Yellow Mountain Ridge 1, Montana - MT112 Additional Site Information John C. King Lindsey A. Waggoner Lisa J. Graumlich Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses Detrend Method: Negative exponential or linear regression of any slope Cores Located at: Big Sky Institute Montana State University-Bozeman, MT Samples available upon request Reference: Graumlich, L.J., Pisaric, M. F. J., Waggoner, L. A, Littell, J., and King, J. 2002. Upper Yellowstone River Flow and Teleconnections with Pacific Basin Climate Variability During the Past Three Centuries. Climatic Change in press COFECHA output: Chronology file name : MT112.CRN Measurement file name : MT112.RWL Date checked : 24MAR05 Checked by : H. ADAMS AND J. LUKAS Beginning year : 470 Ending year : 1998 Principal investigators: John C. King Lindsey A. Waggoner Lisa J. Graumlich Site name : Yellow Mountain Ridge 1 Site location : Montana Species information : PIFL LIMBER PINE Latitude : +4518 Longitude : -11119 Elevation : 2500M Series intercorrelation: 0.558 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.194 Avg standard deviation : 0.199 Avg autocorrelation : 0.817 Number dated series : 59 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 58 Pct problem segments : 7.65 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: mt112.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 450 475 500 525 550 575 600 625 650 675 700 725 750 775 800 825 850 875 900 925 499 524 549 574 599 624 649 674 699 724 749 774 799 824 849 874 899 924 949 974 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 3 YMR103 480 734 .26B .27B .44 .49 .57 .63 .52 .38 .25B .33 5 YMR106 680 980 .40 .45 .49 .39 .55 .55 .64 .76 .56 .36 .38 8 YMR110 470 759 .30A .40 .36 .59 .62 .39 .44 .59 .67 .68 .65 .58 9 YMR111 470 815 .54 .51 .41 .48 .55 .57 .47 .62 .72 .51 .45 .56 .60 .60 16 YMR124 855 1413 .63 .40 .37 .50 39 YMR191B 477 1631 .53 .49 .54 .65 .50 .40 .63 .68 .63 .67 .65 .51 .44 .56 .74 .79 .57 .54 .61 40 YMR191C 846 1165 .75 .76 .46 .41 .69 45 YMR254 470 682 .36 .25B .62 .74 .57 .59 .65 .60 .56 46 YMR254B 470 673 .44 .34 .64 .55 .44 .58 .69 .45 49 YMR301 783 1390 .71 .55 .33B .54 .62 .51 .52 50 YMR302 750 913 .38 .36 .38 .38 .42 .34 56 YMR624A 567 820 .50 .49 .49 .61 .62 .49 .60 .73 .57 .46 58 YMR624C 551 960 .53 .53 .46 .70 .77 .65 .69 .72 .62 .55 .45 .40 .54 .45 .37 .46 59 ymr301b 783 1193 .67 .56 .56 .70 .63 .47 .46 Av segment correlation .41 .38 .46 .56 .54 .53 .53 .59 .63 .52 .55 .62 .51 .54 .51 .55 .64 .50 .43 .52 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: mt112.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 950 975 1000 1025 1050 1075 1100 1125 1150 1175 1200 1225 1250 1275 1300 1325 1350 1375 1400 1425 999 1024 1049 1074 1099 1124 1149 1174 1199 1224 1249 1274 1299 1324 1349 1374 1399 1424 1449 1474 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 5 YMR106 680 980 .39 12 YMR119A 1351 1532 .56 .56 .59 .63 13 YMR119B 1308 1462 .49 .50 .51 .46 .49 .42 16 YMR124 855 1413 .51 .57 .66 .64 .56 .54 .61 .45 .15B .39B .44 .36 .53 .63 .68 .55 .38 .49 18 YMR134A 1257 1778 .69 .71 .72 .76 .76 .82 .68 .54 19 