Mt. Moehau, New Zealand - newz089 Additional information Jonathan Palmer Purpose of Collection: Climatology Detrend method: ARSTAN: Smoothing spline with 200 cutoff Cores are stored at: Tree-Ring Lab School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science The University of Auckland 10 Symonds Street Auckland, New Zealand Cores available to view at the lab. References: Cores collected for ecology and climatology (masters) research by Jonathan Palmer in 1980/81. The data was reworked in 2001. See Boswijk, G. and Palmer, J.G., 2001 Tree-ring analysis of kauri (Agathis australis) from Mt Moehau, Coromandel Peninsula. Department of Geography Working Paper 11, The University of Auckland. Moehau has been excluded from ENSO research to date. For further details see: Fowler, A., Boswijk, G. and Ogden, J. 2004. Tree-Ring Studies on Agathis australis (kauri): A Synthesis of Development Work on Late Holocene Chronologies. Tree-Ring Research 60(1): 15-29 Fowler, A.M., Boswijk, G., Gergis, J. and Lorrey, A. 2008. ENSO history recorded in Agathis australis (kauri) tree rings: Part A: kauri's potential as an ENSO proxy. International Journal of Climatology 28: 1-20 COFECHA output: Chronology file name : NEWZ089.CRN Measurement file name : NEWZ089.RWL Date checked : 20FEB09 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1360 Ending year : 1980 Principal investigators: Jonathan Palmer Site name : Mt. Moehau Site location : New Zealand Species information : AGAU KAURI PINE Latitude : -3613 Longitude : 17502 Elevation : 650M Series intercorrelation: 0.537 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.406 Avg standard deviation : 0.668 Avg autocorrelation : 0.575 Number dated series : 56 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 39 Pct problem segments : 10.10 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Mt. Moehau 14:54 Fri 20 Feb 2009 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 1375 1400 1425 1450 1475 1500 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1424 1449 1474 1499 1524 1549 1574 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 MOE002A 1858 1978 .21B 2 MOE002B 1858 1944 .18B 9 MOE003A 1765 1978 .66 .64 .45 .47 .56 10 MOE003C 1734 1979 .44 .67 .65 .50 .57 .55 11 MOE003D 1772 1979 .67 .66 .70 .71 .54 12 MOE004A 1762 1924 .60 .59 .58 .64 .67 13 MOE004B 1758 1964 .41B .52B .69 .66 .72 14 MOE004C 1711 1979 .31A .29A .41 .61 .65 .66 .60 15 MOE004D 1793 1980 .68 .68 .64 .65 16 MOE004H 1767 1928 .55 .54 .67 .72 .65 17 MOE006A 1675 1849 .61 .67 .66 .62 .68 .63 18 MOE006C 1695 1845 .58 .65 .64 .58 .60 .45 19 MOE006H 1660 1859 .53 .55 .65 .73 .75 .74 .65 .58 20 MOE006K 1616 1858 .30A .46 .60 .51 .59 .68 .73 .74 .62 .55 21 MOE008A 1487 1617 .20A .55 .42 .55 .83 22 MOE008B 1527 1880 .53 .65 .69 .44 .20B .25B .36 .55 .73 .77 .77 .72 .71 .73 23 MOE008C 1600 1800 .54 .34 .50 .59 .63 .65 .78 .71 24 MOE008D 1500 1791 .65 .64 .54 .62 .53 .55 .43 .35 .51 .42 .48 25 MOE008M 1637 1792 .40 .48 .38 .51 .63 .58 26 MOE018A 1794 1979 .44 .56 .73 .61 27 MOE018B 1794 1979 .36 .53 .73 .69 28 MOE018C 1738 1979 -.08B-.03B .14B .42 .52 .47 29 MOE018D 1773 1979 .32A .30A .49 .61 .60 30 MOE019C 1463 1692 .13B .32B .63 .67 .79 .74 .60 .76 .65 31 MOE020A 1381 1682 .61 .53 .25B .26B .54 .73 .74 .73 .79 .75 .72 .70 32 MOE020B 1386 1599 .59 .60 .44 .40 .63 .72 .63 .58 33 MOE020C 1420 1682 .25B .21B .08B .52 .71 .71 .78 .77 .69 .67 .67 34 MOE020D 1360 1439 .57 .51 35 MOE020M 1465 1529 .51 .57 .57 36 MOE020N 1534 1593 .45 .60 37 MOE021A 1857 1979 .42 38 MOE021B 1857 1962 .40 39 MOE021C 1821 1980 .49 .51 .58 40 MOE021D 1821 1957 .45 .45 .43 41 MOE027A 1714 1979 .51 .47 .23B .31A .45 .41 .22B 42 MOE027B 1744 1979 .31A .30B .58 .34 .31A .31A 43 MOE029A 1868 1979 .41 44 MOE029B 1868 1979 .40 47 MOE034A 1768 1915 .43 .46 .65 .65 .55 48 MOE034B 1768 1914 .42 .43 .68 .70 .61 49 MOE035A 1813 1979 .52 .60 .45 50 MOE035B 1809 1979 .42 .48 .44 51 MOE035C 1808 1912 .61 .66 .54 53 MOE036C 1812 1980 .62 .56 .56 54 MOE050A 1492 1707 .37 .34 .48B .63 .61 .47 .49 .77 .67 55 MOE050B 1647 1980 .70 .68 .51 .50 .71 .84 .75 .74 .75 .72 56 MOE050C 1653 1895 .66 .53 .55 .71 .84 .69 .46 .48 .46 Av segment correlation .59 .47 .30 .28 .45 .61 .58 .65 .72 .54 .53 .58 .51 .55 .53 .55 .57 .57 .60 .51 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Mt. Moehau 14:54 Fri 20 Feb 2009 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 1875 1900 1925 1950 1924 1949 1974 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 MOE002A 1858 1978 .51 .72 .62 .57 2 MOE002B 1858 1944 .43 .51 3 MOE002C 1898 1979 .63 .64 .68 .61 4 MOE002D 1877 1979 .46 .65 .63 .58 5 MOE002E 1877 1956 .31A .70 .68 6 MOE002F 1891 1977 .47 .57 .63 .61 7 MOE002H 1891 1978 .46 .55 .64 .61 8 MOE002K 1908 1979 .54 .66 .56 9 MOE003A 1765 1978 .66 .69 .55 .47 10 MOE003C 1734 1979 .68 .62 .55 .57 11 MOE003D 1772 1979 .47 .62 .65 .66 12 MOE004A 1762 1924 .75 13 MOE004B 1758 1964 .78 .76 .74 14 MOE004C 1711 1979 .67 .68 .72 .73 15 MOE004D 1793 1980 .80 .74 .72 .76 16 MOE004H 1767 1928 .68 .50 26 MOE018A 1794 1979 .48 .56 .58 .54 27 MOE018B 1794 1979 .66 .71 .65 .64 28 MOE018C 1738 1979 .53 .55 .50 .51 29 MOE018D 1773 1979 .54 .50 .41 .39 37 MOE021A 1857 1979 .37 .62 .71 .73 38 MOE021B 1857 1962 .32B .39 .51 39 