Zurkh Togol, Mongolia - mong032
Additional Site Information
Gordon Jacoby, Rosanne D'Arrigo, Brendan Buckley,  Nicole Davi
Neil Pederson, and Baatarbileg Nachin 


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   : MONG032.CRN
      Measurement file name  : MONG032.RWL
      Date checked           : 31OCT11
      Checked by             : B. Bauer
      Beginning year         : 1261
      Ending year            : 2003
      Principal investigators: G. Jacoby  R. D'Arrigo  B. Buckley  N. Davi N. Pederson B. Nachin 
      Site name              : Zurkh Togol
      Site location          : Mongolia     
      Species information    : LASI SIBERIAN LARCH
      Latitude               :   4631
      Longitude              :  10057
      Elevation              :     M

      Series intercorrelation: 0.596
      Avg mean sensitivity   : 0.273
      Avg standard deviation : 0.348
      Avg autocorrelation    : 0.776
      Number dated series    : 47
      Segment length tested  : 50

      Number problem segments: 47
      Pct problem segments   : 8.51


 PART 5:  CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Zurkh Togol                                           15:44  Mon 31 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   1325 1350 1375 1400 1425 1450 1475 1500 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800
                         1374 1399 1424 1449 1474 1499 1524 1549 1574 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849
 --- -------- ---------  ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
   3 zt02a    1622 2002                                                          .55  .49  .70  .73  .58  .61  .61  .68  .88
   4 zt02b    1641 2002                                                               .66  .70  .75  .69  .67  .58  .68  .83
   7 zt03a    1732 2002                                                                                   .65  .41  .40  .78
   8 zt03b    1768 2002                                                                                        .68  .64  .70
  16 zt05w    1716 2002                                                                              .60  .53  .52  .63  .61
  17 zt05wb   1732 2002                                                                                   .41  .50  .65  .68
  18 zt06a    1770 2002                                                                                        .70  .70  .82
  19 zt06b    1774 2002                                                                                        .70  .71  .75
  21 zt07a    1732 2002                                                                                   .64  .71  .60  .71
  22 zt07b    1687 2002                                                                         .76  .76  .59  .62  .79  .87
  24 zt07d    1747 2002                                                                                   .66  .66  .57  .69
  25 zt07sw   1647 1854                                                               .55  .55  .78  .77  .59  .43  .52  .81
  26 zt07w    1700 2002                                                                              .76  .56  .50  .66  .82
  27 zt08     1789 2002                                                                                             .61  .59
  28 zt08a    1749 2002                                                                                   .56  .60  .57  .71
  29 zt08b    1745 2002                                                                                   .70  .65  .62  .73
  31 zt09a    1651 2002                                                                    .76  .77  .61  .55  .71  .82  .87
  32 zt10e    1668 2002                                                                    .52  .57  .62  .79  .70  .65  .58
  33 zt10n    1651 2002                                                                    .49  .50  .62  .82  .72  .70  .56
  34 zt11n    1546 2002                                           .69  .74  .68  .72  .62  .52  .65  .56  .60  .56  .47  .74
  35 zt11w    1506 2002                                      .54  .61  .67  .60  .64  .52  .39  .53  .55  .57  .54  .62  .73
  36 zt12ne   1400 2002                  .71  .67  .44  .55  .62  .51  .59  .72  .67  .63  .52  .52  .39  .38  .48  .50  .57
  37 zt12nw   1389 2002             .65  .73  .74  .52  .50  .50  .64  .70  .67  .68  .75  .43  .29A .26A .41  .57  .58  .55
  38 zt13s    1772 2002                                                                                        .42  .41  .40
  39 zt14s    1338 2002   .58  .58  .39  .54  .57  .22B .51  .64  .58  .76  .77  .72  .72  .78  .76  .61  .56  .67  .85  .73
  40 zt14w    1261 2002   .44  .44  .54  .28A .14B .19B .40  .65  .76  .82  .85  .81  .82  .82  .75  .67  .70  .72  .83  .80
  41 zt15nw   1643 2002                                                               .49  .63  .66  .54  .44  .44  .51  .61