YMR134B 1350 1700 .69 .80 .75 .57 20 YMR134C 1317 1738 .67 .75 .72 .81 .78 .48 22 YMR137A 1281 1998 .69 .60 .54 .60 .75 .74 .69 23 YMR137B 1262 1998 .54 .60 .66 .63 .67 .80 .79 .72 26 YMR150A 1386 1995 .52 .67 .57 29 YMR154A 1094 1414 .65 .65 .67 .54 .71 .68 .47 .50 .54 .56 .71 .66 .62 30 YMR154B 1089 1410 .34 .49 .48 .40 .61 .48 .23A .36 .43 .51 .68 .69 .64 39 YMR191B 477 1631 .78 .76 .53 .63 .67 .65 .60 .56 .50 .41 .54 .61 .41 .55 .56 .32A .40 .61 .43 .34 40 YMR191C 846 1165 .78 .74 .51 .50 .51 .53 .71 .71 41 YMR194 989 1173 .29B .35 .31A .37 .48 .45 .36 42 YMR207 1199 1335 .60 .56 .47 .45 .55 .72 43 YMR208 1249 1506 .25B .32A .57 .63 .45 .13B .41 .60 .59 44 YMR209 1027 1279 .44 .56 .57 .40 .28B .41 .54 .41B .36 .44 47 YMR255 1027 1547 .31A .29A .41 .65 .68 .23A .42 .60 .48 .57 .54 .50 .60 .49 .48B .45 .47 48 YMR257 1070 1267 .35 .44 .53 .56 .49 .54 .51 .43 49 YMR301 783 1390 .61 .60 .57 .66 .56 .63 .81 .62 .25A .54 .64 .43 .43 .40 .48 .57 .24B 51 YMR303 1020 1180 .30B .35 .48 .39 .37 .51 .60 52 YMR304 1396 1597 .40 .43 .34 53 YMR403 998 1208 .39 .39 .29A .48 .51 .64 .65 .52 .53 54 YMR601 1286 1563 .62 .59 .62 .76 .66 .47B .32B 55 YMR602 1230 1429 .34 .61 .64 .53 .48 .38 .63 .64 57 YMR624B 950 1369 .51 .54 .46 .45 .39 .50 .67 .62 .50 .70 .74 .67 .57 .50 .60 .60 59 ymr301b 783 1193 .65 .60 .49 .58 .51 .61 .72 .53 .21B Av segment correlation .60 .56 .47 .47 .48 .52 .59 .55 .40 .54 .56 .43 .49 .57 .59 .58 .54 .62 .61 .51 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: mt112.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 1450 1475 1500 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1499 1524 1549 1574 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 YMR100A 1770 1998 .58 .57 .62 .59 .30B .19B .31A .60 2 YMR101C 1643 1998 .32A .28A .40 .51 .38B .53 .62 .68 .58 .43 .39 .38 .53 4 YMR104A 1560 1950 .42 .56 .59 .53 .42 .64 .68 .34 .27A .32B .44 .37 .47 .35 .22A .24A 6 YMR107A 1700 1998 .33 .37 .48 .59 .44B .33B .44 .55 .45 .54 7 YMR109B 1502 1655 .24A .29A .56 .59 .32A .23B 10 YMR114A 1592 1880 .72 .74 .73 .78 .80 .79 .74 .73 .63 .66 .68 .66 11 YMR116B 1834 1998 .67 .67 .61 .47 .59 12 YMR119A 1351 1532 .49 .47B .47 14 YMR120A 1533 1930 .51 .63 .76 .77 .71 .60 .55 .38 .37B .72 .72 .74 .75 .75 .77 .54 15 YMR123B 1518 1740 .65 .66 .68 .77 .71 .58 .46 .63 .64 17 YMR133A 1777 1940 .48 .53 .44 .60 .65 .44 18 YMR134A 1257 1778 .56 .50 .64 .65 .69 .80 .76 .73 .74 .71 .66 .61 .56 19 YMR134B 1350 1700 .71 .71 .67 .65 .73 .82 .75 .57 .47 .48 20 YMR134C 1317 1738 .56 .73 .73 .76 .80 .75 .76 .78 .69 .54 .50 21 YMR134D 1507 1998 .61 .70 .77 .83 .85 .79 .62 .49 .60 .59 .60 .57 .68 .78 .75 .73 .68 .78 22 YMR137A 1281 1998 .74 .68 .75 .75 .64 .73 .83 .84 .74 .63 .54 .45 .52 .65 .85 .82 .62 .58 .66 .77 23 YMR137B 1262 1998 .69 .66 .68 .65 .66 .74 .78 .72 .66 .63 .53 .48 .57 .62 .74 .69 .75 .71 .43 .67 24 YMR138A 1700 1880 .40 .52 .63 .73 .46 .37 .39 25 YMR140A 1579 1966 .36 .53 .47 .44 .55 .48 .50 .34 .28B .71 .67 .39B .33B .44 .60 26 YMR150A 1386 1995 .56 .53 .46 .39B .60 .70 .60 .55 .50 .44 .52 .58 .75 .78 .69 .66 .80 .84 .51 .64 27 YMR150B 1599 1998 .59 .60 .64 .60 .35 .27A .36 .55 .67 .66 .66 .74 .71 .63 .71 28 YMR151A 1738 1998 .36 .52 .61 .64 .69 .77 .72 .52 .64 31 YMR156B 1590 1998 .61 .63 .58 .73 .79 .80 .79 .73 .63 .54 .61 .76 .71 .48 .53 32 YMR158A 1777 1987 .28B .31B .57 .63 .63 .56 .48 33 YMR158B 1756 1998 .39 .36 .27A .39 .71 .78 .28A .41 34 YMR174B 1770 1998 .39 .41 .48 .55 .58 .57 .47 .57 35 YMR176A 1688 1998 .33 .38 .49 .70 .74 .82 .80 .79 .72 .44 .53 36 YMR176B 1764 1998 .51 .51 .76 .84 .81 .70 .51 .63 37 YMR190A 1843 1998 .57 .61 .71 .28B .48 38 YMR190B 1834 1998 .61 .63 .79 .38 .59 39 YMR191B 477 1631 .44 .53 .59 .41 .47 .60 .64 43 YMR208 1249 1506 .50 .46 47 YMR255 1027 1547 .56 .53 .55 52 YMR304 1396 1597 .25A .23A .42 .55 .58 54 YMR601 1286 1563 .49 .66 .70 .60 Av segment correlation .55 .56 .58 .58 .63 .68 .68 .61 .58 .56 .53 .50 .55 .56 .60 .61 .63 .62 .46 .58 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: mt112.rwl 12:04 Thu 24 Mar 2005 Page 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 1950 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 YMR100A 1770 1998 .53 2 YMR101C 1643 1998 .51 6 YMR107A 1700 1998 .65 11 YMR116B 1834 1998 .62 21 YMR134D 1507 1998 .75 22 YMR137A 1281 1998 .73 23 YMR137B 1262 1998 .70 26 YMR150A 1386 1995 .74 27 YMR150B 1599 1998 .72 28 YMR151A 1738 1998 .66 31 YMR156B 1590 1998 .61 32 YMR158A 1777 1987 .53 33 YMR158B 1756 1998 .62 34 YMR174B 1770 1998 .57 35 YMR176A 1688 1998 .67 36 YMR176B 1764 1998 .73 37 YMR190A 1843 1998 .50 38 YMR190B 1834 1998 .60 Av segment correlation .64 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: mt112.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 YMR100A 1770 1998 229 9 3 .466 .33 .56 .087 .483 .216 2.44 .337 .006 1 2 YMR101C 1643 1998 356 14 3 .470 .59 1.34 .240 .871 .159 2.50 .265 -.038 1 3 YMR103 480 734 255 10 3 .412 .45 .86 .110 .603 .165 2.72 .334 .017 1 4 YMR104A 1560 1950 391 16 4 .446 .26 .53 .101 .787 .201 2.67 .310 -.008 1 5 YMR106 680 980 301 12 0 .486 .24 .49 .081 .645 .218 2.77 .421 -.023 1 6 YMR107A 1700 1998 299 11 2 .451 .27 .65 .145 .922 .171 2.55 .262 -.025 1 7 YMR109B 1502 1655 154 6 4 .348 .24 .64 .106 .712 .271 2.56 .368 .028 1 8 YMR110 470 759 290 12 1 .520 .38 .92 .175 .754 .265 2.57 .416 -.027 1 9 YMR111 470 815 346 14 0 .554 .31 .75 .119 .764 .192 2.74 .385 .004 1 10 YMR114A 1592 1880 289 12 0 .712 .57 1.34 .266 .756 .225 2.48 .275 -.036 1 11 YMR116B 1834 1998 165 6 0 .608 .37 .64 .110 .651 .190 2.54 .447 -.050 1 12 YMR119A 1351 1532 182 7 1 .548 .67 1.19 .191 .769 .159 2.82 .431 -.010 1 13 YMR119B 1308 1462 155 6 0 .505 .46 .87 .142 .717 .175 2.84 .496 .021 2 14 YMR120A 1533 1930 398 16 1 .605 .57 1.97 .350 .909 .184 2.52 .277 -.023 2 15 YMR123B 1518 1740 223 9 0 .634 .46 1.04 .186 .792 .193 2.62 .393 -.018 2 16 YMR124 855 1413 559 22 2 .502 .44 1.65 .242 .907 .190 2.74 .364 -.013 1 17 YMR133A 1777 1940 164 6 0 .532 .52 1.16 .202 .802 .196 2.60 .434 -.034 1 18 YMR134A 1257 1778 522 21 0 .686 .39 1.26 .264 .929 .207 2.45 .290 -.017 1 19 YMR134B 1350 1700 351 14 0 .682 .37 1.07 .204 .884 .210 2.61 .349 -.021 1 20 YMR134C 1317 1738 422 17 0 .693 .37 .92 .186 .845 .213 2.73 .361 -.016 1 21 YMR134D 1507 1998 