Arz Jaj, Lebanon - leba005 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 : LEBA005.CRN Measurement file name : LEBA005.RWL Date checked : 02OCT07 Checked by : B. Bauer Beginning year : 1778 Ending year : 2002 Principal investigators: Ramzi Touchan and Malcolm Hughes Site name : Arz Jaj Site location : Lebanon Species information : CDLI CEDAR OF LEBANON Latitude : 3408 Longitude : 3549 Elevation : 1780M Series intercorrelation: 0.532 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.212 Avg standard deviation : 1.365 Avg autocorrelation : 0.859 Number dated series : 52 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 17 Pct problem segments : 6.64 PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: Arz Jaj 08:53 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 ARJC01 1879 2001 .45 .50 .42 .60 .61 2 ARJC02 1893 2001 .58 .69 .61 .43 .41 3 ARJC03 1824 2001 .31B .31B .43 .65 .76 .59 .64 .66 4 ARJC04A 1842 2001 .24B .35 .52 .69 .46 .33 .37 5 ARJC04B 1887 2001 .62 .68 .54 .45 .47 6 ARJC06 1875 2001 .36 .67 .67 .41 .38 7 ARJC07 1896 2001 .58 .59 .55 .41 .43 8 ARJC08 1884 2001 .66 .74 .80 .73 .73 9 ARJC09 1820 2001 .21B .17B .38 .42 .63 .75 .65 .66 10 ARJC10 1894 2001 .50 .49 .49 .26A .27A 11 ARJC11 1918 2001 .78 .76 .61 .63 12 ARJC12 1896 2001 .71 .78 .76 .34 .33 13 ARJC13 1920 2001 .58 .63 .40 .44 14 ARJC14 1929 2001 .56 .64 .67 15 ARJC15 1882 2001 .58 .68 .47 .57 .57 16 ARJC16 1870 2001 .47 .55 .74 .67 .40 .45 17 ARJC17 1903 2001 .56 .55 .69 .69 18 ARJO01A 1893 2002 .51 .57 .59 .63 .66 19 ARJO02A 1869 2002 .49 .55 .67 .48 .38 .42 20 ARJO02B 1871 2002 .50 .47 .61 .63 .57 .55 21 ARJO03 1906 2002 .67 .69 .48 .50 22 ARJO04A 1908 2002 .63 .57 .46 .47 23 ARJO04B 1919 2002 .66 .59 .54 .57 24 ARJO06 1890 2002 .59 .63 .75 .69 .68 25 ARJO07B 1894 2002 .70 .72 .66 .48 .52 26 ARJO08B 1880 2002 .60 .71 .67 .51 .56 27 ARJO09A 1896 2002 .45 .59 .79 .71 .74 28 ARJO09B 1876 2002 .34 .60 .42 .52 .52 29 ARJO10A 1928 2002 .53 .49 .50 30 ARJO11A 1881 2002 .51 .69 .59 .50 .52 31 ARJO11B 1862 2002 .23A .49 .77 .60 .42 .46 32 ARJO12A 1889 1980 .66 .64 .56 .49 33 ARJO12B 1882 2002 .40 .47 .46 .40 .40 34 ARJO13A 1881 2002 .60 .79 .78 .72 .76 35 ARJO14A 1904 2002 .63 .66 .65 .66 36 ARJO14B 1911 2002 .53 .60 .57 .57 37 ARJO15A 1912 2001 .52 .56 .64 .65 38 ARJO15B 1941 2002 .63 .55 .57 39 ARJO16A 1901 2002 .60 .61 .42 .45 40 ARJO16B 1889 2002 .48 .53 .53 .28A .32A 41 ARJO17A 1922 2002 .72 .76 .69 .69 42 ARJO17B 1929 2002 .60 .48 .53 43 ARJO18B 1921 2002 .38 .34 .45 .45 44 ARJO19A 1922 2002 .76 .65 .52 .53 45 ARJS01A 1841 2002 .28A .33 .59 .58 .49 .52 .51 46 ARJS01B 1870 2002 .32A .46 .46 .36 .38 .36 47 ARJS02A 1872 2002 .27B .26B .50 .52 .65 .64 48 ARJS02B 1876 2002 .40 .54 .44 .36 .35 49 ARJS03A 1913 2002 .40 .37 .51 .52 50 ARJS04A 1905 2002 .49 .39 .31A .31A 51 ARJS05A 1778 2002 .37 .40 .28A .38 .54 .61 .65 .61 52 ARJS05B 1870 2002 .51 .47 .47 .51 .62 .52 Av segment correlation .30 .28 .38 .52 .62 .58 .52 .53 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Arz Jaj 08:53 Tue 02 Oct 2007 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 ARJC01 1879 2001 123 5 0 .468 2.25 4.94 .925 .805 .199 2.57 .354 -.017 1 2 ARJC02 1893 2001 109 5 0 .551 3.60 11.44 2.139 .916 .201 2.59 .440 -.068 1 3 ARJC03 1824 2001 178 8 2 .556 2.24 7.61 1.326 .916 .215 2.68 .437 .006 1 4 ARJC04A 1842 2001 160 7 1 .431 2.32 5.89 1.283 .894 .255 2.46 .324 .030 1 5 ARJC04B 1887 2001 115 5 0 .518 1.50 5.55 1.217 .954 .200 2.59 .380 -.055 1 6 ARJC06 1875 2001 127 5 0 .453 1.55 5.26 1.031 .842 .236 2.67 .317 .017 1 7 ARJC07 1896 2001 106 5 0 .556 3.74 9.81 1.997 .918 .164 2.53 .369 .108 1 8 ARJC08 1884 2001 118 5 0 .702 3.36 8.81 2.166 .917 .183 2.68 .385 -.060 1 9 ARJC09 1820 2001 182 8 2 .457 1.61 7.21 1.064 .853 .260 2.74 .502 -.026 1 10 ARJC10 1894 2001 108 5 2 .443 3.55 8.16 1.891 .919 .184 2.56 .389 .016 1 11 ARJC11 1918 2001 84 4 0 .680 2.52 7.86 1.594 .916 .247 2.51 .384 -.008 1 12 ARJC12 1896 2001 106 5 0 .558 2.34 4.82 .871 .772 .214 2.54 .378 .000 1 13 ARJC13 1920 2001 82 4 0 .542 3.10 10.69 2.222 .936 .196 2.67 .354 .021 1 14 ARJC14 1929 2001 73 3 0 .607 4.93 9.07 1.480 .831 .148 2.59 .540 .017 1 15 ARJC15 1882 2001 120 5 0 .566 2.64 7.52 1.286 .930 .138 2.78 .417 -.061 2 16 ARJC16 1870 2001 132 6 0 .554 2.01 6.48 1.356 .907 .237 2.59 .374 .003 1 17 ARJC17 1903 2001 99 4 0 .625 3.12 10.17 1.401 .721 .231 2.85 .548 -.085 1 18 ARJO01A 1893 2002 110 5 0 .611 2.66 4.77 1.091 .923 .144 2.54 .496 -.027 2 19 ARJO02A 1869 2002 134 6 0 .526 2.42 8.60 2.048 .829 .283 2.87 .463 -.088 1 20 ARJO02B 1871 2002 132 6 0 .561 2.73 9.05 2.155 .928 .207 2.84 .501 .022 1 21 ARJO03 1906 2002 97 4 0 .582 2.09 7.58 1.642 .961 .170 2.73 .578 -.011 1 22 ARJO04A 1908 2002 95 4 0 .562 1.84 5.57 1.530 .962 .209 2.59 .478 -.009 1 23 ARJO04B 1919 2002 84 4 0 .621 2.68 7.96 1.361 .835 .214 2.48 .348 .073 1 24 ARJO06 1890 2002 113 5 0 .643 2.33 5.68 1.106 .896 .166 2.79 .574 .065 1 25 ARJO07B 