North Fork Ridge, Montana - MT110 and MT111 Additional Site Information John C. King Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses. Detrend method: Negative exponontial or linear regression with negative or 0 slope. Cores are stored at: Lone Pine Research, 2604 Westridge Drive, Bozeman, MT 59715 Samples are available on request to qualified research institutions 1000 year tree-ring chronologies were developed for both Douglas-fir (MT110) and limber pine (MT111) at the "North Fork Ridge" collection site. Cross-dating in the early portion of the Douglas-fir chronology was verified with the limber pine chronology. Optimized COFECHA settings: 5yr spline, 60yr segments lagged by 5yr, no autoregressive modeling. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : MT111.CRN Measurement file name : MT111.RWL Date checked : 24MAR05 Checked by : H. ADAMS AND J. LUKAS Beginning year : 500 Ending year : 2000 Principal investigators: John C. King Site name : North Fork Ridge Site location : Montana Species information : PIFL LIMBER PINE Latitude : +4518 Longitude : -11120 Elevation : 2500M Series intercorrelation: 0.553 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.195 Avg standard deviation : 0.145 Avg autocorrelation : 0.753 Number dated series : 65 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 57 Pct problem segments : 7.20 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: mt111.rwl 12:04 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 500 525 550 575 600 625 650 675 700 725 750 775 800 825 850 875 900 925 950 975 549 574 599 624 649 674 699 724 749 774 799 824 849 874 899 924 949 974 999 1024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 25 NFR227X 633 916 .24B .32A .36 .36 .44 .47 .52 .34 .43 .60 .54 26 NFR228X 816 984 .41 .56 .63 .55 .55 .48 .31B 30 NFR232X 967 1197 .54 .54 48 NFR258X 500 728 .24B .27A .17B .19B .40 .22B .24A .31A .31A 49 NFR260X 800 1182 .20B .19B .40 .50 .46 .54 .61 .51 52 NFR265X 525 1191 .45 .53 .53 .54 .68 .73 .58 .59 .62 .65 .66 .61 .72 .74 .66 .74 .84 .68 .57 53 NFR266X 659 964 .49 .45 .16A .16B .57 .56 .38 .54 .63 .54 .60 .62 56 NFR270AX 539 816 .15B .22B .48 .36 .56 .76 .62 .57 .58 .60 .53 57 NFR270BX 996 1348 .52 58 NFR271X 851 1460 .52 .46 .40 .57 .76 .62 59 NFR272X 998 1208 .50 60 NFR273X 932 1130 .43 .41 .50 61 NFR274X 964 1176 .61 .54 62 NFR275AX 703 957 .41 .43 .27A .28B .37 .53 .49 .48 .50 .50 63 NFR275BX 995 1213 .55 64 NFR276X 500 1303 .37 .45 .66 .44 .25B .65 .69 .53 .56 .64 .59 .50 .53 .64 .67 .57 .53 .53 .73 .76 65 NFR278X 511 710 .42 .48 .54 .47 .30A .48 .61 .53 Av segment correlation .35 .36 .42 .42 .37 .47 .55 .48 .42 .48 .53 .51 .41 .51 .59 .54 .54 .56 .58 .56 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: mt111.rwl 12:04 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 1000 1025 1050 1075 1100 1125 1150 1175 1200 1225 1250 1275 1300 1325 1350 1375 1400 1425 1450 1475 1049 1074 1099 1124 1149 1174 1199 1224 1249 1274 1299 1324 1349 1374 1399 1424 1449 1474 1499 1524 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 4 NFR203 1300 2000 .43 .50 .49 .74 .54 .34 .42 .34 11 NFR212 1440 2000 .48 .48 .58 13 NFR214A 1082 1660 .63 .58 .57 .64 .77 .74 .71 .82 .85 .82 .70 .66 .76 .69 .45 .41 .53 15 NFR215 1428 2000 .60 .63 .78 24 NFR226 1296 1461 .47 .46 .39 .32A .51 .66 .46 27 NFR229AX 1014 1272 .31A .35 .49 .49 .44 .53 .60 .69 .69 .69 28 NFR229BX 1290 1388 .37 .47 .61 .51 29 NFR230X 1099 1377 .38 .40 .55 .51 .57 .54 .45 .61 .70 .73 .64 .66 30 NFR232X 967 1197 .53 .58 .62 .67 .71 .69 .68 31 NFR233X 1073 1378 .63 .65 .67 .59 .57 .71 .70 .64 .77 .81 .75 .61 .63 32 NFR234X 1077 1381 .47 .59 .54 .33 .70 .81 .71 .74 .55 .58 .74 .67 33 NFR235X 1001 1341 .41 .62 .56 .61 .61 .51 .54 .84 .69 .33A .63 .68 .61 34 NFR237X 1270 1557 .53 .53 .53 .50 .38B .48 .64 .36 .35 .59 35 NFR238X 1312 1562 .40 .38 .39 .63 .84 .69 .54 .68 36 NFR239X 1159 1449 .53 .61 .73 .67 .74 .83 .79 .66 .52 .68 .70 37 NFR240X 1006 1487 .41 .27A .22B .37 .49 .51 .43B .39 .27A .30A .49 .23B .45 .64 .54 .65 .57 .46 .49 38 NFR241X 1247 1486 .60 .57 .67 .74 .75 .68 .77 .64 .40 .56 39 NFR242X 1084 1334 .57 .73 .70 .50 .55 .57 .60 .49 .56 .64 40 NFR244X 1068 1358 .51 .43 .47 .61 .47 .62 .71 .47 .27A .44 .60 .53 41 NFR245X 1386 1586 .59 .56 .53 .43 .50 42 NFR246X 1230 1470 .59 .69 .68 .51 .43 .43 .52 .60 .60 43 NFR248X 1028 1208 .33 .45 .34 .41B .53 .41 .44 44 NFR249X 1230 1341 .59 .77 .73 .74 45 NFR250X 1205 1605 .46 .53 .69 .78 .77 .68 .64 .77 .81 .72 .55 .59 46 NFR251X 1241 1371 .20B .21B .31B .55 .59 47 NFR253X 1115 1211 .49 .49 .41 .62 49 NFR260X 800 1182 .37 .24B .36 .44 .49 .40 .38 50 NFR261X 1005 1178 .44 .42 .27A .29A .26B .34 .29A 51 NFR262X 1165 1322 .61 .51 .43 .57 .58 .55 52 NFR265X 525 1191 .60 .61 .61 .60 .72 .64 .70 54 NFR269AX 1090 1199 .25A .33 .39 .40 55 NFR269BX 1250 1379 .54 .76 .77 .59 .54 57 NFR270BX 996 1348 .50 .55 .58 .65 .71 .60 .57 .82 .88 .75 .61 .54 .58 58 NFR271X 851 1460 .50 .45 .43 .41 .58 .61 .52 .63 .60 .61 .77 .74 .71 .68 .64 .75 .75 .72 59 NFR272X 998 1208 .50 .28A .37 .45 .57 .64 .47 .38 60 NFR273X 932 1130 .58 .51 .37 .40 .43 61 NFR274X 964 1176 .40 .57 .54 .38 .54 .56 .53 63 NFR275BX 995 1213 .63 .60 .63 .64 .60 .54 .48 .49 64 NFR276X 500 1303 .52 .54 .52 .57 .58 .55 .54 .43 .49 .42 .19A .21A Av segment correlation .48 .46 .48 .49 .54 .55 .51 .60 .62 .55 .59 .59 .62 .59 .54 .65 .67 .52 .49 .57 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: mt111.rwl 12:04 Thu 24 Mar 2005 Page 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 1500 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1549 1574 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 NFR200 1623 2000 .60 .61 .46 .52 .57 .59 .59 .49 .74 .77 .74 .62 .38 .62 .65 .65 2 NFR201 1559 1829 .52 .60 .39 .35 .48 .55 .48 .50 .60 .51 .45 3 NFR202 1730 2000 .50 .53 .38 .43 .63 .61 .51 .36 .52 .55 .54 4 NFR203 1300 2000 .33 .35B .56 .78 .70 .69 .59 .63 .65 .37 .22B .30A .58 .70 .73 .64 .44 .50 .39 .37 5 NFR204 1595 2000 .62 .63 .57 .45 .50 .63 .67 .62 .58 .65 .74 .66 .63 .76 .78 .68 .68 6 NFR205 1760 1901 .33 .41 .57 .57 .63 .64 7 NFR207 1789 2000 .60 .60 .65 .59 .44 .34 .42B .33 .31A 8 NFR209 1840 2000 .54 .57 .67 .58 .65 .63 .64 9 NFR210 1830 2000 .43 .54 .65 .30B .53 .58 .55 10 NFR211 1520 2000 .43 .45 .45 .63 .64 .61 .61 .59 .39 .24A .39 .54 .72 .63 .64 .63 .58 .70 .70 .69 11 NFR212 1440 2000 .67 .63 .78 .82 .82 .69 .50 .43 .52 .58 .53 .57 .51 .60 .77 .75 .65 .57 .67 .66 12 NFR213 1534 2000 .72 .72 .81 .72 .62 .60 .65 .69 .55 .35 .45 .57 .56 .67 .67 .50 .63 .55 .54 13 NFR214A 1082 1660 .52 .43 .66 .63 .50 .51 14 NFR214B 1700 2000 .57 .64 .58 .50 .31A .45 .62 .59 .40 .38 .34 .36 15 NFR215 1428 2000 .82 .66 .77 .84 .72 .60 .54 .77 .78 .66 .64 .53 .66 .84 .72 .57 .58 .69 .72 .64 16 NFR216 1566 2000 .60 .74 .81 .73 .43 .58 .70 .66 .73 .58 .69 .84 .85 .75 .61 .69 .63 .62 17 NFR218 1579 2000 .53 .71 .50 .25B .36 .45 .56 .60 .50 .62 .60 .41 .48 .59 .54 .52 .50 18 NFR219 1700 2000 .61 .64 .78 .62 .62 .65 .72 .67 .48 .69 .77 .77 19 NFR220 1795 2000 .70 .73 .83 .76 .65 .72 .78 .71 .71 20 NFR221 1590 2000 .56 .52 .49 .32A .41 .35 .40 .45 .53 .68 .65 .64 .52 .54 .70 .36 .35 21 NFR222 1790 2000 .72 .73 .70 .39 .47 .73 .69 .50 .51 22 NFR224 1590 1901 .50 .49 .60 .44 .32A .40 .39 .39 .50 .43 .48 .70 .70 23 NFR225 1710 2000 .72 .72 .74 .68 .69 .70 .70 .64 .56 .61 .67 .68 34 NFR237X 1270 1557 .74 .66 35 NFR238X 1312 1562 .80 .64 41 NFR245X 1386 1586 .72 .65 .75 45 NFR250X 1205 1605 .52 .36B .53 .53 Av segment correlation .62 .55 .63 .66 .63 .58 .47 .53 .57 .54 .53 .53 .60 .65 .65 .61 .53 .62 .58 .57 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: mt111.rwl 12:04 Thu 24 Mar 2005 Page 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 