Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone, Wyoming - WY029 Additional Site Information Lindsey A. Waggoner Lisa J. Graumlich Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analyses Detrend Method: Negative exponential or linear regression of any slope Cores Located at: Big Sky Institute Montana State University-Bozeman, MT Samples available upon request Reference: Graumlich, L.J., Pisaric, M. F. J., Waggoner, L. A, Littell, J., and King, J. 2002. Upper Yellowstone River Flow and Teleconnections with Pacific Basin Climate Variability During the Past Three Centuries. Climatic Change in press Notes: This chronology extends E.B. Ferguson's Dead Indian Hill chronology which was collected in 1971. The sites are located in the same area and samples cross-date very well. COFECHA output: Chronology file name : WY029.CRN Measurement file name : WY029.RWL Date checked : 13APR05 Checked by : H. ADAMS AND J. LUKAS Beginning year : 1484 Ending year : 1999 Principal investigators: Lindsey A. Waggoner Lisa J. Graumlich Site name : Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone Site location : Wyoming Species information : PSME DOUGLAS-FIR Latitude : +4411 Longitude : -10843 Elevation : 1474M Series intercorrelation: 0.766 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.394 Avg standard deviation : 0.407 Avg autocorrelation : 0.674 Number dated series : 35 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 7 Pct problem segments : 1.86 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: wy029.rwl 15:02 Wed 13 Apr 2005 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 1500 1525 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1549 1574 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 CFY006 1795 1960 .69 .69 .68 .62 .74 .85 .78 2 CFY008 1658 1999 .35 .50 .61 .63 .65 .78 .87 .85 .86 .85 .85 .82 .81 3 CFY012 1663 1792 .57 .69 .82 .76 .72 4 CFY014 1782 1999 .75 .71 .65 .72 .87 .89 .87 .85 5 CFY015R 1652 1999 .62 .46 .46 .45 .57 .75 .76 .76 .22B .41B .75 .62 .63 6 CFY016 1513 1999 .72 .76 .69 .69 .74 .89 .85 .88 .89 .86 .82 .83 .79 .75 .82 .86 .88 .79 .80 7 CFY018 1610 1999 .66 .78 .82 .87 .94 .91 .78 .77 .87 .89 .83 .85 .89 .89 .89 8 CFY020 1851 1999 .71 .78 .78 .73 .78 9 CFY022A 1662 1999 .29A .57 .85 .91 .81 .79 .86 .90 .86 .83 .80 .80 .76 10 CFY022B 1662 1999 .81 .83 .91 .87 .79 .78 .77 .83 .87 .85 .85 .83 .79 11 CFY023 1748 1999 .61 .64 .58 .55 .77 .85 .88 .90 .85 .79 12 CFY024 1743 1999 .75 .79 .82 .82 .86 .81 .82 .88 .88 .85 13 CFY024R 1743 1999 .74 .77 .81 .81 .86 .82 .82 .88 .88 .85 14 CFY025 1676 1999 .51 .68 .72 .61 .66 .65 .69 .73 .76 .78 .80 .81 15 CFY030 1644 1999 .74 .70 .76 .91 .88 .85 .81 .82 .87 .79 .67 .78 .87 .91 16 CFY055 1706 1999 .84 .81 .75 .81 .86 .88 .86 .86 .89 .86 .84 17 CFY058R 1646 1999 .79 .78 .88 .93 .88 .75 .77 .79 .78 .81 .84 .89 .87 .90 18 CFY061 1773 1999 .50 .51 .43 .65 .84 .84 .87 .86 .90 19 CFY062 1615 1970 .68 .72 .66 .78 .92 .70 .50 .57 .59 .70 .74 .81 .85 .82 20 CFY063 1654 1999 .53 .72 .89 .76 .65 .78 .75 .74 .76 .86 .83 .66 .62 21 CFY065 1565 1821 .76 .75 .63 .87 .79 .82 .91 .85 .65 .65 22 CFY102 1849 1999 .90 .90 .93 .95 .88 .72 23 CFY103 1848 1998 .80 .81 .85 .83 .82 .81 24 CFY104 1484 1703 .76 .79 .69 .60 .59 .75 .71 .57 25 CFY105 1840 1999 .66 .75 .74 .76 .81 .86 26 CFY112 1634 1999 .64 .74 .76 .87 .88 .73 .75 .81 .63 .60 .88 .89 .74 .71 27 CFY114 1715 1999 .77 .80 .77 .73 .80 .82 .80 .89 .87 .80 .83 28 CFY117 1687 1999 .36B .59 .90 .84 .83 .87 .84 .81 .90 .90 .83 .78 29 CFY118 1719 1999 .76 .77 .72 .82 .85 .51 .31B .71 .87 .83 .90 30 CFY119 1843 1999 .24B .39 .81 .80 .69 .78 31 CFY121 1632 1999 .76 .62 .69 .84 .76 .69 .69 .67 .79 .75 .76 .67 .56 .78 32 CFY122 1828 1999 .61 .89 .92 .91 .81 .85 33 CFY125 1745 1999 .25B .36 .56 .68 .77 .62 .66 .87 .79 .77 34 CFY500 1558 1940 .73 .54 .46 .69 .66 .75 .88 .87 .78 .82 .88 .88 .90 .94 .67 35 CFYO17 1651 1999 .74 .83 .91 .89 .84 .80 .80 .79 .80 .82 .83 .86 .90 Av segment correlation .74 .77 .72 .65 .63 .76 .66 .70 .82 .77 .70 .74 .76 .75 .75 .81 .84 .80 .81 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: wy029.rwl 15:02 Wed 13 Apr 2005 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 CFY006 1795 1960 166 7 0 .725 1.21 2.69 .543 .754 .241 2.72 .448 -.006 1 2 CFY008 1658 1999 342 13 0 .738 .41 1.59 .245 .643 .418 2.70 .359 -.042 1 3 CFY012 1663 1792 130 5 0 .672 1.13 4.22 .615 .623 .364 2.56 .369 -.035 1 4 CFY014 1782 1999 218 8 0 .798 .43 1.62 .287 .573 .464 2.84 .483 -.027 1 5 CFY015R 1652 1999 348 13 2 .559 .64 2.32 .307 .651 .317 2.53 .259 -.018 1 6 CFY016 1513 1999 487 19 0 .800 .56 3.67 .510 .821 .403 2.55 .338 -.036 1 7 CFY018 1610 1999 390 15 0 .843 .55 5.05 .565 .822 .412 2.63 .358 -.041 1 8 CFY020 1851 1999 149 5 0 .752 .32 .93 .195 .701 .411 2.57 .424 -.029 2 9 CFY022A 1662 1999 338 13 1 .777 .45 1.69 .249 .543 .427 2.70 .433 -.017 1 10 CFY022B 1662 1999 338 13 0 .821 .49 1.78 .257 .600 .364 2.55 .344 -.027 1 11 CFY023 1748 1999 252 10 0 .761 .86 3.02 .581 .646 .415 3.02 .389 -.010 1 12 CFY024 1743 1999 257 10 0 .833 .91 3.81 .614 .807 .338 2.56 .307 -.063 1 13 CFY024R 1743 1999 257 10 0 .832 .91 3.76 .606 .808 .329 2.60 .315 -.059 1 14 CFY025 1676 1999 324 12 0 .694 .65 2.27 .407 .667 .405 2.63 .359 -.015 1 15 CFY030 1644 1999 356 14 0 .825 .53 3.84 .592 .824 .367 2.78 .338 -.006 1 16 CFY055 1706 1999 294 11 0 .843 .87 2.34 .439 .473 .425 2.82 .514 -.037 1 17 CFY058R 1646 1999 354 14 0 .850 .64 2.68 .389 .691 .348 2.60 .394 -.042 1 18 CFY061 1773 1999 227 9 0 .759 .73 1.76 .327 .590 .329 2.59 .388 -.013 1 19 CFY062 1615 1970 356 14 0 .727 .55 2.84 .452 .765 .459 2.79 .485 -.021 1 20 CFY063 1654 1999 346 13 0 .731 .66 2.93 .440 .721 .332 2.66 .396 -.017 1 21 CFY065 1565 1821 257 10 0 .786 .80 3.47 .537 .714 .418 2.57 .393 -.009 1 22 CFY102 1849 1999 151 6 0 .854 .36 1.17 .199 .432 .459 2.54 .486 -.066 1 23 CFY103 1848 1998 151 6 0 .811 .93 3.61 .588 .470 .427 2.70 .443 -.071 1 24 CFY104 1484 1703 220 8 0 .677 .79 3.65 .716 .796 .443 2.92 .490 .034 1 25 CFY105 1840 1999 160 6 0 .763 1.50 4.29 .960 .602 .405 2.54 .372 -.021 1 26 CFY112 1634 1999 366 14 0 .754 .36 1.21 .216 .691 .372 2.62 .452 -.051 1 27 CFY114 1715 1999 285 11 0 .809 .54 1.88 .334 .534 .449 2.58 .378 -.041 1 28 CFY117 1687 1999 313 12 1 .785 .47 1.40 .253 .552 .405 2.63 .399 -.058 1 29 CFY118 1719 1999 281 11 1 .746 .46 1.40 .279 .574 .449 2.71 .408 -.025 1 30 CFY119 1843 1999 157 6 1 .633 .44 1.69 .241 .687 .359 2.51 .348 -.033 1 31 CFY121 1632 1999 368 14 0 .710 .46 1.81 .310 .703 .419 2.76 .336 -.035 1 32 CFY122 1828 1999 172 6 0 .810 .51 1.81 .336 .742 .329 2.55 .441 .021 1 33 CFY125 1745 1999 255 10 1 .685 .65 2.48 .422 .689 .402 2.68 .420 -.013 1 34 CFY500 1558 1940 383 15 0 .723 .41 1.25 .233 .639 .437 2.59 .379 -.019 2 35 CFYO17 1651 1999 349 13 0 .831 .57 2.28 .371 .701 .382 2.51 .313 -.015 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 9797 376 7 .766 .62 5.05 .407 .674 .394 3.02 .387 -.028