492 19 0 .685 .27 .78 .116 .793 .196 2.48 .306 .018 1 22 YMR137A 1281 1998 718 28 0 .686 .30 1.61 .189 .918 .203 2.64 .308 -.022 1 23 YMR137B 1262 1998 737 29 0 .665 .32 1.18 .175 .895 .182 2.65 .313 -.008 1 24 YMR138A 1700 1880 181 7 0 .477 .96 2.70 .506 .906 .193 2.63 .419 -.010 1 25 YMR140A 1579 1966 388 15 3 .451 .32 .65 .107 .634 .233 2.64 .375 -.006 2 26 YMR150A 1386 1995 610 24 1 .607 .44 .96 .130 .695 .177 2.64 .303 .000 2 27 YMR150B 1599 1998 400 16 1 .595 .55 1.61 .244 .858 .184 2.70 .391 -.014 5 28 YMR151A 1738 1998 261 10 0 .610 .46 1.11 .231 .903 .173 2.80 .442 -.026 1 29 YMR154A 1094 1414 321 13 0 .597 .25 .97 .150 .896 .167 2.41 .267 -.016 1 30 YMR154B 1089 1410 322 13 1 .488 .24 1.18 .194 .910 .209 2.43 .278 .011 1 31 YMR156B 1590 1998 409 16 0 .658 .39 1.52 .252 .857 .215 2.57 .240 -.023 2 32 YMR158A 1777 1987 211 8 2 .486 .58 1.66 .282 .810 .195 2.88 .413 -.060 1 33 YMR158B 1756 1998 243 9 2 .478 .85 2.45 .430 .863 .187 2.85 .412 -.027 1 34 YMR174B 1770 1998 229 9 0 .519 .33 .70 .111 .781 .169 2.67 .414 -.016 1 35 YMR176A 1688 1998 311 12 0 .621 .84 2.45 .347 .856 .177 2.58 .323 -.027 1 36 YMR176B 1764 1998 235 9 0 .687 .64 1.16 .182 .694 .190 2.42 .290 -.026 1 37 YMR190A 1843 1998 156 6 1 .498 1.37 3.26 .419 .727 .164 2.37 .288 -.034 1 38 YMR190B 1834 1998 165 6 0 .577 1.20 2.49 .402 .764 .190 2.41 .257 .005 1 39 YMR191B 477 1631 1155 46 1 .559 .38 1.17 .203 .843 .236 2.74 .322 -.007 3 40 YMR191C 846 1165 320 13 0 .618 .44 .88 .132 .631 .199 2.59 .327 .012 1 41 YMR194 989 1173 185 7 2 .356 .71 1.94 .374 .869 .199 2.74 .517 .012 1 42 YMR207 1199 1335 137 6 0 .589 .92 1.81 .242 .512 .211 2.58 .463 .000 1 43 YMR208 1249 1506 258 11 3 .448 .27 .54 .088 .784 .166 2.67 .450 -.052 2 44 YMR209 1027 1279 253 10 2 .449 .35 .92 .168 .883 .174 2.51 .348 -.038 1 45 YMR254 470 682 213 9 1 .575 .39 .80 .131 .693 .195 2.82 .425 -.045 1 46 YMR254B 470 673 204 8 0 .499 .35 .77 .122 .710 .207 2.59 .375 -.018 1 47 YMR255 1027 1547 521 20 4 .496 .33 .83 .121 .842 .160 2.60 .310 -.019 1 48 YMR257 1070 1267 198 8 0 .468 .57 1.12 .191 .701 .206 2.82 .481 -.063 1 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: mt112.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 YMR301 783 1390 608 24 3 .533 .35 1.65 .312 .962 .173 2.59 .265 -.009 2 50 YMR302 750 913 164 6 0 .381 .56 1.47 .235 .779 .194 2.74 .471 -.018 2 51 YMR303 1020 1180 161 7 1 .419 .46 .86 .153 .898 .122 2.74 .385 .022 1 52 YMR304 1396 1597 202 8 2 .394 .56 1.29 .308 .927 .172 2.66 .533 -.002 1 53 YMR403 998 1208 211 9 1 .513 .59 1.82 .371 .920 .160 2.68 .433 -.029 1 54 YMR601 1286 1563 278 11 2 .599 .41 1.01 .149 .798 .185 2.66 .356 -.026 1 55 YMR602 1230 1429 200 8 0 .521 .19 .59 .098 .871 .188 2.69 .466 -.024 2 56 YMR624A 567 820 254 10 0 .553 .36 .82 .107 .711 .173 2.57 .324 -.016 1 57 YMR624B 950 1369 420 16 0 .558 .21 .50 .076 .710 .214 2.57 .369 -.022 1 58 YMR624C 551 960 410 16 0 .554 .29 .66 .140 .863 .200 2.75 .376 .031 1 59 ymr301b 783 1193 411 16 1 .551 .45 1.60 .318 .959 .163 2.66 .394 .013 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 19203 758 58 .558 .43 3.26 .199 .817 .194 2.88 .349 -.013