Maaser, Lebanon - leba006 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 : LEBA006.CRN Measurement file name : LEBA006.RWL Date checked : 02OCT07 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1730 Ending year : 2002 Principal investigators: Ramzi Touchan and Malcolm Hughes Site name : Maaser Site location : Lebanon Species information : CDLI CEDAR OF LEBANON Latitude : 3340 Longitude : 3541 Elevation : 1720M Series intercorrelation: 0.682 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.313 Avg standard deviation : 0.738 Avg autocorrelation : 0.818 Number dated series : 19 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 3 Pct problem segments : 2.46 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Maaser 08:56 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 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 MAA01A 1820 2002 .18B .35B .83 .89 .80 .72 .76 .79 2 MAA01B 1878 2002 .76 .77 .58 .42 .51 3 MAA02A 1877 2002 .69 .42B .57 .61 .57 4 MAA02B 1872 2002 .66 .63 .55 .55 .53 .53 5 MAA03B 1861 2002 .71 .70 .68 .77 .81 .80 6 MAA04A 1730 2002 .74 .63 .68 .77 .80 .70 .71 .69 7 MAA04B 1807 2002 .79 .73 .82 .85 .87 .84 .81 .81 8 MAA05B 1807 2002 .66 .44 .71 .82 .72 .70 .78 .78 9 MAA06A 1821 1951 .66 .68 .83 .85 .68 .66 10 MAA06B 1800 1940 .72 .74 .69 .72 .66 11 MAA07A 1875 2002 .70 .81 .79 .73 .71 12 MAA08A 1837 2002 .62 .65 .59 .58 .74 .73 .71 13 MAA08B 1872 2002 .70 .71 .74 .79 .77 .78 14 MAA09A 1847 2002 .68 .71 .83 .78 .82 .73 .71 15 MAA10A 1858 2002 .51 .65 .78 .75 .64 .63 16 MAA10B 1834 2002 .63 .61 .67 .74 .74 .67 .63 17 MAA11A 1849 2002 .40 .42 .71 .78 .60 .40 .38 18 MAA12A 1847 2002 .57 .57 .64 .70 .81 .77 .75 19 MAA12B 1888 2002 .73 .77 .67 .66 .63 Av segment correlation .63 .59 .67 .73 .72 .71 .68 .67 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Maaser 08:56 Tue 02 Oct 2007 Page 8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 MAA01A 1820 2002 183 8 2 .691 .80 2.17 .501 .817 .386 2.54 .380 .072 1 2 MAA01B 1878 2002 125 5 0 .602 .67 1.92 .383 .836 .328 2.65 .499 .091 6 3 MAA02A 1877 2002 126 5 1 .582 1.87 4.18 .844 .856 .236 2.66 .435 .029 1 4 MAA02B 1872 2002 131 6 0 .560 .94 1.80 .358 .672 .274 2.77 .506 -.006 2 5 MAA03B 1861 2002 142 6 0 .722 1.25 2.51 .476 .719 .258 2.59 .494 .003 2 6 MAA04A 1730 2002 273 8 0 .746 .82 3.03 .593 .858 .376 2.66 .337 .022 6 7 MAA04B 1807 2002 196 8 0 .814 1.66 4.60 1.101 .883 .278 2.44 .315 .035 1 8 MAA05B 1807 2002 196 8 0 .730 1.46 7.56 1.101 .808 .327 3.03 .386 -.005 2 9 MAA06A 1821 1951 131 6 0 .701 1.00 2.76 .627 .823 .328 2.47 .394 -.010 2 10 MAA06B 1800 1940 141 5 0 .703 .74 2.80 .581 .856 .398 2.58 .429 -.007 3 11 MAA07A 1875 2002 128 5 0 .733 1.23 5.31 1.029 .886 .295 2.55 .443 .064 3 12 MAA08A 1837 2002 166 7 0 .640 1.19 3.82 .818 .826 .342 2.54 .318 -.052 2 13 MAA08B 1872 2002 131 6 0 .739 1.12 4.10 .859 .843 .369 2.60 .373 -.020 4 14 MAA09A 1847 2002 156 7 0 .680 1.54 4.35 .868 .729 .327 2.72 .400 .030 1 15 MAA10A 1858 2002 145 6 0 .641 .85 1.64 .313 .704 .253 2.47 .345 -.002 2 16 MAA10B 1834 2002 169 7 0 .662 .77 2.19 .381 .814 .256 2.62 .422 .005 2 17 MAA11A 1849 2002 154 7 0 .545 1.22 2.48 .589 .748 .341 2.51 .385 .023 4 18 MAA12A 1847 2002 156 7 0 .678 2.17 7.67 1.487 .920 .227 2.62 .388 .035 3 19 MAA12B 1888 2002 115 5 0 .692 1.54 3.94 1.064 .912 .283 2.59 .528 .057 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 2964 122 3 .682 1.19 7.67 .738 .818 .313 3.03 .401 .019