Besheri, Lebanon - leba004 Additional Site Information Ramzi Touchan and Malcolm Hughes Measurement type: Total ring width Detrending: 67 cubic smoothing spline with 50 cutoff frequency Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses Location of core material: Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona Reference: Touchan, R., E. Xoplaki, G. Funkhouser, J. Luterbacher, M.K. Hughes, N. Erkan, Ü. Akkemik, and J. Stephan. 2005. Reconstructions of Spring/Summer Precipitation for the Eastern Mediterranean from Tree-Ring Widths and its Connection to Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation. Climate Dynamics, 25:75-98. Chronology file name : LEBA004.CRN Measurement file name : LEBA004.RWL Date checked : 02OCT07 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1382 Ending year : 2002 Principal investigators: Ramzi Touchan and Malcolm Hughes Site name : Besheri Site location : Lebanon Species information : CDLI CEDAR OF LEBANON Latitude : 3414 Longitude : 3602 Elevation : 1900M Series intercorrelation: 0.614 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.256 Avg standard deviation : 0.651 Avg autocorrelation : 0.836 Number dated series : 69 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 14 Pct problem segments : 1.98 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Besheri 08:51 Tue 02 Oct 2007 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 1375 1400 1425 1450 1475 1500 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1424 1449 1474 1499 1524 1549 1574 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 BCH11 1397 1704 .56 .52 .63 .52 .38 .55 .58 .53 .36 .40 .79 .56 .52 2 BCH14A 1382 1787 .56 .52 .56 .56 .40 .50 .69 .67 .58 .55 .55 .63 .59 .63 .82 .75 3 BCH15 1476 1948 .64 .73 .77 .71 .71 .74 .70 .73 .76 .75 .73 .58 .55 .56 .64 .73 4 BCH16B 1450 1948 .45 .53 .76 .69 .62 .72 .69 .64 .71 .78 .70 .66 .61 .51 .42 .51 .68 5 BCH19A 1585 1907 .47 .56 .54 .70 .70 .43 .52 .52 .43 .39 .52 .59 6 BSH01A 1863 2002 .61 8 BSH02A 1839 2002 .43 .43 9 BSH02B 1779 1993 .70 .73 .61 .62 10 BSH03A 1816 2002 .35 .59 .69 11 BSH03B 1868 2002 .33 12 BSH04A 1844 2002 .58 .62 14 BSH05A 1752 2002 .70 .74 .74 .63 .69 15 BSH05B 1722 2002 .65 .69 .77 .68 .66 .46 .60 16 BSH06A 1767 2002 .72 .83 .82 .71 .70 17 BSH06B 1803 2002 .77 .72 .75 18 BSH07A 1749 2002 .67 .69 .85 .81 .56 .63 19 BSH07B 1701 2002 .38 .54 .77 .80 .77 .65 .65 20 BSH08A 1733 2002 .67 .51 .55 .78 .60 .69 21 BSH08B 1728 1820 .70 .81 .77 22 BSH09A 1804 2002 .43 .50 .60 23 BSH09B 1806 2002 .48 .47 .42 24 BSH11A 1755 2002 .72 .57 .52 .73 .63 25 BSH11B 1734 2002 .78 .75 .49 .46 .72 .74 26 BSH12A 1689 2002 .64 .66 .76 .60 .63 .69 .41 .27A 27 BSH12B1 1676 1794 .75 .63 .66 .59 28 BSH12B2 1800 2002 .61 .49 .42 29 BSH13A 1793 2002 .57 .64 .46 .37 30 BSH13B 1785 2002 .63 .68 .68 .72 31 BSH14A 1714 2002 .84 .86 .75 .60 .64 .49 .54 32 BSH14B 1676 2002 .67 .77 .82 .72 .53 .49 .39 .32A 33 BSH15A 1650 1941 .79 .79 .76 .75 .75 .71 .65 .66 .81 34 BSH15B1 1672 1794 .75 .73 .39B .55 .67 35 BSH15B2 1800 1939 .60 .46 .56 36 BSH17A 1721 1999 .81 .84 .89 .86 .78 .73 .82 37 BSH17B 1665 2002 .67 .84 .75 .75 .70 .67 .57 .52 .81 38 BSH19A 1798 2002 .54 .59 .65 .61 39 BSH19B 1766 2001 .40 .51 .63 .67 .74 40 BSH20A 1744 2002 .70 .70 .70 .73 .68 .64 41 BSH20B 1737 2002 .73 .65 .56 .60 .69 .67 42 BSC02 1645 1996 .46 .47 .74 .61 .54 .61 .56 .57 .39 .43 43 BSC03 1693 2001 .53 .68 .79 .82 .86 .72 .52 .67 44 BSC041 1645 1794 .62 .63 .76 .83 .84 .65 45 BSC042 1800 2001 .75 .78 .85 46 BSC05 1670 2001 .67 .67 .60 .72 .76 .54 .51 .62 .61 47 BSC06 1621 2001 .31B .31B .58 .61 .64 .70 .60 .37 .35 .68 .81 48 BSC07 1704 1952 .64 .79 .57 .53 .60 .34 .47 49 BSC08 1732 2001 .67 .63 .72 .81 .70 .59 50 BSC09 1538 2001 .51 .45 .42 .49 .57 .74 .86 .62 .64 .70 .65 .48 .35 .34 51 BSC10 1704 2001 .49 .65 .77 .68 .64 .47 .35 52 BSC11 1730 1968 .49 .78 .81 .70 .52 .58 53 BSC121 1718 1799 .78 .75 .47 54 BSC122 1800 2001 .69 .55 .57 55 BSC13 1671 2001 .53 .75 .74 .68 .57 .46 .49 .44 .58 56 BSC14 1691 1940 .68 .63 .58 .58 .51 .50 .49 .63 57 BSC15 1743 1997 .70 .78 .69 .59 .47 .63 58 BSC16 1670 1993 .41 .55 .27B .42 .62 .70 .77 .34 .46 59 BSC17 1755 1982 .57 .44 .52 .55 .68 60 BSC18 1654 2001 .60 .71 .73 .60 .33B .27B .47 .62 .80 61 652025 1653 1964 .84 .83 .81 .84 .73 .69 .69 .62 .45 62 652035 1733 1964 .78 .66 .64 .74 .67 .68 63 652045 1773 1867 .67 .66 .50 .50 64 652047 1773 1964 .67 .65 .51 .59 .73 66 652055 1497 1964 .32A .42 .60 .59 .69 .63 .51 .68 .76 .57 .65 .73 .62 .52 .33A .17B 67 652075 1547 1964 .64 .62 .56 .54 .62 .76 .79 .56 .69 .83 .67 .58 .29A .33A 68 652085 1671 1964 .79 .80 .74 .79 .72 .66 .74 .76 .83 69 652095 1715 1964 .64 .71 .72 .48 .48 .71 .76 Av segment correlation .56 .52 .59 .51 .45 .59 .64 .60 .56 .55 .57 .66 .71 .65 .70 .67 .62 .61 .56 .60 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Besheri 08:51 Tue 02 Oct 2007 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 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 3 BCH15 1476 1948 .57 .56 4 BCH16B 1450 1948 .60 .51 5 BCH19A 1585 1907 .50 6 BSH01A 1863 2002 .57 .43 .34 .49 .54 7 BSH01B 1880 2002 .68 .58 .48 .52 .55 8 BSH02A 1839 