Tounfite, Morocco - MORC001 Additional Site Information C.W. Stockton, N. Chbouki, T. Harlan, D. Meko, R. Adams, M.F. Glueck. Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses, climate reconstruction, multi-proxy NAO reconstruction. Detrend method: Negative exponontial or linear regression with negative or 0 slope. detrending was predominately as noted above. also used a few splines Cores are stored at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona; availability: may be used on site at LTRR only (no mail-out). References: Chbouki, N., Spatio-temporal characteristics of drought as inferred from tree-ring data in Morocco, Ph.D. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1992 Glueck, M.F. and C.W. Stockton, Reconstruction of the North Atlantic Oscillation, 1429-1983, International J. of Climatology, 21,1453-1465, 2001. Chbouki, N., Stockton, C.W., and Myers, D., Spatio-temporal patterns of drought in Morocco, International J. of Climatology, 15, 187-205, 1995. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : MORC001.CRN Measurement file name : MORC001.RWL Date checked : 24MAR05 Checked by : H. ADAMS AND J. LUKAS Beginning year : 1253 Ending year : 1984 Principal investigators: C.W. Stockton, N. Chbouki, T. Harlan, D. Meko, R. Adams, M.F. Glueck Site name : Tounfite Site location : Morocco Species information : CDAT ATLANTIC CEDAR Latitude : 3225 Longitude : -00515 Elevation : 2200M Series intercorrelation: 0.806 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.509 Avg standard deviation : 0.448 Avg autocorrelation : 0.657 Number dated series : 38 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 3 Pct problem segments : 0.46 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: morc001.rwl 11:59 Thu 24 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 1250 1275 1300 1325 1350 1375 1400 1425 1450 1475 1500 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1299 1324 1349 1374 1399 1424 1449 1474 1499 1524 1549 1574 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 TOU 2A 1534 1984 .89 .85 .81 .82 .86 .91 .91 .85 .79 2 TOU 2B 1613 1983 .90 .92 .92 .93 .89 .81 3 TOU 3A 1379 1983 .87 .90 .88 .92 .90 .89 .93 .84 .57 .77 .78 .81 .77 .84 .86 4 TOU 3B 1388 1984 .86 .89 .87 .86 .88 .85 .87 .74 .51 .78 .82 .87 .86 .88 .88 5 TOU 5A 1474 1961 .86 .86 .91 .94 .91 .80 .81 .88 .90 .76 .88 .89 6 TOU 5B 1430 1809 .84 .85 .77 .76 .79 .70 .78 .87 .82 .81 .83 .82 .79 8 TOU 6B 1745 1970 .74 9 TOU 7A 1363 1968 .83 .90 .95 .94 .87 .80 .59 .76 .86 .83 .88 .73 .79 .87 .83 .83 10 TOU 7B 1539 1984 .91 .83 .81 .86 .88 .92 .91 .86 .90 11 TOU 8A 1360 1966 .70 .81 .87 .85 .84 .77 .88 .92 .83 .83 .80 .74 .86 .78 .74 .26B 12 TOU 8B 1432 1967 .84 .88 .87 .89 .92 .90 .83 .78 .74 .89 .90 .89 .56 13 TOU 9A 1654 1879 .88 .83 .78 .81 14 TOU 9B 1556 1981 .80 .79 .82 .91 .93 .88 .86 .82 15 TOU 9C 1364 1651 .85 .89 .88 .84 .89 .89 .90 .96 .92 .74 .79 .80 16 TOU 10A 1637 1939 .50 .53 .76 .82 .81 18 TOU 10C 1410 1970 .90 .88 .89 .83 .69 .72 .74 .79 .76 .66 .75 .75 .63 .51 19 TOU 11A 1310 1963 .79 .72 .72 .90 .92 .84 .79 .89 .88 .92 .81 .67 .78 .84 .91 .83 .68 .73 20 TOU 11B 1253 1600 .67 .70 .84 .76 .78 .91 .89 .80 .72 .84 .87 .83 .53 .57 21 TOU 12A 1629 1983 .40 .63 .71 .80 .59 22 TOU 12B 1596 1983 .72 .69 .58 .68 .86 .93 .85 23 TOU 13A 1571 1983 .71 .71 .82 .79 .85 .88 .84 .85 24 TOU 13B 1619 1967 .71 .71 .82 .79 .68 .64 25 TOU 14A 1269 1629 .69 .72 .84 .75 .77 .86 .90 .86 .77 .83 .87 .93 .91 .81 .80 26 TOU 14B 1290 1626 .87 .87 .82 .83 .90 .90 .89 .86 .85 .93 .90 .75 .71 .71 27 TOU 16A 1389 1983 .87 .95 .94 .92 .86 .86 .89 .86 .84 .86 .85 .85 .85 .83 .80 28 TOU 17A 1447 1983 .87 .82 .90 .87 .84 .85 .86 .70 .72 .90 .92 .79 .75 29 TOU 17B 1491 1975 .87 .86 .85 .76 .61 .51 .57 .74 .70 .76 .81 30 TOU 18A 1553 1966 .63 .80 .80 .87 .90 .83 .88 .85 31 TOU 18B 1671 1777 .91 .92 .82 .76 33 TOU 19A 1408 1965 .90 .89 .85 .89 .92 .91 .85 .88 .86 .88 .92 .87 .78 .82 34 TOU 19B 1370 1865 .92 .94 .94 .93 .92 .91 .92 .94 .85 .80 .86 .92 .93 .90 .88 .87 35 TOU 21A 1302 1700 .72 .81 .82 .91 .92 .91 .91 .92 .91 .93 .93 .84 .83 .82 .87 .87 36 TOU 21B 1313 1973 .69 .76 .83 .88 .80 .79 .79 .84 .89 .95 .92 .78 .75 .79 .87 .63 .70 .61 37 TOU 22A 1317 1974 .65 .65 .66 .87 .93 .95 .92 .93 .93 .95 .94 .90 .89 .87 .91 .91 .91 .77 38 TOU 22B 1400 1983 .89 .89 .91 .94 .93 .95 .91 .81 .77 .83 .87 .84 .92 .78 Av segment correlation .68 .76 .77 .75 .79 .88 .90 .87 .86 .87 .86 .89 .82 .76 .79 .77 .84 .84 .82 .76 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: morc001.rwl 11:59 Thu 24 Mar 2005 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 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 TOU 2A 1534 1984 .81 .87 .88 .88 .91 .74 .62 .75 .79 2 TOU 2B 1613 1983 .84 .88 .89 .91 .89 .71 .69 .72 .69 3 TOU 3A 1379 1983 .80 .81 .86 .90 .84 .79 .81 .79 .79 4 TOU 3B 1388 1984 .80 .80 .87 .85 .81 .71 .66 .64 .45 5 TOU 5A 1474 1961 .81 .68 .72 .83 .77 .68 .57 .55 6 TOU 5B 1430 1809 .66 .43 7 TOU 6A 1830 1983 .82 .81 .86 .84 .69 .54 8 TOU 6B 1745 1970 .73 .72 .72 .79 .85 .85 .82 .65 9 TOU 7A 1363 1968 .80 .81 .82 .82 .82 .76 .65 .27A 10 TOU 7B 1539 1984 .87 .80 .84 .85 .88 .84 .66 .50 .43 11 TOU 8A 1360 1966 .26B .71 .76 .86 .91 .84 .76 .75 12 TOU 8B 1432 1967 .42 .67 .80 .92 .88 .83 .85 .83 13 TOU 9A 1654 1879 .76 .76 .79 .86 .84 14 TOU 9B 1556 1981 .71 .72 .79 .84 .91 .84 .80 .72 .59 16 TOU 10A 1637 1939 .66 .71 .75 .76 .86 .81 .82 17 TOU 10B 1765 1968 .64 .74 .82 .82 .85 .83 .63 .47 18 TOU 10C 1410 1970 .69 .58 .45 .56 .56 .67 .79 .81 19 TOU 11A 1310 1963 .76 .69 .77 .80 .74 .57 .49 .64 21 TOU 12A 1629 1983 .71 .86 .84 .89 .67 .63 .63 .45 .52 22 TOU 12B 1596 1983 .83 .80 .77 .87 .84 .78 .63 .47 .63 23 TOU 13A 1571 1983 .86 .84 .84 .87 .89 .85 .82 .65 .51 24 TOU 13B 1619 1967 .75 .83 .72 .76 .79 .62 .69 .68 27 TOU 16A 1389 1983 .84 .80 .73 .69 .59 .68 .75 .62 .47 28 TOU 17A 1447 1983 .75 .78 .81 .84 .88 .80 .77 .76 .72 29 TOU 17B 1491 1975 .74 .74 .83 .87 .83 .73 .70 .79 .80 30 TOU 18A 1553 1966 .83 .78 .85 .93 .87 .82 .73 .56 31 TOU 18B 1671 1777 .66 32 TOU 18C 1787 1970 .89 .81 .86 .91 .89 .74 .59 33 TOU 19A 1408 1965 .79 .83 .85 .77 .74 .83 .81 .71 34 TOU 19B 1370 1865 .86 .86 .84 .83 36 TOU 21B 1313 1973 .59 .83 .71 .69 .78 .76 .62 .65 37 TOU 22A 1317 1974 .77 .90 .88 .91 .91 .89 .75 .51 38 TOU 22B 1400 1983 .72 .86 .83 .83 .92 .85 .77 .78 .64 Av segment correlation .73 .77 .79 .83 .82 .77 .72 .64 .61 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: morc001.rwl 11:59 Thu 24 Mar 2005 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 TOU 2A 1534 1984 451 18 0 .808 .72 1.94 .409 .736 .448 2.58 .349 -.029 1 2 TOU 2B 1613 1983 371 15 0 .840 .76 2.14 .405 .694 .461 2.47 .290 -.014 1 3 TOU 3A 1379 1983 605 24 0 .826 .65 2.59 .403 .747 .426 2.41 .280 -.048 1 4 TOU 3B 1388 1984 597 24 0 .792 .66 2.23 .408 .732 .417 2.51 .312 -.050 3 5 TOU 5A 1474 1961 488 20 0 .814 .79 2.38 .381 .724 .340 2.57 .309 -.061 1 6 TOU 5B 1430 1809 380 15 0 .747 .50 1.60 .276 .670 .456 2.46 .265 -.025 8 7 TOU 6A 1830 1983 154 6 0 .797 .84 2.94 .533 .765 .418 2.70 .434 -.084 1 8 TOU 6B 1745 1970 226 9 0 .776 .47 1.16 .230 .645 .464 2.34 .298 -.044 1 9 TOU 7A 1363 1968 606 24 1 .814 .67 2.02 .359 .558 .523 2.49 .319 -.029 1 10 TOU 7B 1539 1984 446 18 0 .827 .90 2.94 .426 .570 .458 2.58 .399 -.043 1 11 TOU 8A 1360 1966 607 24 2 .820 .55 2.08 .391 .520 .677 2.66 .362 -.022 2 12 TOU 8B 1432 1967 536 21 0 .832 .72 2.39 .437 .504 .601 2.45 .277 -.031 1 13 TOU 9A 1654 1879 226 9 0 .800 .63 2.22 .316 .537 .465 2.37 .235 -.010 2 14 TOU 9B 1556 1981 426 17 0 .821 .85 2.38 .436 .685 .379 2.43 .268 -.025 2 15 TOU 9C 1364 1651 288 12 0 .879 .84 2.32 .453 .550 .468 2.47 .334 -.042 2 16 TOU 10A 1637 1939 303 12 0 .718 1.06 2.66 .439 .681 .333 2.38 .336 -.052 2 17 TOU 10B 1765 1968 204 8 0 .724 1.46 3.98 .689 .788 .270 2.39 .304 -.088 1 18 TOU 10C 1410 1970 561 22 0 .773 .51 2.01 .343 .537 .637 2.59 .345 -.043 9 19 TOU 11A 1310 1963 654 26 0 .775 .66 2.53 .440 .708 .549 2.50 .349 -.039 9 20 TOU 11B 1253 1600 348 14 0 .779 .81 4.73 .842 .886 .588 2.54 .391 -.052 9 21 TOU 12A 1629 1983 355 14 0 .673 .62 3.94 .530 .798 .573 2.56 .373 -.023 3 22 TOU 12B 1596 1983 388 16 0 .743 .67 3.02 .476 .697 .554 2.47 .376 -.035 1 23 TOU 13A 1571 1983 413 17 0 .828 .68 2.99 .448 .551 .615 2.50 .344 -.036 1 24 TOU 13B 1619 1967 349 14 0 .770 .81 4.35 .681 .695 .623 2.46 .343 -.038 1 25 TOU 14A 1269 1629 361 15 0 .826 .76 2.95 .572 .648 .616 2.41 .304 -.032 5 26 TOU 14B 1290 1626 337 14 0 .871 .65 2.99 .568 .635 .681 2.58 .376 -.028 2 27 TOU 16A 1389 1983 595 24 0 .819 .67 1.89 .355 .384 .576 2.51 .336 -.044 1 28 TOU 17A 1447 1983 537 22 0 .801 .82 3.98 .539 .714 .463 2.59 .333 -.080 1 29 TOU 17B 1491 1975 485 20 0 .750 .78 3.45 .478 .723 .431 2.74 .325 -.042 9 30 TOU 18A 1553 1966 414 16 0 .810 .73 2.57 .526 .789 .499 2.66 .332 -.036 1 31 TOU 18B 1671 1777 107 5 0 .770 .54 1.44 .300 .549 .550 2.55 .399 -.068 3 32 TOU 18C 1787 1970 184 7 0 .814 .95 3.28 .545 .837 .348 2.41 .382 -.074 1 33 TOU 19A 1408 1965 558 22 0 .838 .68 3.11 .482 .633 .539 2.59 .368 -.047 9 34 TOU 19B 1370 1865 496 20 0 .893 .67 2.28 .414 .512 .564 2.61 .409 -.061 3 35 TOU 21A 1302 1700 399 16 0 .868 .73 3.60 .595 .810 .490 2.38 .274 -.039 2 36 TOU 21B 1313 1973 661 26 0 .788 .52 2.88 .491 .832 .570 2.43 .304 -.042 2 37 TOU 22A 1317 1974 658 26 0 .843 .65 2.05 .363 .604 .462 2.69 .344 -.043 2 38 TOU 22B 1400 1983 584 23 0 .831 .63 2.27 .359 .611 .473 2.57 .333 -.044 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 16358 655 3 .806 .70 4.73 .448 .657 .509 2.74 .332 -.042