Beef Basin, Utah - ut529 Additional Information Dave Meko Chris Baisan Troy Knight Purpose of Collection: Climatology - Snowpack reconstruction Reference: Pederson, G.T., S.T. Gray, C.A. Woodhouse, J.L. Betancourt, D.B. Fagre, J.S. Littell, E. Watson, B.H. Luckman, and L.J. Graumlich. 2011. The unusual nature of recent snowpack declines in the North American Cordillera. Sciencexpress, Published online 9 June 2011. DOI: 10.1126/science.1201570 COFECHA output: Chronology file name : UT529.CRN Measurement file name : UT529.RWL Date checked : 07JUN11 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 350 Ending year : 2005 Principal investigators: Dave Meko Chris Baisan Troy Knight Site name : Beef Basin Site location : Utah Species information : PSME DOUGLAS-FIR Latitude : 3756 Longitude : -10948 Elevation : 2431M Series intercorrelation: 0.849 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.400 Avg standard deviation : 0.225 Avg autocorrelation : 0.641 Number dated series : 44 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 0 Pct problem segments : 0.00 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Beef Basin 16:53 Tue 07 Jun 2011 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 550 575 600 625 650 675 700 725 750 775 800 825 850 875 900 925 950 975 1000 1025 599 624 649 674 699 724 749 774 799 824 849 874 899 924 949 974 999 1024 1049 1074 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 37 BFB42A 1017 1460 .58 .59 38 BFB36A 760 1261 .84 .91 .91 .86 .83 .82 .83 .74 .75 .82 .80 .73 39 BFB34A 555 1061 .75 .84 .89 .87 .89 .92 .93 .94 .94 .96 .96 .94 .92 .92 .91 .89 .94 .91 .88 .87 40 BFB33A 555 820 .82 .87 .87 .77 .70 .78 .83 .85 .95 .95 41 BFB33B 714 1058 .81 .78 .85 .85 .84 .87 .86 .92 .88 .77 .82 .86 .80 .77 42 BFB43A 350 1025 .76 .76 .75 .70 .81 .90 .87 .78 .84 .84 .88 .86 .82 .85 .81 .79 .84 .73 .73 43 BFB32A 584 1196 .76 .80 .75 .74 .84 .86 .85 .85 .84 .82 .74 .77 .82 .75 .75 .81 .75 .74 .73 Av segment correlation .77 .81 .83 .78 .79 .86 .86 .84 .88 .89 .88 .85 .84 .87 .84 .79 .83 .82 .75 .74 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Beef Basin 16:53 Tue 07 Jun 2011 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 1050 1075 1100 1125 1150 1175 1200 1225 1250 1275 1300 1325 1350 1375 1400 1425 1450 1475 1500 1525 1099 1124 1149 1174 1199 1224 1249 1274 1299 1324 1349 1374 1399 1424 1449 1474 1499 1524 1549 1574 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 3 BFB02A 1445 2005 .74 .80 .83 .88 .88 14 BFB07A 1522 2005 .92 .92 15 