  42 zt15s    1639 2002                                                               .63  .70  .79  .65  .64  .57  .52  .61
  43 ZT16N    1723 2002                                                                              .75  .79  .71  .71  .75
  44 zt17ne   1664 2002                                                                    .72  .77  .80  .72  .68  .75  .75
  45 zt17s    1725 2002                                                                                   .72  .75  .67  .62
  46 ZT18     1587 2002                                                     .45  .46  .63  .66  .67  .44  .48  .53  .68  .73
  47 ZT?      1810 2002                                                                                                  .66
 Av segment correlation   .51  .51  .53  .57  .53  .34  .49  .59  .63  .71  .68  .66  .63  .62  .66  .61  .61  .60  .63  .70
 PART 5:  CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Zurkh Togol                                           15:44  Mon 31 Oct 2011  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   1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975
                         1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024
 --- -------- ---------  ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
   1 zt01     1899 2002             .54  .55  .45  .32A .37
   2 zt01ne   1831 2002   .61  .69  .75  .73  .54  .50  .53
   3 zt02a    1622 2002   .87  .86  .72  .67  .50  .39  .43
   4 zt02b    1641 2002   .84  .83  .70  .63  .61  .45  .47
   5 zt02y    1845 2002   .73  .72  .59  .56  .66  .59  .65
   6 zt02z    1844 2002   .17B .30A .36  .41  .44  .53  .61
   7 zt03a    1732 2002   .67  .70  .72  .65  .55  .45  .44
   8 zt03b    1768 2002   .74  .78  .79  .75  .62  .58  .60
   9 zt03y    1840 2002   .69  .69  .68  .68  .60  .47  .49
  10 zt03z    1865 2002        .48  .54  .49  .44  .62  .65
  11 zt04a    1836 2002   .53  .43  .44  .49B .40  .31B .34B
  12 zt04b    1885 1999             .44  .50  .48  .38
  13 zt04e    1873 2002        .73  .70  .39  .34  .37  .40
  14 zt04w    1876 2002             .77  .61  .47  .39  .42
  15 zt05     1917 2002                  .21B .18B .22A .29A
  16 zt05w    1716 2002   .72  .77  .79  .57  .43  .58  .62
  17 zt05wb   1732 2002   .81  .75  .62  .63  .40  .47  .48
  18 zt06a    1770 2002   .82  .85  .85  .74  .70  .72  .72
  19 zt06b    1774 2002   .82  .89  .85  .74  .76  .80  .80
  20 ZT07     1857 2003        .79  .82  .65  .49  .54  .54
  21 zt07a    1732 2002   .82  .76  .64  .54  .50  .48  .50
  22 zt07b    1687 2002   .80  .83  .77  .64  .64  .46  .49
  23 zt07c    1857 2002        .74  .77  .72  .62  .65  .65
  24 zt07d    1747 2002   .85  .83  .81  .62  .51  .49  .48
  25 zt07sw   1647 1854   .78
  26 zt07w    1700 2002   .73  .74  .83  .80  .72  .68  .70
  27 zt08     1789 2002   .72  .86  .71  .62  .60  .62  .63
  28 zt08a    1749 2002   .80  .79  .79  .78  .61  .31A .35
  29 zt08b    1745 2002   .78  .79  .78  .80  .63  .52  .53
  30 zt08s    1839 2002   .66  .65  .44  .53  .59  .66  .69
  31 zt09a    1651 2002   .76  .85  .87  .78  .68  .64  .64
  32 zt10e    1668 2002   .42  .59  .67  .27A .15B .31A .30A
  33 zt10n    1651 2002   .45  .73  .80  .40  .25B .34  .34
  34 zt11n    1546 2002   .57  .35B .31B .14B .13B .32A .32A
  35 zt11w    1506 2002   .65  .56  .52  .25B .25A .36  .38
  36 zt12ne   1400 2002   .53  .31A .23B .15B .23B .36  .33
  37 zt12nw   1389 2002   .47  .50  .39  .12B .16B .15B .13B
  38 zt13s    1772 2002   .45  .52  .52  .32B .14B .15B .18B
  39 zt14s    1338 2002   .60  .72  .79  .40  .25B .53  .52
  40 zt14w    1261 2002   .72  .72  .71  .48  .40  .61  .62
  41 zt15nw   1643 2002   .60  .49  .48  .40B .37  .51  .41
  42 zt15s    1639 2002   .53  .45  .56  .47  .43  .60  .59
  43 ZT16N    1723 2002   .68  .66  .56  .39  .37  .48  .50
  44 zt17ne   1664 2002   .65  .65  .53  .46B .33  .31A .25A
  45 zt17s    1725 2002   .45  .44  .47  .37  .39  .59  .59
  46 ZT18     1587 2002   .63  .81  .80  .79  .62  .51  .53
  47 ZT?      1810 2002   .69  .70  .75  .73  .52  .54  .57
 Av segment correlation   .66  .67  .65  .54  .46  .47  .49
 PART 7:  DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Zurkh Togol                                                      15:44  Mon 31 Oct 2011  Page  11
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                                                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 zt01     1899 2002    104      5      1    .445    .71   1.87   .375   .778   .278   2.81   .429  -.057   1
   2 zt01ne   1831 2002    172      7      0    .667    .72   2.26   .348   .702   .287   2.73   .452  -.030   1
   3 zt02a    1622 2002    381     16      0    .673    .99   3.44   .599   .796   .294   2.63   .384   .025   1
   4 zt02b    1641 2002    362     15      0    .685    .77   3.05   .484   .841   .311   2.52   .346   .007   1
   5 zt02y    1845 2002    158      7      0    .659    .81   2.57   .519   .855   .343   2.53   .404   .000   1
