Steinach, Bavarian Forest, Germany - GERM034 Additional Site Information Rob Wilson Purpose of Collection: Ecology, growth rate vs. elevation Measurement type: Total ring width Location of core material: In residence of Rob Wilson References: Wilson, R.J.S. and Hopfmueller, M. Dendrochronological investigations of Norway spruce along an elevational transect in the Bavarian Forest, Germany. (submitted to Dendrochronologia. Accepted April 2001). Part of a transect of spruce sites sampled to assess the change of growth/climate relationships of spruce with elevation in the Bavarian Forest. Summit site. Mixed forest; Spruce, pine and beech. This site (and others <700 m) also express a summer precipitation signal and have been incorporated into a reconstruction of summer precipitation for the region using the standard chronology: Wilson, R.J.S. A Preliminary Reconstruction of March-August Precipitation for the last 500-years in the Lower Bavarian Forest Region, Germany. (Poster presentation at the International Conference on Dendrochronology for the Third Millennium, 2-7 April, 2000 Mendoza, Argentina). COFECHA output: Chronology file name : GERM034.CRN Measurement file name : GERM034.RWL Date checked : 17MAR05 Checked by : H. ADAMS AND J. LUKAS Beginning year : 1837 Ending year : 1998 Principal investigators: Rob Wilson Site name : Steinach Site location : Germany Species information : PCAB NORWAY SPRUCE Latitude : 4855 Longitude : 01235 Elevation : 370M Series intercorrelation: 0.697 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.343 Avg standard deviation : 1.237 Avg autocorrelation : 0.724 Number dated series : 45 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 3 Pct problem segments : 1.52 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: germ034.rwl 15:28 Thu 17 Mar 2005 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 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 STN01A 1840 1996 .51 .40 .67 .80 .77 .76 2 STN01B 1837 1996 .34 .37 .75 .88 .86 .82 3 STN02A 1881 1996 .69 .80 .74 .73 4 STN02B 1882 1996 .69 .76 .81 .85 5 STN02C 1880 1997 .70 .83 .85 .75 6 STN02D 1883 1998 .58 .83 .82 .72 7 STN03A 1879 1996 .61 .72 .78 .70 8 STN03B 1879 1996 .55 .66 .69 .64 9 STN04A 1879 1996 .42 .67 .64 .45 10 STN04B 1853 1996 .54 .52 .75 .80 .79 11 STN04C 1887 1998 .74 .65 .64 .67 12 STN04D 1844 1998 .52 .55 .66 .80 .65 .59 13 STN05A 1850 1996 .42 .49 .82 .89 .76 14 STN05B 1876 1996 .48 .79 .87 .77 15 STN05C 1860 1998 .42 .54 .78 .80 .67 16 STN06A 1872 1996 .61 .62 .71 .74 .72 17 STN06B 1871 1996 .61 .63 .76 .75 .81 18 STN07A 1900 1996 .75 .80 .77 19 STN07B 1900 1996 .85 .87 .82 20 STN08A 1884 1996 .81 .86 .80 .79 21 STN08B 1874 1996 .70 .70 .83 .78 .73 22 STN09A 1880 1970 .74 .89 .72 23 STN09B 1880 1970 .69 .84 .84 24 STN10A 1909 1996 .75 .71 .83 25 STN10B 1901 1996 .69 .70 .77 26 STN11A 1881 1996 .79 .75 .75 .44 27 STN11B 1864 1996 .53 .73 .80 .75 .67 28 STN12A 1878 1996 .79 .91 .90 .76 29 STN12B 1894 1996 .80 .82 .81 .79 30 STN15A 1866 1998 .61 .69 .88 .81 .71 31 STN15C 1891 1998 .79 .84 .79 .75 32 STN16A 1873 1986 .65 .65 .77 .77 .83 33 STN16B 1873 1998 .59 .62 .79 .81 .76 34 STN17A 1896 1998 .78 .80 .85 .82 35 STN17B 1867 1989 .74 .70 .89 .85 .81 36 STN18A 1855 1998 .32A .47 .65 .66 .55 37 STN18B 1851 1998 .46 .48 .82 .77 .55 38 STN18C 1842 1998 .31A .29B .43 .62 .70 .58 39 STN18D 1853 1997 .34 .38 .67 .80 .78 40 STN21A 1882 1998 .52 .64 .70 .68 41 STN21B 1868 1998 .55 .61 .74 .75 .64 42 STN22A 1873 1998 .62 .61 .83 .84 .66 43 STN22B 1898 1998 .68 .68 .64 .75 44 STN23A 1881 1998 .77 .82 .82 .82 45 STN23B 1901 1998 .89 .87 .85 Av segment correlation .42 .52 .64 .78 .78 .72 