Big Kushitai, China - chin008 Additional Site Information Paul Krusic, Jinbao Li, Jianfeng Peng, Keyan Fang, and Edward Cook Purpose of Collection: Climatology - precipitation analysis Reference: Cook, E.R., K.J. Anchukaitis, B.M. Buckley, R.D. D'Arrigo, G.C. Jacoby, and W.E. Wright. 2010. Asian Monsoon Failure and Megadrought During the Last Millennium. Science, Vol. 328, Issue 5977, pp.486-489, 23 April 2010. DOI: 10.1126/science.1185188 COFECHA output: Chronology file name : CHIN008.CRN Measurement file name : CHIN008.RWL Date checked : 27OCT11 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1690 Ending year : 2004 Principal investigators: Paul Krusic Jinbao Li Jianfeng Peng Keyan Fang Edward Cook Site name : Big Kushitai Site location : China Species information : PCSH SHRENK'S SPRUCE Latitude : 4253 Longitude : 8208 Elevation : 2763M Series intercorrelation: 0.594 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.173 Avg standard deviation : 0.514 Avg autocorrelation : 0.829 Number dated series : 44 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 11 Pct problem segments : 3.74 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Big Kushitai 15:29 Thu 27 Oct 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 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 2024 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 WUY01A 1906 2004 .70 .64 .50 .40 2 WUY01B 1869 2004 .75 .79 .72 .74 .51 .48 3 WUY03A 1884 2004 .65 .50 .56 .53 .42 4 WUY03B 1863 2004 .68 .65 .36 .51 .65 .53 5 WUY04A 1887 2004 .58 .41 .39 .65 .63 6 WUY04B 1886 2004 .74 .67 .66 .70 .59 7 WUY05A 1885 2004 .25A .27B .35B .55 .48 8 WUY05B 1934 2004 .64 .59 .51 9 WUY06A 1891 2004 .57 .62 .63 .61 .63 10 WUY06B 1883 2004 .46 .68 .70 .55 .49 11 WUY07A 1794 2004 .66 .73 .69 .73 .83 .71 .53 .63 .50 12 WUY07B 1756 2004 .37B .42 .61 .62 .67 .69 .63 .65 .63 .56 13 WUY08A 1934 2004 .67 .51 .48 14 WUY08B 1887 2004 .15B .38B .61 .63 .53 15 WUY09A 1934 2004 .64 .48 .45 16 WUY09B 1899 2004 .83 .84 .69 .50 .49 17 WUY10A 1936 2004 .46 .47 .48 18 WUY10B 1888 2004 .47 .60 .58 .55 .51 19 WUY11A 1918 2004 .29B .50 .46 .30A 20 WUY11B 1903 2004 .60 .55 .62 .49 21 WUY12A 1950 2004 .35 .41 22 WUY12B 1911 2004 .71 .68 .64 .53 23 WUY13A 1750 2004 .64 .56 .50 .58 .61 .73 .79 .73 .52 .47 24 WUY13B 1818 2004 .75 .75 .73 .79 .74 .69 .55 .50 25 WUY14A 1894 2004 .46 .51 .58 .55 .55 26 WUY14B 1885 2004 .74 .72 .66 .49 .41 27 WUY15A 1690 2004 .58 .57 .63 .74 .75 .71 .56 .63 .72 .66 .68 .67 .49 28 WUY15B 1713 2004 .69 .70 .70 .71 .67 .68 .73 .69 .56 .70 .65 .44 29 WUY16A 1756 2004 .57 .64 .80 .75 .75 .82 .60 .61 .63 .47 30 WUY16B 1756 2004 .46 .48 .63 .77 .77 .84 .70 .58 .57 .42 31 WUY17A 1705 2004 .50 .86 .86 .86 .76 .74 .80 .77 .72 .68 .52 .56 32 WUY17B 1713 2004 .79 .85 .82 .81 .80 .62 .61 .58 .55 .70 .55 .53 33 WUY18A 1743 2004 .77 .77 .60 .47 .66 .69 .69 .62 .64 .54 .45 34 WUY18B 1734 2004 .72 .70 .64 .46 .53 .59 .65 .61 .65 .43 .21A 35 WUY19A 1905 2004 .40 .35 .39 .39 36 WUY21A 1844 2004 .54 .51 .61 .67 .67 .48 .36 37 WUY21B 1804 2004 .37 .54 .46 .56 .69 .63 .50 .56 38 WUY23A 1922 2004 .71 .74 .59 .61 39 WUY23B 1883 2004 .71 .70 .80 .69 .63 40 WUY25A 1696 2004 .59 .55 .50 .74 .73 .69 .46 .44 .64 .67 .75 .47 .40 41 WUY25B 1697 2004 .62 .59 .58 .74 .82 .76 .73 .76 .78 .70 .66 .63 .55 42 WUY27A 1859 2004 .20B .25B .39 .62 .68 .66 43 WUY29A 1870 2004 .79 .77 .70 .65 .61 .53 44 WUY29B 1928 2004 .48 .47 .42 Av segment correlation .59 .62 .70 .68 .66 .65 .64 .65 .64 .61 .62 .56 .49 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Big