NFR200 1623 2000 378 16 0 .598 .41 1.24 .198 .870 .191 2.56 .340 .012 1 2 NFR201 1559 1829 271 11 0 .475 .38 .91 .161 .831 .182 2.71 .411 -.022 2 3 NFR202 1730 2000 271 11 0 .484 .31 .84 .133 .886 .164 2.58 .385 -.017 3 4 NFR203 1300 2000 701 28 3 .501 .20 .55 .081 .778 .217 2.61 .323 -.013 1 5 NFR204 1595 2000 406 17 0 .634 .28 .63 .080 .617 .193 2.67 .326 .004 1 6 NFR205 1760 1901 142 6 0 .543 .70 1.33 .291 .870 .173 2.47 .385 -.037 1 7 NFR207 1789 2000 212 9 2 .482 .47 .87 .102 .548 .158 2.62 .478 -.037 1 8 NFR209 1840 2000 161 7 0 .585 .44 .86 .110 .663 .168 2.72 .409 -.009 1 9 NFR210 1830 2000 171 7 1 .514 .96 1.88 .374 .866 .156 2.54 .309 .001 1 10 NFR211 1520 2000 481 20 1 .567 .24 .70 .098 .804 .210 2.58 .315 -.024 1 11 NFR212 1440 2000 561 23 0 .622 .25 .46 .067 .535 .202 2.66 .389 -.013 1 12 NFR213 1534 2000 467 19 0 .620 .30 .72 .130 .832 .178 2.81 .402 .001 1 13 NFR214A 1082 1660 579 23 0 .639 .35 1.22 .190 .888 .204 2.63 .321 -.011 2 14 NFR214B 1700 2000 301 12 1 .471 .15 .28 .041 .341 .249 2.62 .411 -.036 2 15 NFR215 1428 2000 573 23 0 .688 .23 .50 .077 .764 .181 2.66 .354 -.002 2 16 NFR216 1566 2000 435 18 0 .676 .20 .46 .066 .721 .197 2.58 .376 -.027 2 17 NFR218 1579 2000 422 17 1 .498 .20 .39 .061 .334 .286 2.67 .412 -.030 1 18 NFR219 1700 2000 301 12 0 .650 .17 .34 .053 .766 .170 2.56 .394 -.055 1 19 NFR220 1795 2000 206 9 0 .718 .29 .49 .072 .583 .189 2.64 .367 -.001 1 20 NFR221 1590 2000 411 17 1 .491 .17 .34 .064 .820 .178 2.57 .339 -.018 1 21 NFR222 1790 2000 211 9 0 .582 .37 .81 .116 .517 .262 2.53 .380 -.045 1 22 NFR224 1590 1901 312 13 1 .489 .60 3.04 .529 .934 .194 2.53 .288 -.014 1 23 NFR225 1710 2000 291 12 0 .675 .21 .42 .057 .555 .199 2.52 .344 -.006 3 24 NFR226 1296 1461 166 7 1 .446 .21 .52 .108 .811 .273 2.50 .365 .002 1 25 NFR227X 633 916 284 11 2 .406 .36 .73 .132 .839 .166 2.56 .394 -.018 1 26 NFR228X 816 984 169 7 1 .469 .33 .55 .079 .591 .172 2.63 .510 -.040 1 27 NFR229AX 1014 1272 259 10 1 .553 .49 .98 .175 .786 .171 2.40 .259 -.023 1 28 NFR229BX 1290 1388 99 4 0 .423 .25 .63 .078 .344 .280 2.60 .390 -.057 2 29 NFR230X 1099 1377 279 12 0 .557 .28 .92 .106 .800 .177 2.75 .456 -.029 1 30 NFR232X 967 1197 231 9 0 .615 .58 2.13 .383 .872 .200 2.61 .308 .025 1 31 NFR233X 1073 1378 306 13 0 .684 .32 .91 .153 .895 .165 2.49 .300 .000 1 32 NFR234X 1077 1381 305 12 0 .621 .44 1.08 .188 .833 .196 2.56 .326 -.014 1 33 NFR235X 1001 1341 341 13 1 .589 .47 1.92 .383 .946 .188 2.53 .311 .000 2 34 NFR237X 1270 1557 288 12 1 .515 .26 .61 .102 .796 .188 2.55 .347 -.024 1 35 NFR238X 1312 