Kuerdening, China - chin011 Additional Site Information Paul Krusic, Jinbao Li, Jianfeng Peng, Keyan Fang, and Edward Cook Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analysis Reference: Cook, E.R., K.J. Anchukaitis, B.M. Buckley, R.D. D'Arrigo, G.C. Jacoby, and W.E. Wright. 2010. Asian Monsoon Failure and Megadrought During the Last Millennium. Science, Vol. 328, Issue 5977, pp.486-489, 23 April 2010. DOI: 10.1126/science.1185188 COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CHIN011.CRN Measurement file name : CHIN011.RWL Date checked : 27OCT11 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1634 Ending year : 2004 Principal investigators: Paul Krusic Jinbao Li Jianfeng Peng Keyan Fang Edward Cook Site name : Kuerdening Site location : China Species information : PCSH SHRENK'S SPRUCE Latitude : 4309 Longitude : 8252 Elevation : 1499M Series intercorrelation: 0.644 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.225 Avg standard deviation : 0.776 Avg autocorrelation : 0.828 Number dated series : 46 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 30 Pct problem segments : 7.52 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Kuerdening 15:31 Thu 27 Oct 2011 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 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 KUE01A 1888 2004 .44 .49 .62 .74 .76 2 KUE01B 1923 2000 .55 .56 .78 .77 3 KUE02A 1808 2004 .71 .79 .78 .82 .86 .86 .87 .87 4 KUE02B 1767 2004 .74 .79 .73 .68 .61 .77 .85 .82 .87 .87 5 KUE03A 1767 2004 .76 .84 .79 .82 .82 .82 .85 .86 .86 .85 6 KUE03B 1764 2004 .79 .87 .82 .83 .83 .84 .80 .65 .67 .66 7 KUE04A 1777 2004 .48 .74 .82 .81 .86 .84 .82 .89 .90 8 KUE04B 1785 2004 .77 .79 .74 .77 .93 .87 .83 .87 .88 9 KUE05A 1882 2004 .30A .43 .83 .84 .86 10 KUE05B 1885 2004 .67 .75 .83 .82 .82 11 KUE06A 1858 2004 .71 .84 .77 .71 .69 .61 12 KUE06B 1791 2004 .74 .85 .79 .79 .79 .77 .82 .77 .75 13 KUE07A 1891 2004 .62 .63 .78 .55 .55 14 KUE07B 1882 2004 .77 .79 .69 .56 .60 15 KUE08A 1908 2004 .62 .25B .25B .25B 16 KUE08B 1900 2004 .75 .58 .54 .53 17 KUE09A 1799 2004 .16B .18B .51 .87 .83 .86 .82 .68 .63 18 KUE09B 1838 2004 .60 .70 .84 .83 .81 .76 .77 19 KUE10A 1754 2004 .60 .57 .53 .41 .26B .43 .62 .43B .34 .35 20 KUE10B 1867 2004 .54 .79 .49 .28A .27A .28A 21 KUE11A 1822 2004 .62 .72 .76 .81 .78 .71 .79 .79 22 KUE11B 1810 2004 .58 .58 .71 .80 .71 .60 .66 .67 23 KUE12A 1768 2004 .44 .47 .40 .52 .66 .71 .64 .45 .19B .21B 24 KUE12B 1781 2004 .53 .43 .49 .57 .63 .63 .44 .34 .35 25 KUE13A 1634 2004 .48 .52 .45 .57 .67 .58 .39 .48 .76 .84 .68 .65 .77 .76 26 KUE13B 1709 2004 .49 .43B .50 .38 .47 .68 .73 .79 .70 .66 .80 .79 27 KUE14A 1750 2004 .54 .44 .32A .33 .33 .54 .54 .45 .36 .33B 28 KUE14B 1843 2004 .19B .20B .80 .69 .47 .24A .21B 29 KUE15A 1719 2004 .63 .67 .75 .67 .37 .52 .74 .86 .84 .73 .59 .59 30 KUE15B 1661 2004 .50 .52 .44 .42 .62 .60 .59 .66 .68 .80 .65 .60 .67 .67 31 KUE16A 1668 2004 .23B .59 .32A .23B .47 .40 .38 .33 .42 .57 .64 .50 .19B .22B 32 KUE16B 1688 2004 .60 .52 .45 .46 .23B .19B .34 .47 .54 .48 .39 .17B .19B 33 KUE17A 1816 2004 .72 .78 .77 .87 .90 .86 .88 .87 34 KUE17B 1835 2004 .72 .69 .81 .85 .89 .88 .88 35 KUE18A 1743 2004 .57 .60 .78 .79 .70 .66 .63 .68 .85 .89 .88 36 KUE18B 1790 2004 .78 .79 .72 .68 .77 .79 .80 .83 .83 37 KUE19A 1853 2004 .63 .66 .66 .72 .82 .80 38 KUE19B 1825 2004 .26A .51 .79 .77 .70 .78 .79 39 KUE20A 1777 2004 .67 .68 .56 .61 .79 .69 .61 .78 .78 40 KUE20B 1773 2004 .67 .65 .60 .67 .70 .84 .78 .69 .80 .82 41 KUE21A 1696 2004 .63 .58 .59 .81 .80 .75 .56 .56 .87 .87 .85 .82 .81 42 KUE21B 1714 2004 .64 .62 .73 .77 .74 .70 .76 .87 .87 .86 .85 .85 43 KUE22A 1793 2004 .62 .66 .73 .81 .79 .71 .74 .75 .73 44 KUE22B 1819 2004 .67 .76 .78 .85 .77 .69 .74 .74 45 KUE23A 1667 2004 .54 .57 .66 .57 .62 .73 .71 .82 .89 .79 .56 .42 .62 .60 46 KUE23B 1896 2004 .74 .71 .60 .65 .67 Av segment correlation .44 .57 .52 .51 .63 .61 .60 .61 .66 .75 .72 .67 .66 .66 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Kuerdening 15:31 Thu 27 Oct 2011 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 KUE01A 1888 2004 117 5 0 .590 1.77 6.22 1.204 .793 .338 2.77 .533 -.055 2 2 KUE01B 1923 2000 78 4 0 .628 2.84 7.39 1.717 .829 .324 2.60 .472 -.024 3 3 KUE02A 1808 2004 197 8 0 .798 1.94 4.47 .979 .786 .290 2.57 .342 -.032 2 4 KUE02B 1767 2004 238 10 0 .767 1.61 4.39 .878 .864 .246 2.53 .359 -.029 2 5 KUE03A 1767 2004 238 10 0 .809 1.73 4.10 .694 .770 .221 2.52 .348 -.041 2 6 KUE03B 1764 2004 241 10 0 .765 1.60 3.84 .710 .776 .228 2.67 .404 -.033 2 7 KUE04A 1777 2004 228 9 0 .737 1.70 4.08 .625 .589 .266 2.51 .346 -.023 2 8 KUE04B 1785 2004 220 9 0 .804 1.78 3.99 .691 .652 .272 2.55 .446 -.029 2 9 KUE05A 1882 2004 123 5 1 .556 3.35 9.10 1.797 .837 .266 2.48 .417 -.045 3 10 KUE05B 1885 2004 120 5 0 .752 2.75 8.27 1.995 .933 .214 2.56 .517 .016 2 11 KUE06A 1858 2004 147 6 0 .690 .81 1.78 .404 .823 .259 2.61 .448 -.016 2 12 KUE06B 1791 2004 214 9 0 .740 1.02 3.13 .517 .854 .278 2.42 .270 -.052 2 13 KUE07A 1891 2004 114 5 0 .613 3.18 7.85 1.025 .682 .191 2.65 .559 .054 1 14 KUE07B 1882 2004 123 5 0 .696 3.47 5.86 .922 .528 .192 2.48 .369 .003 1 15 KUE08A 1908 2004 97 4 3 .400 2.91 10.34 1.530 .803 .186 2.71 .470 -.098 2 16 KUE08B 1900 2004 105 4 0 .645 1.80 4.57 .780 .807 .178 2.66 .607 -.046 2 17 KUE09A 1799 2004 206 9 2 .647 1.99 4.73 .941 .809 .221 2.68 .415 .038 1 18 KUE09B 1838 2004 167 7 0 .713 2.45 4.21 .716 .753 .175 2.51 .420 -.008 1 19 KUE10A 1754 2004 251 10 2 .477 .92 2.22 .482 .919 .188 2.70 .408 -.005 1 20 KUE10B 1867 2004 138 6 3 .407 1.12 2.19 .399 .854 .163 2.38 .276 .029 1 21 KUE11A 1822 2004 183 8 0 .752 1.13 3.56 .605 .823 .288 2.59 .384 -.049 2 22 KUE11B 1810 2004 195 8 0 .664 1.60 4.27 .751 .677 .274 2.83 .526 -.049 2 23 KUE12A 1768 2004 237 10 2 .451 1.60 4.50 .946 .945 .147 2.65 .424 -.028 2 24 KUE12B 1781 2004 224 9 0 .499 1.87 5.55 1.300 .934 .174 2.63 .403 -.034 2 25 KUE13A 1634 2004 371 14 0 .626 1.06 3.81 .758 .912 .283 2.77 .387 -.017 3 26 KUE13B 1709 2004 296 12 1 .645 .75 2.48 .522 .861 .334 2.52 .301 -.021 2 27 KUE14A 1750 2004 255 10 2 .419 .83 2.37 .421 .904 .179 2.51 .307 .010 4 28 KUE14B 1843 2004 162 7 4 .358 1.12 2.60 .489 .874 .180 2.61 .388 -.029 2 29 KUE15A 1719 2004 286 12 0 .651 1.18 3.07 .534 .822 .203 2.62 .362 -.009 1 30 KUE15B 1661 2004 344 14 0 .587 1.19 6.39 .696 .862 .215 2.66 .411 -.012 3 31 KUE16A 1668 2004 337 14 5 .344 1.32 2.60 .413 .813 .163 2.62 .325 -.008 2 32 KUE16B 1688 2004 317 13 4 .373 1.17 2.26 .383 .777 .176 2.38 .266 -.054 2 33 KUE17A 1816 2004 189 8 0 .810 2.36 4.51 .796 .777 .188 2.47 .387 -.033 3 34 KUE17B 1835 2004 170 7 0 .813 2.46 5.40 1.055 .826 .219 2.61 .428 -.030 3 35 KUE18A 1743 2004 262 11 0 .719 1.57 3.45 .817 .856 .254 2.68 .379 -.008 2 36 KUE18B 1790 2004 215 9 0 .771 1.57 3.48 .667 .754 .237 2.70 .439 -.005 2 37 KUE19A 1853 2004 152 6 0 .693 2.71 8.14 1.216 .782 .220 2.55 .350 -.035 4 38 KUE19B 1825 2004 180 7 1 .594 1.84 4.12 .754 .832 .197 2.72 .440 -.020 3 39 KUE20A 1777 2004 228 9 0 .690 1.60 5.28 .938 .893 .224 2.64 .401 -.013 2 40 KUE20B 1773 2004 232 10 0 .736 1.56 4.29 .692 .843 .201 2.72 .465 .011 2 41 KUE21A 1696 2004 309 13 0 .727 1.28 3.54 .662 .889 .212 2.66 .393 -.003 3 42 KUE21B 1714 2004 291 12 0 .773 1.47 3.39 .775 .897 .203 2.62 .393 -.023 2 43 KUE22A 1793 2004 212 9 0 .719 1.90 4.90 1.004 .882 .220 2.68 .484 -.038 2 44 KUE22B 1819 2004 186 8 0 .747 2.05 5.54 1.078 .861 .209 2.67 .576 -.005 2 45 KUE23A 1667 2004 338 14 0 .655 1.14 3.70 .743 .902 .252 2.76 .393 .000 3 46 KUE23B 1896 2004 109 5 0 .676 1.27 3.00 .627 .813 .240 2.63 .442 -.026 3 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 9642 399 30 .644 1.60 10.34 .776 .828 .225 2.83 .398 -.019