Kushitai 15:29 Thu 27 Oct 2011 Page 9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 WUY01A 1906 2004 99 4 0 .607 .86 3.16 .479 .869 .184 2.58 .435 -.078 1 2 WUY01B 1869 2004 136 6 0 .679 1.00 2.10 .288 .702 .177 2.62 .438 .025 1 3 WUY03A 1884 2004 121 5 0 .551 .43 1.62 .242 .831 .255 2.59 .389 .000 1 4 WUY03B 1863 2004 142 6 0 .585 .45 1.93 .261 .874 .186 2.49 .369 -.068 1 5 WUY04A 1887 2004 118 5 0 .573 1.54 2.97 .629 .856 .163 2.72 .465 .031 1 6 WUY04B 1886 2004 119 5 0 .702 1.01 2.95 .582 .909 .210 2.35 .353 -.021 1 7 WUY05A 1885 2004 120 5 3 .403 1.96 3.46 .676 .789 .184 2.54 .340 -.030 2 8 WUY05B 1934 2004 71 3 0 .586 2.14 3.60 .705 .813 .172 2.72 .523 .042 1 9 WUY06A 1891 2004 114 5 0 .613 1.56 2.47 .357 .588 .173 2.49 .397 -.018 1 10 WUY06B 1883 2004 122 5 0 .502 1.55 2.65 .450 .711 .183 2.46 .375 -.024 1 11 WUY07A 1794 2004 211 9 0 .644 1.34 3.09 .625 .932 .145 2.49 .344 -.060 1 12 WUY07B 1756 2004 249 10 1 .566 1.41 3.06 .552 .825 .164 2.70 .371 .004 1 13 WUY08A 1934 2004 71 3 0 .574 3.45 5.46 .691 .430 .161 2.54 .408 .114 1 14 WUY08B 1887 2004 118 5 2 .372 1.89 3.77 .771 .862 .171 2.51 .407 .047 1 15 WUY09A 1934 2004 71 3 0 .521 1.14 2.25 .295 .511 .181 2.69 .514 .091 1 16 WUY09B 1899 2004 106 5 0 .653 1.04 2.17 .430 .875 .171 2.56 .368 -.085 1 17 WUY10A 1936 2004 69 3 0 .496 2.22 3.61 .748 .662 .199 2.51 .451 -.103 1 18 WUY10B 1888 2004 117 5 0 .531 2.03 3.98 .869 .850 .178 2.52 .467 -.078 1 19 WUY11A 1918 2004 87 4 2 .292 2.37 4.17 .663 .737 .155 2.50 .465 -.007 1 20 WUY11B 1903 2004 102 4 0 .585 1.74 2.87 .480 .712 .175 2.65 .448 -.021 1 21 WUY12A 1950 2004 55 2 0 .372 1.04 2.56 .397 .784 .176 2.71 .528 -.098 2 22 WUY12B 1911 2004 94 4 0 .622 .61 1.07 .202 .721 .203 2.62 .401 .045 1 23 WUY13A 1750 2004 255 10 0 .620 .97 2.88 .433 .903 .126 2.61 .389 .042 1 24 WUY13B 1818 2004 187 8 0 .668 .81 1.54 .252 .672 .195 2.58 .359 -.003 1 25 WUY14A 1894 2004 111 5 0 .512 .59 1.13 .149 .550 .163 2.72 .449 .039 1 26 WUY14B 1885 2004 120 5 0 .610 1.25 2.82 .424 .659 .210 2.89 .508 -.076 1 27 WUY15A 1690 2004 315 13 0 .634 1.17 3.74 .769 .931 .190 2.59 .344 .002 1 28 WUY15B 1713 2004 292 12 0 .643 1.18 3.56 .834 .934 .167 2.65 .409 -.032 1 29 WUY16A 1756 2004 249 10 0 .643 1.22 2.63 .366 .778 .151 2.64 .336 -.007 2 30 WUY16B 1756 2004 249 10 0 .606 1.23 3.43 .583 .889 .164 2.56 .347 -.042 1 31 WUY17A 1705 2004 300 12 0 .688 1.06 2.78 .523 .905 .165 2.46 .327 -.001 1 32 WUY17B 1713 2004 292 12 0 .692 1.00 2.46 .505 .898 .166 2.57 .342 -.005 1 33 WUY18A 1743 2004 262 11 0 .601 .74 1.92 .418 .911 .196 2.55 .305 .009 1 34 WUY18B 1734 2004 271 11 1 .573 .91 2.87 .528 .899 .176 2.81 .406 .003 1 35 WUY19A 1905 2004 100 4 0 .396 3.23 5.63 .815 .728 .147 2.56 .381 .017 1 36 WUY21A 1844 2004 161 7 0 .584 .60 1.32 .221 .754 .213 2.50 .355 -.022 1 37 WUY21B 1804 2004 201 8 0 .524 .84 1.69 .332 .879 .160 2.56 .307 -.037 1 38 WUY23A 1922 2004 83 4 0 .629 .71 1.15 .200 .748 .167 2.52 .417 -.041 1 39 WUY23B 1883 2004 122 5 0 .703 .66 1.70 .354 .847 .239 2.78 .480 -.012 2 40 WUY25A 1696 2004 309 13 0 .574 1.31 3.25 .640 .946 .128 2.56 .329 .011 1 41 WUY25B 1697 2004 308 13 0 .686 1.36 2.54 .416 .862 .127 2.60 .416 .042 1 42 WUY27A 1859 2004 146 6 2 .398 2.20 4.58 .939 .811 .234 2.56 .298 -.027 1 43 WUY29A 1870 2004 135 6 0 .682 1.65 4.58 .679 .847 .183 2.69 .454 .009 1 44 WUY29B 1928 2004 77 3 0 .496 .94 1.83 .302 .708 .197 2.65 .583 .076 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 7057 294 11 .594 1.24 5.63 .514 .829 .173 2.89 .385 -.007