1894 2002 109 5 0 .627 3.53 10.25 2.102 .907 .203 2.69 .407 -.001 2 26 ARJO08B 1880 2002 123 5 0 .605 2.04 7.13 1.862 .956 .221 2.64 .419 -.021 1 27 ARJO09A 1896 2002 107 5 0 .597 2.02 5.00 1.109 .888 .186 2.53 .342 -.020 1 28 ARJO09B 1876 2002 127 5 0 .468 1.52 7.73 1.497 .938 .201 2.70 .391 -.099 1 29 ARJO10A 1928 2002 75 3 0 .518 2.49 6.91 1.342 .924 .153 2.60 .485 .020 1 30 ARJO11A 1881 2002 122 5 0 .547 2.58 6.84 1.209 .773 .233 2.74 .502 -.023 3 31 ARJO11B 1862 2002 141 6 1 .462 2.36 5.50 1.384 .854 .266 2.53 .383 -.048 2 32 ARJO12A 1889 1980 92 4 0 .582 1.41 4.66 1.122 .942 .229 2.84 .559 -.045 1 33 ARJO12B 1882 2002 121 5 0 .408 1.75 7.87 1.761 .915 .248 2.93 .490 -.003 2 34 ARJO13A 1881 2002 122 5 0 .723 2.14 6.39 .983 .856 .184 2.74 .477 -.052 1 35 ARJO14A 1904 2002 99 4 0 .643 4.18 9.50 1.516 .791 .177 2.77 .528 .042 1 36 ARJO14B 1911 2002 92 4 0 .530 4.45 9.64 2.360 .843 .231 2.57 .413 -.056 1 37 ARJO15A 1912 2001 90 4 0 .579 2.90 5.89 1.046 .674 .223 2.64 .502 -.075 1 38 ARJO15B 1941 2002 62 3 0 .625 3.15 5.76 .778 .255 .221 2.75 .514 .022 1 39 ARJO16A 1901 2002 102 4 0 .540 1.67 9.10 1.117 .829 .172 2.65 .433 .015 1 40 ARJO16B 1889 2002 114 5 2 .429 2.07 5.68 1.295 .944 .171 2.60 .438 -.123 1 41 ARJO17A 1922 2002 81 4 0 .718 2.50 7.23 1.295 .910 .149 2.53 .403 -.013 1 42 ARJO17B 1929 2002 74 3 0 .591 3.31 8.24 1.365 .861 .155 2.71 .516 .137 1 43 ARJO18B 1921 2002 82 4 0 .437 3.96 6.72 1.300 .655 .232 2.43 .410 -.021 1 44 ARJO19A 1922 2002 81 4 0 .620 4.19 11.00 2.216 .901 .197 2.48 .385 -.025 1 45 ARJS01A 1841 2002 162 7 1 .472 1.03 2.95 .498 .755 .242 2.53 .362 -.035 2 46 ARJS01B 1870 2002 133 6 1 .365 .94 3.55 .625 .844 .255 2.60 .322 -.007 1 47 ARJS02A 1872 2002 131 6 2 .449 1.83 6.37 1.143 .829 .213 2.62 .381 .045 1 48 ARJS02B 1876 2002 127 5 0 .407 1.35 8.41 1.426 .818 .250 2.51 .431 -.004 1 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: Arz Jaj 08:53 Tue 02 Oct 2007 Page 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 () --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- 49 ARJS03A 1913 2002 90 4 0 .450 2.79 5.07 .870 .700 .196 2.70 .483 -.021 1 50 ARJS04A 1905 2002 98 4 2 .384 2.57 9.93 2.141 .947 .230 2.67 .456 -.015 1 51 ARJS05A 1778 2002 225 8 1 .473 1.05 4.65 .707 .865 .264 2.71 .464 .010 1 52 ARJS05B 1870 2002 133 6 0 .484 .76 3.76 .506 .731 .208 2.53 .339 .006 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 5902 256 17 .532 2.36 11.44 1.365 .859 .212 2.93 .430 -.012