Syria ABCI (Bedayat Al Khandak Al Tawil + Rawisat Almedeki) - syri002 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. Chronology file name : SYRI002.CRN Measurement file name : SYRI002.RWL Date checked : 02OCT07 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1795 Ending year : 2001 Principal investigators: Ramzi Touchan and Malcolm Hughes Site name : Bedayat Al Khandak Al Tawil + Rawisat Almedeki Site location : Syria Species information : ABCI CILICIAN FIR Latitude : 3534 Longitude : 3612 Elevation : 1450M Series intercorrelation: 0.514 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.319 Avg standard deviation : 0.848 Avg autocorrelation : 0.767 Number dated series : 35 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 14 Pct problem segments : 8.43 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Syria ABCI 09:46 Tue 02 Oct 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 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 BKTA02 1869 1995 .43 .48 .43 .35 .34 2 BKTA03 1924 2001 .70 .69 .63 .66 3 BKTA05 1924 2001 .64 .62 .70 .70 4 BKTA06 1903 2001 .62 .60 .52 .54 5 BKTA07 1830 1980 .38 .44 .59 .73 .39 .32A 6 BKTA08 1886 2001 .51 .51 .51 .61 .60 7 BKTA09 1882 2001 .17B .22A .36 .65 .68 8 BKTA10 1911 2001 .46 .53 .54 .54 9 BKTA11A 1907 2001 .56 .40 .38 .40 10 BKTA11B 1875 2001 .60 .72 .77 .72 .68 11 BKTA12 1840 2001 .42 .41 .27B .38 .37 .53 .53 12 BKTA13 1900 2001 .33 .39 .60 .65 13 BKTA14 1926 2001 .33A .50 .54 14 BKTA15 1896 2001 .40 .45 .62 .67 .71 15 BKTA16 1945 2001 .35 .39 .38 16 BKTA18 1896 2001 .33A .29A .62 .69 .71 17 BKTA20 1945 2001 .43 .66 .62 18 RWIA02 1854 2001 .42 .50 .65 .58 .45 .43 19 RWIA03 1906 2001 .53 .67 .69 .72 20 RWIA04 1941 2001 .55 .56 .62 21 RWIA05 1896 2000 .30B .39 .59 .58 .58 22 RWIA06 1900 2001 .26A .67 .80 .81 23 RWIA07 1795 2001 .43 .45 .66 .62 .46 .40 .53 .50 24 RWIA09 1886 2001 .64 .68 .75 .78 .79 25 RWIA10 1853 2001 .37 .41 .40B .50 .65 .65 26 RWIA11A 1871 2001 .60 .67 .66 .62 .57 .58 27 RWIA11B 1875 2001 .59 .72 .81 .77 .77 28 RWIA13 1823 2001 .44 .41 .32A .35 .35 .48 .56 .49 29 RWIA14 1910 2001 .24A .34 .50 .50 30 RWIA15 1878 2001 .25B .38 .63 .45 .48 31 RWIA16 1836 1950 .41 .52 .49 .53 .53 32 RWIA17 1910 2001 .38 .59 .68 .67 33 RWIA18 1910 2001 .49 .58 .67 .67 34 RWIA19 1941 2001 .61 .75 .76 35 RWIA20 1881 2001 .34B .41 .54 .47 .47 Av segment correlation .43 .41 .46 .45 .49 .54 .59 .61 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Syria ABCI 09:46 Tue 02 Oct 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 BKTA02 1869 1995 127 5 0 .410 .73 4.44 .673 .830 .316 2.63 .339 -.012 1 2 BKTA03 1924 2001 78 4 0 .682 .61 1.85 .271 .619 .284 2.86 .489 -.050 1 3 BKTA05 1924 2001 78 4 0 .671 1.15 4.33 .908 .758 .333 2.94 .553 -.036 1 4 BKTA06 1903 2001 99 4 0 .572 .99 2.94 .502 .580 .342 2.99 .534 -.048 1 5 BKTA07 1830 1980 151 6 1 .412 1.00 4.82 .859 .882 .296 2.75 .517 .027 1 6 BKTA08 1886 2001 116 5 0 .519 1.10 4.61 .705 .824 .259 2.68 .538 -.155 1 7 BKTA09 1882 2001 120 5 2 .409 1.13 2.79 .542 .713 .308 2.58 .380 -.029 1 8 BKTA10 1911 2001 91 4 0 .495 .82 6.95 .937 .716 .264 2.90 .427 -.053 1 9 BKTA11A 1907 2001 95 4 0 .479 1.59 6.67 .975 .628 .335 2.82 .448 -.036 2 10 BKTA11B 1875 2001 127 5 0 .663 1.17 3.83 .898 .923 .258 2.85 .569 .039 1 11 BKTA12 1840 2001 162 7 1 .422 .85 3.33 .678 .800 .341 2.89 .427 -.023 1 12 BKTA13 1900 2001 102 4 0 .491 .60 3.32 .401 .503 .364 3.16 .550 -.078 1 13 BKTA14 1926 2001 76 3 1 .404 .97 4.25 .771 .610 .383 3.08 .511 .028 1 14 BKTA15 1896 2001 106 5 0 .543 1.50 4.91 .882 .751 .298 2.80 .452 .037 1 15 BKTA16 1945 2001 57 3 0 .352 2.29 4.26 .917 .765 .223 2.62 .524 -.108 1 16 BKTA18 1896 2001 106 5 2 .504 1.25 5.44 1.372 .770 .474 3.10 .479 .102 1 17 BKTA20 1945 2001 57 3 0 .397 1.84 5.29 1.013 .767 .296 2.66 .440 .047 1 18 RWIA02 1854 2001 148 6 0 .533 .62 4.08 .773 .892 .266 2.88 .363 -.050 1 19 RWIA03 1906 2001 96 4 0 .642 1.10 5.13 1.063 .910 .280 2.78 .395 .081 1 20 RWIA04 1941 2001 61 3 0 .570 1.60 3.79 .666 .746 .210 2.49 .416 .001 2 21 RWIA05 1896 2000 105 5 1 .483 1.32 3.92 .928 .738 .372 2.74 .527 -.031 1 22 RWIA06 1900 2001 102 4 1 .600 1.10 7.05 1.295 .692 .352 2.99 .402 .052 1 23 RWIA07 1795 2001 207 8 0 .468 1.12 4.32 .892 .832 .363 2.95 .435 -.021 1 24 RWIA09 1886 2001 116 5 0 .722 .73 3.89 .742 .898 .276 2.54 .383 -.006 2 25 RWIA10 1853 2001 149 6 1 .490 .84 3.09 .622 .786 .342 2.88 .388 -.006 2 26 RWIA11A 1871 2001 131 6 0 .606 1.05 5.89 1.137 .916 .268 2.69 .413 -.011 1 27 RWIA11B 1875 2001 127 5 0 .714 1.20 4.00 .908 .922 .255 2.72 .429 .028 1 28 RWIA13 1823 2001 179 8 1 .398 .51 4.50 .542 .783 .326 2.85 .394 -.010 1 29 RWIA14 1910 2001 92 4 1 .342 1.16 6.31 .813 .640 .333 3.15 .442 .053 1 30 RWIA15 1878 2001 124 5 1 .419 1.50 5.93 1.300 .753 .394 2.69 .407 .020 1 31 RWIA16 1836 1950 115 5 0 .474 1.20 4.13 .775 .659 .335 2.69 .475 .030 1 32 RWIA17 1910 2001 92 4 0 .568 1.01 11.19 1.491 .765 .268 2.92 .509 .004 1 33 RWIA18 1910 2001 92 4 0 .607 1.36 3.76 .758 .718 .307 2.47 .405 .006 1 34 RWIA19 1941 2001 61 3 0 .625 .95 4.93 .681 .528 .322 2.77 .658 -.087 1 35 RWIA20 1881 2001 121 5 1 .463 1.54 7.01 1.171 .679 .396 2.84 .470 .060 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 3866 166 14 .514 1.08 11.19 .848 .767 .319 3.16 .452 -.005