Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal - NEPA054 Additional Site Information N.P. Gaire M. Koirala D.R. Bhuju M. Carrer Measurement type: Total ring width References: Gaire, N.P.; Koirala, M.; Bhuju, D.R.; Carrer, M. 2017. Site- and species-specific treeline responses to climatic variability in eastern Nepal Himalaya. Dendrochronologia, Vol. 41, pp. 44-56. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2016.03.001 Thapa, U.K.; St. George, S.; Kharal, D.K.; Gaire, N.P. 2017. Tree growth across the Nepal Himalaya during the last four centuries. Progress in Physical Geography, doi: 10.1177/0309133317714247 Funded by: Nepal Academy of Science and Technology PhD Fellowship University of Minnesota Herbert E. Wright, Jr., Quaternary Paleoecology Fellowship, University of Minnesota Faculty Research Award COFECHA output: Chronology file name : NEPA054.CRN Measurement file name : NEPA054.RWL Date checked : 14JUL17 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1831 Ending year : 2011 Principal investigators: N.P. Gaire M. Koirala D.R. Bhuju M. Carrer Site name : Sagarmatha National Park Site location : Nepal Species information : BEUT HIMALAYAN BIRCH Latitude : 2757 Longitude : 08651 Elevation : 4100M Series intercorrelation: 0.554 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.274 Avg standard deviation : 0.431 Avg autocorrelation : 0.754 Number dated series : 39 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 8 Pct problem segments : 5.10 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Sagarmatha National Park 16:04 Fri 14 Jul 2017 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 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 BEUT509A 1905 2011 .55 .58 .62 .66 2 BEUT444A 1865 2011 .52 .41 .39 .59 .49 .46 3 BEUT362A 1933 2011 .30A .41 .37 4 BEUT212A 1912 2011 .46 .54 .65 .66 5 BEUT206B 1906 2011 .55 .76 .75 .75 6 BEUT206A 1905 2011 .45 .69 .72 .76 7 BEUT204B 1874 2011 .46 .42 .55 .71 .65 .68 8 BEUT204A 1873 2011 .39 .32B .46B .64 .74 .75 9 BEUT079B 1929 2011 .46 .60 .60 10 BEUT075A 1948 2011 .63 .57 .53 11 BEUT072B 1947 2011 .69 .72 .78 12 BEUT072A 1947 2011 .68 .72 .80 13 BEUT066B 1917 2011 .44 .56 .56 .53 14 BEUT018B 1920 2011 .45 .46 .53 .60 15 BEUT009B 1956 2011 .55 .59 16 BEUT009A 1956 2011 .54 .59 17 BEUT081A 1876 2009 .37 .50 .67 .61 .56 18 BEUT410B 1879 2008 .71 .69 .63 .63 .53 19 BEUT410A 1865 2008 .51 .53 .59 .56 .65 .49 20 BEUT081B 1831 2008 .42 .51 .54 .56 .62 .71 21 BEUT444C 1877 2007 .53 .42 .60 .63 .67 22 BEUT428A 1901 2007 .57 .73 .82 .82 23 BEUT411B 1911 2007 .60 .67 .77 .77 24 BEUT411A 1911 2007 .59 .63 .77 .73 25 BEUT410C 1851 2007 .46 .59 .65 .55 .54 .58 26 BEUT368A 1926 2007 .43 .46 .43 27 BEUT355B 1939 2007 .44 .49 .58 28 BEUT355A 1939 2007 .69 .72 .79 29 BEUT338C 1903 2007 .41 .38 .65 .63 30 BEUT267B 1938 2007 .36 .48 .52 31 BEUT208A 1886 2007 .37 .58 .62 .61 .60 32 BEUT206C 1874 2007 .14B .19B .60 .73 .79 .76 33 BEUT267C 1948 2006 .42 .42 .44 34 BEUT195A 1937 2006 .43 .46 .51 35 BEUT018A 1920 2006 .52 .53 .41 .21B 36 BEUT507B 1866 2004 .42B .36B .42 .56 .58 .49 37 BEUT251B 1927 2003 .38 .63 .62 38 BEUT073A 1939 2003 .38 .42 .41 39 BEUT205A 1933 1998 .53 .72 Av segment correlation .42 .44 .52 .56 .61 .60 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Sagarmatha National Park 16:04 Fri 14 Jul 2017 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 BEUT509A 1905 2011 107 4 0 .593 .90 2.19 .492 .904 .186 2.69 .483 -.034 2 2 BEUT444A 1865 2011 147 6 0 .497 1.22 3.87 .626 .666 .323 2.98 .471 .081 1 3 BEUT362A 1933 2011 79 3 1 .416 .56 1.49 .309 .708 .287 2.81 .496 -.035 1 4 BEUT212A 1912 2011 100 4 0 .568 1.00 3.15 .641 .823 .253 2.99 .455 .040 1 5 BEUT206B 1906 2011 106 4 0 .689 .59 1.76 .306 .641 .385 3.00 .491 .052 1 6 BEUT206A 1905 2011 107 4 0 .635 .96 2.99 .511 .675 .275 3.12 .515 -.008 1 7 BEUT204B 1874 2011 138 6 0 .599 .71 1.65 .349 .816 .247 2.63 .410 .023 3 8 BEUT204A 1873 2011 139 6 2 .565 .58 1.40 .284 .741 .311 2.65 .473 .052 1 9 BEUT079B 1929 2011 83 3 0 .547 1.27 3.80 .773 .892 .192 2.86 .465 .094 1 10 BEUT075A 1948 2011 64 3 0 .583 .96 3.11 .527 .591 .295 2.97 .535 .011 1 11 BEUT072B 1947 2011 65 3 0 .708 .94 2.56 .387 .668 .198 3.01 .563 .093 1 12 BEUT072A 1947 2011 65 3 0 .705 .71 1.97 .261 .438 .213 2.86 .483 .146 1 13 BEUT066B 1917 2011 95 4 0 .485 1.07 4.50 .708 .715 .330 2.62 .437 -.031 3 14 BEUT018B 1920 2011 92 4 0 .509 .53 1.52 .268 .761 .244 2.99 .474 .109 1 15 BEUT009B 1956 2011 56 2 0 .541 1.05 2.29 .413 .694 .251 2.75 .577 .037 2 16 BEUT009A 1956 2011 56 2 0 .561 1.09 3.04 .496 .551 .250 3.02 .552 .130 1 17 BEUT081A 1876 2009 134 5 0 .492 .79 2.64 .521 .870 .293 2.72 .448 .015 2 18 BEUT410B 1879 2008 130 5 0 .614 .61 2.32 .442 .920 .213 2.59 .468 .033 1 19 BEUT410A 1865 2008 144 6 0 .539 .75 2.74 .571 .920 .232 2.76 .459 -.031 1 20 BEUT081B 1831 2008 178 6 0 .546 .55 1.34 .278 .740 .264 2.98 .523 .060 1 21 BEUT444C 1877 2007 131 5 0 .575 .64 2.02 .295 .578 .288 2.93 .442 .014 1 22 BEUT428A 1901 2007 107 4 0 .733 .44 1.70 .301 .802 .301 2.95 .476 -.039 1 23 BEUT411B 1911 2007 97 4 0 .695 .74 1.85 .371 .674 .268 2.84 .390 -.018 2 24 BEUT411A 1911 2007 97 4 0 .663 .72 2.08 .389 .652 .287 3.00 .476 -.012 2 25 BEUT410C 1851 2007 157 6 0 .553 .76 2.64 .535 .867 .293 2.75 .396 -.010 1 26 BEUT368A 1926 2007 82 3 0 .419 .81 1.62 .326 .799 .224 2.70 .473 .040 2 27 BEUT355B 1939 2007 69 3 0 .548 .69 2.03 .379 .757 .277 2.70 .509 -.025 1 28 BEUT355A 1939 2007 69 3 0 .725 .74 1.97 .355 .752 .255 2.86 .507 .022 1 29 BEUT338C 1903 2007 105 4 0 .505 .93 1.91 .426 .821 .265 2.44 .376 -.085 1 30 BEUT267B 1938 2007 70 3 0 .467 .87 1.56 .278 .627 .256 2.64 .557 .061 1 31 BEUT208A 1886 2007 122 5 0 .517 .98 1.91 .395 .772 .224 2.61 .418 .023 1 32 BEUT206C 1874 2007 134 6 2 .554 .54 3.37 .456 .753 .337 3.08 .418 .017 1 33 BEUT267C 1948 2006 59 3 0 .464 .86 1.47 .299 .567 .294 2.52 .534 .024 2 34 BEUT195A 1937 2006 70 3 0 .524 .63 1.41 .334 .781 .253 2.56 .399 -.127 2 35 BEUT018A 1920 2006 87 4 1 .295 .57 1.69 .300 .646 .311 3.01 .516 .029 1 36 BEUT507B 1866 2004 139 6 2 .436 .73 1.97 .408 .765 .336 2.54 .349 .029 1 37 BEUT251B 1927 2003 77 3 0 .482 .81 2.82 .632 .825 .281 2.76 .406 .060 1 38 BEUT073A 1939 2003 65 3 0 .449 .54 1.98 .482 .949 .264 2.74 .454 -.146 1 39 BEUT205A 1933 1998 66 2 0 .614 1.04 2.67 .647 .825 .296 2.89 .602 .133 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 3888 157 8 .554 .78 4.50 .431 .754 .274 3.12 .465 .020