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: germ034.rwl 15:28 Thu 17 Mar 2005 Page 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 STN01A 1840 1996 157 6 0 .695 1.51 7.49 1.342 .806 .337 2.65 .350 -.084 1 2 STN01B 1837 1996 160 6 0 .701 1.51 6.02 1.075 .805 .351 2.56 .387 -.015 1 3 STN02A 1881 1996 116 4 0 .744 1.97 4.76 .820 .592 .271 2.73 .532 -.049 1 4 STN02B 1882 1996 115 4 0 .756 2.25 4.66 .889 .561 .291 2.81 .560 -.070 1 5 STN02C 1880 1997 118 4 0 .760 2.37 6.48 1.099 .705 .277 2.63 .470 -.092 2 6 STN02D 1883 1998 116 4 0 .690 2.00 4.54 .974 .674 .284 2.66 .401 -.034 1 7 STN03A 1879 1996 118 4 0 .703 1.46 4.19 .693 .578 .324 2.65 .457 -.055 2 8 STN03B 1879 1996 118 4 0 .612 1.46 4.61 .772 .591 .344 2.75 .417 -.054 1 9 STN04A 1879 1996 118 4 0 .540 2.85 10.77 1.863 .579 .449 2.65 .358 -.016 5 10 STN04B 1853 1996 144 5 0 .650 2.20 11.10 1.628 .749 .334 2.59 .327 -.075 2 11 STN04C 1887 1998 112 4 0 .671 2.72 13.01 2.481 .781 .446 2.81 .569 -.020 1 12 STN04D 1844 1998 155 6 0 .634 2.33 9.86 1.961 .787 .375 2.84 .442 -.056 2 13 STN05A 1850 1996 147 5 0 .667 2.32 6.72 1.601 .779 .373 2.69 .417 -.085 2 14 STN05B 1876 1996 121 4 0 .635 2.79 7.51 1.591 .653 .402 2.59 .359 -.086 2 15 STN05C 1860 1998 139 5 0 .627 2.13 8.77 1.569 .722 .426 2.78 .437 -.107 2 16 STN06A 1872 1996 125 5 0 .704 2.75 7.40 1.622 .833 .273 2.61 .421 .016 1 17 STN06B 1871 1996 126 5 0 .743 2.66 7.47 1.419 .783 .270 2.60 .455 -.065 3 18 STN07A 1900 1996 97 3 0 .757 3.26 8.78 1.882 .792 .313 2.58 .394 -.024 3 19 STN07B 1900 1996 97 3 0 .833 2.68 8.42 1.980 .860 .327 2.63 .465 -.051 3 20 STN08A 1884 1996 113 4 0 .797 2.22 7.62 1.606 .837 .314 2.60 .423 -.021 1 21 STN08B 1874 1996 123 5 0 .740 1.71 4.79 .970 .780 .313 2.71 .431 .001 1 22 STN09A 1880 1970 91 3 0 .711 1.69 5.73 1.220 .855 .309 2.61 .391 -.043 2 23 STN09B 1880 1970 91 3 0 .775 1.76 5.42 1.190 .845 .310 2.62 .447 -.034 2 24 STN10A 1909 1996 88 3 0 .787 1.81 4.42 .768 .556 .333 2.86 .568 -.056 1 25 STN10B 1901 1996 96 3 0 .727 1.78 4.50 .782 .576 .333 2.62 .502 -.076 1 26 STN11A 1881 1996 116 4 0 .603 2.35 8.39 1.832 .770 .397 2.78 .470 -.047 3 27 STN11B 1864 1996 133 5 0 .646 1.94 6.50 1.215 .737 .333 2.75 .423 -.052 1 28 STN12A 1878 1996 119 4 0 .817 2.47 6.48 1.319 .783 .297 2.50 .415 -.038 3 29 STN12B 1894 1996 103 4 0 .790 2.12 6.10 1.291 .791 .311 2.74 .626 -.098 1 30 STN15A 1866 1998 133 5 0 .745 2.42 9.62 1.635 .707 .381 2.76 .461 -.070 1 31 STN15C 1891 1998 108 4 0 .777 2.02 8.65 1.175 .508 .396 3.17 .543 -.082 1 32 STN16A 1873 1986 114 5 0 .728 1.09 3.03 .682 .586 .454 2.80 .500 -.131 2 33 STN16B 1873 1998 126 5 0 .708 1.06 4.67 .777 .652 .455 2.77 .483 -.107 3 34 STN17A 1896 1998 103 4 0 .805 1.77 6.05 1.101 .780 .339 2.67 .424 -.086 1 35 STN17B 1867 1989 123 5 0 .800 1.88 4.47 1.007 .678 .376 2.59 .447 -.116 2 36 STN18A 1855 1998 144 5 1 .545 1.15 3.25 .550 .734 .267 2.65 .373 -.059 3 37 STN18B 1851 1998 148 5 0 .620 .99 2.55 .472 .714 .288 2.85 .483 -.101 1 38 STN18C 1842 1998 157 6 2 .499 1.21 3.34 .618 .738 .282 2.68 .385 -.052 1 39 STN18D 1853 1997 145 5 0 .612 .97 3.77 .614 .794 .325 2.65 .494 -.095 1 40 STN21A 1882 1998 117 4 0 .645 1.82 5.24 1.187 .753 .396 2.84 .614 -.070 2 41 STN21B 1868 1998 131 5 0 .657 2.47 7.21 1.487 .710 .371 2.67 .536 -.065 2 42 STN22A 1873 1998 126 5 0 .671 1.54 3.73 .814 .742 .334 2.81 .455 -.076 1 43 STN22B 1898 1998 101 4 0 .719 2.51 7.79 1.811 .728 .379 2.71 .477 -.044 1 44 STN23A 1881 1998 118 4 0 .811 2.36 7.74 1.639 .770 .339 2.64 .498 -.086 2 45 STN23B 1901 1998 98 3 0 .860 1.61 4.97 .928 .707 .357 2.70 .534 -.097 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 5464 197 3 .697 1.98 13.01 1.237 .724 .343 3.17 .454 -.063