2002 .51 .40 .38 .54 .58 9 BSH02B 1779 1993 .48 .38 .51 .56 10 BSH03A 1816 2002 .72 .54 .45 .66 .68 11 BSH03B 1868 2002 .33 .39 .36 .54 .58 12 BSH04A 1844 2002 .79 .66 .47 .49 .50 13 BSH04B 1905 2002 .65 .59 .58 .64 14 BSH05A 1752 2002 .72 .72 .61 .61 .65 15 BSH05B 1722 2002 .73 .65 .59 .71 .72 16 BSH06A 1767 2002 .73 .70 .70 .79 .78 17 BSH06B 1803 2002 .82 .71 .58 .77 .78 18 BSH07A 1749 2002 .77 .76 .51 .35 .46 19 BSH07B 1701 2002 .66 .53 .54 .57 .58 20 BSH08A 1733 2002 .57 .48 .55 .63 .64 22 BSH09A 1804 2002 .62 .62 .61 .55 .57 23 BSH09B 1806 2002 .54 .66 .66 .57 .57 24 BSH11A 1755 2002 .63 .71 .64 .65 .67 25 BSH11B 1734 2002 .63 .63 .64 .69 .69 26 BSH12A 1689 2002 .57 .74 .64 .60 .56 28 BSH12B2 1800 2002 .60 .72 .71 .69 .70 29 BSH13A 1793 2002 .58 .66 .57 .61 .63 30 BSH13B 1785 2002 .72 .60 .45 .60 .66 31 BSH14A 1714 2002 .79 .79 .69 .62 .64 32 BSH14B 1676 2002 .43 .51 .45 .54 .51 33 BSH15A 1650 1941 .58 .36 35 BSH15B2 1800 1939 .60 .54 36 BSH17A 1721 1999 .74 .68 .58 .71 37 BSH17B 1665 2002 .78 .66 .66 .76 .76 38 BSH19A 1798 2002 .60 .63 .60 .55 .53 39 BSH19B 1766 2001 .71 .69 .58 .62 .65 40 BSH20A 1744 2002 .56 .58 .65 .67 .67 41 BSH20B 1737 2002 .61 .63 .71 .68 .68 42 BSC02 1645 1996 .66 .63 .54 .50 43 BSC03 1693 2001 .68 .64 .67 .59 .58 45 BSC042 1800 2001 .77 .73 .74 .58 .58 46 BSC05 1670 2001 .57 .55 .61 .71 .71 47 BSC06 1621 2001 .63 .51 .47 .55 .54 48 BSC07 1704 1952 .51 .47 .46 49 BSC08 1732 2001 .67 .69 .59 .71 .71 50 BSC09 1538 2001 .49 .72 .71 .74 .75 51 BSC10 1704 2001 .59 .74 .69 .77 .78 52 BSC11 1730 1968 .70 .69 .63 54 BSC122 1800 2001 .64 .63 .57 .70 .70 55 BSC13 1671 2001 .75 .78 .56 .53 .55 56 BSC14 1691 1940 .62 .57 57 BSC15 1743 1997 .79 .79 .52 .35B 58 BSC16 1670 1993 .57 .52 .44 .51 59 BSC17 1755 1982 .79 .70 .52 .37 60 BSC18 1654 2001 .76 .70 .46 .41 .43 61 652025 1653 1964 .51 .71 .72 62 652035 1733 1964 .70 .75 .72 64 652047 1773 1964 .60 .59 .63 65 652046 1875 1964 .59 .58 .62 66 652055 1497 1964 .39 .60 .57 67 652075 1547 1964 .71 .59 .47 68 652085 1671 1964 .79 .51 .41 69 652095 1715 1964 .68 .65 .63 Av segment correlation .64 .62 .57 .60 .63 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Besheri 08:51 Tue 02 Oct 2007 Page 12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 BCH11 1397 1704 308 13 0 .500 .72 2.10 .389 .639 .392 2.48 .286 -.008 2 2 BCH14A 1382 1787 406 16 0 .587 .70 4.02 .591 .804 .359 2.75 .389 -.007 2 3 BCH15 1476 1948 473 18 0 .683 .72 2.27 .394 .838 .310 2.49 .325 -.008 2 4 BCH16B 1450 1948 499 19 0 .616 .75 2.46 .412 .711 .339 2.62 .306 .008 3 5 BCH19A 1585 1907 323 13 