1562 251 10 0 .599 .38 .84 .129 .740 .191 2.69 .404 .002 1 36 NFR239X 1159 1449 291 11 0 .663 .20 .36 .058 .564 .224 2.55 .289 -.002 1 37 NFR240X 1006 1487 482 19 6 .451 .36 .83 .146 .888 .150 2.48 .298 -.022 1 38 NFR241X 1247 1486 240 10 0 .657 .70 2.09 .344 .853 .187 2.53 .363 -.034 2 39 NFR242X 1084 1334 251 10 0 .594 .21 .55 .097 .842 .189 2.65 .403 -.004 1 40 NFR244X 1068 1358 291 12 1 .528 .31 1.15 .237 .946 .179 2.44 .246 -.005 2 41 NFR245X 1386 1586 201 8 0 .588 .35 .75 .128 .783 .206 2.60 .400 -.032 1 42 NFR246X 1230 1470 241 9 0 .533 .49 1.39 .314 .947 .169 2.63 .347 -.057 1 43 NFR248X 1028 1208 181 7 1 .424 .46 1.32 .261 .891 .213 2.64 .437 .001 1 44 NFR249X 1230 1341 112 4 0 .690 .45 1.23 .300 .929 .208 2.53 .408 -.065 1 45 NFR250X 1205 1605 401 16 1 .620 .43 .99 .201 .895 .172 2.55 .384 -.024 1 46 NFR251X 1241 1371 131 5 3 .398 .94 2.24 .339 .789 .182 2.48 .359 .007 1 47 NFR253X 1115 1211 97 4 0 .570 .30 .77 .138 .796 .217 2.47 .299 -.027 1 48 NFR258X 500 728 229 9 8 .251 .44 .83 .098 .582 .158 2.61 .431 -.006 1 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: mt111.rwl 12:04 Thu 24 Mar 2005 Page 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 NFR260X 800 1182 383 15 3 .398 .27 .59 .104 .830 .165 2.61 .362 -.014 2 50 NFR261X 1005 1178 174 7 4 .328 .20 .41 .079 .723 .213 2.78 .415 .040 3 51 NFR262X 1165 1322 158 6 0 .511 .10 .24 .032 .584 .211 2.76 .433 -.075 1 52 NFR265X 525 1191 667 26 0 .630 .24 .90 .115 .755 .244 2.61 .260 -.004 1 53 NFR266X 659 964 306 12 2 .464 .29 .85 .128 .841 .171 2.61 .354 -.029 1 54 NFR269AX 1090 1199 110 4 1 .342 .18 .37 .076 .817 .204 2.57 .445 -.025 2 55 NFR269BX 1250 1379 130 5 0 .601 .23 .48 .084 .840 .155 2.47 .356 -.064 1 56 NFR270AX 539 816 278 11 2 .490 .35 .74 .102 .652 .189 2.66 .388 -.005 1 57 NFR270BX 996 1348 353 14 0 .650 .27 .49 .069 .471 .212 2.67 .426 -.023 1 58 NFR271X 851 1460 610 24 0 .597 .28 .60 .099 .791 .183 2.49 .311 -.022 1 59 NFR272X 998 1208 211 9 1 .458 .63 1.90 .373 .914 .159 2.61 .388 .003 1 60 NFR273X 932 1130 199 8 0 .444 .73 1.67 .209 .771 .151 2.68 .385 .001 1 61 NFR274X 964 1176 213 9 0 .497 .33 .65 .118 .791 .182 2.53 .366 -.048 2 62 NFR275AX 703 957 255 10 2 .414 .30 .58 .082 .621 .192 2.77 .399 .026 2 63 NFR275BX 995 1213 219 9 0 .551 .42 1.03 .127 .601 .204 2.73 .386 -.027 4 64 NFR276X 500 1303 804 32 3 .534 .48 1.18 .197 .781 .219 2.77 .346 -.008 1 65 NFR278X 511 710 200 8 1 .457 .41 .78 .121 .600 .207 2.69 .454 -.004 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 19660 792 57 .553 .34 3.04 .145 .753 .195 2.81 .359 -.015