Syria PIBR (Atera + Bait Hamik + Mafrak Bait Ablak) - syri003 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 : SYRI003.CRN Measurement file name : SYRI003.RWL Date checked : 02OCT07 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1882 Ending year : 2001 Principal investigators: Ramzi Touchan and Malcolm Hughes Site name : Atera + Bait Hamik + Mafrak Bait Ablak Site location : Syria Species information : PIBR CALABRIAN PINE Latitude : 3547 Longitude : 3601 Elevation : 480M Series intercorrelation: 0.478 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.240 Avg standard deviation : 1.209 Avg autocorrelation : 0.803 Number dated series : 40 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 11 Pct problem segments : 6.96 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Syria PIBR 09:48 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 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 ATEP01 1913 2001 .58 .54 .37 .43 2 ATEP02 1898 2001 .63 .61 .62 .41 .53 3 ATEP04 1910 2001 .51 .58 .55 .57 4 ATEP05 1892 2001 .35 .34 .41B .40 .52 5 ATEP07 1900 2001 .39 .39B .45 .48 6 ATEP08 1920 2001 .51 .55 .56 .52 7 ATEP09 1896 2001 .57 .55 .58 .36 .43 8 BAIP01A 1926 2001 .51 .49 .60 9 BAIP01B 1927 2001 .42 .47 .50 10 BAIP02 1934 2001 .54 .54 .54 11 BAIP03 1920 2001 .66 .70 .65 .61 12 BAIP04 1923 2001 .53 .60 .52 .59 13 BAIP05A 1929 2001 .50 .46 .52 14 BAIP06 1918 2000 .46 .43 .37 .38 15 BAIP07 1932 2001 .45 .58 .54 16 BAIP08 1906 2000 .47 .58 .44 .45 17 BAIP09 1939 2001 .34 .43 .47 18 BAIP10A 1911 2001 .36 .48 .68 .65 19 BAIP10B 1911 2001 .34 .48 .67 .66 20 BAIP11 1933 2001 .39 .50 .64 21 BAIP12 1935 2001 .39 .42 .40 22 BAIP13 1884 2001 .55 .55 .31B .33 .36 23 BAIP14A 1909 2001 .51 .35 .38 .38 24 BAIP14B 1909 2001 .53 .34 .27A .35 25 BAIP15 1898 2001 .61 .59 .33 .29A .46 26 BAIP16 1910 2001 .34 .23B .33A .40 27 BAIP17 1893 2001 .39 .36 .33B .51 .52 28 BAIP19A 1905 2001 .37 .36 .50 .55 29 BAIP19B 1905 2001 .54 .42 .48 .56 30 BAIP21 1882 2001 .49 .49 .39 .35 .47 31 BAIP22 1908 2001 .54 .45 .46 .55 32 BAIP24 1927 2001 .25A .42 .46 33 MBAP01 1908 2001 .31A .41 .60 .69 34 MBAP04 1906 2001 .53 .61 .52 .48 35 MBAP05 1920 2001 .35 .49 .44 .34 36 MBAP06 1917 2001 .42 .48 .54 .59 37 MBAP07 1912 2001 .34 .36 .51 .64 38 MBAP08 1921 2001 .38 .34 .47 .53 39 MBAP09 1921 2001 .49 .55 .47 .53 40 MBAP10B 1905 2001 .32A .47 .60 .66 Av segment correlation .51 .46 .45 .47 .51 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Syria PIBR 09:48 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 ATEP01 1913 2001 89 4 0 .507 2.11 4.89 .895 .714 .243 2.62 .560 .037 1 2 ATEP02 1898 2001 104 5 0 .563 1.46 4.24 .881 .848 .216 2.76 .542 .036 1 3 ATEP04 1910 2001 92 4 0 .566 2.56 4.71 .843 .521 .261 2.69 .396 -.042 1 4 ATEP05 1892 2001 110 5 1 .375 1.02 4.88 1.054 .898 .315 2.59 .543 .074 