 .63 .62 .65 .61 .51 .50 6 V9104S 1664 1990 .43 .62 .63 .64 .65 .68 .61 .67 .57 .33 .35 .62 .73 7 V9104W 1656 1990 .69 .81 .80 .71 .60 .66 .66 .63 .44 .24B .49 .74 .60 8 V9105N 1600 1990 -.01B .49 .68 .77 .80 .72 .64 .66 .67 .79 .81 .65 .63 .86 .78 9 V9105W 1722 1990 .59 .66 .68 .66 .63 .73 .75 .76 .71 .78 .69 10 V9106S 1652 1990 .53 .77 .79 .67 .61 .65 .63 .75 .74 .65 .74 .72 .46 11 V9106E 1618 1989 .41 .38 .65 .75 .72 .68 .64 .53 .62 .75 .42B .30B .58 .40 .33 12 V9107S 1690 1990 .29B .33B .48 .60 .62 .65 .68 .69 .63 .50 .55 .56 13 V9107W 1676 1986 .41 .53 .53 .34 .34B .38 .56 .62 .55 .69 .80 .73 14 V9108S 1634 1956 .34 .37B .43 .79 .87 .64 .53 .63 .77 .62 .44 .52 .54 15 V9108W 1645 1990 .78 .80 .74 .78 .76 .37 .39 .70 .70 .68 .65 .64 .70 .58 16 V9109S 1660 1990 .60 .71 .78 .78 .58 .55 .57 .69 .80 .66 .65 .73 .70 17 V9109W 1655 1990 .68 .74 .73 .60 .54 .51 .52 .65 .64 .49 .54 .68 .66 18 V9110S 1647 1990 .68 .69 .73 .73 .74 .77 .63 .59 .58 .49 .49 .62 .68 .67 19 V9110W 1635 1947 .42B .47 .58 .74 .77 .67 .65 .71 .76 .70 .64 .64 20 V9115S 1677 1931 .73 .79 .81 .66 .54 .49 .60 .68 .52 .46 21 V9115W 1708 1990 .61 .70 .73 .57 .53 .72 .73 .67 .59 .75 .69 22 V9116S 1687 1990 .62 .74 .67 .56 .63 .64 .78 .68 .61 .63 .75 .79 23 V9116W 1668 1990 .67 .69 .60 .64 .61 .47 .56 .67 .66 .55 .61 .67 .66 24 V9117S 1725 1990 .54 .39 .30B .53 .62 .59 .54 .56 .62 .59 25 V9117E 1702 1990 .39 .65 .60 .49 .58 .61 .52 .42 .62 .80 .74 26 V9118E 1637 1968 .40 .41 .53 .64 .74 .77 .67 .56 .68 .74 .45 .56 .63 27 V9124N 1654 1990 .34 .52 .70 .80 .76 .74 .71 .76 .74 .54 .49 .77 .75 28 V9124E 1672 1990 .53 .51 .60 .57 .60 .66 .72 .75 .56 .37 .49 .71 .65 29 V9127Z 1654 1981 .62 .46 .58 .72 .72 .72 .65 .65 .43 .32A .48 .70 .69 30 V9134S 1653 1990 .64 .68 .47 .52 .78 .79 .78 .83 .68 .65 .76 .86 .83 31 V9136E 1671 1990 .29A .37 .53 .55 .62 .53 .47 .40 .38 .46 .62 .76 .71 Av segment correlation .17 .46 .57 .63 .65 .66 .62 .57 .59 .67 .62 .54 .57 .68 .65 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Surprise Valley 17:18 Fri 09 May 2014 Page 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 V9101N 1635 1990 356 14 1 .580 .69 2.12 .421 .939 .154 2.63 .337 .005 1 2 V9101S 1600 1990 391 15 1 .492 .49 1.32 .252 .911 .158 2.56 .331 .002 1 3 V9102N 1600 1990 391 15 1 .556 .53 1.60 .345 .923 .185 2.57 .361 -.025 1 4 V9102W 1600 1990 391 15 1 .585 .61 1.95 .352 .910 .182 2.61 .303 -.015 1 5 V9103 1600 1990 391 15 2 .508 .23 .69 .087 .749 .207 2.69 .411 -.056 1 6 V9104S 1664 1990 327 13 0 .559 .89 6.35 .590 .794 .132 2.94 .398 .032 2 7 V9104W 1656 1990 335 13 1 .607 .94 3.18 .601 .967 .115 2.68 .396 -.034 1 8 V9105N 1600 1990 391 15 1 .650 .72 1.77 .355 .897 .183 2.63 .362 -.027 1 9 V9105W 1722 1990 269 11 0 .671 .54 1.39 .282 .896 .179 2.48 .281 -.016 1 10 V9106S 1652 1990 339 13 0 .627 .87 9.50 1.157 .948 .223 2.58 .354 -.042 1 11 V9106E 1618 1989 372 15 2 .521 .70 2.39 .482 .899 .209 2.73 .338 .004 1 12 V9107S 1690 1990 301 12 2 .531 .75 1.91 .233 .821 .142 2.75 .382 .028 1 13 V9107W 1676 1986 311 12 1 .532 .90 2.10 .334 .872 .148 2.66 .451 .023 1 14 V9108S 1634 1956 323 13 1 .585 .73 3.10 .624 .925 .196 2.73 .370 -.035 1 15 V9108W 1645 1990 346 14 0 .650 .72 3.65 .677 .952 .191 2.58 .298 -.011 2 16 V9109S 1660 1990 331 13 0 .673 .71 4.67 .500 .913 .209 2.58 .370 -.002 2 17 V9109W 1655 1990 336 13 0 .609 .64 5.15 .698 .973 .180 2.55 .399 -.010 3 18 V9110S 1647 1990 344 14 0 .645 .75 3.34 .647 .960 .170 2.54 .353 -.037 3 19 V9110W 1635 1947 313 12 1 .643 .81 3.27 .683 .961 .174 2.59 .371 -.021 1 20 V9115S 1677 1931 255 10 0 .633 .97 3.39 .660 .964 .127 2.61 .400 -.026 1 21 V9115W 1708 1990 283 11 0 .649 .96 4.12 .427 .858 .147 2.75 .421 -.008 1 22 V9116S 1687 1990 304 12 0 .670 .84 2.28 .350 .873 .153 2.69 .362 -.023 1 23 V9116W 1668 1990 323 13 0 .624 .98 3.74 .665 .959 .132 2.61 .390 -.010 1 24 V9117S 1725 1990 266 10 1 .525 .65 1.73 .441 .944 .187 2.54 .309 -.018 2 25 V9117E 1702 1990 289 11 0 .562 .93 2.72 .579 .916 .178 2.71 .376 -.006 1 26 V9118E 1637 1968 332 13 0 .604 .99 3.26 .717 .900 .220 2.77 .301 -.010 1 27 V9124N 1654 1990 337 13 0 .632 .65 1.67 .283 .881 .174 2.61 .349 -.034 1 28 V9124E 1672 1990 319 13 0 .590 .79 1.58 .209 .737 .157 2.66 .358 -.008 1 29 V9127Z 1654 1981 328 13 1 .610 .44 .85 .130 .810 .148 2.56 .389 -.028 2 30 V9134S 1653 1990 338 13 0 .690 .50 1.45 .180 .774 .200 2.62 .366 -.025 1 31 V9136E 1671 1990 320 13 1 .526 .45 1.04 .161 .801 .167 2.57 .304 -.038 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 10252 402 18 .597 .71 9.50 .452 .891 .173 2.94 .361 -.016