MOE021C 1821 1980 .55 .63 .73 .72 40 MOE021D 1821 1957 .37B .40 .42 41 MOE027A 1714 1979 .23B .49 .35 .25A 42 MOE027B 1744 1979 .37 .48 .31B .24B 43 MOE029A 1868 1979 .41 .70 .55 .47 44 MOE029B 1868 1979 .36 .59 .73 .71 45 MOE029C 1907 1975 .55 .66 .69 46 MOE029D 1907 1980 .49 .66 .66 47 MOE034A 1768 1915 .58 48 MOE034B 1768 1914 .55 49 MOE035A 1813 1979 .37 .43 .56 .58 50 MOE035B 1809 1979 .42 .49 .50 .56 51 MOE035C 1808 1912 .34 52 MOE036A 1877 1980 .35 .45 .59 .57 53 MOE036C 1812 1980 .41 .47 .53 .48 55 MOE050B 1647 1980 .66 .24B .31A .34 Av segment correlation .50 .57 .59 .56 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Mt. Moehau 14:54 Fri 20 Feb 2009 Page 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 MOE002A 1858 1978 121 5 1 .429 .96 2.63 .558 .615 .395 2.67 .469 -.023 3 2 MOE002B 1858 1944 87 3 1 .474 .93 2.16 .480 .588 .438 2.37 .324 -.043 3 3 MOE002C 1898 1979 82 4 0 .635 1.08 2.41 .576 .680 .399 2.57 .493 -.027 2 4 MOE002D 1877 1979 103 4 0 .514 .96 2.02 .407 .337 .420 2.56 .354 -.021 3 5 MOE002E 1877 1956 80 3 1 .490 1.49 3.98 .659 .485 .363 2.59 .464 .002 2 6 MOE002F 1891 1977 87 4 0 .511 1.27 2.99 .696 .713 .403 2.65 .504 -.014 3 7 MOE002H 1891 1978 88 4 0 .568 1.28 3.01 .705 .697 .435 2.64 .525 -.034 3 8 MOE002K 1908 1979 72 3 0 .493 1.46 2.87 .662 .479 .351 2.69 .534 -.040 1 9 MOE003A 1765 1978 214 9 0 .564 1.59 4.78 .807 .318 .465 2.66 .374 -.009 3 10 MOE003C 1734 1979 246 10 0 .524 1.54 3.57 .699 .201 .466 2.78 .448 -.003 3 11 MOE003D 1772 1979 208 9 0 .629 1.38 3.53 .682 .375 .495 2.62 .354 .016 3 12 MOE004A 1762 1924 163 6 0 .614 1.33 2.81 .528 .559 .314 2.62 .460 -.021 2 13 MOE004B 1758 1964 207 8 2 .607 1.21 3.08 .560 .574 .406 2.47 .381 -.050 2 14 MOE004C 1711 1979 269 11 2 .569 1.31 3.18 .681 .648 .372 2.57 .443 -.041 2 15 MOE004D 1793 1980 188 8 0 .698 1.52 3.54 .632 .460 .371 2.52 .362 -.026 2 16 MOE004H 1767 1928 162 7 0 .602 1.36 3.43 .602 .649 .320 2.76 .516 -.050 1 17 MOE006A 1675 1849 175 6 0 .636 1.25 2.47 .464 .307 .370 2.64 .509 -.014 2 18 MOE006C 1695 1845 151 6 0 .562 .94 2.39 .455 .414 .439 2.60 .448 -.018 2 19 MOE006H 1660 1859 200 8 0 .633 1.04 2.79 .445 .429 .384 2.60 .506 -.047 2 20 MOE006K 1616 1858 243 10 1 .572 1.11 2.18 .409 .246 .393 2.60 .458 -.017 2 21 MOE008A 1487 1617 131 5 1 .522 1.49 3.67 .659 .636 .272 2.81 .478 -.055 1 22 MOE008B 1527 1880 354 14 2 .555 .87 3.61 .542 .640 .415 3.09 .408 .007 3 23 MOE008C 1600 1800 201 8 0 .556 1.35 3.96 .785 .676 .391 2.61 .332 -.014 2 24 MOE008D 1500 1791 292 11 0 .526 1.18 3.62 .723 .781 .385 2.76 .397 .006 3 25 MOE008M 1637 1792 156 6 0 .494 .76 2.58 .475 .677 .428 2.79 .444 -.011 