Kumat Bani Mata, Syria - syri001 Additional Site Information Ramzi Touchan and Malcolm Hughes Measurement type: Total ring width Detrending: 67 cubic smoothing spline with 50 cutoff frequency Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses Location of core material: Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona Reference: Touchan, R., E. Xoplaki, G. Funkhouser, J. Luterbacher, M.K. Hughes, N. Erkan, Ü. Akkemik, and J. Stephan. 2005. Reconstructions of Spring/Summer Precipitation for the Eastern Mediterranean from Tree-Ring Widths and its Connection to Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation. Climate Dynamics, 25:75-98. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : SYRI001.CRN Measurement file name : SYRI001.RWL Date checked : 29JAN07 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1837 Ending year : 2001 Principal investigators: Ramzi Touchan and Malcolm Hughes Site name : Kumat Bani Mata Site location : Syria Species information : CDLI CEDAR OF LEBANON Latitude : 3536 Longitude : 3613 Elevation : 1450M Series intercorrelation: 0.560 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.348 Avg standard deviation : 0.774 Avg autocorrelation : 0.586 Number dated series : 20 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 2 Pct problem segments : 2.35 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Kumat Bani Mata 15:28 Mon 29 Jan 2007 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 KNMC01 1870 2001 .51 .47 .41 .63 .79 .78 2 KNMC02 1860 2001 .45 .24B .33 .69 .73 .72 3 KNMC03 1837 2001 .24B .42 .67 .69 .67 .66 4 KNMC04 1942 2001 .67 .65 .68 5 KNMC05A 1920 2001 .65 .67 .70 .69 6 KNMC05B 1881 2001 .48 .65 .69 .72 .73 7 KNMC06 1863 2001 .39 .47 .67 .72 .65 .66 8 KNMC08 1898 2001 .65 .70 .66 .68 .68 9 KNMC09 1954 2001 .64 10 KNMC10 1920 2001 .35 .37 .53 .62 11 KNMC11 1937 2001 .69 .72 .73 12 KNMC12 1949 2001 .49 .49 .48 13 KNMC13 1919 2001 .57 .59 .60 .61 14 KNMC14 1953 2001 .64 15 KNMC15 1901 2001 .56 .66 .37 .36 16 KNMC16 1862 2001 .43 .50 .71 .79 .70 .70 17 KNMC17 1929 2001 .59 .57 .57 18 KNMC18 1883 2001 .34 .33 .41 .51 .51 19 KNMC19 1895 2001 .36 .41 .60 .59 .58 20 KNMC20 1883 2001 .53 .57 .53 .61 .58 Av segment correlation .40 .45 .54 .62 .63 .63 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Kumat Bani Mata 15:28 Mon 29 Jan 2007 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 KNMC01 1870 2001 132 6 0 .636 1.15 3.88 .633 .560 .409 2.85 .459 -.077 1 2 KNMC02 1860 2001 142 6 1 .522 1.29 3.89 .623 .434 .339 2.72 .417 -.024 1 3 KNMC03 1837 2001 165 6 1 .490 1.43 6.63 .924 .669 .298 2.96 .422 -.007 1 4 KNMC04 1942 2001 60 3 0 .661 2.12 4.98 .871 .501 .301 2.59 .420 -.043 3 5 KNMC05A 1920 2001 82 4 0 .678 .93 2.18 .419 .407 .371 2.69 .504 .065 1 6 KNMC05B 1881 2001 121 5 0 .640 .95 3.51 .595 .789 .334 2.60 .451 -.017 2 7 KNMC06 1863 2001 139 6 0 .586 1.24 4.32 .665 .688 .342 2.59 .395 -.009 5 8 KNMC08 1898 2001 104 5 0 .668 1.73 6.26 1.112 .753 .342 2.55 .425 -.070 1 9 KNMC09 1954 2001 48 1 0 .638 2.83 3.83 .683 .307 .246 2.47 .602 .007 1 10 KNMC10 1920 2001 82 4 0 .418 1.26 4.53 .957 .763 .348 2.59 .436 .003 1 11 KNMC11 1937 2001 65 3 0 .662 2.79 4.89 .829 .336 .289 2.63 .520 .008 1 12 KNMC12 1949 2001 53 3 0 .495 1.59 2.69 .525 .195 .364 2.47 .482 -.002 2 13 KNMC13 1919 2001 83 4 0 .582 1.14 3.22 .552 .501 .404 2.69 .581 -.010 1 14 KNMC14 1953 2001 49 1 0 .640 2.21 4.91 1.011 .535 .333 2.58 .488 -.070 1 15 KNMC15 1901 2001 101 4 0 .448 1.57 3.84 .593 .436 .341 2.73 .626 -.014 1 16 KNMC16 1862 2001 140 6 0 .600 1.49 8.52 .998 .630 .327 2.57 .336 -.012 1 17 KNMC17 1929 2001 73 3 0 .513 1.64 5.12 .719 .520 .321 2.60 .510 -.027 1 18 KNMC18 1883 2001 119 5 0 .393 .95 3.12 .581 .624 .367 2.83 .393 -.015 5 19 KNMC19 1895 2001 107 5 0 .497 .84 2.52 .536 .772 .392 2.61 .424 -.016 1 20 KNMC20 1883 2001 119 5 0 .559 1.81 9.17 1.485 .675 .418 2.92 .465 -.050 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 1984 85 2 .560 1.44 9.17 .774 .586 .348 2.96 .454 -.020