BFB08A 1425 2005 .84 .90 .90 .94 .94 16 BFB10A 1477 2005 .65 .91 .92 17 BFB10B 1485 2005 .85 .90 .90 18 BFB11A 1508 2005 .94 .95 19 BFB11B 1479 2005 .91 .94 .94 25 BFB16A 1517 2005 .87 .87 26 BFB16B 1517 2005 .82 .86 27 BFB17A 1522 2005 .89 .90 28 BFB17B 1522 2005 .89 .90 33 BFB21A 1535 2005 .82 34 BFB21B 1535 2005 .82 35 BFB24A 1354 2005 .74 .88 .90 .86 .88 .89 .87 .85 36 BFB35A 1355 1977 .76 .82 .82 .69 .76 .84 .77 .63 37 BFB42A 1017 1460 .59 .60 .55 .61 .75 .79 .83 .89 .58 .52 .60 .68 .77 .78 .82 .80 38 BFB36A 760 1261 .66 .64 .64 .67 .76 .75 .73 .81 43 BFB32A 584 1196 .69 .71 .67 .69 .71 44 BFB41A 1183 1690 .67 .73 .80 .58 .55 .60 .63 .77 .87 .86 .85 .92 .89 .90 .89 Av segment correlation .65 .65 .62 .66 .74 .74 .77 .83 .58 .54 .60 .66 .76 .84 .85 .80 .85 .85 .89 .87 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Beef Basin 16:53 Tue 07 Jun 2011 Page 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 BFB01A 1634 2005 .85 .90 .90 .89 .89 .85 .85 .92 .93 .94 .91 .91 .93 .93 .95 2 BFB01B 1642 2005 .92 .90 .91 .92 .92 .93 .96 .95 .94 .91 .88 .91 .96 .96 .96 3 BFB02A 1445 2005 .90 .92 .92 .91 .87 .90 .94 .91 .89 .91 .93 .95 .94 .91 .92 .93 .91 .92 4 BFB02B 1550 2005 .82 .89 .91 .90 .88 .89 .91 .88 .87 .91 .88 .86 .93 .90 .79 .88 .90 .88 5 BFB03A 1636 2005 .68 .64 .86 .86 .93 .93 .94 .91 .91 .97 .95 .95 .96 .97 .91 6 BFB03B 1636 1982 .90 .85 .88 .93 .94 .89 .90 .96 .92 .92 .93 .92 .94 .93 7 BFB04A 1709 2005 .88 .91 .88 .89 .95 .96 .95 .95 .95 .95 .94 .93 8 BFB04B 1709 2005 .81 .88 .87 .90 .92 .93 .95 .94 .93 .92 .93 .93 9 BFB05A 1666 2005 .75 .74 .83 .86 .80 .78 .74 .81 .89 .83 .76 .81 .83 .87 10 BFB05B 1666 2005 .75 .76 .81 .81 .78 .81 .84 .89 .91 .91 .89 .88 .89 .88 11 BFB06A 1641 2005 .92 .90 .85 .86 .89 .86 .88 .90 .89 .92 .91 .86 .88 .93 .94 12 BFB06B1 1641 1899 .91 .87 .83 .87 .90 .90 .90 .88 .89 .91 13 BFB06B2 1910 2005 .83 .87 .93 .93 14 BFB07A 1522 2005 .92 .93 .94 .93 .91 .90 .92 .94 .93 .90 .90 .88 .86 .86 .89 .94 .94 .94 15 BFB08A 1425 2005 .88 .87 .86 .81 .85 .88 .89 .92 .88 .86 .84 .85 .88 .85 .78 .79 .82 .80 16 BFB10A 1477 2005 .88 .87 .86 .86 .83 .84 .87 .87 .82 .84 .82 .84 .91 .88 .79 .72 .81 .82 17 BFB10B 1485 2005 .88 .83 .82 .87 .89 .88 .76 .78 .83 .82 .83 .83 .91 .81 .72 .82 .85 .86 18 BFB11A 1508 2005 .93 .89 .86 .88 .91 .87 .83 .86 .82 .76 .82 .86 .83 .82 .82 .87 .93 .92 19 BFB11B 1479 2005 .92 .91 .89 .91 .90 .89 .92 .91 .83 .86 .89 .90 .85 .75 .76 .83 .90 .91 20 BFB12A 1720 2005 .77 .80 .81 .84 .47 .60 .92 .89 .91 .94 .96 .92 21 BFB12B 1641 2005 .78 .82 .63 .64 .78 .89 .90 .89 .91 .92 .90 .87 .88 .93 .91 22 BFB13B 1640 2005 .91 .89 .86 .85 .89 .84 .77 .85 .93 .90 .82 .79 .86 .88 .87 23 BFB15A 1604 2005 .70 .87 .89 .90 .94 .93 .92 .92 .92 .94 .96 .92 .86 .85 .90 .92 24 BFB15B 1604 2005 .76 .80 .89 .93 .94 .95 .92 .92 .94 .95 .96 .94 .88 .91 .94 .93 25 BFB16A 1517 2005 .82 .81 .82 .80 .77 .84 .89 .83 .75 .79 .64 .66 .85 .81 .68 .72 .78 .75 26 BFB16B 1517 2005 .87 .83 .83 .81 .76 .72 .84 .82 .73 .57 .44 .62 .69 .74 .81 .85 .84 .80 27 BFB17A 1522 2005 .91 .92 .93 .95 .93 .78 .73 .85 .88 .84 .83 .87 .88 .88 .88 .90 .86 .83 28 BFB17B 1522 2005 .88 .90 .92 .94 .93 .88 .83 .88 .91 .86 .87 .91 .91 .86 .78 .81 .86 .87 29 BFB19A 1657 2005 .89 .93 .94 .94 .91 .91 .93 .93 .93 .92 .88 .93 .93 .93 30 BFB19B 1657 2005 .74 .89 .90 .91 .87 .87 .94 .94 .93 .90 .78 .83 .95 .96 31 BFB20A 1622 2005 .68 .69 .76 .83 .84 .85 .80 .63 .67 .81 .86 .84 .79 .84 .92 .93 32 BFB20B 1622 2005 .71 .73 .82 .87 .88 .86 .82 .76 .72 .76 .86 .89 .86 .89 .93 .93 33 BFB21A 1535 2005 .78 .82 .90 .92 .91 .82 .77 .87 .86 .85 .89 .89 .86 .82 .85 .93 .94 .93 34 BFB21B 1535 2005 .79 .87 .92 .92 .92 .85 .78 .86 .91 .90 .86 .89 .90 .83 .79 .89 .91 .92 35 BFB24A 1354 2005 .86 .88 .87 .90 .92 .89 .84 .85 .84 .83 .84 .81 .78 .81 .85 .83 .87 .85 36 BFB35A 1355 1977 .65 .85 .76 .80 .79 .74 .88 .90 .84 .84 .82 .82 .88 .80 .79 .78 .67 44 BFB41A 1183 1690 .85 .87 .89 .90 .89 Av segment correlation .86 .87 .85 .86 .85 .85 .86 .88 .86 .85 .84 .87 .90 .87 .84 .87 .90 .90 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Beef Basin 16:53 Tue 07 Jun 2011 Page 17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 BFB01A 1634 2005 372 15 0 .901 .36 1.68 .242 .617 .472 2.75 .431 -.028 1 2 BFB01B 1642 2005 364 15 0 .933 .41 1.77 .276 .570 .504 2.73 .457 -.025 2 3 BFB02A 1445 2005 561 23 0 .897 .27 1.21 .161 .584 .490 2.62 .334 -.027 3 4 BFB02B 1550 2005 456 18 0 .875 .30 .97 .151 .528 .445 2.62 .341 -.014 2 5 BFB03A 1636 2005 370 15 0 .886 .46 1.23 .213 .387 .464 2.56 .400 -.038 1 6 BFB03B 1636 1982 347 14 0 .911 .40 1.08 .192 .318 .480 2.74 .416 -.032 1 7 BFB04A 1709 2005 297 12 0 .929 .46 2.40 .284 .636 .390 2.60 .425 -.063 1 8 BFB04B 1709 2005 297 12 0 .913 .38 2.11 .230 .605 .401 2.60 .383 -.059 1 9 BFB05A 1666 2005 340 14 0 .812 .39 1.00 .162 .560 .322 2.65 .348 -.034 1 10 BFB05B 1666 2005 340 14 0 .847 .41 .84 .149 .553 .297 2.66 .338 -.046 1 11 BFB06A 1641 2005 365 15 0 .892 .39 1.43 .236 .622 .405 2.67 .402 -.053 1 12 BFB06B1 1641 1899 259 10 0 .889 .44 1.79 .278 .632 .431 2.59 .373 -.008 