1 5 ATEP07 1900 2001 102 4 1 .435 1.65 3.93 .863 .812 .205 2.73 .438 .002 1 6 ATEP08 1920 2001 82 4 0 .488 1.85 3.11 .517 .526 .202 2.70 .456 .094 1 7 ATEP09 1896 2001 106 5 0 .483 1.88 5.19 .758 .770 .211 2.59 .417 .047 1 8 BAIP01A 1926 2001 76 3 0 .599 3.17 17.70 3.276 .853 .277 2.65 .536 .013 1 9 BAIP01B 1927 2001 75 3 0 .485 2.51 12.17 2.511 .880 .290 2.65 .514 .129 1 10 BAIP02 1934 2001 68 3 0 .479 2.07 10.74 1.906 .767 .309 2.48 .384 .062 1 11 BAIP03 1920 2001 82 4 0 .572 2.24 10.48 2.041 .843 .288 2.50 .465 .010 1 12 BAIP04 1923 2001 79 4 0 .540 2.02 9.67 2.344 .907 .295 2.71 .551 .071 1 13 BAIP05A 1929 2001 73 3 0 .417 1.90 5.83 1.724 .879 .262 2.85 .572 .008 2 14 BAIP06 1918 2000 83 4 0 .474 2.44 18.40 3.051 .923 .227 2.64 .472 -.019 2 15 BAIP07 1932 2001 70 3 0 .460 2.49 5.21 .871 .458 .241 2.88 .498 -.033 1 16 BAIP08 1906 2000 95 4 0 .463 2.27 9.74 2.300 .876 .256 2.81 .595 .068 1 17 BAIP09 1939 2001 63 3 0 .423 1.80 4.14 .664 .719 .202 2.79 .595 -.076 2 18 BAIP10A 1911 2001 91 4 0 .476 1.44 4.13 .808 .877 .217 2.39 .322 .011 1 19 BAIP10B 1911 2001 91 4 0 .510 2.33 7.42 1.744 .926 .221 2.76 .456 -.026 1 20 BAIP11 1933 2001 69 3 0 .526 1.73 4.41 .874 .834 .215 2.78 .511 .056 1 21 BAIP12 1935 2001 67 3 0 .388 .87 1.83 .302 .763 .185 2.48 .437 .012 1 22 BAIP13 1884 2001 118 5 1 .451 1.45 5.98 .960 .857 .221 2.61 .349 -.046 2 23 BAIP14A 1909 2001 93 4 0 .429 .87 2.03 .410 .877 .180 2.64 .489 .101 1 24 BAIP14B 1909 2001 93 4 1 .435 1.03 4.20 .651 .831 .213 2.67 .435 -.141 2 25 BAIP15 1898 2001 104 5 1 .529 1.04 3.15 .382 .739 .149 2.66 .463 -.106 1 26 BAIP16 1910 2001 92 4 2 .387 1.34 9.45 1.503 .953 .185 2.68 .374 -.029 1 27 BAIP17 1893 2001 109 5 1 .399 1.32 5.53 1.000 .924 .206 2.67 .469 -.066 1 28 BAIP19A 1905 2001 97 4 0 .457 .94 3.44 .645 .903 .183 2.63 .455 -.051 1 29 BAIP19B 1905 2001 97 4 0 .534 1.22 5.09 1.087 .933 .180 2.70 .471 -.063 2 30 BAIP21 1882 2001 120 5 0 .489 .89 2.90 .466 .802 .209 2.70 .549 -.069 1 31 BAIP22 1908 2001 94 4 0 .555 2.53 10.56 1.898 .881 .231 2.94 .591 .029 2 32 BAIP24 1927 2001 75 3 1 .329 2.12 8.16 1.263 .636 .295 2.88 .506 .115 1 33 MBAP01 1908 2001 94 4 1 .529 1.93 7.88 1.225 .733 .289 2.93 .520 .051 1 34 MBAP04 1906 2001 96 4 0 .501 1.68 5.82 1.328 .818 .303 2.72 .485 -.001 1 35 MBAP05 1920 2001 82 4 0 .302 1.79 7.50 1.406 .860 .247 2.63 .411 .013 1 36 MBAP06 1917 2001 85 4 0 .484 1.78 7.23 1.514 .903 .283 2.67 .521 .018 2 37 MBAP07 1912 2001 90 4 0 .531 1.62 5.26 .944 .742 .315 2.64 .496 .014 1 38 MBAP08 1921 2001 81 4 0 .478 1.31 6.85 .934 .741 .285 2.83 .537 .061 1 39 MBAP09 1921 2001 81 4 0 .526 2.40 5.01 1.041 .682 .247 2.65 .567 .048 1 40 MBAP10B 1905 2001 97 4 1 .519 1.70 4.65 .778 .536 .320 2.73 .481 -.015 2 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 3565 158 11 .478 1.73 18.40 1.209 .803 .240 2.94 .484 .007