   6 zt02z    1844 2002    159      7      2    .353    .46   1.89   .392   .787   .419   2.77   .476   .020   1
   7 zt03a    1732 2002    271     11      0    .558    .76   2.09   .411   .762   .299   2.66   .405   .007   2
   8 zt03b    1768 2002    235     10      0    .691    .90   2.16   .406   .728   .283   2.64   .330   .026   1
   9 zt03y    1840 2002    163      7      0    .644    .45   1.46   .233   .756   .324   2.65   .431  -.070   1
  10 zt03z    1865 2002    138      6      0    .526    .63   1.86   .390   .735   .381   2.65   .449  -.030   1
  11 zt04a    1836 2002    167      7      3    .495    .68   3.52   .646   .843   .443   2.54   .362  -.037   1
  12 zt04b    1885 1999    115      4      0    .446    .84   2.70   .517   .754   .385   2.59   .389  -.062   1
  13 zt04e    1873 2002    130      6      0    .559   1.02   2.00   .421   .566   .352   2.43   .393  -.042   1
  14 zt04w    1876 2002    127      5      0    .660    .77   1.53   .290   .546   .347   2.54   .350  -.024   1
  15 zt05     1917 2002     86      4      4    .291   1.06   3.15   .625   .633   .332   2.99   .630   .032   3
  16 zt05w    1716 2002    287     12      0    .640    .76   3.37   .487   .803   .288   2.61   .360  -.058   1
  17 zt05wb   1732 2002    271     11      0    .586    .82   3.24   .462   .806   .243   2.68   .370   .033   1
  18 zt06a    1770 2002    233     10      0    .771    .85   2.04   .396   .735   .304   2.64   .421   .024   1
  19 zt06b    1774 2002    229     10      0    .789    .74   2.00   .351   .795   .273   2.50   .331   .031   1
  20 ZT07     1857 2003    147      6      0    .661    .41    .91   .171   .702   .307   2.48   .422   .007   1
  21 zt07a    1732 2002    271     11      0    .652    .54   1.68   .272   .758   .283   2.56   .352   .004   2
  22 zt07b    1687 2002    316     13      0    .713    .56   2.20   .371   .811   .304   2.55   .302   .021   1
  23 zt07c    1857 2002    146      6      0    .691    .33   1.34   .191   .710   .340   2.70   .422   .004   1
  24 zt07d    1747 2002    256     11      0    .675    .44   1.73   .258   .718   .300   2.68   .352  -.011   1
  25 zt07sw   1647 1854    208      9      0    .655    .63   1.72   .349   .739   .330   2.70   .471  -.015   1
  26 zt07w    1700 2002    303     12      0    .713    .49   1.44   .241   .738   .302   2.53   .339   .000   1
  27 zt08     1789 2002    214      9      0    .671    .50   1.38   .251   .804   .256   2.51   .423   .000   2
  28 zt08a    1749 2002    254     11      1    .626   1.05   5.11   .706   .783   .312   2.37   .234   .011   4
  29 zt08b    1745 2002    258     11      0    .691    .87   2.87   .430   .728   .270   2.67   .371   .020   2
  30 zt08s    1839 2002    164      7      0    .595    .60   1.44   .245   .692   .266   2.49   .356   .006   1
  31 zt09a    1651 2002    352     14      0    .746   1.13   2.89   .569   .835   .223   2.48   .301   .001   1
  32 zt10e    1668 2002    335     14      4    .507    .65   1.42   .223   .821   .166   2.67   .446   .029   1
  33 zt10n    1651 2002    352     14      1    .555    .61   1.39   .194   .788   .164   2.60   .374  -.007   3
  34 zt11n    1546 2002    457     19      6    .488    .44   1.26   .187   .783   .238   2.60   .302   .023   1
  35 zt11w    1506 2002    497     20      2    .517    .56   1.31   .184   .637   .218   2.45   .300  -.005   2
  36 zt12ne   1400 2002    603     24      4    .484    .53   2.82   .432   .890   .254   2.62   .390  -.005   2
  37 zt12nw   1389 2002    614     25      6    .490    .48   3.33   .444   .896   .263   2.68   .379   .016   2
  38 zt13s    1772 2002    231     10      4    .364    .39    .94   .132   .575   .255   2.68   .382   .017   2
  39 zt14s    1338 2002    665     27      2    .601    .40   1.35   .187   .786   .252   2.57   .341  -.011   6
  40 zt14w    1261 2002    742     27      3    .618    .36   1.09   .203   .831   .288   2.75   .353  -.028   2
  41 zt15nw   1643 2002    360     15      1    .509    .84   2.81   .428   .847   .186   2.67   .386  -.026   1
  42 zt15s    1639 2002    364     15      0    .575    .68   2.06   .309   .822   .216   2.65   .407  -.018   1
  43 ZT16N    1723 2002    280     12      0    .605    .47   1.66   .318   .865   .283   2.65   .374   .043   1
  44 zt17ne   1664 2002    339     14      3    .601    .85   2.52   .295   .637   .214   2.52   .301   .035   1
  45 zt17s    1725 2002    278     11      0    .553    .41   1.06   .154   .644   .260   2.71   .381  -.003   1
  46 ZT18     1587 2002    416     17      0    .618    .85   3.33   .544   .864   .279   2.57   .341  -.036   1
  47 ZT?      1810 2002    193      8      0    .667    .61   1.41   .268   .605   .335   2.52   .415  -.011   2
 --- -------- ---------  -----  -----  -----   ------ -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  --
 Total or mean:          13403    552     47    .596    .64   5.11   .348   .776   .273   2.99   .368  -.001