1 13 BFB06B2 1910 2005 96 4 0 .873 .34 .67 .140 .411 .411 2.62 .504 -.040 1 14 BFB07A 1522 2005 484 20 0 .915 .38 2.04 .325 .769 .501 2.61 .441 -.042 1 15 BFB08A 1425 2005 581 23 0 .861 .34 1.88 .220 .744 .356 2.54 .329 -.041 1 16 BFB10A 1477 2005 529 21 0 .835 .45 3.54 .405 .840 .273 2.71 .313 -.005 1 17 BFB10B 1485 2005 521 21 0 .842 .43 3.04 .397 .845 .349 2.57 .374 -.053 4 18 BFB11A 1508 2005 498 20 0 .875 .38 1.69 .266 .787 .361 2.47 .310 -.027 1 19 BFB11B 1479 2005 527 21 0 .882 .46 1.33 .206 .613 .334 2.47 .317 -.036 1 20 BFB12A 1720 2005 286 12 0 .807 .49 1.12 .211 .502 .378 2.71 .419 -.035 2 21 BFB12B 1641 2005 365 15 0 .848 .45 1.36 .283 .763 .411 2.59 .403 -.036 2 22 BFB13B 1640 2005 366 15 0 .857 .36 1.72 .171 .625 .323 2.72 .414 -.024 2 23 BFB15A 1604 2005 402 16 0 .891 .41 1.39 .233 .636 .419 2.83 .456 .001 2 24 BFB15B 1604 2005 402 16 0 .910 .39 1.86 .250 .644 .446 2.56 .413 .005 2 25 BFB16A 1517 2005 489 20 0 .776 .29 .89 .135 .682 .313 2.57 .305 -.033 1 26 BFB16B 1517 2005 489 20 0 .751 .33 1.05 .156 .735 .296 2.57 .355 -.021 2 27 BFB17A 1522 2005 484 20 0 .862 .29 1.75 .227 .677 .472 2.87 .390 -.009 1 28 BFB17B 1522 2005 484 20 0 .876 .26 .94 .155 .523 .432 2.77 .367 -.021 1 29 BFB19A 1657 2005 349 14 0 .918 .40 1.40 .215 .605 .426 2.54 .418 -.025 2 30 BFB19B 1657 2005 349 14 0 .872 .38 1.31 .188 .448 .456 2.60 .382 -.035 1 31 BFB20A 1622 2005 384 16 0 .796 .40 2.10 .255 .748 .341 2.63 .392 -.044 1 32 BFB20B 1622 2005 384 16 0 .833 .39 2.19 .256 .727 .368 2.70 .410 -.023 2 33 BFB21A 1535 2005 471 19 0 .875 .37 1.72 .275 .621 .549 2.68 .377 -.039 1 34 BFB21B 1535 2005 471 19 0 .880 .31 1.43 .243 .683 .583 2.63 .356 -.016 2 35 BFB24A 1354 2005 652 26 0 .853 .30 1.08 .142 .624 .362 2.61 .304 -.016 4 36 BFB35A 1355 1977 623 25 0 .780 .32 1.51 .267 .812 .429 2.55 .334 -.035 1 37 BFB42A 1017 1460 444 18 0 .669 .33 1.12 .172 .789 .271 2.49 .283 -.025 1 38 BFB36A 760 1261 502 20 0 .775 .40 2.26 .299 .850 .309 2.70 .382 -.020 1 39 BFB34A 555 1061 507 20 0 .901 .37 1.41 .164 .360 .386 2.64 .358 -.018 1 40 BFB33A 555 820 266 10 0 .842 .46 1.52 .290 .415 .549 2.82 .476 -.045 1 41 BFB33B 714 1058 345 14 0 .829 .50 1.74 .264 .369 .448 2.81 .391 -.005 2 42 BFB43A 350 1025 676 19 0 .812 .25 1.20 .146 .711 .356 2.41 .270 -.022 1 43 BFB32A 584 1196 613 24 0 .780 .22 .84 .109 .481 .443 2.58 .370 -.027 1 44 BFB41A 1183 1690 508 20 0 .774 .41 1.90 .299 .800 .296 2.70 .335 -.008 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 18915 755 0 .849 .37 3.54 .225 .641 .400 2.87 .367 -.027