2 26 MOE018A 1794 1979 186 8 0 .512 1.13 3.83 .767 .601 .614 2.71 .477 -.076 1 27 MOE018B 1794 1979 186 8 0 .605 1.07 3.24 .667 .355 .651 2.78 .459 -.078 3 28 MOE018C 1738 1979 242 10 3 .295 1.01 3.79 .789 .551 .592 2.68 .438 -.035 3 29 MOE018D 1773 1979 207 9 2 .476 .92 3.12 .679 .587 .660 2.67 .522 -.079 1 30 MOE019C 1463 1692 230 9 2 .559 1.19 3.35 .655 .842 .249 2.54 .335 -.066 1 31 MOE020A 1381 1682 302 12 2 .631 1.12 3.91 .724 .871 .291 2.61 .449 -.096 1 32 MOE020B 1386 1599 214 8 0 .584 1.24 3.70 .684 .830 .237 2.88 .388 -.014 1 33 MOE020C 1420 1682 263 11 3 .598 1.21 3.41 .582 .754 .257 2.67 .470 -.041 1 34 MOE020D 1360 1439 80 2 0 .530 1.72 4.19 .538 .315 .232 3.05 .535 -.053 1 35 MOE020M 1465 1529 65 3 0 .489 1.39 2.80 .581 .780 .198 2.85 .482 .034 2 36 MOE020N 1534 1593 60 2 0 .541 .59 1.19 .269 .717 .289 2.45 .504 -.053 1 37 MOE021A 1857 1979 123 5 0 .569 1.49 4.22 .862 .750 .322 2.66 .465 -.017 1 38 MOE021B 1857 1962 106 4 1 .420 1.35 4.07 .827 .737 .349 2.54 .435 -.030 1 39 MOE021C 1821 1980 160 7 0 .584 .99 3.51 .601 .710 .359 2.63 .455 -.049 1 40 MOE021D 1821 1957 137 6 1 .425 1.31 4.79 .895 .840 .279 2.56 .417 -.033 1 41 MOE027A 1714 1979 266 11 5 .343 1.60 4.64 1.079 .868 .333 2.76 .448 -.038 2 42 MOE027B 1744 1979 236 10 6 .325 1.68 5.10 .967 .790 .352 2.45 .282 -.032 3 43 MOE029A 1868 1979 112 5 0 .470 .85 2.38 .441 .201 .504 2.66 .499 -.010 3 44 MOE029B 1868 1979 112 5 0 .533 1.32 4.15 .819 .688 .463 2.81 .496 -.021 2 45 MOE029C 1907 1975 69 3 0 .586 1.29 3.00 .628 .356 .536 2.77 .668 -.033 2 46 MOE029D 1907 1980 74 3 0 .561 1.33 2.91 .665 .376 .513 2.59 .428 .042 1 47 MOE034A 1768 1915 148 6 0 .554 1.76 3.89 .799 .623 .301 2.72 .430 -.016 1 48 MOE034B 1768 1914 147 6 0 .536 1.83 4.35 .935 .539 .387 2.75 .456 .029 1 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Mt. Moehau 14:54 Fri 20 Feb 2009 Page 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 MOE035A 1813 1979 167 7 0 .462 .97 5.08 .987 .847 .300 2.99 .422 .028 1 50 MOE035B 1809 1979 171 7 0 .447 .88 3.69 .608 .821 .255 2.80 .418 .021 1 51 MOE035C 1808 1912 105 4 0 .528 .44 1.23 .242 .713 .331 2.76 .593 -.016 1 52 MOE036A 1877 1980 104 4 0 .494 1.42 5.22 .864 .529 .534 2.81 .586 -.086 1 53 MOE036C 1812 1980 169 7 0 .526 1.41 4.01 .619 .478 .355 2.54 .420 -.056 1 54 MOE050A 1492 1707 216 9 1 .515 1.10 3.68 .640 .472 .478 2.89 .558 .001 2 55 MOE050B 1647 1980 334 14 2 .602 1.08 3.61 .665 .258 .622 2.70 .450 -.002 4 56 MOE050C 1653 1895 243 9 0 .600 1.23 3.41 .662 .172 .587 2.68 .379 .031 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 9514 386 39 .537 1.22 5.22 .668 .575 .406 3.09 .441 -.025