0 .523 1.36 4.77 .907 .837 .301 2.42 .290 .026 1 6 BSH01A 1863 2002 140 6 0 .502 2.61 5.61 1.267 .814 .265 2.78 .478 .011 4 7 BSH01B 1880 2002 123 5 0 .597 2.76 6.62 1.466 .905 .214 2.56 .438 .019 1 8 BSH02A 1839 2002 164 7 0 .463 2.56 4.67 .938 .868 .178 2.61 .404 .031 2 9 BSH02B 1779 1993 215 8 0 .568 1.69 3.41 .626 .798 .206 2.56 .442 .035 2 10 BSH03A 1816 2002 187 8 0 .580 1.69 3.31 .550 .721 .206 2.59 .448 .035 2 11 BSH03B 1868 2002 135 6 0 .416 2.42 6.21 1.127 .819 .241 2.66 .472 .040 2 12 BSH04A 1844 2002 159 7 0 .569 2.05 3.74 .763 .809 .197 2.53 .354 .038 1 13 BSH04B 1905 2002 98 4 0 .641 3.16 5.77 1.175 .744 .217 2.58 .530 .006 1 14 BSH05A 1752 2002 251 10 0 .694 1.44 3.97 .650 .853 .208 2.62 .416 .031 1 15 BSH05B 1722 2002 281 12 0 .645 1.47 3.29 .625 .854 .200 2.42 .302 -.031 1 16 BSH06A 1767 2002 236 10 0 .731 1.69 3.95 .736 .826 .237 2.64 .340 .011 6 17 BSH06B 1803 2002 200 8 0 .740 1.96 4.89 1.065 .875 .237 2.58 .324 -.030 3 18 BSH07A 1749 2002 254 11 0 .634 1.36 3.15 .682 .911 .178 2.51 .364 .022 1 19 BSH07B 1701 2002 302 12 0 .602 1.34 3.58 .798 .925 .213 2.41 .272 -.002 1 20 BSH08A 1733 2002 270 11 0 .585 1.26 3.71 .747 .907 .211 2.60 .337 -.016 1 21 BSH08B 1728 1820 93 3 0 .731 1.79 3.58 .753 .877 .193 2.50 .382 .037 1 22 BSH09A 1804 2002 199 8 0 .534 1.88 4.13 .775 .881 .156 2.60 .318 -.008 4 23 BSH09B 1806 2002 197 8 0 .526 1.84 3.72 .644 .830 .163 2.60 .423 .049 1 24 BSH11A 1755 2002 248 10 0 .651 1.48 3.14 .573 .849 .183 2.43 .263 .050 1 25 BSH11B 1734 2002 269 11 0 .659 1.48 3.19 .547 .813 .193 2.45 .318 .013 1 26 BSH12A 1689 2002 314 13 1 .617 1.16 2.41 .423 .732 .218 2.69 .344 -.003 1 27 BSH12B1 1676 1794 119 4 0 .624 1.12 2.65 .478 .770 .223 2.54 .355 -.108 1 28 BSH12B2 1800 2002 203 8 0 .623 .98 2.40 .462 .877 .209 2.52 .344 .018 2 29 BSH13A 1793 2002 210 9 0 .572 1.70 4.34 .777 .909 .157 2.43 .296 -.030 1 30 BSH13B 1785 2002 218 9 0 .638 1.31 3.28 .563 .876 .172 2.57 .356 -.021 1 31 BSH14A 1714 2002 289 12 0 .684 1.17 3.40 .466 .746 .226 2.88 .374 -.004 2 32 BSH14B 1676 2002 327 13 1 .535 .78 2.51 .464 .864 .267 2.64 .375 -.003 1 33 BSH15A 1650 1941 292 11 0 .647 1.09 3.67 .740 .897 .289 2.55 .330 .007 2 34 BSH15B1 1672 1794 123 5 1 .614 .93 2.27 .490 .850 .318 2.46 .424 -.011 2 35 BSH15B2 1800 1939 140 5 0 .575 .57 1.11 .244 .759 .275 2.46 .321 -.013 2 36 BSH17A 1721 1999 279 11 0 .763 1.27 2.75 .536 .826 .225 2.52 .357 -.002 1 37 BSH17B 1665 2002 338 14 0 .691 1.15 3.19 .576 .841 .244 2.64 .332 -.018 2 38 BSH19A 1798 2002 205 9 0 .569 1.88 4.65 .901 .849 .225 2.49 .337 -.024 2 39 BSH19B 1766 2001 236 10 0 .623 1.58 4.27 .744 .816 .218 2.60 .285 -.043 2 40 BSH20A 1744 2002 259 11 0 .652 1.45 3.90 .734 .867 .230 2.46 .314 -.027 1 41 BSH20B 1737 2002 266 11 0 .633 1.26 3.18 .552 .842 .199 2.38 .269 -.018 2 42 BSC02 1645 1996 352 14 0 .560 1.00 3.52 .612 .855 .274 2.62 .342 -.022 1 43 BSC03 1693 2001 309 13 0 .670 1.16 2.75 .524 .861 .215 2.73 .419 .003 1 44 BSC041 1645 1794 150 6 0 .679 1.71 6.07 1.017 .827 .286 2.58 .428 .041 2 45 BSC042 1800 2001 202 8 0 .735 .75 1.79 .352 .756 .315 2.63 .397 .025 4 46 BSC05 1670 2001 332 14 0 .626 1.17 3.27 .475 .778 .232 2.58 .300 -.011 1 47 BSC06 1621 2001 381 16 2 .518 1.07 4.93 .986 .961 .250 2.43 .244 -.012 2 48 BSC07 1704 1952 249 10 0 .533 1.30 4.65 .738 .836 .289 2.57 .296 -.046 3 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Besheri 08:51 Tue 02 Oct 2007 Page 13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 BSC08 1732 2001 270 11 0 .676 1.36 6.08 .843 .893 .204 2.60 .337 -.010 1 50 BSC09 1538 2001 464 19 0 .582 .88 2.46 .425 .883 .224 2.66 .377 .018 2 51 BSC10 1704 2001 298 12 0 .630 1.12 3.58 .655 .867 .267 2.55 .342 -.016 1 52 BSC11 1730 1968 239 9 0 .624 1.11 3.03 .528 .838 .250 2.72 .358 .014 2 53 BSC121 1718 1799 82 3 0 .511 2.06 4.17 1.199 .871 .266 2.41 .432 .038 1 54 BSC122 1800 2001 202 8 0 .644 1.16 3.47 .646 .845 .217 2.50 .307 -.012 2 55 BSC13 1671 2001 331 14 0 .614 .88 2.82 .472 .803 .301 2.50 .327 -.013 2 56 BSC14 1691 1940 250 10 0 .586 1.43 4.52 .844 .826 .335 2.65 .349 -.016 1 57 BSC15 1743 1997 255 10 1 .624 1.57 3.63 .777 .854 .233 2.59 .366 .037 2 58 BSC16 1670 1993 324 13 1 .511 1.02 3.28 .539 .889 .250 2.61 .382 -.003 1 59 BSC17 1755 1982 228 9 0 .623 1.69 4.52 1.034 .779 .378 2.73 .444 -.017 4 60 BSC18 1654 2001 348 14 2 .588 1.06 5.85 .999 .940 .304 2.70 .398 -.011 2 61 652025 1653 1964 312 12 0 .695 .98 2.18 .466 .837 .307 2.54 .326 -.005 2 62 652035 1733 1964 232 9 0 .702 1.25 2.45 .495 .835 .206 2.60 .343 -.009 3 63 652045 1773 1867 95 4 0 .621 2.26 4.41 .744 .594 .267 2.44 .375 .003 2 64 652047 1773 1964 192 8 0 .621 1.79 4.41 .819 .761 .277 2.42 .318 -.024 2 65 652046 1875 1964 90 3 0 .620 1.32 2.77 .605 .719 .298 2.42 .320 -.086 2 66 652055 1497 1964 468 19 3 .551 .73 2.78 .583 .932 .340 2.52 .338 .007 2 67 652075 1547 1964 418 17 2 .589 .81 1.85 .387 .764 .319 2.43 .254 -.013 3 68 652085 1671 1964 294 12 0 .709 1.15 3.61 .637 .838 .280 2.60 .353 -.010 2 69 652095 1715 1964 250 10 0 .623 1.19 4.18 .870 .881 .350 2.59 .383 .003 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 17465 706 14 .614 1.27 6.62 .651 .836 .256 2.88 .346 -.002